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Here's another great picture that Johnny Bernardo sent me several years ago:

Lenn Levene, "Toby" Tobias, Ammon Balaster on motorcycle, Penrose Landis, and Joe Butch
I think this might be about 1925 and that's my Dad, an old Italian sitting on an old Indian motorcycle. I think it's an Indian Chief
Does anybody recognize where this was taken. It looks like a speakeasy with shuttered windows and a bouncer at the door in the background.
And who is Joe Butch? It is interesting to note that it is actually a post card photo (see the back side).
It's a great old picture. Thanks, John

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Ciao

Pooge

those old pictures are fantastic....... we have so many of the Bernardo clan on west Queen street..............the whole family lined up,,,,,,,in order of their birth........ i was second from the last........Eddie was the baby. I think my sister Bonnnie or Mary have picture of the old St. Paul's choir,, first communion pictues,, and lots of us when we were kids at the house at 539 West Queen Street.............. the last house in West Annville, next to Brandt's mill..........Did you find anything out at the original Balaster name, when they came from Italy?? That could be ineresting.................... Ciao john

In a message dated 3/10/2006 9:04:26 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, NAPA422 writes:

wow,,,,, i can imagine the Teachers at Annville elementary school trying to pronounce that name!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you know the genesis of AMMON?? Probably came from a teacher. huh? They had a difficult time forcing themselves to prounounce "foreign" names One teacher told me that they were fearful of walking down Queen Street because we were all Cathloics,, and Democrats!!!!!!!!!! (my father was NEVER a democrat!!) This is the way it was, way back when.., believe it or not.... There was one family on West Queen Street who called us names walking to school past their house............,,,,,, names like WOP,, Daigo,, Garlic Snapper,, Greasers,, etc etc........ They were difficult times growing up as a "minority"... But that's what we were.. we were different,, our names ended with a vowel,, and we were Catholics. and some of us had dark hair and darker complexions... BUT,, we made it,, didn't we??. Those painful experiences probably made us more determined to succeed.................Thank God times have changed. and that bigotry is history.......................................John

I think the name Ammon is a biblical name and maybe, as such, a PA Deutch (German) name. When I moved out west here I found that Ammon was also a great Mormon warrior or something. Arnesmando is also quite unique.

Dr. Pooge

Dominic Bernardo age 18
First formal Photograph 1913

Cute little Johnnie Bernardo 1936

Bernardo Family 1935
Dominic, Albert, Bonnie, Alfred, Mary, Stella, Valentino, John, Edward, Nella "Nellie"

NAPA422@AOL.COM wrote:

pictures look great, Dr. Pooge...... You are a genius!!. On that Bernardo family picure, the Witner's outhouse appears in the rear of th upper left corner of the picture. There are still couple of outhouses standing in Annville!! Also, on that picture, I think Stella and Mary both made their First Holy Communion,, with their white dresses and bonnets on!! And it looks as though I really didn't want to hold Eddie's hand!!...

I can't seem to loate your address again, dr. Pooge.. Please send it, and i'll WRITE IT in my address book!.. THANKS....ciao John

Hi John,

Thanks for that feedback on the picture viewing. Often I just don't know so it's good to hear that it looks good.

That is a great picture of your family with all the kids in line and the pictures of your old house are wonderful. I always admired that house and I still do. I wish someone would fix it up. It's a great stone structure and I'm sure it's very old. Do you have any idea how old it is. Is there a date stone on it or anything?

John, my address is:

Ammon Balaster
2 Lakeshore Park Road
Boulder, CO 80302

Ciao, John. Have a great day.

Dr. Pooge

Bernardo House circa 1935
By the Quittapahilla Creek and Brandt's Mill
539 West Queen Street, Annville

NAPA422@AOL.COM wrote:

DR POOGE.... THANKS.. I MAILED SOME MORE PICTURES TODAY.. YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM IN A COUPLE DAYS... THE OLD HOUISE,, AT 539 WEST QUEEN STREET WAS PROBABLY BUILT SOMETIME IN THE LATE 1700'S.. IM NOT SURE,, BUT DORIS MILLER FLORY, WHO IS A HISTORIAN IN ANNVILLE PROBABLY KNOWS,, I'LL TRY T FIND OUT..

WHAT A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF OLD WEST ANNVILLE,,,,,, I WISH SOME OF THE OLD TIMERS WERE STILL LIVING TO OFFER THEIR TWO CENTS!!... I SURE MISS THE "GOOD OLD DAYS" THERE!!

CIAO, JOHN
Yea, the late 1700's sounds about right. That makes it one of the oldest houses in Annville. It should be preserved as an historical building.

You know the house I was born in on Cherry Street where Mom still lives used to be an old school house. It was built around 1800.

Dr. Pooge.

Marino Candori age 2
on Queen St. in front of "The Store"
Candori's Grocery

Albert Bernardo
In front of the old stone house with Hudson automobile late 1930's

The Front Porch
Old Bernardo House

Bernardos on the porch

Bernardos On The Porch close up
Albert on furlough, John, Dominic, & neighbor May Line

Casper Perrotti

Uncle Dan Frattaroli & Bonnie Bernardo

Uncle Dan, Aunt Nancy, Grandma Angiolina DiBattista Frattaroli

Dominic Bernardo, Father Leo Kerchner,
First Pastor of St. Paul's R.C. Church, Annville, & John Micozzi

Grandpa Joe Frattarli & Bonnie 1930's
Brandt mill house in background

Grandpa Joe Frattaroli & Bonnie 1930's
high res close up

Front row - Mary & Alfred Barnardo
2nd row - BonnieBernardo, Libby Mariani
3rd row - Frankie Moore & Al Bernardo
4th row - Sadie DiAngelis holding Mafalda & Jimmy Mariani
Back row - Aunt Nunell, Nellie Bernardo & Annie Mariani 1928

Louie "Sonny" DiAngelis and Claudette wedding
St. Paul's R.C. Church

Claudette and Sonny close up

Flapper Girls - Nellie Bernardo & Nancy Perrotti Frattaroli
Dominic Bernardo center 1030's

St. Paul's Choir hike 1939
Maggie Candori, Mary Bernardo, Mary Dienno, Helen Mariani
Stella Bernardo, Minnie Candori, Della Mariani, Bonnie Bernardo, Gloria Trenta

St Paul's choir trip to Washington D.C. 1953
Nellie Bernardo, Mary Miller, office worker, Mrs. Louis Rotunda, Helen Clodovia, Mary Myers, Mrs. Hiram Batz