[PRCo] Re: 1960

[Harold G.]

Bob and all.  Lets give this a PRC twist,
Was the Duquesne President Father  McAnulty?
If so, his brother was Bill McAnulty who worked for me at PAT
He came from PRC in planning.  the president was
a Holy Ghost Father.

Also I lived with Gouze family in Dormont from l951 to
l957.  Matt Gouze was the founder of the Duquesne
University Tamburitzans.  This is an eastern Europe
folk music group.located at a corner building on the
Blvd of the Allies.

Harold Geissenheimer
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:23 AM
Subject: [PRCo] 1960


>A non-trolley aside: over the past five years, I had two separate
>opportunities to meet both Bill Mazeroski and Yogi Berra here in Chicago.
>Both were very friendly, but Yogi didn't want to talk about standing in
left
>field that day in 1960, watching Mazeroski's homerun ball sail over his
>head.
>
>On the 7th game day, I was on my way home from classes at Duquesne
>University, and had changed buses at E. Ohio and Chestnut Streets.  Waiting
>for the 5-Spring Hill bus, someone said, "You'd better hurry home and watch
>the game on TV."
>
>I did, and then I listened to reports of the post-game festivities on KDKA
>Radio.  I didn't venture back downtown that day.
>
>The next day, classes were cancelled at DU.  It seems that the president of
>the University had made a wild bet with students that if the Pirates won
the
>World Series, there would be no classes.  He thought it would be a safe
bet.
>
>Bob 2/26/05
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James B. Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:04 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] World Series in 1960__[WAS:::::::] car stop sign available
>
>
>> Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> > While we are talking about the Pirates recently, does anyone have any
>> > stories of the night they beat the yankee's (lower case to show no
>> > respect) in the 7th. game of the World Series in 1960? I was a jr. in
>> > college about 40 miles away and listened as did everyone when Bill M.
>> > hit the homer but instead of piling into a car for Pittsburgh stayed
>> > back to study. I don't think the cops let any cars through the Liberty
>> > tubes that night and have heard stories of many fans riding the tops
>> > of PCC's. Any truth?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Fred!
>>
>>
>> Have some memories of that time.       I believe you are correct that
>> the tubes were closed.       Someone else has indicated that everyone
>> gravitated toward downtown and closing the tubes may have prevented more
>> from arriving downtown.       Downtown was total gridlock  --  couldn't
>> get in and couldn't get out!
>>
>> Wasn't much in the way of TrolleyCar service on the 42-Dormont.
>>
>> Ticker tape was so thick it jammed the wheels on a trolleycar which then
>> burnt through the overhead which then fell on a woman and killed
>> her.       Giggle search of the snoozepapers should retrieve articles on
>> this.
>>
>> Then there was the vandalism.       Can understand the ecstasy that goes
>> with such a win but not the vandalism  --  Do Not see that connection
>> myself.
>>
>> My aunt worked in the medical department of US-Steel and I still have
>> some company photographs of the buildings lit up to honor the pirates
>> --  now to find them!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> Jim__Holland
>>
>>
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