In a review of business concerns located
in the 11th Street block on Seventh Avenue, am greatly indebted
to Bob Bonnage who has researched Beaver Falls history over his
entire lifetime . . . and you can be quite sure that the information
furnished by him will be close to 100 per cent right ... this
information dates back to 1922 and is outlined by Mr. Bonnage
as follows ... 1028, Farmers Bank location with Frank Brerly president
and Walter Bert, cashier ... both are now deceased. . ; 1026,
Paradise Confectionery, J. Dickos proprietor ... 1024, J. P. Thompson,
Men's and Boys' Clothing ... 1022, G. C. Murphy, H. P. Ranke,
manager ... 1018-1020, Purviance and Flinner, shoe store ... 1014
1016, the Berkman's store, Meyer is still residing in Beaver Falls
... recently marked his 80th birthday ... 1012, Peoples Store,
with Ben Klein, manager ... 1010, Grand Theatre, J. H. Hayward,
manager .. . 1008, R. G. Neely, florist, 1006, Beaver Valley Water
Company main office, John T. Taylor, president, as far as can
recall, believe Mrs. James Duff, a daughter of Mr. Taylor, is
the only surviving member of that family ... 1004, Duff's College,
Homer McLaughlin, manager ... 1000, Stuckey's Drug Store, Emil
Stuckey, owner with the late Merle Raisley, chief pharmacist.
. . remember Mr. Raisley well ... he was always very active in
local Masonic circles and lived on College Hill ... in 1924 H.
Farkas moved from 1015 to 1610, once the location of the Grand
Theatre . . . in 1931 Josenh Blinn had a fruit store at the Old
Farmers Bank location at 1028...... and later the Ben Friedman
clothing store took and remodeled the room and was located there
up to the time of Mr. Friedman's death ... in 1931 Roy Brierly
had a hardware store at 004 Seventh Avenue and also in that year
Ed Hipple had a pool hall at 1009 Seventh Avenue ... in 1927 Paul
Reda ran his barbershop at 1006 and also the Beaver Falls Cash
Market was at 1022 Seventh Avenue managed by J. Teitelbaum ...
naturally most of these places have been replaced by other stores
... which now include the updated and modernized Enelow Shoes
... Allan Jewelers ... Sherwin-Williams ... L and N Gift Shop
... Household Finance office ... Sol's Stores ... Singer, Deane
and Scribner and a new restaurant ... the Chef House - former
location of the Nanette Shop -.'. . now crossing over to the west
side, starting at 11th Street, the same year 1922, we had the
Federal Title and , Trust Company, with C., W. Klein as president
and Walter Potts as cashier ... the Dime Savings and Loan was
also located in with the bank ... this bank was the only one that
failed to resume business in full after the bank holiday in 1932
... it was proven later that the bank was sound financially for
it paid out 100 per cent all monies that had been deposited by
the bank customers ... at 1024, Central Pharmacy, operated by
D. F. R. McCready ... 1023, the E. H. Schaefer Jewelry, both father
and son now deceased ... then was National Shoe Company, with
A. J. Miller, manager, 1019, there was the Neward Shoe Store,
C. Balkman, manager . . .1017 , Bill Racco ran a shoe repair shop.
... 1017, the late Charlie Mann opened and operated his jewelry
store ... 1015, Harry Farkas ran a grocery store ... he also had
a store in New Brighton ... at 1013, the Western Union Telegraph
office was located with F. J. Boulter, manager ... believe that
Boulter had two sons enter the priesthood ... 1011, the New York
Restaurant was operated by L. Chippas, J. Pappas and S. Nakas
... 1009, this was the location of the Comet theatre . . was vacated
but on the second floor, Sturgeon and Wallace had their Grandview
Cemetery office ... 1007, George Calvin operated a billiard parlor
... 1005, Hummel and Hetzler operated their newsstand ... at 1003
there was another New York restaurant ... two being in this block
... on the corner at 1001 was a house owned by Mrs. M. A. Tozen
... and later in 1930 it was turned into the Pittsburgh Farmers
Fruit Market ... now it's a parking lot . . there have been many
changes on this side for later quite a few of the old buildings
gave way to the new Sahli Bldg., many new tenants, including the
executive offices of the Townsend Company, the Sahli' Development
Company, Beneficial Finance System, Monumental Life Insurance
office ... Dr. Thomas M. Baldwin, Mildred's Beauty Shop, the downtown
office of the Western Pennsylvania National Bank ... ,also in
this block are the State Liquor Store . Miller and White Furniture
Store ... Edrie McKee's Shop for Ladies . . . Zingaro Yarn Shop
... Eazor's newsstand and the City Restaurant ... now we trust
we haven't missed anyone ... there have been many changes -over
the years in this particular section of the city ... slips that
pass in the newspapers occasionally'. . . a news story from New
York stated that two dozen policemen had been indicted on charges
of receiving brides from gamblers . . . it should have been receiving
bribes ... amounting to approximately a million dollars ... don't
know which would be the most acceptable ... the policemen did
take the money ... noted that Bishop Roy C. Nichols of the Pittsburgh
Area United Methodist Church will be given honorary award by Duquesne
University . . quite sure this is one award that will be greatly
appreciated ... according to reports out of Washington that price
reductions will be forthcoming by July 1st, in grocery lines,
motels, television, autos and some clothing lines ... the consumer
will be interested we are sure ... tomorrow is Sunday ... are
you planning to attend church ... let us hope that you give one
hour of your time to attending the church of your choice ... and
here's trusting that your weekend will be pleasant and enjoyable
... JHM.