  Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1244 Registered: 04-2007 |
It is interesting to note that U of D College played the likes of Boston College and Texas Tech. ...Not sure the details of this report... it was understood U of D wanted to schedule non-conferece game(s) with U of Mich. in the 30s and 40s and they were snubbed.... apparently there was no love lost between the two colleges at that time. (Message edited by kellyroad on November 24, 2008) | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2415 Registered: 04-2008 |
Cfg, Since we cleaned the Eastside streets of the vermin it's okay to come outside again. Too bad OD felt he had to bail just because Hitler & Stalin told him he had to. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1694 Registered: 04-2008 |
EB, who didn't you use to hang with? Pretty impressive resume of associates if you ask me. J, if the Lions did play at TS, and there are more than enough seats still left, I would love to go there and great them...with a bucket full of snow balls! Cfg, Sr. Leonita told Lowell to reset you since you are way too chatty. Apparently, it was not reflecting well upon the school. Myself...I would have let it slide. Soup Bowl? The Lions belong in the Toilet Bowl. I don't think they're even good enough to play in the Motor Shitty Bowl. Laing, you can keep your well earned 6000 and your nickel, but the Titans losing streak will continue thru Thursday because the Lions at least don't let me down on Thanksgiving...usually. Z, Vermin indeed. Mission accomplished! The Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings are the best team in all of hockey. And the Sharks suck. I guess OD lacks them. Who knew? KR, do you work at the Historical Museum? Wherever do you come up with these things? Joker, do post more often. I'm guessing you have some neat pictures of SJ Church, and if my guess is right, maybe even some 8MM. These would be a great addition to the SJ site on FB. Diane, Happy Thanksgiving, and hope things are improving for you in Houston. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1246 Registered: 04-2007 |
7: Hopefully Jokerman, Duck, and Eastwood_Rex can post pics and continue with some of their memories and anecdotes of St. Jude. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2416 Registered: 04-2008 |
Are you all caught up now 7? No wait I asked you a question about HS overtime | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1247 Registered: 04-2007 |
The 500 ft. rule got me thinking about the bars and party stores near St. Jude back in the day. George's party store was probably closest to the church building and the bars on Kelly and 7 coming in very close.....This all leads to this inquiry: Were there any obscure neighborhood bars within the boundaries of St. Jude Parish that you knew of? Not the ones on 7 mile or Kelly, or Morang, or Hayes but right on a side street in a residential area....perhaps on Boulder or Cordel or west of Hayes. There may have been one or two one Queen or MacCrary or Celestine...don't recall any north of 7. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4787 Registered: 04-2005 |
I don't recall any in the area between Kelly and Hayes and 7 and 8 Mile. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1695 Registered: 04-2008 |
Z, had to look this one up. The 10 yard line overtime rule applies. http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/fb /playoff.pdf | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1248 Registered: 04-2007 |
Trivia Question: (DO NOT GOOGLE THIS) Most all of us at St. Jude have been at or near Skinner Playfield. Where is Skinner Playfield? Again, be fair... no internet searches The first correct answerer may receive a bowl of their favorite soup. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1697 Registered: 04-2008 |
7andkelly area bars. Paperstation was number one...just a hop skip and a trip home from there. HUGE pitchers of Miller's beer for three bucks, and excellent ground rounds with sauteed onions...a great way to celebrate an NDHS hockey victory. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4788 Registered: 04-2005 |
7, he wants ones NOT on Kelly or 7 Mile Rd. Old neighborhood joints like the ones you see on the west side, built in old houses, where the owners lived in the back or upstairs. I think we were too modern on our side of the city | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1698 Registered: 04-2008 |
Oh. Well there's at least that one dive bar on Celestine and Glenwood or something. The name escapes me. Didn't some softball player girl post the name of it once on this thread? J, if you can imagine, this place was Humphrey's on steroids! | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4789 Registered: 04-2005 |
I know on the other side of Gratiot there were some businesses like I think KR is talking about. There was a candy/notions store on Schoenner and Pelkey (I think)and the lady who owned it lived in it, too. There are still a lot of them scattered around town; some were bars, some bakeries and some party stores. Our corner of St. Jude Parish just didn't have houses that were set up that way. The closest thing I recall is the party store/paper station on Boulder near Manning. Most of those places were from the 20's and 30's. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4790 Registered: 04-2005 |
Was Skinner the original name of SJ Playfield? | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 471 Registered: 07-2008 |
