[RP TownTalk] ERCO

[Dwight Holmes]

not to mention commercial potential!! ;-)

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Jeffrey Yorke <yorkedial at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think anyone said anything about it NOT being haunted. I'd go with
> the theory of a 7-year-old in this case and I'm a solid 50 years older than
> him. But, haunted is good. There lie there real historians!
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Nancy Augustine <nya_md at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>>  Thanks to all who chipped in so much information about the ERCO
>> building. I can't wait to tell my 7-year-old stepson that it's not haunted
>> (his default explanation for anything that looks out of place), it used to
>> be a very important place and another good reason for us to be proud of our
>> community.
>>
>> Nancy
>> Riverdale Road
>>
>>
>>
>> Feb 13, 2012 11:06:21 PM, johnferg27 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> There are good photos regarding ERCO in the recent book of photographs
>> referred to by Melissa Avery.  Also, in *The Riverdale Story* -- a book
>> produced to mark the Town's 75th anniversary, you can find text (p. 104)
>> about the plane and the "after World War II" use of the site as manufacture
>> of the planes continued. The book is available at the County (main) Library
>> on Adelphi Road and a copy should be made available for residents to look,
>> on request, at in the Town office (I don't know if there are any still
>> available for purchase).
>>
>> When Riggs Bank constructed its facility in the vicinity of the ERCO
>> site, I requested that they install a pedestal with a stainless steel
>> plaque and text about the Ercoupe.  This was installed on the access to the
>> Riggs entrance that was most used.  It was still there when I moved from
>> the Town in October 2001.  I know Riggs left the site a couple of years ago
>> and one day when I was visiting the Town, I drove over to check on the
>> plaque.  I found it was gone and I made mention of it to someone in the
>> Town office, hoping I would learn it had been given to the Town.  I have
>> heard nothing about it since then.  If anyone has information about what
>> happened to it, I would be interested to hear.
>>
>> Ann Ferguson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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