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Anthony C. Andalft June 12, 2013 at 04:07 pm
Congrats to John Shiver's. To the writer . . . Why do you consider Kinky Boot's win for best…Read More musical an "upset win"? I think it was anticipated and expected by most.
Lauren Burgoon (Editor) June 12, 2013 at 11:20 pm
Hi Anthony, The oddsmakers/reviewers generally seemed to think Matilda would pull out the win. It…Read More was an early favorite. Seemed like a close race, considering how the two musicals split the awards.
Davi April 14, 2013 at 11:34 pm
The original house, on the corner of Haddon Ave. and KingsHighway, is where my grandfather was born.…Read More His name was Victor Hugo Clymer, publisher and editor of The Haddon Gazette. He built the Clymer Printing building, on the other side of the highway, east on Haddon Ave. He also built a home at 116 Chews Landing Road. He married Carrie Baker, and had a son and daughter. Their names were George and Margaret. My mother was Margaret (Peggie), and my name is David Berry.
Joe Taxpayer May 8, 2013 at 02:12 am
Chip - agreed. being able to answer in writing is a whole lot safer than in person because they can…Read More choose what to answer, research and carefully craft responses, add links, etc.
For example - I asked what will they do next year to make up the $450,000 they claim as revenue from Green Acres.
Ed could respond it is expected to happen again or it isn't and we need to find that revenue next year either via a tax increase or spending cuts or a combo of the 2.
What is there to be afraid of?
Brian Kelly May 8, 2013 at 02:20 am
One thing Ken Kouba has the other candidates don't is a personal insight on the business side of…Read More Haddonfield. As the owner of the Jersey Java he understands a town's successful business trade can have a positive impact on our taxes. He has some great ideas about the local government promoting and opening resident oriented businesses.
Chip's idea is a good one. It would be nice to have a forum where the candidates can post back to questions. Maybe a continuing page a voter can post a question on. It would be a unique access and a way to stay in touch with each candidate throughout the campaign.
Unfortunately the candidates are now in end game campaign mode and are at it morning to night. Votes are scarce and the best to get them is knocking door to door to reach people who don't know you.
I think most people reading patch have probably made up their mind by now.
Joanne May 8, 2013 at 09:01 am
Why don't you reach out to each of them for your concerns? This is not the proper forum for any of…Read More the candidates to get in to a debate with post writers (Anonymous and not). There was the Republican Forum, Haddonfield Civic Association and many coffees as well as Meet & Greets, where the candidates were/are open and willing to do (as you call it ) the "honorable" thing and address your concerns. Stop trying to bully the candidates to respond to your hostile environment.
Maryann Campling May 5, 2013 at 02:31 pm
Cliff....I always enjoy your articles/photos, but these are particularly appealing as they depict my…Read More part of town. I am wondering how the young lady in the first photo managed to climb that tree with those cumbersome skirts! Also, are there any archival photos of the boat house which, as you know, still stands (as a lovely, private residence) at the end of Lee Avenue. The view from the deck is the most spectacular in Haddonfield.
Animal Lover, and People Lover May 5, 2013 at 08:50 pm
I also wondered how that young lady made it so high up on that branch, as if she was magically…Read More lifted. Photography was such a new event, that making it art like this was a wonderful thing. But I wonder, those plants near the group looks like what we kids called "Skunk Weed" because if you broke a leaf.....well it smelled like skunk. I grew up surrounded by woods, and several of them had beautiful freshwater streams. I admired the frogs and salamanders that lived in and around them. That skunk weed was all around the wetland....oh, the memories 35 to 40 years ago are very sweet. These young folks in picture 2 and 3 must've had a good time making these photos. I hope to see that old boat house/home soon. I bet it's so pretty to see.
Cynthia S Byers May 5, 2013 at 09:17 pm
We are trying to make it as pretty as possible! We love living here. Cynthia S Byers and Scott…Read More Dunzik, MD
Maryann Campling April 28, 2013 at 03:32 pm
Another great article, Cliff. The way that drivers take that curve in front of Birdwood, it's a…Read More miracle that there isn't a car in the pond every week! When I think about the proposed widening of Hopkins a year or so ago, I was sickened that the most beautiful road in Haddonfield would be compromised. That whole area is an exceptional part of this town.
Gil Cosnett April 29, 2013 at 04:05 pm
Great photos.
If I remember correctly, the washout of Hopkins Lane (bridge) happened TWICE over a…Read More period of 2-3 (?) years (1967 - 1970 time period). The first repair, apparently didn't hold up too well. After both washouts - which occurred during heavy rain and thunderstorms, I recall seeing in the pond a shopping cart or two, a few old tires, remnants of large old trees, etc.......but no alligators.
RE: The car-in-the-pond - It wasn't an accident, per se; it was a stolen car that was ditched in the pond, I think it occured somewhere around 1968 - 70 (?).
