Newark High School Class of '59 Memories
Neighborhood Hangouts
Newark, Ohio 1950's
 Butler's Confectionary, Mt. Vernon Road, across from Roosevelt School. Lunch special; chicken pepper sandwich, fries with vinegar and a vanilla shake. Photo taken in 2006. |
Every Newark, Ohio neighborhood in the 1950's had its corner grocery store, soda fountain or lunch counter. As teenagers, this was the place to be. A place to hang out. Your friends were there, Bill Haley was on the juke box and you tried, with your last dime, to obtain high score on the pinball machine. The girls sat in booths giggling and talking about the movies. The guys stood around with their collars turned up trying desperately to look like James Dean. It took you all afternoon to spend fifty cents, if you had it. On this page you will see some of these wonderful places. Share with us your stories and photos.
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 Bill Johns and Chuck Arnold in 1958, hanging around Watson's Grocery at 247 West Main Street. |
 Bilandi's Pizza, is thought to be the first "pizza only" joint in Newark. Two brothers named Bill and Andy combined their names to give an Italian sound to the venture. The building is on the corner of Hudson Avenue and Channel Street. Campolo's served pizza on 2nd Street, as did Annarino's on East Main, but they were full menu restaurants. |
 1959 add for the Fairfield Shoppe. |
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"Run over to Bill's and get me a quart of milk." This was almost a daily directive living in the North end of Newark in the Fifties. Bill Colts ran the north Beckman's Market, but everyone called it "Bill's". Hours were spent hanging out on the elevated porch, eating penny candy, licking push-ups and downing a soda. Bill was a quiet man and never ran us off. Today, the building at the corner of Moull Street and Woods Avenue, is a Hair Design Center called California Concept. |
 Talines Grocery and Filling Station on the corner of Mt. Vernon Road and Channel Street. Think vanilla Cokes and buying cigarettes. It is now the Vogue Hair Studio. |
Favorite Hangout or Places You Remember
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June Beggs The Potato Chip Factory 21st St. & Raccoon Creek Philip Vaughn Fairfield Shop Fairfield Ave. & Mt. Vernon Rd. Diana Patterson The Sparta 16 West Main St Bill Johns Watson's Grocery 247 West Main St. by the bridge Jerry Robinson Arcade Pool Room 18 West Main St. Jim Amspaugh Snack Bar E. Main St. next to Lincoln School |
Brook's Cedar Street Market at Clarendon and Cedar Streets
400 Shoppe Mt. Vernon Road
11th Street Market between Church and Main Street
Central City Pool Hall
Keyes Confectionary 693 W. Main St.
Frush's Red and White Market
Rodeniser's Grocery
Busy Bee in the Arcade
Lane & Holtz Grocery, Maple and North
Heminger Soda-Shop, Maple and North
Keck's Carry Out, Maple and Shields
Herb's Market, Hudson and Oak
Open Pantry, on Mt. Vernon
Party House, on Mt. Vernon
Saks Market, on East Main
Bali-Hi Drive-In, Church Street
Neighbothood Hangouts
Photos courtesy of Bill Johns and Paul "Tink" Conklin.
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