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Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 12, 2013 12:03PM
Does anyone remember the tavern on the southwest corner on 50th S. Wolcott across from cornell park?
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 12, 2013 05:43PM
[b]YESS YES: I lived at 5042 s. Wolcott in the 40's and 50's. My Dad got his bottle from there and I have been in there . It was I think Robey's Tavern named after the softball team and old Damen Ave. Next door was the robey athletic cub then Jim's candy store.[/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 12, 2013 09:24PM
My Father in Law owned it from around 1960 until it closed in the mid 80's. We have the old 1910 Brunswick pool table from there in our basement. The softball team he sponsored was "Al's Pal's".I helped him clean out the place when he sold it to some guy,who used it to store old fridges,stoves...etc.There were two apartments upstairs that shared a bathroom in the hall.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2013 10:01PM by Jim R..
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2013 10:01PM by Jim R..
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 12, 2013 10:04PM
[b]I lived there until I got married in 1957. I remember it well. That was another world at that time. [/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 12, 2013 10:16PM
My wife loved going to Jim's candy store for the penny candy. I lived at 5542 S. Wolcott until 1973...she lived on 48th & Paulina.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 13, 2013 08:47PM
[b]Must have went to St. Joseph's ?[/b]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2013 11:39PM by Richard Stachowski.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2013 11:39PM by Richard Stachowski.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 17, 2013 07:34PM
Sorry for the delay...Yes she did. Was the pool in the park there while you lived on Wolcott?
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 17, 2013 08:35PM
[b]Yes the pool was there and also a small paddle pool for the kids in the playground..[/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 26, 2013 12:41PM
Rich, I remember going to the dentist at 51st & Damen upstairs on the second floor.(northwest corner)There was a small bowling alley across the hall from the dentist. The downstairs was a restaurant named Gus's. The dentist's name was Kowal or Kowalski.
Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there while you lived on Wolcott?
How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2013 12:41PM by Jim R..
Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there while you lived on Wolcott?
How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2013 12:41PM by Jim R..
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
jak378
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Date: January 26, 2013 03:22PM
Jim R. Wrote:
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> Rich, I remember going to the dentist at 51st &
> Damen upstairs on the second floor.(northwest
> corner)There was a small bowling alley across the
> hall from the dentist. The downstairs was a
> restaurant named Gus's. The dentist's name was
> Kowal or Kowalski.
> Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there
> while you lived on Wolcott?
> How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my
> friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We
> used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Was the Dentist's name by any chance Kostrubala?
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> Rich, I remember going to the dentist at 51st &
> Damen upstairs on the second floor.(northwest
> corner)There was a small bowling alley across the
> hall from the dentist. The downstairs was a
> restaurant named Gus's. The dentist's name was
> Kowal or Kowalski.
> Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there
> while you lived on Wolcott?
> How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my
> friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We
> used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Was the Dentist's name by any chance Kostrubala?
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: January 27, 2013 12:48PM
Jak378,That name I never saw before.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 27, 2013 04:20PM
[b]I don;t remember Al's bait shop. Gus's and the boling ally and dentist yes I do. Gus's was Menouso's icecream parlor before Gus. Gus had a diner a half a block east on 51st st, He now has the Patio on Harlem and 93rd. I grew up with Gus. and know him and his family.[/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
jak378
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Date: January 28, 2013 01:18PM
Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the building on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen. There is a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at 95th and Central. A son I think.
Re: Orphanage in NIles and Our Lady of Angels Neighborhood
Posted by:
mphansen
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Date: January 28, 2013 06:34PM
I'm wondering if anyone on this site knows the name of a Catholid orphanage that was located in Niles. My mother was in this orphanage in the early 1920s. This building was later turned into a Catholic seminary and then a nursing home. When I was in high school, I used to take the Milwaukee Avenue bus all the way to the end of the line and walk the rest of the distance. I am wondering what the name was when it was an orphanage and if there any records that I can find on it.
Also, I'm looking for pictures of the Our Lady of the Angels neighborhood from as far back as the early 20th century and on. I would like to see what the neighborhood looked like back in the day and how it's changed. I used to live not so very far from there in the 1950s and would like to see some pictures from back then.
