[PRCo] Re: West Penn 832
Dennis Fred Cramer
trombone at windstream.net
Thu Dec 10 19:05:15 EST 2009
Of course they had to christen the cars with Billy Baxter Ginger Ale as
Prohibition was the law of the land. Not that there were not bootleggers in
the New Kensington area, long noted for an association with "The Family".
The current editor of the Valley News noted none of the girls had "foreign"
names. The time period did not permit, no grant, any recognition of
foreigners.
Yes, I and the staff at the paper are enjoying the research. I finished
1932 today. By the way, Roosevelt won despite the fact Tarentum went for
Hoover.
Dennis F. Cramer
http://home.windstream.net/dfc1
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