I wrote:
The store I'm thinking about was definitely on Springwood, about 2-3 blocks west of Main. I think the lot is still vacant today. The store on Springwood was Fish's (Fisch's?) Department Store. Tuesday night's elbow-benders group came up with the answer, but in the process of verifying, I found a cool web site, "Remembering the 20th Century: An Oral History of Monmouth County," new to me, which some others here might appreciate: _Monmouth County Oral History Archive_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/) . Asbury Park interviewees listed there are _Ada Bryan_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/BryanAda.htm) , _Iola Caplan_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/CaplanIola.htm) , _Julia Rifici_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/RificiJulia.htm) , _Thomas Smith_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/SmithThomas.htm) , and _James Perkins_ (http://www.visitmonmouth.com/oralhistory/bios/PerkinsJames.html) . For me, the best read was Iola Caplan's memories of this town starting from about 1940. It's eleven pages long. A snippet: Ms. Newman: You had said that when you came here as a school girl you thought Asbury Park was the most beautiful place you'd seen. Did it live up to your expectations when you actually moved here? Ms. Caplan: Oh, yes, yes....It was like a dream that we were going to come down to this paradise of Asbury Park. We came down here to look around and it was just marvelous. We spent much of our first two years walking the boardwalk, eating lunch by the ocean out there, picnicking. We just drank in the beautiful environment; we couldn't believe where we were, and we still love it. We still walk the Boardwalk whenever we have a chance. What can I tell you about Asbury Park? I'm sure that all of this has been recorded: the Boardwalk was in tiptop shape and it was always crowded. On Saturday nights we always used to go for a walk on the Boardwalk. We'd keep the Sabbath so we were at home during the day. It was hot and we had no air conditioning. Believe it or not, the kids grew up without air conditioning and we had heat waves then that were equivalent to what we have now, but people managed somehow. Happy Holidays The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. - Abraham Lincoln ========Original Message======== Subj: Re: [AsburyPark] chains etc Date: 12/12/2006 6:04:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) Sent on: On 12/12/2006 at 4:23:14 P.M., [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/12/200 Mac's Army/Navy on Main. Nahan (I gew Up with the kids..). It was sold some time ago. Not the original nahan. The store I'm thinking about was definitely on Springwood, about 2-3 blocks west of Main. I think the lot is still vacant today. Mac's may have been the relocated business after the "riots," but I thought the Springwood store re-opened at Middlebrook, The owners' names were Naomi and Jud. Happy Holidays The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. - Abraham Lincoln ========Original Message======== Subj: [AsburyPark] chains etc Date: 12/12/2006 4:23:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com) Sent on: Mac's Army/Navy on Main. Nahan (I gew Up with the kids..). It was sold some time ago. Not the original nahan.
