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<DIV>Doug et al. -</DIV>
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<DIV>Your proposal is a wonderful idea -- I don't know just how extensive you
could make this actual and pictorial public display, but I feel things like the
trolley line and the other shops of the past would give a sense of the Town in
another time that could be quite evocative.</DIV>
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<DIV>I know I remember a drug store across from the Sonnenberg building that was
not a chain -- just an old-fashioned style with a soda fountain. It was a
treat for me and my children when I put the youngest in a stroller and had the
others walk holding on to the bars from our house on Oglethorpe Street up to
Route One for an outing.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also remember there was a Little Tavern on the corner that is now the
Rite-Aid. The bite-size hamburgers they sold were delicious and I had
a fortifying cup of black coffee there as I waited out my five year-olds
tonsillectomy at Leland Memorial Hospital. There were still a few private
residences along Baltimore Boulevard in my memories -- they went the way of the
wrecking ball when the McDonald's came in and when the old "Homer's Gulf" gas
station was expanded.</DIV>
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<DIV>Of course many of you will still remember the shoe repair shop at the E-W
Highway corner -- the first "cobbler" that I knew there was an Italian man
and he did very good work. There was also, at one time, a portrait
photographer in one of the buildings and a U.S. Post Office -- I don't believe
they were in the Sonnenberg building but perhaps they were. And, of
course, I took many items to the Peeler's Dry Cleaners that was a drive-up -- so
convenient to have all of these shops nearby.</DIV>
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<DIV>I even remember before East-West Highway was constructed and we had a
gentle, residential street that cut over from the commuter rail area to (I
think) Rittenhouse Street and up to Route One. Of course, the traffic that
backed up each morning and evening to cross the railroad tracks was horrendous
before E-W -- so I guess it was inevitable -- I always wished we could
have pushed it further up north towards College Park --</DIV>
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<DIV>In conclusion, Doug, good idea -- I'll be the first to stand up to be
counted in support and will offer whatever assistance you might feel of
value.</DIV>
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<DIV> Ann
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