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[Magdalen Dano]

HIEVERYONE FROM 1962,1963,1964 ONLY 61 YES, ON DEC 29TH I BECAME A FIRST TIME GRANDDAD WITH MY GRANDSON MILO JASPER, WEIGHED IN AT 6 LBS 13 OZ, 19 INCHES TALL.AT 79 YEARS YOUNG I AM OVER THE MOON. REMEMBER NHS FONDLY, BEING SCHOOL PRESIDENT, ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM, CLOSE TO MY FELLOW 74 HS GRADUATES AND MISSING SOME OF MY PEERS WHO HAVE DIED AND MANY WHO I HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE OUR 50TH REUNION. LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. LARRY SEGALL lcse...@gmail.com 203-722-7763 HERE IN CT.

The other day I was looking at my father's (John Root Pratt, Sr.) old "pond yacht"...model of Sir Thomas Lipton's America Cup challenger "Shamrock IV". Great uncle John Steingester won a bet with Shamrock's captain Turner and settled for the boat. My dad kept it in front of the fireplace at 31 N. Middletown rd. until his dog (Chiefie) had an accidental injury while playing ball. Dad carried the boat down to the garages and put it in the loft for 60 or 70 years. A long while back, I restored it, wife Debbi made new sails and it still sits in our den in Charleston, SC.

My great aunt Elizabeth Steingester Knapp and my mother were active in the Rockland County Historical Society and were wondering if it could find a home somewhere. We had homes at 29 & 31 N. Middletown (and up the road at the Steingester summer place ). Aunt Ellie lived in an old (pre-revolutionary war home in New City (200 Brewery Road). Family has been around for a long time (Pratt: HMS Sparrow 1622, Root: HMS Increase 1635, Sorenson 1525 etc).

Memories of growing up in Nanuet: We moved to Nanuet in 1958 when I was three years old. I graduated from NHS in 1973. That summer, when I was only 17, a girl I barely knew asked me if I would give her a ride to Colorado to visit her girlfriend who had moved to Denver recently. Of course I said OK. I remember throwing all my stuff in my Chevy, pulling up to her house, and picking her up. Can't believe her parents were okay with that but I guess people trusted people back then. So we drove to Colorado and stayed at KOA campgrounds. Spent the summer of '73 exploring Colorado. Then I ended up moving to Boulder CO in January '74 and I've lived out here ever since.

I lived on Highview Ave and walked every day to Highview Elementary. I sometimes stopped on the way at Bobby Schmidt's house and we'd walk to school together. I remember one day when I stopped to get Bob, Mrs Schmidt said, "you look like one of those "Beatles" (because I had let my hair grow a little longer). My 1st Grade teacher was Miss Oxley. Had her again for 3rd grade but her name had changed to Mrs Maui (I think she got married in Hawaii). I had Mrs Pepper in 2nd grade (she was strict) and Mr Merkle 5th grade (he was a hoot - had been a comedian in Florida before becoming a teacher). All my teachers in Nanuet Public Schools were excellent. I got a great education even though I wasn't the best student in Middle School and High School. Our class was the first 6th grade class to attend Nanuet Middle School when it first opened. I had a great art teacher there, Connie Frazier. She went on to become the Rockland County Human Rights Commissioner. You can read about that here: -human-rights-anti-semitism/4422886002/

I remember the Nowickis had a sign at their pool that said, "We don't swim in your toilet so don't pee in our pool". Janice Crofoot and Katie Nowicki boarded their horses in New City and I loved watching them practice English jumping. My friend Tom O'Brien and I once siphoned gas out of his parent's car and we drove my VW to Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve during the gas shortage. I remember we couldn't find my car afterwards because we drank too much!

I just pulled out the 1973 Excalibur this evening because I was reading this blog last night. When I opened it and was flipping through the pictures my wife said, "How do you remember all of their names?" It's kinda weird because I'm 67 now and feel like my memory isn't so hot, but I could put a name to almost all the faces. Way too many to list here. During High School I was a gas attendant at the garage next to Jolene's. It was before credit cards and I always had a huge wad of cash on me. Looking back, that probably wasn't too smart.

The "old lady" who sold antiques was actually my brother Andy's girlfriend Mary's Mom, Mrs Tartanian. They were a really nice family. Her brother Randy was studying to be an auto mechanic, I at BOCES. He taught me how to rebuild engines, do tune ups, etc. We actually built a VW that I drove in High School. We made one car out of two junk VWs! Mrs. T made the best sausage and pepper subs ever!

