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Judy Gallagher	posted February 8, 2000 06:42 S=ET I stumbled across your Gerritsen Beach website while researching for old maps of Bklyn. WOW, what a nice place to visit. The pictures were great. I lived in the Beach from age 17 til marriage but did attend JHS 278 with lots of great Beach kids. You brought back a lot of fond memories. Thanks so much. Judy
George Broadhead Email: grbroadhead@webtv.net	posted February 7, 2000 21:55 S=ET I recently congratulated a young man on his becoming a U.S. Marine. I followed that statement with what I thought to be a humorous comment: "about 10 of us from the beach finished Parris Island in 1951. All the wimps became Swabbies..." Several friends did find it humorous, but if only one person did not, I feel it my responsibility to apologize to any man, woman or family member of the many men from the beach (and elsewhere) who served our country in whatever capacity. I had a great-uncle who served in the Navy in WWI, 2 uncles served in the Navy in WWII, a Broadhead is entombed in the USS Arizona, a cousin in the Army was severely wounded at Normandy; not to mention other family and other branches of the service. I would never intentionally dishonor any person who served our country, and there is not a Marine worth his salt who does not place the Navy Corpsmen on the highest pinnacle of honor.
GEORGE NIXON Email: NJILLIBEE	posted February 7, 2000 19:36 S=ET TO MARRET KAUFFNER THIS IS MY SCREEN NAME NJILLIBEE
George Nixon Email: NJILLIBEE	posted February 7, 2000 19:34 S=ET MICHAEL LALLO THIS IS GEORGE NIXON STILL IN THE BEACH.ME AND ROBERT ARE BOTH MARRIED.I HAVE THREE GIRLS AND ROBERT HAS TWO BOYS.ROBERT LIVES IN STATEN ISLAND.
Mike & Trudy Donnelly Email: TMDonn932@WebTV.Net	posted February 7, 2000 13:19 S=ET Living in Pt St Lucie Florida
Jo-Anne Kelly Email: kellysmith99@hotmail.com	posted February 5, 2000 21:14 S=ET This is for Patrick and Theresa Roach, I can't believe I have to find out how my cousins are doing by reading Gerritsen Memories. Glad to hear all are well,Congrats to your son Peter. I can't believe he's as old as I am now.
George Broadhead Email: grbroadhead@webtv.net	posted February 5, 2000 20:43 S=ET MARION ROGERS--that email address should be: grbroadhead@webtv.net
George Broadhead Email: grbroadhead@wbtv.net	posted February 5, 2000 20:41 S=ET MARION [NALLY] ROGERS. I am going to see Alec, his wife, and MRS. CAMPBELL, for breakfast at 10 am on TUES.2/8. If you want to send a message from your mother, I will print it out to give to Mrs. Campbell. Either send it to me or on this page. I spoke to Danny Rogers the other day, and he told me his son will be appearing in a new TV show next week....
MARGIE THORP Email: GUBERG@ATTGLOBAL.NET	posted February 5, 2000 20:29 S=ET HI EVERYBODY!WONDERFUL "TIMES" REVIEW MARRET! JOE COLOMBO IT WAS GREAT CATCHING UP. FOND MEMORIES OF THE SHORE CAFE...ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE REMEMBER THE SHORE CAFE OR THE CLUB 4, SAY EARLY SIXTIES? JOE, MY BEST TO YOUR FOLKS, GOOD NEIGHBORS ON GOTHAM AVE.
Maureen LaPorte Email: UncivilGirl@aol.com	posted February 4, 2000 21:24 S=ET I heard the two gentlemen who bought the Gather are named Culum and Aiden - they used to hang out at the Dockside Cafe behind the Tamaqua, and from what I hear, are two really nice guys. It should be opened real soon.
