PALM SPRINGS Neighbors and Friends - Names, addresses and photos - click on image to read and see Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

PALM SPRINGS Neighbors and Friends - Names, addresses and photos - click on image to read and see

Click on the image below to see a listing of neighbors, friends and kids in the area in all four directions from Palm Springs Junior High. This listing was previously in the narrative about Old Hialeah and moved here because the content is large enough to be in a separate narrative.

New: the gallery on the right contains photos of the kids who grew up in my old neighborhood and who I remember

Palm Springs Neighbors and Friends - ADDRESSES and NAMES, no photos - click on image to read

Palm Springs - photos of kids in my neighborhood - click on image to see

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Ben Donikian		20-Jul-2013 14:34
Wow! My family moved to 5999 West 14th Court, 1 block west of Sparks Park in 1966. I lived there until 1983 when I bought a lake townhouse just east of the Palmetto Xway and the hospital. (6868 W. 17th Terrace?, I forget...) Spent most of my childhood hanging out at Sparks... Ben "Benny" Donikian

Don Boyd		19-Jul-2010 17:36
Hi Stanley, welcome to the site and thank you for posting that tidbit about address changes due to Hialeah incorporation. I never knew that Hialeah incorporated part of the county section in your neighborhood like that; I just always assumed that those with Hialeah addresses were always Hialeah. No, the Boyd neighbors of yours were no relation and I didn't know there was another Don Boyd in Hialeah except for one my age who lived on E. 9th Lane and who later worked on the ramp for Eastern Airlines at MIA. Don

Guest		19-Jul-2010 17:19
We lived at 5855 NW 119 St. before Hialeah incorporated it, after which it was changed to 521 W. 65 Ter. We had neighbors named Don and Wanda Boyd. Are they any relation? Stanley Bine

Don Boyd		28-Feb-2010 06:26
Thanks Bruce. I've added your contributions to the narrative page with a few minor corrections according to my old Hialeah High student directories. Let me know when you have additional information. Thanks very much. Don

Guest		22-Feb-2010 15:08
Don, since we met just this past weekend, I grew up at 6125 W. 12 Ave. We were the original owners and bought this new. We moved out in 1979. Parents were Anne (who passed away 8/09) and Jack (who lives in Las Vegas). Brother Jack (HHS '72), myself HML '74, Glenn HML '75. Not sure of the actual house addresses but on 12th Ave going north from 60th Street you had Dr. Markarian on the corner, The O'Connell's (Ken went to HHS and Played football with Silvio Cardosa) Susan and Colleen. I believe both went to HML. Next was a couple with no children. Ben was his name, do not recall the last name. Next was our house at 6125, Next was the Batchelors. Three kids. Stanley, Jack and Sarah Jean. Jack runs the Dixie Garden Supply in North Dade off US 27. Next to them was the Hopkins, older then me, one daughter was in law enforcement in Tallahassee for many years. Next to them was the Whitakers. Oldest was Victor, he teaches at HHS, then Jimmy, in construction in West Coast of Florida, Dean also construction on west coast of FL. Dee Dee lives in Southwest Ranches in Broward County. She is married to Allan Milam who owns the Milam Grocery stores. She has two daughters. Next was the Van Dussen's. I remember Kevin who was a year younger then me. Next to them was the Tice's who you have info on. Not sure of the next few but the end house on the corner was the Thompsons. Oldest son was HHS '92, named John. Daugher Ann went to HML '74. She is in Stuart now. They had a younger daughter, not sure of the name. On 60th Street going East from Markarian. I believe the next house was the Parsons, but not sure. Then was the Jansik's. Art is a chiropractor in Miami Springs, and Francine lives with Art also in Miami Springs. Their mother was alive at least 2 years ago, father had passed on. Next to them was the Marshalls. Mrs. Marshall had been married a few times so there was a mix of kids. Remember Mickie as the olders, Donald, SueEllen, and a few more. Others on that side were the Walsh's. The Gutheries were near the corner of 60th and 10th. That is all for now, will try to remember more later.

