East-Palestine-Great-Depression-Era-Stories

Great Grand Father WittenBerger

• tinner / slater / did most of the roofs in East Palestine -
• said "I bet I can give you something perfectly good and you will not eat it" then put donuts in a brand new bedpan full of cider - the fellow did not eat it
• one guy put a bit of pumpkin pie on his shoe and waited for friend to come ...then used his finger to wipe the pie from his shoe and eat it....friend was aghast
• Was very good with horses - bought a troubled horse - seller sarcastically asked "how is that horse?" ....he answered "my wife uses him...he's great!" ....
• Horse named Joe - would follow voice commmands - including backing up...

Wheelbarrow bet

What the bet was who knows? - loser had to wheel the other to Washington D.C. from East Palestine

McGraw Tire and Rubber

• McGraw was on his way west on a train when someone talked him into getting off in East Palestine and starting his company there
• X will go back to work when McGraw starts up again - was not very ambitious
• Y would get your a job if you payed him - he was a son of a bitch

Mental Deficient

• saw an ad of a lady in the south wanting a husband ( year?) --- bought him a ticket
• he walked back and when he returned had holes worn in the bottom of his shoes

Drunk who painted

• painted landscape scenes - lady mentioned that it would be good place in the lake to fish from if there was a stump - 15 seconds later there was a stump

Meyer Paiser

• Daughter was paying Pete Blosco to screw here - she was quite ugly
• Meyer has a scrap iron dealership
• owned part of a company in Pa .. city?
• jewish community in East Palestine?

John Blosco

• Bought up houses during the depression

Boot Legger

• killed rival and took him down into the coal mine that stretched 6 miles between E.P. and Negley.

Single Guy Suicide

• slit wrists and bled out over a bucket to avoid making a mess

Great Uncle Charlie Woods

• Had a feed store
• cart with horse - father would hop on the back and ride out to where delivery was made

Lady robber with the dress shop

• would shoplift in Youngstown and sell dresses in East Palestine

George Rockenberger

• 1932 he received a call from a friend / supplier in Cleveland - "George the banks are closing in Cleveland...you better go get your money out"....he kept his money in his shirt pocket the rest of the depression

Background

• few people had horses
• few people had cars
• notice all the small store front / houses around town - was more of a community
• many lodges - Eagles - Odd Fellows - Masons - what else?
• Many churches considering only 5000 people