PORT ALLEGANY: Those signs that say Port Alleghany will be
change to correctly reflect the name of the town, Port
Allegany.

That’s the word Monday from State Rep. Martin Causer who has
been in touch with the State Department of Transportation about the
misspelling on the signs. Readers in that neck of the woods had
complained about the error on the signs.

Our thanks to Marty for his actions.

GRAPE NEWS: Thanks, too, today to Pat Franco of Rew who
fulfilled a promise he made to bring us some of his homemade wine.
Pat followed through, in spades – he brought us 30 bottles of the
home brew!

Pat tells us he made 100 gallons of the grape wine after having
an exceptionally good growing season for his grapes. He expected
the dry summer to ruin his crop but, instead, he got twice the
number he anticipated.

In any case, we are grateful he shared his abundance with
us.

Early reports indicate it was “a very good year.” More
later.

OLD SHOPS: More stores:

Leroy Hartzell of Kane writes, “Studley’s Music Store was on the
corner of South Park and Washington streets in the late ’60s. I can
remember going there with my father and looking at the guitars in
the window while he was around the corner at the newsstand.”

Margaret Sutterlin of New Port Richey, Fla.: “Mac’s Hamburger
Stand at South Bradford – He had the best hamburgers. I remember he
used to brush the top of the bun with butter and then sprinkle
coarse salt on the top.”

Bill Higie of Punxsutawney had a list: Chittester’s across from
School Street Elementary; S&A’s Market, corner Bennett and
State; Seven Dials, Jim Giles gas station and Museum; Fuoco’s
Jewelers; Chodrow’s Electric Supply; Bradford Feed Mill.

Dick Chiarilli of Amherst, N.Y., writes: “Bradford once had
wonderful stores. Because I worked there, I remember Blair’s Drug
Store and Park Drug Store, both of which had soda fountains, both
on Main Street. That was the time when Bradford was in her full
glory, and you could walk down Main Street with all buildings
housing bustling stores, and buy anything that you needed.”

Donna K. Brown Gocella writes us from Crossville, Tenn.: “I
remember Fashionland and S.K. Tate Furriers on Main Street. I
worked at Fashionland for Rosann Vanderhook (my sister) during my
senior year 1956.”