Pre-WWII Bond Hill (Cincinnati, Norwood, Avon: hair salon, school, tile)

[worseck]

Originally Posted by sigesunt

Are you thinking of Babe Friedman's on Burnet Avenue in Avondale? Amazing, I am acquainted with the daughter of the family, now in her 80's. Never went there myself but just acquired a matchbook cover from there, "lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks."

You have provided the answer to the puzzle. The public library confirmed a restaurant in 1940 owned by Samuel Friedman and located at 3421 Burnet Ave.

Many, many thanks for the solution to this question

[Box2565]

Originally Posted by 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.

Hi Trisha,

I'm feeling rather feeble minded a the moment as your maide name simply will nott pop into my mind! I believe that we were in the same classes most of the time from 1962-69. The class photos that were taken in front of the entance to the gym have long since disappeared among the items I own. Sure would like to find someone who has copies that could send me a larrge format scan (yep, that's a hint).

I would greatly appreciatehearing from you if you are able to share any photos.

Take care,

Steve Hagy
1296 Ryland from 1960 until June of 1969.

[Box2565]

Originally Posted by jkgibb1

To Trisha Myers:

I also remember memorizing poems in Mrs. Stoffregen's class. We copied the poems in a spiral notebook. The poem went on the right side and we found a photo to put on the left side to illustrate the poem. Each one of us would go up to her desk to recite the poem toward the end of the week.

I remember we learned the John Masefield poem which starts out with "I must go out to the seas again...". We also learned a poem about the parts of speech. I have searched for that poem as an adult and have found variations, but not the same poem. I remember lines like "The articles are the, a, an--they point out nouns; a boy, the man."
I also remember the line "They're interjections--ah, bah, lo!"

Mrs. Stoffregen passed away several years ago. I don't know if you knew that.

I wonder if a child were assigned a poem to memorize in this day and age how that would go over. The parent would probably write a note saying Johnny is unable to focus on memorizing the poem because of ADHD issues and to check his IEP--modifications are to be made on difficult assignments and Johnny should have additional time and be required to memorize only two lines of the poem--any two lines he chooses. Back then, we just did what the teacher said.

Hi,

The poem that taught language use/sentence construction was called "Nouns". For anyone who was a student of Mrs. Stoffregen you will remember that this was the first poem that was learned in her class and you had to be able to recite "Nouns" at any time during the school year when called upon (kind of like the equivelant of drop and give me 20).

I've never had any luck with finding the poem on the internet. "Nouns" begins: Nouns are just the names of things, like rice and snow and birds and rings, the articles are the, a, an, the point out nouns the boy a man. Pronouns take the place of nouns such as she for woman or they for clowns.

That's as much as I can recall other than a couple of pieces. I really wish I had mybook of poems from that year. Although Mrs. Stoffregen was not to be triffled with I can look back on that year (1968-69) and realize that I learned so much from here. I was always so happy when she would read to us. Does anyone remember having "Arlo" read to them?

Steve

[Mikey1003]

Living Grammar - TIME

NOUNS are just the names of things,
As rice, and birds, and snow, and rings. . . .
PRONOUNS take the place of nouns,
As she for woman, they for clowns.
ADJECTIVES describe the nouns,
As quacking ducks, and pretty gowns. . .
Strong-feeling words are Ouch! and Oh!
They're INTERJECTIONS: Ah! Bah! Lo!

[Box2565]

Originally Posted by Mikey1003

Living Grammar - TIME

NOUNS are just the names of things,
As rice, and birds, and snow, and rings. . . .
PRONOUNS take the place of nouns,
As she for woman, they for clowns.
ADJECTIVES describe the nouns,
As quacking ducks, and pretty gowns. . .
Strong-feeling words are Ouch! and Oh!
They're INTERJECTIONS: Ah! Bah! Lo!

Hi Mikey,

Thank you! I've searched for the poem several times but had it in my brain that the name was "Nouns", which could explain why I didn't find it. I do wonder if there is more than one version of this poem as the portion describing articles isn't here and I know that had to come from somewhere!

Steve

[jkgibb1]

Thank you, Mikey and Steve, for the information on the grammar poem we learned in Mrs. Stoffregen's class.

Yes, there are variations on the poem--you can find different versions by doing a search of "grammar poem."

I wonder if the one you quoted was complete as I DEFINITELY remember the line "The articles are the, a, an. They point out nouns: the boy, a man."

I am amazed that 46 years after learning the poem, I recalled that line about the interjections "ah, bah, lo"!

I do remember that the grammar poem was the first one we copied in our spiral notebook, although I don't recall having to memorize it when called upon at any given time. I just remember going up to the desk, reciting the weekly poem from memory, and getting our name checked off in the grade book.

[jkgibb1]

Also, I do not remember having "Arlo" read to us, but one of the teachers read "Adam of the Road" every day. That might have been Mrs. Stoffregen.

[jkgibb1]

It's a small world...

I attended a concert at Fraze Pavilion in Kettering last night and struck up a conversation with a guy sitting in front of me. It turns out we BOTH grew up on Andina Avenue in the fifties and sixties!

I told him to check out these forums as they are so interesting and filled with great memories. I am often amazed at how much people remember from their childhoods.

[Mikey1003]

Originally Posted by Box2565

Hi Mikey,

Thank you! I've searched for the poem several times but had it in my brain that the name was "Nouns", which could explain why I didn't find it. I do wonder if there is more than one version of this poem as the portion describing articles isn't here and I know that had to come from somewhere!

Steve

Believe me, I had no idea about this poem. Any time you are looking for a song, poem, quote etc, just put as much as you can in Google and out it comes

[rpbetzing]

The school wasn't actually torn down but gutted for renovation. Other than some newer out buildings in what used to be the playground, it still mostly looks the same from the outside. The 'complex' is now a community center in addition to being a school (possibly a magnet school). I started at BH in 1945 and was assigned to Mrs. Fisher's first grade in a'colony' building...one of two temporary out buildings. Second through sixth grades with Norcross, Bissong, Trainor, Dennick, then Eckman. Sixth grade was an experiment combining half 5th and half 6th grade kids in the same classroom. I know the old neighborhood well including delivering the old Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Times Star to the 1200-1300-1400 blocks of California, Regent, Laidlaw, and Ryland Aves from about 1952-1955. Any questions about the old neighborhood...just ask.