To my astonishment, in the mail I found something very special that was sent to me by loyal Container Diary reader and contributer Paul K. I never had any doubt he was going to send it!
It’s a copy of the Church Bulletin from June of 1960! (He actually sent me a couple of [...]
Archive for March, 2008
HN HONOR ROLL
Posted in 1960, Honor Roll, Monsignor Downing, tagged Church Bulletin, Holy Name, Honor Roll, Joseph P. Laruffa, Maria Inserra, Monsignor Downing on March 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
SATURDAY
Posted in Basketball, Saturday, Schoolyard, tagged Holy Name, Schoolyard, Container Diaries, Saturday morning on March 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It’s Saturday morning and boy do I miss the days of waking up and heading over to the schoolyard to play basketball, all day long! I’m thinking of going over to this playground by our house and getting up some shots in memory of all the guys and gals who played ball in the yard [...]
CLASS OF 1966
Posted in 1966, tagged Holy Name Class of 1966 on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Thanks to a loyal reader of Container Diaries I am able to post this awesome class picture from Holy Name of the Class of 1966.
Can you identify anyone? Double click on the photo and I believe it comes in a lot clearer.
Please keep the pictures coming. Scan them, email them or I can send [...]
PYNN’S DELI
Posted in Pynn's Deli, tagged Pynn's Deli on March 26, 2008 | 27 Comments »
It has been brought to my attention that the neighborhood lost a very nice person this past week when Mrs. Pynn passed away.
I hate blogging about these deaths.
But I wanted to pay my respects from afar and to let all the readers know.
The Pynn’s were a staple of the neighborhood. Billy ran the show [...]
THE OUTSIDERS
Posted in P.S. 154, tagged Dallas, Johnny, P.S. 154, Pony Boy, Socs, Soda Pop, The Greasers, The Outsiders, Windsor Terrace on March 24, 2008 | 43 Comments »
Here we go…
Finally I was able to throw this photo up thanks to Harry M.
Can you name the kids in the photo taken in P.S. 154 schoolyard?
This is a classic.
Forget the film ‘The Outsiders’ these guys had it going on. Sure S.E. Hinton wrote a good novel and Francis Ford Coppola made the [...]
EASTER SUNDAY
Posted in Easter, tagged Chocolate bunny, Church, daughter, dress, Easter Sunday, Eggs, jelly beans, Mass, NCAA men's basketball tournament, shirt, shoes on March 23, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Happy Easter to all.
This afternoon my daughter went with a friend to an Easter-egg hunt.
I’m not so sure we had one of those?
Oh wait, actually my mother use to hide the eggs around our apartment on Easter morning and we’d look around the place clutching our empty straw basket with one hand and moving things [...]
AUTOGRAPHS
Posted in 8th grade, Graduation, Holy Name, tagged 8th grade, Ali, Autographs, Brian Bosworth, George Brett, Graduation day, James Remar, Magic Johnson, Steve Garvey on March 21, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I use to be an autograph collector back in the day. I had a ton. All sports and even some celebrities. We chased the popular athletes all over the city to get them to sign their name on a piece of paper.
‘Excuse me, can I have your autograph?“
I was crushed [...]
SISTER JANE REILLY
Posted in Sister Jane Reilly, tagged Sister Jane Reilly on March 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Holy Name family lost a very special person. It has come to my attention by a couple of loyal readers of Container Diaries that Sister Jane Reilly has passed away. Here is the story from the Tablet.
She was my favorite principal!
Sister Jane Phyllis Reilly, CSJ, formerly Sister M. Anita, 73, a member of [...]
ERIN GO BRAGH!
Posted in Joe Ferris, St. Patrick's Day, Tom Cuite, tagged 7th avenue, bagpipes, Brooklyn, Irish American Day Parade, Joe Ferris, Kilt, St. Patrick's Day parade, Tom Cuite on March 17, 2008 | 14 Comments »
It’s March 17th 2008 and this morning as I was going through my daily ritual, I noticed people wearing green and of course the infamous question, ‘How come you’re not wearing any green?’
I’m sorry but I don’t think I own any green clothing! (I’m sure my daughter’s classmates are asking her the same question this [...]
ON THE COOL CHECK IN
Posted in Corrado, Jerry Cole, Mike Purdy, tagged Farrell's, Container Diaries, Comments on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Comments from our devoted visitors…
The difference between the Pink and White Elephant sales was that everyone back then ran White Elephant sales. The Xaverian Auxliary wanted to have their own sale. They called it the Pink Elephant sale…thats what my sources tell me.
-Mike Purdy on the Pink and White discussion
I was at the parade yesterday [...]
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