Peter Dobush April 30, 2013 at 06:49 pm
Truly a hidden treasure where I taught my son to fish, and I still steal away for an hour or two on…Read More nice Sunday afternoons to catch and release a fish or two.
Maryann Campling April 23, 2013 at 10:39 am
.Love the photos/comments Kathy. My home was built in 1910, it's interesting to see some folks who…Read More were Haddonfield residents of that era. Also to see grass....not turf! :)
Cliff Brunker April 8, 2013 at 03:06 am
Glad you like it Maryann. It was accidentally reset incorrectly a very long time ago when the…Read More sidewalks were laid. I read about this somewhere and if I find more info, I'll post it here.
Beth Zigmund April 9, 2013 at 01:55 am
It's a shame that the Braddocks building no longer stands. What a gem! Mr. Brunker, any idea why it…Read More was destroyed? Fortunately, the beautiful sycamore tree to the right of the building in the photo still graces King's Highway, no?
Cliff Brunker April 10, 2013 at 11:25 pm
The building is still there behind and underneath many additions and modifications. Some of the…Read More original building is visible if you look at the 2nd & 3rd stories from Kings Highway The sycamore in the photo is the one that was removed in 1977. If you enter "the buttonwoods" in the Patch search, you can read more in my piece from January.
Cliff Brunker April 2, 2013 at 02:42 am
Very few. I don't remember seeing any with the neon on, but I'll keep looking. Here are a couple I…Read More took: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffx55/4479357221/in/set-72157618278449082
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffx55/5892149943/in/set-72157624844885860
Bruce Bailey April 2, 2013 at 03:07 am
One long-gone Haddonfield drug store that nobody else seems to remember was Estates Drugs, located…Read More mid-block in the line of shops on Haddon Ave. between Rhoads and Hawthorne Aves. Fed my comic book and baseball card habits there in the mid-'60s.
Cliff Brunker April 3, 2013 at 01:18 am
I have a picture of Estates at 417 Haddon Ave. It looks like a sequel may be in the works
Brian Kelly March 24, 2013 at 01:07 pm
I wonder what kind of business occupied that corner store which is currently the Bistro?
Debbie Hansen March 24, 2013 at 01:39 pm
I look forward to the Sunday Patch "Lost Haddonfield" article...This one is particularly…Read More interesting...It;s fun to see the intersection change...Thanks, Cliff Brunker and the Historical Society for sharing every week!
John J. Kirkwood March 3, 2013 at 10:20 pm
P.S.--Have known a farrier or three in my life...they could tell great tales about their…Read More "clients," especially about the hazards of their craft...being kicked and or bitten by those not so happy about their footware!
Maryann Campling March 3, 2013 at 11:19 pm
Mr. Kirkwood...did you happen to know Charlie Smith? He was brilliant at his craft. I had a mare…Read More who had chronic lameness (wind galls, she was a Standardbred) and his shoeing kept her sound. Her foal, Misty was a handful. Mr. Fralinger green broke her for me and Charlie tended to her feet...she was a handful ("opinionated" was the term my vet used). She would try to bite when Mr, Smith worked on her front hooves....she eventually learned manners, thanks to his skill and patience. I still miss her.
Guy Luongo March 20, 2013 at 01:46 am
My Grandfather purchased the gas station and built the building that stands there today. He built…Read More the building for his Apothecary Shop. He sold the building in 1979 right before his death in 1980 his name was Guy Luongo he was a Pharmacist and at one time the President of the Board of Pharmacy for the State of New Jersey.
Cliff Brunker March 29, 2013 at 02:06 am
The upcoming Lost Haddonfield will include a picture of the Apothecary Shop.
Cliff Brunker March 11, 2013 at 10:59 pm
The correct information for photo 2: Trolleys traveled at six miles per hour through Haddonfield and…Read More up to ten miles per hour along Haddon Avenue to Camden. Initially the fare was five cents, but eventually increased to ten. The above photo looks towards the center of town from the railroad.
Cliff Brunker March 11, 2013 at 11:00 pm
The correct information for photo 3: The trolley then made its way up Kings Highway to Potter Street…Read More and then returned to Haddon Avenue and on to Camden. Many people from Haddonfield would use the trolleys to ride to and from work in Camden. If they worked in Philadelphia, they would take the ferry from Camden to the foot of Market Street.
Maryann Campling March 11, 2013 at 11:29 pm
My Dad (RIP) told me that when he was a young guy in Philly, he drove a coal wagon and the wheels…Read More got caught in the trolley tracks, spooked the horse who bolted and ran right into the back of the trolley....through the glass. Somehow, the mare only suffered a small cut on her head and no one else was hurt, but my Dad said it scared the ----- out of him! I love the trolley operators' uniforms....very dapper. As always, thanks Cliff for your great dedication to our town's history.