Cathy Gaston (Handly) Email: cgsprout@excite.com	posted February 4, 2000 21:04 S=ET Live in Fl. since 1973. Two sons - Kevin 29, and Sean 27. Kevin & Mary have two children, Ryan 8 and Caitlin 3. Sean and Lisa live in Arizona. My husband retired from the fire dept. here and became an electrician who works much too hard! I was a nurse for 20 years until my back gave out. Currently writing a cook-book (would love "child-hood" recipes!). Our family was intricately tied to the Donovan's of 120 Just Court. Mom was Mary Callahan of Whitney Avenue, Resurrection class of 1942. Dad was imported from Bay Ridge and was a NYC Correction Officer all my life. I was in the Vollies band and Dad played taps on Memorial Day. Hung out on Dare Court & Cyrus Avenue a lot.....with Ken Knoke, Lenny Gray, LeRoy O'Neill, Don Perry, Lars Larsson, Pete Murphy, Marianne Vitzthum, Nancy Saunders...and lots of other people. Where are those guys??????????
Adelaide Farrell Email: Adelaides	posted February 4, 2000 17:59 S=ET Peggy,the irish fesival is on Flagler drive in downtown West Palm Beach 10 minutes from WPB airport & on the intra~coastal hope to see you there.Will be wearing Gerritsen Beach Irish shirt at our booth.Leaving right now for Fla. We will be telling beachites where the G.B. tables are and who is there.
peggy lynch Email: mcangley@aol.com	posted February 4, 2000 08:15 S=ET adelaide, where is the meyer amphitheater in west palm. i live in lantana,and dont recall that name. i want to see all the beachites. we left the beach in 80
Bill Walsh Email: wtwalsh@excite.com	posted February 3, 2000 13:28 S=ET From what I've been hearing, two Irish gentlemen, Culum & Kiernan, bought the Gather.
Mike Polay Email: polaymj@hotmail.com	posted February 3, 2000 12:03 S=ET It was great to see the article about my Dad (Ben Polay) once again. It was also nice to see the comments of those who knew him well. He built the toy store on honesty. I thank him and my Mom for that trait. My nephew was not sure who the & Son was. It was for my late brother Mel ; not me. Ah, the fate of the youngest. For those who remeber me, I served 20 years in the USAF retiring as a Major in 1986. I presently teach aviation science and aviation safety courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ. Drop me a line.
Adelaide Farrell Email: adelaides	posted February 2, 2000 18:03 S=ET Irish Fairs in Florida are Feb.11,12,13 in Mills Pond Park in Ft.Lauderdale.Feb.26,27 inMelbourne Auditorium,Melbourne.March10,11,12 inMeyer Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. Port St.Lucymaybe inFeb.19,20 at the KofC. GerritsenBeachites will have their reunion at the West Palm Beach Irish fair,see youthere.
Ken Polay Email: Kpolay@summitpartners.com	posted February 2, 2000 14:53 S=ET Thank you so much for the article on Ben Polay. He is my grandfather and passed away in July 1997. I think every kid growing up should have a grandfather who owned a toy store. Unfortunately, he sold it and moved to Florida when I was 5. The (&son) in the name of the store was either my father Mel or my Uncle Michael. My dad passed away July 1995 and Uncle Mike is living in Arizona
ATW Email: awalsh@carterwallace.com	posted February 2, 2000 13:57 S=ET Who bought the Gather Inn?
John Colombo Email: pepere1922@aol.com	posted February 1, 2000 22:20 S=ET Eleanor and I lived on the canal at 32 Gotham Ave. from 1946 until 1971. We raised six children there -- Joey. Jackie, Mary, Stevie, Michael, and Tommy We left the Beach when my company moved to Connecticut. Our neighbors were the Shine's, the Mikulski's, the Kelly's, the Stahl's, the Fearons, the Alneys, the Tizzards, the DiNatales, the Houldsworths, Mrs Hoehneman, and of course many more. I built the second concrete bulkhead on the canal back in the early '50's, and it still looks pretty good the last time I saw it. This is a great web site and I hope we can contact some of our old friends.
Joe Colombo Email: colombofam@mindspring.com	posted January 31, 2000 19:14 S=ET Hi! I'm Joe Colombo. Nice job on the web page. Can't wait to tell my folks about it. We grew up on Gotham Ave. on the Canal between 1946 and 1970. I had a band call the Vibrations with Terry Ennis, Jerry Anderson and Tom Schroeder. We played for the dances at Ressurection in the early 60's. Our big competitors was a band called the Rythmics. Would love to hear from anyone who was a teen during these years. Currently I teach high school physics and astronomy on Long Island but i still gig on the weekends. Once again...great job on the site!

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