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Larry Frattaroli sent these old pictures.  Take a look for some great memories!

Beauties on the bridge, looking east up the mill hill on Queen Street
Nancy Frattaroli, Edith Mariani, ?, Mabel Moore, Vienna (Baldori)

I WONDER HOW MANY PICTURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON THAT OLD BRIDGE ACROSS THE QUITTAPAHILLA CREEK....  WE USED TO WALK ACROSS THE TOP OF IT,, IN OUR BARE FEET!!...........IF OR MOM EVER KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SMACKED REALLY HARD!!.. WE MADE BOATS  FROM WOOD, TIN AND TARPAPER AND TAR.. AND FLOATED AROUND IN THAT DIRTY CREEK, AND SOMETIMES USED BIG INNERTUBES
 
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BOILS./................... WE USED TO GET BOILS FROM SWIMMING IN THAT DIRTY WATER!!!!.  man did they HURT!!!.....
 
WE  CAUGHT BIG CARP  AND SOMETIMES SUNFISH.  WHEN THE WATER LEVEL GOT TOO HIGH, THEY WOULD OPEN THE LOCKS AT THE WATERFALLS AND LET THE WATER RUN FREE.   THE WATER FALLS LULLED US TO SLEEP AT NIGHT,, WHEN WE HAD COMPANY OVERNIGHT, OUR GUESTS THOUGHT IT WAS RAIING ALL NIGHT... WHAT FUN WE HAD IN THAT OLD "
I THINK BRITISH SOLDIERS CAMPED ALONG THE "QUITTIE",, MY MOM ONCE FOUND SOME BRITISH COINS FROM THE 1700'S  WITH KING GEORGE'S PICTURE ON THEM..........IMAGINE THAT!!....                  CIAO  JOHN..

Yea, we had a lot of fun by that old bridge.  I was sad when it was damaged in the flood and then torn away.  It would have been nice if they would have left it as a foot bridge.  Mari and I had a blue and white wooden boat called the LARK.  I went over the falls in that boat twice and smashed out the front of the boat.  We rebuilt it.  Actually Frankie Moore helped make it happen.  One time I had Tina in the boat with me and I came real close to the falls because I knew that with two people in the boat it would just hit the dam and not go over.  I was trying to scare Tina and show her how brave I was when she jumped out onto the gates and I went over the falls with the boat.

Dr. Pooge

In a message dated 5/6/2006 1:04:46 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, NAPA422@AOL.COM writes:
you rascal you, Dr. Pooge!!! Hannah Lupinetti and I went down the hill
on  a sled and crashed smack into the MILL!!
 
I smashed into the bridge one time on a sled and cut my lip pretty bad.  Lucky I didn't knock my teeth out.  But I didn't have a girl with me on the sled like you.
Dr Pooge
 
In a message dated 5/6/2006 8:03:41 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, NAPA422@AOL.COM writes

HANNAH WAS ON TOP!

 

 

Charlie Perrotti, Dan Frattaroli, Dominic Bernardo
about 1945

Charlie Perrotti, Frank Moore, ?, ?

Church function
Palm Candori, Perazoli, Larry Frattaroli, Perazoli, O'Donner about 1941

 

Dominic Moore, Dan Frattaroli, Charlie Perrotti, Frank Moore

 

Frank (Fishy) Moore, Charlie Perrotti

 

Hannah Perrotti Manfredi with kids?
looking east on Queen Street about 1930

 

Local Strongman Dan talked about
Who was He?

 

Mabel Moore
corner of W. Queen and S. Cherry looking East on Queen Street
notice street sign on the house
Who's the baby and the mysterious guy with the hat? 
Jackie thinks it might be Dominic Russo.

 

Church function
Mari Candori, Lydia Mariani, Palm Candori, Louis DeAnelis, ?, ?

Nancy Perrotti, Nellie (Nella) and Dominic Bernardo
Where was this picture taken? Can anyone identify the car?

Perrotti and friends around 1912

Perrotti Boys and others

 

Frattaroli Family about 1915

 

S. Cherry St. looking North
Pete Perrotti

 

Pomeroy Frattaroli, Nancy Perrotti Frattaroli

 

Pomeroy Frattaroli & Vienna Candori

 


W. Queen St. 
Who are these people?  Anybody know?


Travis Perrotti and friends

 


Terry, Eda, and Arthur Frattaroli, Marcel, kids, Skeezix Quintelli, Charlie Perrotti, Nancy Books

 


Unknown family on Queen St. (no blacktop) looking East
Does anybody recognize this family?

?, Hannah Perrotti Manfredi, ?
?, Hannah Perrotti Manfredi, ?

Great pictures, Larry.  Thanks

Pooge, in one of your emails, you asked for information about "Jumbo" Perrotti. Here is a picture of him about 1950, in the backyard of 402 West Queen Street.

 Born 1878 in "Amatrice, providence Di Rieta Italy. Francesco Perotti, (note one R) in April 1978. Father, Pietro, Mother, Maria Di Matteo.Married, Lucia Quatrocchi in Amatrice Italy in, September 26, 1901. Came to the US around 1905, according to the 1920 census.

They had 10 children, starting with Louis, who was a cripple, and was left with an Aunt, in Italy, because of the immigration laws at that time. Lucia came to the US, with Hanna. Then, Nancy, August, Mary, Octavio, (Tavis), Peter, Rose, Charles, Casper, were all born in The US. He worked long and hard as a laborer, in the stone quarry, to support his family.

He was a big man, about 6' 4", and stood straight and tall, most of the time. He liked his wine, and most of the pictures I have, shows him, with a glass or pitcher in his hands. In the later years, he worked at many odd jobs, for a gallon of wine, including digging graves at the cemetery, behind, Frankie Moores.

One day, on his daily trek to Rotundas Bar, he was sitting on the porch across the alley ITom Kreamers store to rest, and possibly dose off for a minute, when Bob Kreamer came around the block driving the hearse, stopped, and got "Jumbo" by the arm, and said" c'mon Jumbo its time for you to go!! Jumbo started waving his cane and cursing in Italian, as he continued on to Rotundas. From that day on, He crossed Main Street at Kreiders store, and walked on the other side of the street. Cursing in Italian until he was passed Kreamers.

Bob Kreamer was a good mend of the family, and grew up with Casper, Charlie, and the boys, and at Jumbo's funeral, he was a bit teary eyed also. Most of the old timers of Annville, knew the only ticket out of town, was through Kreamers Funeral home. More than anything, they feared the "Poorhouse", so back then, every family took care of their own.

"A mother and father, can raise and provide for ten children, but the ten children cannot provide for the mother and father, in the later years" Sad thought, isn't it??

I'm sure there are many stories about my Grandfather, but I was 18 at the time he died, and didn't bother too much with "old people". I sure wish we would have talked to them more, about their lives, instead of being concerned so much about ours. Guess who the "old people are today??????

Larry


Francesco "Jumbo" Perrotti


Close up of Jumbo


Perrotti family in Italy I think

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