Don Boyd		09-Dec-2009 03:32
Guest, thank you for posting. There will be more photos added as time permits in the future. This section holds real importance for me and I really want to add as many Palm Springs kids from various yearbooks as I can with my immediate neighborhood of 9th Lane, 9th Court, 10th Avenue and immediate surrounding streets having the highest priority to start with. Don

Guest		09-Dec-2009 00:52
wow... seeing all those pics and remembering those faces, that little area from west 53rd street north to west 68th street was a great area to grow up. some pics are missing... the fentons, paigos, marchettas, mccabes miesenholders ... there were a lot of young families around.

Donna Jones Pope		07-Dec-2009 14:18
My family lived in Hialeah from 1954 and moved in about 1970. We lived down the street a few blocks from Palm Springs Hr. High. I graduated in 1969 and remember Beth Block and Faith Palison and Eric Bystrom. I got on this site trying to find Mr. Bartel who was my favorite teacher at DuPuis Elementary. One of the posts mentioned Twin Lakes Elementary. I went there in first and then in third grade went to DuPuis, then Palm Springs, then graduated from Hialeah High. My mom grew up with Pat Fargeson and I did her hair when I was just a kid. These posts are bringing back those great days in Palm Springs. Does anyone remember the Baileys? Their kids were Vicki, Sharon, Gary and Patty. They were, I think three houses down from us. Does anyone remember Harry Casey? I don't know where he lived, but he was in several of my classes through school. Thanks for this site - so neat to recognize names of people I grew up with. Our family lives all over the country now, but most of them are in Nashville. I'm in Texas. Great site! Donna Jones

