East-Palestine-Great-Depression-Era-Stories

Great Grand Father WittenBerger

• tinner / slater / furnace / did most of the slate 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

Italian complainers

• Saldos - no matter what you gave them they would bitch it was not better

The Bum Trade

• The train riding bums had a camp near mile pond on a high spot
• one of them set up a sandwich shop on the corner of Taggart and James south east corner
• Guys would sometimes knock on doors to beg a sandwich
• Some people would put croton oil in their milk - to give the milk thief severe diahrea

Condom Recycling

• fish out of sewer plant / wash / dry on broom poles

Movie Theatre

• Brother Jack would go to theatre - could tell how many friends were with because of the number of piss streams on sidewalk by lumber company afterwards
• Farted in theatre - second time when he lifted rump to fart lady hit him on the head with a handbag
• was a big drinker and rolled 2 cars
• put a big rudder on a small fishing boat and ended up tipping it over in Canada and drowning. - Father saw Jack putting on bigger rudder and thought "mistake" but said nothing
• Alot of his friends met untimely ends
• knights of columbus
• minstrel show
• very popular

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 - knights of columbus what else?
• Many churches considering only 5000 people