ON PATROL: “The recent RTS articles and my wife’s recollections
caused me to verify some of my school safety patrol memories with
Class of ’63 classmate Dennis Lowery,” Spence Garvin writes. “He
reminded me that the patrols were run similar to a military
organization. There were very strict rules that patrols had to
comply with.

“It was a real honor to be selected to be a patrol, and rules
were strictly enforced by my father, Ray Garvin. When he drove
around anywhere patrols were on duty, he made sure they were doing
their jobs. If not, he would give them demerits right on the spot.
Too many demerits, and you could no longer serve. No fooling around
on your corner or wherever you were assigned.

“We lived in Foster Hollow and had a patrol on our bus every day
who helped students cross the roadways when they got on and off the
buses, too.”

NU-WAY: The name of the grocery story across from the Public
Square back in the glory days of Community Park baseball was the
Nu-Way, according to Sally Demellier, who writes us from
Florida.

“On that block starting from the corners of Main and Mechanic
streets, there was a loan company, Gray’s Drug Store, perhaps a
real estate office then Nu Way. After the Nu-Way, there was a 5
&10 cent store, possibly Newberry’s, then a bank.

“Later on, Gray’s moved into the former Wise Shop, which was a
ladies’ dress shop located at the corners of Main and Pine streets.
My mother saved coupons for shopping at Nu-Way, which she used for
many gifts throughout the years. I still have the set of luggage
she purchased with Nu-Way coupons for my graduation in 1962.”

Another reader recalls the A&P store starting out on that
block of Main Street before moving to Mechanic Street.

PARADE TRAIN: One reader told us the 40 and 8 “locomotive” once
featured in Bradford’s parades was actually mounted on a 1935
Chevrolet truck and was configured to spew out steam like a “real”
locomotive.

BUG PHOTOS: We’ve had several requests to run photos of the
Emerald Ash Borer – in its larval and beetle states. The best way
to view these insects is to look them up on Google images. Just go
to Google web browser, click on the “images” link and enter a
keyword search, e.g., Emerald Ash Borer or Emerald Ash Borer larva.