
Photo dated 2/4/1945, showing a group at the foot of Florence
Avenue getting ready to skate on the Creek. Estelle Witkowski: Most of the people in
the picture belonged to the Pilgrim Yacht Club. Charles Cobb is wearing the pork pie hat
and white jacket towards the right of the picture. Joan(?) Carlson is wearing the white
gloves, and Willie Moore, to the right of Joan and in back of her, is wearing a knit cap
and is turned sideways. Jimmy O'Rourke also in a pork pie hat, but
hidden by the 2 gentlemen in front. Also the older fellow on skates is Herbie Holdorf and
his wife is the woman to the right standing alone. Mayor O'Rourke was there too, but only
his hat is showing, behind the man near the dog. By the way, the dog belonged to Mayor
O'Rourke, and his name was Pudgie, everybody knew Pudgie. The faces I remember, but right
the names aren't coming to me. The tall man in the back with a cap, standing above the
crowd, was named Bill and his sister was Margaret, the lady with the hat and glasses.
Other names I can't recall right now. (Courtesy Estelle Canley
Witkowski)
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