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' A former resident rememberstty EMMA JENELEL1K Famlh New* EditorSOMETIMES WE GET MOKE Hum we bargain for.For Instance, the letter Nicholas W. Volosin wrote from Springhill, Fla. re* questing a copy of a particular column that carried a quote he liked, included a lot of in* formation I found most Interesting.A former Mon Valley resident, Volosin wrote about his early days in the area.“I lived in Moncssen from 1910 until 1931 when we moved to a farm In Long Branch/* he wrote. “Then we lived in the Charleroi area from 1934 until moving to Florida two years ago.I spent most of my boyhood out in the woods and the hills above Lock Four. I worked in the box shop In the lower end of Moncssen, a short distance from where The Valley Independent is located now,-1 WORKED IN THE TIN MILL until it closed, on relief, WPA, and got into the mill at AUcnport in 1940, retiring in 197S.“Naturally there arc many, many pleasant memories of the area — the friends up at Manown School' (our buildings housed up to the 7th grade, where the Hilltop Fire Station is located now), We went to Rostravcr Junior High tin Prieedale) for the 8th grade. I remember A1 Hazclbakerand Algie Link were the two star football players.“When I went to Manown School they had a big pot belly coal stove towards the back 4 of the room and it would be too hot right near the stove...and the kids on the far side were cold!“FLL NEVER FORGET in the 2nd or 3rd grade we got a new teacher. I don’t remember her name, but she was so happy and seemed to enjoy teaching so much. Several times a day when she would be writing at the black board or hanging up some pictures, she would just bust out whistling a tunc or humming. 1 wish I had remembered her name and had written her a note telling her how much joy she had brought to the kids.”Volosin recalls more than just his childhood school days.“I remember hearing the grave diggers In Grandview; dynamiting to speed the grave digging during the flu in 1918,!* be wrote,VOLOSIN ALSO MENTIONED visiting former aquaintances during a trip to the area to attend a grandson's wedding lost month.“We talked about going door-to-door selling bunches of garden produce when we were kids. I worked the cemetery side and they worked the other way towards Dutch Town. We also' sold ‘ milk * in * quart-sizc aluminum cans.“I recall where Third St. is now located— from Leeds down to town — was a sulphur creek and sometimes we would go swimming and you can Imagine what the BVDs looked like from that water! They put In six-feet concrete sewers and built the road on top. We used to ride bob sleds from Grandview Cemetery gates alt the way downtown and then walk back.VOLOSIN WROTE that they got up to the Mon Valley Mm time for the snows. I enjoyed it!He wondered how many of the old tin mill workers are left. “The number is dwindling every year. 1 “There is so much, his nostalgic letter says. ,“When we moved here I had them send the paper (The Valley Independent) down as the names and places in the local paper don’t mean anything to me.Any former tin mill employees or aquain-Lances of Volosin can drop him a noteat 3570 Arrowhead Ave. W.W.W., SpringhiJI, Fla. 33526.“Thanks for listening, he concludes.And I say, thanks for the interesting information of yesterday. I hope you don’t mind me sharing the letter with our readers.“Television is called a medium because so little of it Is either rare or well done!, From a church bulletin.r•A new you
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Apr 27, 1982
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