MO’ GALCO: More to tell you today about Galco Park located in
the Crosby area.
Leo Hackett of Elizabethtown writes, “My wife and I used to
dance at the pavilion at Galco with Almond Stickles and wife. I
don’t remember who played. It was on the Crosby side of Potato
Creek.”
Leo starts out, “If you can read this… ” (In all honesty, Leo,
we apologize ahead of time if we misconstrued your handwriting. It
was pretty tough to read.)
Leo, who tells us he will be 93 in February, goes on: “The
firemen had picnics there, too.”
He surmises that the Jerry Kleisath we had first mentioned in
connection with Galco Park is the son of Alfred Kleisath who lived
on the East Valley Road across from the crossroad.
“I am a lifetime member of Hilltop Firemen. I took lime and
fertilizer to Alfred who was a mailman for years on R.D. 3.,” he
adds.
“I wrote to you about gasoline for 10 cents a gallon in the late
1920s. There was a young girl killed about that time, automobile
accident. I can’t think of her name, at the road to Crosby and the
crossroads.”
We also heard from Toni Kan-Boatwright: “Regarding Jerry
Kleisath’s question of ‘Anyone remember dancing to their music
(Happy, Ed & Jack)?’ I attended Cyclone Elementary School in
the ’70s. We would learn square dancing for gym class.”
“At some point during the school year and after many classes of
learning square dancing, the school would arrange for Happy, Ed,
and Jack (I always thought it was Happy, Ed, and the Gang) to come
to our school basement to perform so we could square dance to live
music/live caller.
“Fast forward 30 years later, and I am told by my nieces and
nephew, who are YMCA members in Bradford, they are learning hip hop
from a class offered there.”
Bill and Dee Weisenfluh drop a line: “My wife told me that her
Uncle Ken and Aunt Maxine Moore played with the Kabers ‘back when.’
Maxine also played with Mac and Dorothy Masters on the piano. Mac
played violin and Dorothy played the drums and also called the
dances. On occasion, Dewey Foster and I would play for the round
dances.”
PET PEEVE: People who say “grant money” as if they think we
don’t realize it comes from our (taxpayers’) wallet.