Don Boyd		11-Oct-2008 07:31
These were the comments in the Hialeah commentary gallery that pertained to folks in the Palm Springs development and I'm copying them here since I moved the commentary here. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 09-Sep-2008 03:47 Susan, thanks for answers to my questions. I'm sorry to hear that the older Fluties have passed away. Yeah, I talked with your dad one day about NAL and PAA and he was really straining my brain trying to remember things and people he talked about but I enjoyed our talk. He's friends with one of my neighbors (Nancy Gaines) who knew him way back when. The girl from Sears - I can't believe I can't remember her first name - lived on W. 10th because I gave her a ride home a couple of times and as I recall it was like 4 or 5 homes north of 60th on the east side of 10th. I'm pretty sure her last name was Tanka because I always called her by her last name instead of her first because I thought it was cute. But then again, the Heineken over the past 40 years has probably rearranged some memory cells. The name Carol doesn't ring a bell. She was very short and very well built - I do remember that accurately. : ) Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan 09-Sep-2008 01:28 Don: Was it Carol Panka? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan zurawski flutie 08-Sep-2008 15:14 Don: Forgot to mention that I did get this from my dad and also a friend up here that was hired and worked for Ralph Renick. Yes, I do remember a girl last named Tanka but I don't think she lived on the lake. I thought she lived a few streets north...closer to Lana Clements, Lori Plummer , Diano Pupo, and Maureen Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Susan Zurawski Flutie 08-Sep-2008 14:44 Sadly the elder Flutie's, Emil Sr., Emil Jr, and Albert have passed away. Emil Sr. and Albert left Hialeah and moved down to the Keys in the 60's. My husband Michael and his brother Sandy (Emil Jr.'s sons) were both on the Hialeah Police Dept. as Sgts. until 2000 and 2001. Albert lost his son, Steve to cancer but Glenn is doing very well in Ft. Lauderdale. Yes, my dad likes to talk shop when it comes to the airlines. I remember the old MIA when it still had outdoor concourses. I think they were green. I remember not liking to climb the stairs to the planes when it was windy and cold. National Airlines picnics at Crandon Park were always such a big event. When the airport was still small enough and the building that is now George T Baker, they would drive the planes across the street to get there. By son went on to attend George T Baker while at HML. He presently runs his own successful avionic company. I saw your mention of Immaculate. I have a year book from the years 63-64. People talk about a lot of kids in classes. You should see how many we had then! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 08-Sep-2008 02:49 Susan: thank you for your comments and memories. I'll send Louie Carrillo an e-mail telling him to read your comments. Are the elder Fluties still alive? Their neon shop used to be just west of a family friend's company (Jones Shutter) at 246 NW 29 Street and I used to wander in to the Flutie's shop back in the mid to late 50's before and after we moved out to Hialeah in 1957. The Murphy's mom, Billie Anne, is still alive and kicking and a photo of her is athttp://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/58317963 - I get e-mail jokes from her fairly frequently - she lives up in Jawjuh. Did you know a girl by the last name of Tanka (first name escapes me right now and that will drive me crazy) on the east side of W. 10th (Lake Laurence East) several houses north of 60th Street who was about your age? I worked with her at Sears Northside in the 71-73 time frame. Your dad and I have spoken about old Pan Am days and I get e-mails from him occasionally. Did he tell you about this site or did you discover it on your own? Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan Zurawski Flutie 08-Sep-2008 00:51 Another comment. I just ready a old blog from Debbie Livesey. Her mom and mine ran girl scouts at Immaculate. Also, Dr. Jerome Harold. You mention Emil and Albert Flutie. That was my husband's dad and uncle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan flutie grammyflutie@bellsouth.net 08-Sep-2008 00:32 What a great find. My name is Susan Zurawski Flutie. We lived at 6140 W 10 Ave. When we moved in we were the only ones on the block for Lake Lawrence west. I am married to Michael Flutie, who has been mentioned by Louie Carillo and the web master. I attended Immaculate, he attended DuPuis. We both went to Palm Springs Jr. and Hialeah High. Nanette Vaccarello I remember you. Louie if you follow up on this web site please let us know how to contact you. Michael and Sandy have both since retired from Hialeah Police Dept. We have contact with Bob Critcher, Art Jansik, and Jeff Blardenelli. My parents just moved up here (Jensen Beach) 7 years ago. I think they may have been the last originals on the street. So many memories were mentioned in previous comments. Did any one take dance lessons at Maridon? It was located on W 12 Ave by the MooCow , Eds Hardware. My best memories were growing up on our lake. The Whitakers across, Hammeetmans, Apostles, Murphys, Hursts, Browns, Willis' all on the lake. Tuesday morning summer movies, getting candy at the counter in Murphy's. I remember spending so much time out west of the Palmetto on "the land". Riding horses on the dirt road that now goes past Palmetto Hospital. Before we had "the mall" I remember the place to shop was Northside or 163st. I remember they built Burdines first and we all said WHY would they put a store way out there! Funny, we never were bored. Now days if you don't have a game system and cell phone you are lost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 13-Aug-2008 03:33 Again, thank you everyone for your comments and memories. Visitors to the site love to read them for old times sake and to refresh their own memories of good times. Donn and Taffee, I knew the Coulter brothers from the airport when they were both with Pan Am and I knew Cheryl around 1977-78 when she was dating a guy who lived around the corner from some buddies of mine. I don't think I've seen her since the early 80's. