[PRCo] Re: Memories

[Fred Schneider]

I worked with a man (now dead) who knew the history of an Italian family 
in Johnstown whose patriarch was the head of one of the two local 
political parties.  His business partner was the head of the other 
party.  (Note I'm being careful here.)  One of them was a member of a 
certain Sicilian brotherhood (his brother for whom I worked would tell 
you there was no such organization).  At any rate, the man I worked with 
told me that these two partners sold meat during  World War II that was 
not rationed.  And it was horse.  And my colleague said he knew because 
he also worked for them and carried the deposits to the bank.  So 
there.     (And EHL has also probably heard all of my colleague'sstories 
on nights we all went out together.  The key word is the Ranch.)
Mark McGuire wrote:

>  Speaking of "Big Boy" hamburgers, does anyone remember Winky's? 
>I remember there was one on Rt. 88 near where Castle Shannon Blvd.
>dead ended into 88. The rumor when I was a kid was that they used
>horsemeat. I'm sure it wasn't true. To put this on topic, you could
>see the rear of Winky's from the interurban line.
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