If anyone has any information, I sure would appreciate it. I'm trying to find something on line, and I'm not the best "researcher", but I'm trying very hard to locate this information. I would appreciate anything that anyone can come up with to lead me into any information on the above 2 subjects. Thanx very much to everyone out there. I truly appreciate it.
Also, I'm looking for pictures of the Our Lady of the Angels neighborhood from as far back as the early 20th century and on. I would like to see what the neighborhood looked like back in the day and how it's changed. I used to live not so very far from there in the 1950s and would like to see some pictures from back then.
If anyone has any information, I sure would appreciate it. I'm trying to find something on line, and I'm not the best "researcher", but I'm trying very hard to locate this information. I would appreciate anything that anyone can come up with to lead me into any information on the above 2 subjects. Thanx very much to everyone out there. I truly appreciate it.
Re: Orphanage in NIles and Our Lady of Angels Neighborhood
Posted by:
PKDickman
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Date: January 28, 2013 08:04PM
mphansen Wrote:
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> I'm wondering if anyone on this site knows the
> name of a Catholid orphanage that was located in
> Niles. My mother was in this orphanage in the
> early 1920s. This building was later turned into
> a Catholic seminary and then a nursing home. When
> I was in high school, I used to take the Milwaukee
> Avenue bus all the way to the end of the line and
> walk the rest of the distance. I am wondering
> what the name was when it was an orphanage and if
> there any records that I can find on it.
>
Do you mean St. Hedwig's Orphanage on Harlem behind St. Adalbert's cemetery.
I was also known as the "Polish manual training school for boys" and the "St. Hedwig's industrial school for girls"
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> I'm wondering if anyone on this site knows the
> name of a Catholid orphanage that was located in
> Niles. My mother was in this orphanage in the
> early 1920s. This building was later turned into
> a Catholic seminary and then a nursing home. When
> I was in high school, I used to take the Milwaukee
> Avenue bus all the way to the end of the line and
> walk the rest of the distance. I am wondering
> what the name was when it was an orphanage and if
> there any records that I can find on it.
>
Do you mean St. Hedwig's Orphanage on Harlem behind St. Adalbert's cemetery.
I was also known as the "Polish manual training school for boys" and the "St. Hedwig's industrial school for girls"
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: January 28, 2013 11:27PM
[b]He was a dentist and my wife went there. Also there was a naprapath names Sardica on the same floor.[/b]jak378 Wrote:
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> Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the building
> on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen. There is
> a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at 95th
> and Central. A son I think.
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> Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the building
> on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen. There is
> a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at 95th
> and Central. A son I think.
Re: Orphanage in NIles and Our Lady of Angels Neighborhood
Posted by:
rjmachon
()
Date: February 08, 2013 08:15PM
@ mphansen, PKDickman is correct. The name of the orphanage is St. Hedwig's Orphanage Niles, IL. Here is a picture of it,
http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/posttest/id/1077/rec/2
The orphanage closed in 1960 and it became Niles College until 1995. Just Goggle, St. Hedwig's Orphanage Niles, IL. and you can find out more info on it.
http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/posttest/id/1077/rec/2
The orphanage closed in 1960 and it became Niles College until 1995. Just Goggle, St. Hedwig's Orphanage Niles, IL. and you can find out more info on it.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: February 08, 2013 08:44PM
Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> He was a dentist and my wife went there. Also
> there was a naprapath names Sardica on the same
> floor.jak378 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the
> building
> > on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen. There
> is
> > a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at 95th
> > and Central. A son I think.
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> He was a dentist and my wife went there. Also
> there was a naprapath names Sardica on the same
> floor.jak378 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the
> building
> > on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen. There
> is
> > a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at 95th
> > and Central. A son I think.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
()
Date: February 09, 2013 11:12AM
[b]The dentist name was Kostrabala and theres one on 95th like you say. Yes it was on the NE corner and Dr Novak was also there.[/b]Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> Richard Stachowski Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > He was a dentist and my wife went there. Also
> > there was a naprapath names Sardica on the same
> > floor.jak378 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the
> > building
> > > on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen.
> There
> > is
> > > a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at
> 95th
> > > and Central. A son I think.
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> Richard Stachowski Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > He was a dentist and my wife went there. Also
> > there was a naprapath names Sardica on the same
> > floor.jak378 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Kostrubala was a Doctor or Dentist in the
> > building
> > > on the northeast corner of 51 and Damen.