7andkelly---Thank you and things are getting better here. We are set for a move December 1st to a nice shiny new place. I have been reunited with a love I thought lost and it is nice and sunny and warm down here. KR---Do you frequent FB at all? I've sent you stuff. Back to 7andkelly---I have been to Paperstation and loved their burgers and beer specials. I'm a MGD girl from way back. Also used to snag some MD 20/20 when in high school and skipping class to go hang with the bad girls. Dominican girls knew how to party. And on a very sad note, the Lions are "playing?" this Thanksgiving Thursday against Tennessee. I think we need to send TN sympathy cards and boxes of tissues for their tears over missing Thanksgiving dinner having to play. The Lions really ought to just call up TN and tell them they can have the win seeing as they'll have it anyways and this way every one can enjoy dinner including those that will be watching and trying desperately to digest the turkey having to view the carnage. Back to kellyroad---Skinner Playfield? Hmmmm....was that the playfield that was in front of Heilman right on 7 Mile Road across the street from the Orthodox Church? | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1249 Registered: 04-2007 |
Diane and J Cole: No Diane: There was a Luthern Church on the southwest corner of 7 and Morang. Across the street from that was St. Jude playfield. I'm not sure what Orthodox church you're referring to. We've all been to or by Skinner park probably on several occasions. It is either in or very near the St. Jude Parish Boundaries.... remember no fair peeking. Turn on your visual mental map. | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 472 Registered: 07-2008 |
KR---Was it more down Kelly near to Morang? I recall there being something there once. I think it might have been near Denby. (Message edited by diane12163 on November 25, 2008) | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1250 Registered: 04-2007 |
Diane: Before the soup is served, tell us exactly where it is...(No google map peeking) | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 476 Registered: 07-2008 |
Right next to Denby High School on the Morang side. Duchess is by it. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1251 Registered: 04-2007 |
What kind of soup would you like served Diane? You got it! Skinner playfield indeed runs along Duchess right behind the old Denby driver's training course and just north of the tennis courts. | ||
Diane12163 Member Username: Diane12163 Post Number: 477 Registered: 07-2008 |
KR---Thank you! I sure had to clean out some cobwebs in the brain to remember that. Hmmmm....soup. I have, ever since I've been to Lucille's on Kirby down from Henry Ford Cottage Hospital loved their Chicken Noodle Tarragon soup. It's so homey and tasty. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2417 Registered: 04-2008 |
A little more Soup Bowl history. There's a couple of 63' SJS grads in this pic.  | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 41 Registered: 03-2008 |
7K - thanks for the vote of confidence and letting me slide due to my "chatty" nature. Chiming in on the bar scene - remember I was a 'west of Hayes" rogue at one time - there was a "Wagon Wheel" bar on Chalmers between 6 and Mapleridge, where I remember tipping a few brews. Anyone else venture there? | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 42 Registered: 03-2008 |
Geez, Z - your attic must not only be FULL - but VERY organized - I'm envious! | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2418 Registered: 04-2008 |
A couple other 63' St. Jude grads who played for St. Ambrose were Bob Gore & Doug Martinelli. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1254 Registered: 04-2007 |
Z: and I thought I was a rat pack. Who were the players from SJ. You mentioned Jim Navetta before...that name sounds familiar...Did he have brothers or sisters? Where did he live in the parish? CFG. The Wagon Wheel must have been on the east side of Chalmers between Mapleridge and Spring garden. There were a few bars however, some in the St. Jude parish boundary that were right in the neighborhood. I believe on Faircrest, Lindhurst or Glenwood along Queen, MacCrary or Celestine. Interestingly, when you look back at the history of St. Jude Parish, the south "green" section had an entirely different makeup than the north cherry or Harper Woods sections....one noticable difference was the presence of corner businesses on a residential street or lack of depending in what section you resided in. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4798 Registered: 04-2005 |
We 'Cherry' SJSers where in a more centralized business district setup. Our area was brand new housing when St. Jude went up, as opposed to the 'Greens' who had some history in the area. If you look at 1930 era maps, there was very little in our corner of the world | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2419 Registered: 04-2008 |
In the above pic Bob Black & Bob Ortiz are the St. Jude players. Jim Navetta was an ND grad I think he went to St. Veronica. He had an older brother Bob who graduated from ND (not sure what year) He taught at ND when I was there. I'm sure 7 may have had him too. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2420 Registered: 04-2008 |
Between 7 & 8 mile, from Kelly to Gratiot, I think the only business that wasn't on a main drag was Frank & Rudy's on Boulder. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4801 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yeah, that's the one I was talking about before. Wasn't it near Manning? Also, in that picture, it says the QB was Rick Werner. Any relation to Ken and Frank? |
