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That was a real treat...Thanks Bon

Even if I did, I wouldn't want to tell anyone what I'm doing.

It's great to have a non-news-human interest - story once in a while.

.............Were they moving?

The downtown area of DuBois had to contend with a number of fires through the years since WWII, though it would be nice to have many of those buildings back.

Those old buildings were firetraps. Built directly up against each other, all wood construction, bad electrical wiring, bad heating systems, oiled wood floors, tar paper roofs, just waiting for an ignition source, no fire sprinkler systems,....It was a matter of sooner or later..

My sympathy Candlemissy. 

 

Remember.... the Pope is looking over your shoulder....

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Yeah but I never exhaled, wait, how does that go?

If you inhaled....you better exhale....how long has it been?

I don't know, but did you try smoking it?

Remember.... the Pope is looking over your shoulder....

On 5/31/2013 at 12:26 PM, Bigfoot said:

Dept of parks  PARADES and recreation     

 

                                      

Bigfoot falls under the Dept. of Folklore and Legend.

Bigfoot is like a family joke that has been around for many years...It is sooooo stale, you get tired of hearing about it....

Ever hear about the Cardiff Giant?......Google it.....

Now we can focus on the trolls and leprechauns..

Nice!......Happy Spring, Old Farm Boy.....

To think that these people, maybe Celts, Vikings,or Druids from the same era as the Stonhenge builders were in our area, and knew so much about the natural world, is a startling idea....It's easier to imagine the Aztec's, ancient Egyptians, and other enlightened civilizations, when they were not in our own neighborhood, or....maybe they were..hmmmmm?

I've heard about some ancient burial mounds discovered near Sabula....Can anyone add to that story?   Was that determined to be pre-Native American era? I think the late Sam King, from Penn State DuBois Campus, and noted local historian, did some research on them....

It's a bit of a jolt to be reminded that the history of our little bit of the world goes back thousands of years, and how little we know about it.

Wow....what a mystery....incredibly interesting...Thanks mr.d.....

You're right...If the school board still owned it, it should have been made available to someone willing to restore it. Was something built in it's location? I imagine those buildings passed from the school board hands many years ago. If it was privately owned, that is a different story.

 

No...someone tore it down for NO good reason

No good reason??  Good grief.... I'm glad someone finally tore it down...Unlike the Wilson Building where they reduced a two story building down to a pile of rubble, and walked away... that was the end of the demolition. Come back in a hundred years, and i'd bet the pile of debris will still be there, maybe minus the wood which may have rotted into the ground by then...Get rid of these old eyesores, unless they are put to some valid use....Now we have the biggest rat hatchery in Sandy Twp. Here's an idea.... start a snake colony to control the rats...What's this pile of rubble doing to the property values of the area. I guess that isn't even a consideration...

It was right across the road from the Trailer park.

Isn't the building still there?

The Hogan-Martin store was at 61 W. Long Avenue.  It was eventually Turners for those who remember that.  It was located on the east side of High Street which is the area before you get to St. Michael's Terrace.

What did they sell? Turner's was a little step up from the other 5&10's....Lenordson's was the upscale store for womens's clothes. Troutman's was the general department store. Turner's had a basememt room on the alley where churches had rummage sales.

You could check with the DuBois Historical Society too.  That's where I got the name of the hardware store in which I saw my first Santa, Fennell and Heberling across from the Brady Street parking lot on Long Avenue.

I remember Fennell and Heberling very well. My dad and I went there many times for plumbing supplies It made a big impression on me when Mrs. Fennell knew everything about plumbing and stuff that I considered "mens" business. Also John Gannan Plumbing on Franklin? Street. Down by Hughes and Starr Dodge dealership. Also Shaffer's Wallpaper and Paint store on Long Ave. I don't remember a Hogan Martin store, maybe that was even before my time....

Why does a chicken cross the road?...Is it because he wants to come home to roost?

You can put paint on an old tire and call it a planter, but it's still an old tire.....

Sorry Rockton Bogfoot has been exposed as a hoax as I posted before. Just a guy in a ape suit who likes to run across the road every now and then.

Ahhhhh....there we have it...just as I suspected!:shok: