OUR SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOODS THEN & NOW 

    

      WHERE WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS       

   

 WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL       WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL                  WHITTIER SIGN
 When we were in elementary school   When our siblings or children attended             Last Whittier Building

      Time changes many things.  Among the neighborhoods that we traversed, some areas
are changing for the better, while some neighborhoods are seeing a decline in aesthetic value.  

     The Whittier Elementary area has become a very pleasing area in which to live, with the
addition of Whittier Place.
     Whittier Place is a housing development that contains many nice new homes.  The people around the new homes seem to care about their neighborhood, and strive to keep it neat.

   
  WHITTIER PLACE looking North-East          WHITTIER PLACE-Sign            WHITTIER PLACE looking South-East

   
    FIRE STATION #6 LAFAYETTE      ABANDONED LAFAYETTE STREET         WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH
   & SOUTH MAIN STREETS-RAZED           NEW INDUSTRY PLANNED         EAST SECOND STREET-NEW NAME

    WHERE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS

    
WASHINGTON:  1880-1952?            ICE CREAM STAND ON PLAYGROUND  MARATHON WHERE SCHOOL WAS.
     South Pine And East Kibby Streets                     East Kibby Street                   South Pine And East Kibby Streets

    Washington Elementary School was utilized for many years, but it was torn down to make way for a new school
that combined both Washington and McKinley schools.  It was to be called Washington-McKinley.  They also razed the McKinley building.

        Buildings in the immediate area included a church, Equity, Tom Patterson Sohio, Weicharts Pharmacy, Rhoades
TV, and the Tiger Grill, to mention a few.

     
  CHURCH ACROSS PINE STREET                           OUR EQUITY                            TOM PATTERSON'S SOHIO
South Pine And East Kibby Streets                      South Pine Street                     South Pine And East Kibby Streets

     
ALLEY FROM ALBERT USED BY STUDENTS   WE PLAYED ON PLAYGROUND        YE OLDE TIGER GRILL
               East Albert Street                   Looking North From East Albert Street    Corner S. Pine And E. Albert Sts.

       WHERE McKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS

     
McKINLEY ELEMENTARY-CALUMET       McKINLEY ARMS APARTMENTS       MOHLERS FLOWERS, DR. STEINER'S
CORNER WITH EAST EUREKA STREET   OCCUPIES THE PROPERTY NOW    HOME-BELLEFONTAINE AVENUE

        I remember going to McKinley for Cub Scout pack meetings (Pack 12).  We went to Dr. David Steiner's home on
Bellefontaine Avenue for Cub Scout Den Meetings (Den 4).  When we were Boy Scouts, we played softball behind
Mohler's Flowers Green houses.  Needless to say, we broke a few windows.  What was neat was that you did not have to chip in to pay for the window, OR RUN(Chuckle)!!!!

    WHERE JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS

 

Where Jeferson Elementary School was located                   Unity Elementary occupies the grounds today.

  
         Church Of God(Spin off of Wesely Church)                                           Unity Facade
                  Catalpa Street, West of Unity

 

              WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN 1955?

                                WHAT DID OUR PARENTS, OR WE PAY FOR SOME ITEMS IN-1955? 
                                                           COURTESY OF HERB & LYNN LANKER        

 
  Avg. Cost Of Home: $10,950   Avg. Income:$4,137  MILK: $.43 1/2 GAL. BREAD: $.18     EGGS DOZ.: $.61

      ROAST: $.45 LB.           SIRLOIN:  $.69 LB.    POTATOES 10# BAG: $.53  GAS: $.23 GAL.  STAMP: $.03
The pig was not injured in the making of this site.  He is an actor, and Porky Pig's step brother.  I  could not
find a beef roast, so he volunteered his services.