Pre-WWII Bond Hill (Warren, Avon, Reading: house, neighborhood, theater)

[jkgibb1]

I remember being so afraid of Miss Denick--we would put our heads down when we passed her in the hall, we were so scared. Was her first name Ruth or Dorothy? I heard that she was very strict yet very nice and not as frightening as she appeared.

There was a crossing guard named Mr. Silverman. I remember once Mr. Silverman ducked into a business during a torrential rain and my brother stuck his head in and promptly informed Mr. Silverman that he was going to report him to Mr. Warren for not being on the job. The next day, my brother was summoned to Mr. Warren's office and paddled for being a smart-aleck.

[MiddleCincinnati]

Originally Posted by worseck

I got a web site "cincinatti views" with old postcards of Cincinnati. ... The Mills was at 39 East 4th St. downtown and the Dutch Mill was at 5203 Montgomery Rd. in Norwood.

I remember the radio advertisements for the downtown business.
The chorus of their jingle went "Look for the sign of The Mill".
It sounds, though, like the business you were looking for was the
Dutch Mill.

[CincyJim]

Originally Posted by MiddleCincinnati

Y... ... Polk's "City Directory"... ...

Polk's was at 5th & Pike streets right south of White Castle's. I believe the Polk building is a condo now.

[jayboydog]

why was the 1937 Bond Hill Elementary School demolished? was asbestos an issue? remember the window shades? translucent yellow shades mounted halfway up, one pulled down and the top one pulled up. opaque shade at the top pulled down over the entire window. for a couple of years starting around 1970, broken panes were replaced with blue. that stopped and clear windows returned within a year or so. i loved that bldg, and was disappointed when i saw it was gone. my teachers from '65-72 were:Volkman, Norcross, Hicks, Wilcox, Wainer (when pregnant, replaced by Moglen), Doyle, Stoffregen. math= Mount, Clark; science=Johnson, then a korean vet John Mohr; music=Backs, art= Tepper, gym= Wakeman, principal Guastini replaced Warren. there was a projection room on the second floor that overlooked the gym. climbing poles and ropes and rings hung from the ceiling of the gym. parallel bars were supported by cable to anchors in the floor near the west wall. at lunch, movies were shown in the gym on Tues and Thurs during the winter. McDonalds on Reading Rd opened in '71. Jo Ray was pony keg on the north side of Calif Av. across from IGA and Ted's Variety Store. Tom House chinese restaurant was operated by the Wong family. There was Sinclair gas station on the SE corner of Paddock & Calif. a bank on the NE corner, ACME drycleaning on the NW corner.

[Trisha Myers]

"Does anyone remember any of these teachers from Bond Hill School? Miss Bremer, Mrs. Volkman, Mrs. Norcross, Mrs. Gibbs, Miss Heinz, Miss Fisher, Miss Mount, Miss Stoller, Mr. Landwehr, Miss Knueven, Mrs. Stoffregen, Mrs. Backs, Miss Trainor, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Dennick? Principal Clarence Warren? Assistant Principal Corlett? Crossing guard Dorothy Johnson?"

I attended Bond Hill school from 1962 to 1969. I had Mrs. Norcross, Miss Gibbs, Miss Mount, Mrs. Backs, Miss Trainor, and Mrs. Stoffregen, who was the best teacher I ever had. Tough, though. She would not put up with any nonsense. I still remember the poems we had to memorize. I also remember Mr. Warren. He retired and was replaced by Mr. Guastini in 1968. The school will live in our memories now. What a shame they tore it down. Does anyone recall the candy store on California across from the school? You could get rock candy, and wax teeth and lips there. Also Jo-Ray's pony keg farther down the street. We used to go there for penny candy.

Thanks for sharing your memories.

[unctheel]

i remember the candy store as "B's." There was an earlier post (maybe on the thread dealing with Reading Rd) from someone who I think was related to the family as a son or grandson, and gave the full name. i just remember it as "B's." I graduated from Bond Hill in '62 and had some of the same teachers as you. Some were tough, but it was a great educational experience. i remember in the first grade we went on the "farm' trip, then in 2nd grade, a ride on the train from Union Terminal. In 5th grade, we had "Westward Ho" out in Sharon Woods, although it rained mightily on our trip. Was the boys' and girls' side of the playground still divided when you were there? Friends can';t believe it when I tell them that the boys cold not play on the same side of the palyground as the girls. I remember "ABC" ball (four square?) and sports teams at lunch time: kickball, dodge ball in the gym in winter. great times, great school, great memories.

[worseck]

I have another restaurant question. There was a Friedman's Restaurant in Cincinnati in 1940. My hunch is that it was probably somewhere in or near the Avondale/Bond Hill corridor. A check with the Cincinnati library directories does not yield any information. Does anyone have an information on the location of the restaurant and any recollections about it?

[veteran observer]

The store across the street from Bond Hill school was owned by a couple named Breitholle, hence the names Mr. and Mrs. B.....as in "Mr. B, I want two pretzel sticks, a pack of Lik-M-Aid, three licorice whips, three 5-cent packs of baseball cards and six of those cute little wax bottles with the flavored liquid inside."

I believe the correct spelling of the kindergarten teacher was Brehmer...Louise Brehmer. I remember seeing her death notice in The Enquirer within the last year. Apparently she never married.

[veteran observer]

I had forgotten how there was a "boys side" and a "girls side" of the payground during recesses and lunch hour. I boys were on the west side of the playground. My time at Bond Hill School was 1948-54.

I remember lunch time was from 11:30 until 1:00 and we had the option of buying lunch at the school, bringing your own lunch to school, or going home for lunch. Those in the 4th grade and above could also go out to eat. White Castles were 7 cents then (look for the 5-for-25 cents coupon in the paper).
Goebel's Grill on California Avenue was another popular destination and once in a daring while there was the Mt. Vernon Frisch's. What a comedown to a confining half-hour lunch break at Woodward.

From previous posts I see movies were shown in the gym during lunch hour.
When I was there we had volleyball and kickball leauges during the cold weather months and there was a 2 cents admission charge to watch, with the money going to the Art League.

[bondhill girl]

Does anyone know how Miss Denick pulled off trails west--it still amazes me.