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<DIV>I just wanted to thank our former Mayor Ann Ferguson for the history
lesson. It is greatly appreciated. We lose so much of our history
when people move away or pass away and the only way we can know some of these
things is if they tell us. Thanks Ann for telling us. I also like
Emily's idea about all the old businesses and keeping a history or a walking
tour. What a great idea. Hope we can accomplish this in the
future.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/18/2009 8:22:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
johnferg27@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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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
Ferguson</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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