I know that a lot of BHS classmates worked for Peter Bongiovani in the Maywood Pharmacy. I worked there for quite a while. Bill Brown also worked there and eventually wound up owning the place. Who else worked there?
I remember a very nice pharmacist who was in charge, most of the time, when I worked there. It was Pat Morris Freemyer's Father, George Morris.
As I drove into Maywood, I noticed that this sign and building has not changed at all except for the name. It use to be Dinnerbeil's and is located on the south west corner of Passaic Street and Maywood Avenue.
Now for the extreme opposite. Two blocks north I came upon a building that made me do a double take. Remember the cute little borough hall with the police department buried in the back and the fire house next to it.... that's all gone.
How many classmates worked at the Maywood Bakery? Elaine Cummings worked here.
How many classmates worked at Maywood Hardware? This business was started by Elaine Lewandoskey's father. It was the end store of the building that the Maywood Pharmacy is in.
Henry Miller Sr. and Fred Lilienthal purchased the business and moved it to the corner of Oak and Pleasant Avenues in the 1940s.
So many of our parents worked in Jersey City or New York City and caught the steam train here.
Did you ever put pennies on the tracks for the train to flatten them?
Now back to things we all remember. These four scenes have not changed since they were built.
This new building is so big I had to take it with two photos. I think they knocked down about six homes to make room for this building. It is located on the north east corner of Maywood Avenue and Park Avenue
Remember???
It is hard to believe that 54 years ago (1949) I parked my 1935 Ford in that very same spot where my 2004 Chrysler Pacifica is now parked. The bakery hasn't changed but my car sure has. I just had to get a picture of my car in one of these photos; as our year book said "I love my car."
