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Alias I used to live on Jerome Avenue : )

gotcha..........

Quoted from Shadow

So did I until the age of 7, lived at 1820 Jerome Ave near Cheltingham Ave.

geez I had a friend (co-worker at ge around) who lived at that end of the street '79-'80...............I knew his wife from HS...............she died of a brain aneurysm at 30.............I'm pretty sure it was in 1980.............very sad, he never recovered from that, went all to pieces

That was a nice area back in the day and I still remember feeding the Freihofer horse when they would deliver bread and cookies every day.

Quoted from 1251

geez I had a friend (co-worker at ge around) who lived at that end of the street '79-'80...............I knew his wife from HS...............she died of a brain aneurysm at 30.............I'm pretty sure it was in 1980.............very sad, he never recovered from that, went all to pieces

was her name Cheryl?

Quoted from Shadow

That was a nice area back in the day and I still remember feeding the Freihofer horse when they would deliver bread and cookies every day.

loved the Freihofer wagon...................hey, how many made an appearance on the Freddy Freihofer Show?  

Quoted from 147

was her name Cheryl?

uh...no

Just wondered, I knew a woman who lived down there, died early too.  Maybe it was the fumes from the dump

Quoted from joebxr

Stewarts (corner of Helderberg and Curry) used to be real gas station. Went ther to work on my car around 72...he had a Irish Wolfhound. Think when me moved out he moved to 5 corners for awhile.

yes it was, as recently as the early 80's. I had a black 69 Dodge coronet r/t and a guy that worked there had a blue '69 Dodge super Bee. The cars were almost identical, except the hoods.

The Cheryl you refer to was she Cheryl D. Yes you could also smell the fumes from the old varnish works too.

Quoted from Shadow

The Cheryl you refer to was she Cheryl D. Yes you could also smell the fumes from the old varnish works too.

My dad grew up on 3rd Avenue in MT Pleasant. He said you could tell what direction the wind was blowing depending on whether you could smell the varnish.

had many calls to fire dept...for one thing or another....dangerous fumes.....daily......and for many years.....it was a God send when the varnish works

left the area for the Junction......Schdy Chemical....

I also think that people who lived near the varnish works developed lung problems later on in life.

Cheryl D ... I'm trying to remember her last name, but it was either D or P ...

Pratt I think, or something like that.  Lived on the corner of Helderberg

The family I'm thinking of lived at the other end of Jerome Ave.

Quoted from Shadow

I also think that people who lived near the varnish works developed lung problems later on in life.

I wouldn't be surprised, but I don't think it was universal. My grandparents lived there for 40 years and lived to 85 and 90 respectively...neither one developing any kind of lung issue.