THE 1950'S
Thanks again to Kathy Clune, The Farra Family, Alicia Patera Norwick & Larry Collins For These Gems
BIKES !...... WHAT WOULD WE OF DONE WITHOUT THEM?
Dolores Ribick & Genevieve Keenan circa 1951 Mastic Beach
Joe Schiller and his Balloon Tire Bomber
HE NEEDS TO GO TO IZZY'S AND GET HIMSELF SOME GRIPS & STREAMERS
THE BEACH
BEACH 5 ABOUT 1950
Genevieve Keenan, Ed Keenan, Dolores Ribick, Jim Wrafter, Mary Felton. Bob Schiller, ??. John Wrafter or Joe Schiller
SECTION 5
By Capt Andy's and Freds Boathouse Billy Clune & ??
LAWN GIRL & LAWNBOYS
?? & Ronnie Farra & Bob Murtha
Joan Hubertus Sitting Pretty On Pattersquash Creek
SUMMER HAS ARRIVED ON JEFFERSON DRIVE
LONG BEFORE GARAGE BANDS YA HAD LAWN BANDS COMPLETE WITH CHICK SINGERS!
The guy on the far right must be their booking agent
LAWN DANCERS TOO
& ...... CARS!!!
Cartwheels Turn To Carwheels ..... Bob Schiller & Joan Hubertus
Ron Farra Drives His Chevy To The Levy With ? A Stoway
Sorry no levies in Mastic Beach we just let the bay do it's thing
BEACH BOY HOT RODDERS .... ALL RIGHT !!!!
Len Clune, Frank Humpry & Ron Farra
Better run up to Tire King & Get yerself some recaps
MASTIC ACRES
THE PATERAS LIVED HERE !
Meadowmeare Dr ...Check out the Crosley
There's a neat story about a Crosley & Chrysler duking it out at my house in 1951 located here
NO ITS NOT A BOMBSHELTER !
EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE 50's LOTS OF FOLKS LIVED TEMPORARILY IN THE BASEMENT UNTIL THEY COULD FINISH OFF THEIR HOMES.... NOT SURE IF THATS THE CASE HERE OR NOT
But Believe It Or Not That Building Was An OUTHOUSE
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
BACK IN THE BEACH
FATHER SKELLY (seated right) & FRIENDS
Tom Farra is behind Fr Skelly This is possibly taken in the Knapp Mansion
These next two are courtesy of Larry Collins (William Floyd Class of '63)
In the 1940 Mastic Beach Directory that's on the site, I asked the readers if anyone knew anything about Bill Kohman Boats & The Anchorage on Cranberry Drive who has a full page Ad in the directory. Larry it turns out lived next door to the Kohmans and took this first picture in the winter of 1958. He said Bill who he only recalls seeing a few times, left the area in the early '50's, but his wife Shirley stayed on. Behind the house & garage is the Kohman shop (roof is visible) that Larry recalls "being filled with wood, tools and a few pinup girls ....a fascinating place"
Cranberry Drive 1958
A few months later into the New Year
MEMORIAL DAY 1959
Marching somewhere along Neighborhood Road are Al Fahie , Larry Collins. and possibly Donald Hulse foreground.Watching from his bike is none other than Guido Michelini a 7th grade classmate of mine. It was probably around the time that Larry took the photo in the snow that Guido & I were getting into trouble in a kayak on Knapp's Secret Pond