Ned Bulmash February 26, 2013 at 05:34 pm
Thanks Bob. I have seen "Once A Upon A Time In The West" but your commentary gives me…Read More more iinsightfulness.
Maryann Campling February 25, 2013 at 12:21 am
My Dad (RIP) grew up in Philadelphia and although he was a city kid, had a great love of horses,…Read More which I inherited. He spent his spare time in the local stables and liveries. He told me stories about the fire house horses and how their harness was hung overhead in the ceiling on a pulley that drop the tack on to the horses' backs, to facilitate quick harnessing by the firemen. Daddy recalled the teams flying down Master Street (Brewerytown), and at night the sparks would fly from their shoes against the cobblestone street. He said that he would help the firemen cool down the teams, and prepare the harness for the next call. I miss him and his wonderful stories.
Christopher Jahn March 4, 2013 at 04:34 am
My great-grandfather, William Henry Tibbitt, was a volunteer fireman for Haddonfield.
WMS826 March 8, 2013 at 01:06 pm
Do what you want, just don,t write some cheesy article about it.
Once you're out, you're out, and…Read More don't embarrass yourself so stay out.
As a Captain you work days and have an office, the only ones who risk their lives are the low on the totem pole guys who are out there at three in the morning alone. The author himself was a hgh level guy too.
So then why leave, why not stay and work like the rest of us. And if you do leave then don't reflect on it like you were Popeye Doyle or John Timoney.
Jeremiah Wright February 17, 2013 at 06:41 pm
Shame we lost the cobblestones on KH. Would make Hfield even more charming.
Cliff Brunker February 18, 2013 at 02:47 am
The Civic Association erected the bathhouse, shown in the second photo, in 1916. As part of a…Read More public-works project in 1937, a cement pool replaced the original sand-bottom swimming hole which can be seen in the third photo.
Joe February 18, 2013 at 03:48 am
I was told the pool was built by the wpa. An old resident and Public Works employee (deceased) told…Read More me he was a life guard at the pool as a teenager.
I was in that pool when I was 5 years old, I remember it was really cold. One of the wells for the water plant was used to fill it.
Brian Kelly February 10, 2013 at 03:00 pm
Der Bingle stayed at the Haddon House while he was playing the ponies? Wonder if he was playing an…Read More engagement at the Latin Casino. Great info and photos.
Cliff Brunker February 10, 2013 at 08:25 pm
Glad you like them. The Latin Casino was located in Philly on the corner of 13th and Walnut Streets…Read More until it was relocated and expanded in 1960.
Peeches February 11, 2013 at 01:26 am
It would be nice if Remington & Vernick would put back the curved dormers, they gave the house…Read More charm. Thanks for the relocation info on The Latin Casino. Here I thought Cherry Hill is where it started and sadly ended. Who knew it had a history. I was the telephone operator at the Rickshaw Hotel. I met so many of the stars who entertained at the Latin Casino. Just to drop a few names, The Jackson's, the Osmonds,and Tom Jones.
Cliff Brunker February 5, 2013 at 02:48 am
I never heard that, but I'll check with a couple of the historians from the HSH and get back to you
Maryann Campling February 8, 2013 at 12:58 am
Hi Cliff: I swear that when I was a docent at the Indian King in the 90's that was part of the…Read More "script." But thanks for checking it out and thanks for all of the great work you and the other volunteers do.
HaddonGirl February 2, 2013 at 12:31 pm
The town's dinosaure sculpture, by borough resident John Giannotti, is opposite Chestnut Street at…Read More Kings Highway. Walnut Street is where the Acme is.
Bill Duhart (Editor) February 2, 2013 at 02:50 pm
Hi Haddongirl. My bad. Made the correction. Thanks for reading. Tell a friend.
Jack Me'hoffer February 16, 2013 at 09:25 pm
I agree those dopey retards should all see that flick, and also forced fed birth control.
Tim Gallagher February 19, 2013 at 05:32 pm
I really enjoyed Dead Poet's Society. It was extremely well acted and captured the Prep world pretty…Read More well in my opinion. I believe that some teachers can reach students while some parents are more concerned with their own image than their children's strengths or goals. As far as Braveheart, I watched it once and thought it was decent. Most individuals will not look at this film in historical context but will just want to be entertained by the action and bravado. I usually appreciate Robert's point of view (whether or not I agree) but did not care for this. His depiction of Sideshow clearly took over this piece. In my opinion, the point that we may determine whether we will like or dislike a film based on the source of the recommendation could have been made without getting into the paragraphs of detail about a guy that he truly despised. This is too much personal information. Robert's decision to resort to stereotypes based on one's birthplace and the neighborhood and religious affiliation of that area seemed to be that of a very angry individual.
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