To Glen Thompson, et al, The "Really Big Snow" occured in 1951! It started on Thanksgiving night and continued the following day. The total fall was over 2'. I...
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neoniepp@...
Mar 8, 2001 2:57 am
Correction of snow date: It was the winter of 1950! Sorry, "Pete" Niepp, '44 Correction of snow date: It was the winter of 1950! Sorry, "Pete" - '44...
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Nancy Phillips
craze2@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:01 am
THE WORST SNOW I REMEMBER, WHILE IN PGH, WAS AT THANKSGIVING OF '50. I WAS WORKING FOR TWA AT THE WILLIAM PENN HOTEL, IN DOWNTOWN, AND HAD TO WALK TO...
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mailnormalou@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:07 am
To Glenn Thompson...... The year was 1952, Thanksgiving, and 36 inches of snow fell on my home at 10 Walnut Street. Thanks, Norma Lou Knerler St. Luke's '57...
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John & Linda Small
jl@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:09 am
Friday, November 24, 1950, the day after Thanksgiving, and through that weekend, there was a total accumulation of 27.4 inches of snow in Pittsburgh. John...
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Will Kelton
wkelton@...
Mar 8, 2001 6:31 am
... Ummmm..."tantalizing"; - "Naked Wife" is an oxymoron of the highest order. For great justice, remove every zig. willbill, '68...
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Loring E. Jahnke
eelo@...
Mar 8, 2001 7:07 am
cougs: loringelizabethjahnke ('69) here, taking a break from things, to check cnn.com news. go to cnn.com: www.cnn.com if you just want the story. but it...
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jhill10091@...
Mar 8, 2001 9:14 pm
SNOW DAYS ... but any day it snowed and it was colder then 30 and they would close the school was a good day too cold or too much snow go to school but never...
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Art Butler
butleraf@...
Mar 8, 2001 9:17 pm
Glenn, I know the big snow hit at Thanksgiving and the depth was about 36 inches. I remember my family digging the car out on Grace Street because my father...
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norm@...
Mar 8, 2001 9:21 pm
Talk about this storm really opened the memory bank for me. We lived on the dead-end of Union Avenue, and next to Glenn Thompson's house on the end was an...
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mimilear@...
Mar 8, 2001 9:24 pm
In response to Mary V. Shelby Tebalt, A Florida Reunion sounds great, we live in Palm Harbor (both my husband Allan Lear, '65, and myself.) Let us know when....
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Jeanne and Don Davis
ddd@...
Mar 8, 2001 10:16 pm
Sympathy for the young man who thought virus an oxymoron. Jeanne and Don Davis, '45...
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gdt97007@...
Mar 8, 2001 11:43 pm
... to art (from grace street) butler, how are you doing ? and you remembered the stump next to our house. you could really grab some air on the way down the...
... norm and i have known each other for 55 years now and he still puts a "p" in my name. the "p" is silent as in swimming, as my old aund sadie used to say....
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Loring E. Jahnke
eelo@...
Mar 9, 2001 12:34 am
cougs: loringelizabethjahnke ('69) here. the hyperlink on my post that came to me through the yahoo! site, for the "Songs of the Century" did not work for me...
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Loring E. Jahnke
eelo@...
Mar 9, 2001 6:14 am
cougs: ... check cnn.com news. ... speaking of music, i do not know if glenn intended the music reference, but it is there. anyway, in list posts, you make up...
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cobwebsal@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:47 am
Anyone, not sure of something? Trust, ANYTHING, that is posted by "John Small [52]." He is the GURU, of Knowledge. I lost my dog, EBONY, a Cocker Spaniel, for...
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cobwebsal@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:55 am
Boy -- I sure had a hard time signing up at the Yahoo group site. I want my digests to continue coming to me, cobwebsal@... but it was so confusing to me...
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Lew Wheeler
lwheeler@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:55 am
To Norm Amorose and Glen Thompson: Great memories of 1st Ward School and the neighborhood! I remember Joe Montgomery and Art Butler - great personalities and...
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John & Linda Small
jl@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:55 am
The Big Snow was in 1950. There was an article about it in the Post-Gazette, a couple weeks ago. However, I know it was 1950 because I was a junior and had...
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CraftonReunion
CraftonReunion@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:59 am
... Sally, It looks like you got your Yahoo ID, along with a new email address. We'll make the new email address a "Web Only" address and, rest assured,...
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Loring E. Jahnke
eelo@...
Mar 10, 2001 4:38 am
cougs: loringelizabethjahnke ('69) here, with a reminder that saturday is Chat day. the time is 5am on the west coast, 8am eastern time, 1 pm london time, 2 pm...
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BJGOCKLEY@...
Mar 10, 2001 7:49 am
Well, Cougs, Barb Cain ('69) here. I received the 1946 Ginkgo today (thanks for not bidding against me on e-Bay) and it's great!! I got to see Mr Kiser, Doc...
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Art Butler
butleraf@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:18 pm
... Hey, Glenn! (In Georgia, we say "Hey," sted of "Hi.") Good to be in touch. We agree on the 36 inches, but now I'm thinking I'm wrong about the year. I said...
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gdt97007@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:20 pm
... what do you mean trade lies ? have i incurred the lady's wrath ? c u at chat. glenn thomson (60)...
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Dfcw4@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:24 pm
In reading John Small's response about the Big Snow of '50, I didn't know there was a dispute! I too, remember the year well, too many things to list here, but...
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baadpat@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:28 pm
Barb, Please see if my Aunt Lois is in the graduating class (Lois Hendershot). I'd love to see a pic of her then. Her birthday is coming up this week (March...
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Ruth
mcfarland.ruth@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:40 pm
Ruth Lynch McFarland '40 here. Might as well get in on the "biggest" snow, since so far most of the responders are too young to remember the snow of 1940,...
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Regis Voye
rastus_red@...
Mar 10, 2001 8:44 pm
I sure have enjoyed reading through all the messages you folks have been sending. The Snow of 50 was one incident I had forgotten about. The memories of...