> There
> > is
> > > a dentist by the name of Dostrubala now at
> 95th
> > > and Central. A son I think.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
()
Date: February 09, 2013 11:13AM
[b]That was JB's bouling alley. The tasty Freeze was there and the Paradise Ballroom about 5120 s. Damen.[/b]Jim R. Wrote:
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> Rich, I remember going to the dentist at 51st &
> Damen upstairs on the second floor.(northwest
> corner)There was a small bowling alley across the
> hall from the dentist. The downstairs was a
> restaurant named Gus's. The dentist's name was
> Kowal or Kowalski.
> Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there
> while you lived on Wolcott?
> How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my
> friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We
> used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2013 10:45PM by Richard Stachowski.
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> Rich, I remember going to the dentist at 51st &
> Damen upstairs on the second floor.(northwest
> corner)There was a small bowling alley across the
> hall from the dentist. The downstairs was a
> restaurant named Gus's. The dentist's name was
> Kowal or Kowalski.
> Was the Tastee-Freeze on 52nd or & Damen there
> while you lived on Wolcott?
> How about Al's bait shop on 53rd & Damen? my
> friend & I used to sell him night crawlers. We
> used to buy our BB's from him for our guns.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2013 10:45PM by Richard Stachowski.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Raymond S
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Date: September 22, 2013 04:02AM
Ah yes, Al's Pals. I dated a woman named Grace who used to hang around there. Many fond memories.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2013 12:01AM by Raymond S.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2013 12:01AM by Raymond S.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Jim R.
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Date: September 22, 2013 03:40PM
Ray... do you happen to remember what Olga's last name was? Did you know the owner Al?
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: September 22, 2013 09:24PM
[b]How about the shootings at Cornell Park? I lived on 50th & Wolcott acrossthe street from there and spet much of my time in that park in the 40' & 50's.[/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Denise
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Date: September 29, 2013 01:03AM
Yeah sure Ray......you wish
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Denise
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Date: September 29, 2013 01:06AM
Hey James ... Love ya your sister-in -law... Ps Ray is full of sh!t
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
RonJ
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Date: October 03, 2013 02:37PM
The ice cream parlor on the northwest corner of 51st and Damen was called Manuso's. Above it on the second floor was a dentist, Dr. Osinkis. Across the hall from the dentist's office was the Jay-Bee bowling alley, where my older brother worked as a pinsetter. Next to the dentist's office was the office of an attorney, Jim Smejkal. I hung around 48th and Hermitage at Ray Kaczkowski's drugstore on the northeast corner. I got out of Tilden Tech high school just in time to walk over to Ray's and meet my girlfriend as she was getting out of St. Joseph's high school. When we got older, all my buddies and I hung out at Malacina's tap on the southwest corner of 48th and Wolcott. Attended many great neighborhood dances at School Hall at 48th and Honore. It was a great neighborhood back then, but now it's wrecked.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
RonJ
()
Date: October 03, 2013 03:30PM
The tavern on the southwest corner of 50th and Wolcott was called Ruzicka's. The Mundane's S.A.C. used to hold their meetings in the back room there. That back room was also rented out for wedding showers, etc., back in the 40's, 50's and early 60's.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
SWEDE
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Date: May 12, 2015 02:08AM
I grew up on 50th & Oakley. Dr. Oshinkis was our dentest. I remember he was drilling and the bit was laying up against my tongue. Didn't feel the pain until the novacaine wore off. Hurt like hell. Went back and he gave me candy to suck on. Those were the good old days. I had a girl friend who lived on 51st & Hermitage. I went to St Michaels graduated in 59.
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
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Date: May 12, 2015 11:26AM
[b]I lived there in the 50's untill 1957 so we may know each other. What was your girlfriend's name? Remember Leo's Castle' I went to ss. cyrils school .[/b]
Re: Tavern on 50th & S. Wolcott
Posted by:
SWEDE
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Date: May 18, 2015 09:53PM
Hey Rich,
Your alittle older than me so you might knew her brother or older sister. Her name was Janet Kennedy. She lived a block from St Martine. She went to Hedges acrosss from St Michaels.
Your alittle older than me so you might knew her brother or older sister. Her name was Janet Kennedy. She lived a block from St Martine. She went to Hedges acrosss from St Michaels.