We lived immediately next door to the Caruso's, 81 Blauvelt Rd. The Smiths were on the other side to us next door. Fred seemed much older than my brothers and me but I remember him. He used to trap for muskrats down at Nauraushaun Brook which ran behind our homes. Mr Caruso worked at Lederle third shift so he slept during the days. My parents kept telling us to play in the yard quietly because Mr. Caruso slept during the day. If your mother was Fred's sister, then she must be Phyllis who on occasion baby sat my brothers and me back in the 1960s.

I seem to recall that Fred had joined the Air Force during the mid 60s and his plane had crashed at sea and as a survivor was found only after some time after a search had begun. My recall is hazy and the news about the crash came from my mother who wasn't very reliable in getting details correct. After Fred did his military service I don't think he ever returned home. But I do seem to remember Phyllis being part of a traditional Juniors vs Seniors Egg Fight during Halloween or Gate Night. Again hazy memories. But I do remember egg fights were common during Gate Night.

Just wanted to say thanks for having the foresight and energy to put this together. Being reconnected to childhood experiences is good for the soul. The photos of the band marching in front of Buy Rite were awesome.

Does anyone from the Highview Avenue area remember sledding in the Schmidt's back yard in the '70s? Every winter, kids from all around the area would walk to the Schmidt's house and spend all day sledding down the giant hill that was their back yard. Like most of the kids, I never met anyone from the Schmidt family, but looking back now I can imagine that they probably enjoyed watching a bunch of kids sledding in their back yard as they sipped their morning coffee on those cold winter mornings.

Speaking of Highview, is there anyone here who was a "Highview" kid when the Highview School shut down and we were all sent to G.W. Miller Elementary School? All of us originally from Highview were always known as "Highview kids" to those who were always "Miller kids", but once we got into middle school (A. MacArthur Barr), we were all just a bunch of Nanuet kids.

Love this website. I lived in Nanuet (Central Drive called Oakbrook section) from 1949 - 1958. You don't make any mention of the taxi building that was behind the Nanuet National Bank. I remember sitting in there with my mother after getting off the bus from Nyack or Spring Valley and waiting for a taxi to take us home.

I don't see that anyone has mentioned the teen music hangout in the late 60's called "The Hullabaloo" that was located down the street from St. Anthony's Church on Route 59A/West Nyack Road. I lived near there but at around 16 years of age was prohibited by family from attending. I still live in Nanuet after these many years and enjoy reminiscing about what was but also like some of the changes. Hey we're getting an Aldi's in the old Pathmark (EJ Korvettes) Shopping Center shortly!

My grandfather, Angelo Farsetta, used to own the shoe repair shop (the original one) next to Charlies Meat Market. For many years it was the Flower Peddler and recently closed. My grandfather, and his helper Mike, were older gentlemen who both spoke broken English. They did all sorts of shoe repair work. Neither were devout Christians nor did either try and convert anyone to Christianity. Neither walked with a limp, so I am unsure where either characteristic came from. Nevertheless, the original shop was there for many years. Originally, my grandfather worked for St. Dominick's home, also as a shoemaker for the children and nuns. I remember the barber shop and Perrino's had a deli/convenience/candy store on the corner of the building. The Perrino family moved the deli to West Nyack a few years later when they opened Elmwood Market. I believe the Boggiano's also owned the building which housed his store.

I graduated from Nanuet Grammar School in 1949. Nanuet didn't have a high school back then; we had a choice of Spring Valley, Nyack, or Pearl River. I chose Spring Valley because my buddy, Eugene Dworkin, chose Spring Valley. He was Jewish and SVHS was the only school in the county that was closed for the Jewish holidays. I wasn't Jewish, but I certainly didn't mind the extra time off.

I lived with my parents at 13 Kemmer Lane from 1942 to 1958 when Madalan and I got married. (Still happily married, by the way, with 2 adult children, 3 adult grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren). I drove truck for Faist & Westervelt Lumber in Spring Valley and ended up as an accounting clerk in Lederle. Attended night classes at RCC, then transferred to Pace where I earned my BBA. Got my MBA at Nova University and my CPA in Florida.

My family live in Nanuet on Pacific Avenue from 1962-1972 when we moved to the Washington D.C. area for my fathers work. My family have kept in touch with two longtime Nanuet friends to this day. I was wondering if anyone in the group would remember Mary Eberling of Pacific Avenue who lived with her mother Joan, brother John and Aunt Betty for a while before moving to another Nanuet location. Our family also kept in touch with Bob & Cookie Lyle, Mr. Shawstack, Mrs. Grushkin of Pacific Avenue. And behind us Bill Sarmiento and the Slater Family especially to remain friends to this day along with the Rooney family in the area. My memories of Nanuet were up till age 7. I remember attending Highview school, having very nice teachers, air raid (bomb) practices in the hallways, the playground across the street.

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