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donn Roebke droebke@bellsouth.net 13-Aug-2008 02:45 We knew Edison & Mollie Coulter when we lived in Hialeah and went to the same church. They had four children. Ray and Cheryl were the oldest. I think Ray lives in Omaha, Nebraska and Cheryl is local. Later they had twins, Kim & Todd, who were flower girl and ring bearer in our wedding in 1973. I'm not sure where they are now. Edison & Mollie moved to Pembroke Pines in the early '80's and he continued to work for Pan Am at Ft. Lauderdale until he retired. Edison passed away a few years ago, but I remember meeting his twin brother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taffee Kedgley kedgleyd@bellsouth.net 26-Jul-2008 23:55 West Hialeah brings back alot of memories. And some of the names in the other posts did too. Edison/Molly Coulter...Edison had a twin brother named Edsel and I beleive they both worked at Pan Am. I used to babysit for a family named Andreolas, but they lived on W. 7th Lane in Hialeah. They had two daughters, the oldest was Andrea and I cannot remember the youngest one's name. Marion Edwards also lived on W.7th Lane (we lived at 4182) - anyway, they raced cars out at Hialeah Speedway and I think they had a paint and body shop or a garage. Also on W. 7th Lane was the Blake family, son Danny and daughter Robin. They had four big pine trees on the front swale. Next to them were the Schaffer's, Mel (Eastern Airlines) and Betty, son Brian, daughter Sherry. We lived next to them, the Pullens, Richard and Blanche, daughters, Taffee, Laura, Leslie, and son, Craig. My dad worked at Pan Am for over 35 years. Across from us were the Sciscoes, the dad worked at Delta, the mother was Corinna, they had a son Danny and a daughter whose name escapes me. Next to them lived a girl, Donna Nunnely. Behind us were the Remillards, Bruce, Debbie and Jerry were the kids. On the cross street was a family named Landry, the mom was a nurse, the kids were Michelle, Suzanne and Keith. Anyone out there remember any of these??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robbin P. Learned rpc7560@yahoo.com 08-Jul-2008 06:37 Don, I Enjoyed this site so much, and I remember all of the Businesses Mentioned, sure Brings Back a lot of Memories. I was saddened about Jackie Zimmerman, as I went to Palm Springs JR. High, with Her, and I was in Love With Her, in JR. High, She Was A Beautiful Girl. I Had Hoped Always To See Her Again, some Day, So Sad, About Jackie, May She Rest In Peace . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 30-Jun-2008 02:55 Okay Mike, thanks, you're 15 years behind me and you probably went to HML with kids from my Miami Lakes neighborhood (Sandy Vura, Janice Shields, Bill Potter, Bill Riggs, the Giattino kids, Geri Riggs, and a few others whose names I can't remember right now). Did Edison Coulter work at Pan Am? If so I knew him back in the 70's and 80's at the airport. Did he have a daughter or had she moved out by then? I knew her in the mid 70's but she was older than you. Perhaps other readers will recognize the other names. The first exodus of folks from Dade County started in the early 60's. There were a lot of kids who went to Palm Springs Jr. High with me who either never made it to Hialeah High or left Hialeah High before they graduated and since Hialeah was the only high school for us at the time I can only surmise that their parents moved from the area. The exodus of the early 80's was Mariel boatlift related. Drop me a line when you have the old photos. Thanks. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike mlharris@mac.com 29-Jun-2008 21:20 Thanks, Don. I didn't graduate from HHS but rather from HML in '81. I'm 44 now. I'd have to agree with you about Jano's. I've been on a quest for a number of years now in search of a sub and potato salad as good as what they served there...to no avail. Next time I visit my mother I'll grab some photos of Hialeah to send. My parents bought their house on NW 112th Terrace new in the late 50's. Mom and Dad were both Miami natives, but went to Miami-Jackson HS...lived in Alapattah and then Miami Springs if memory serves. Dad worked at Pan Am and kept racing Greyhounds with his brother who owned Arista Kennels, also in Hialeah. Other neighbors on our the block included Bill and Maxine Jackson, Edison and Mollie Coulter, David and Kitty Ashley, and George and Betty Andreolas...not sure if any of those names ring a bell for anyone. It goes without saying that everyone's now moved on from the area, with the exodus starting in the early 80's. When I was a kid I used to cut the grass (all 5 square feet of it!) for my pediatrician, Dr. Blinski, who had a little office behind Jackson-Byrons and the theatre. The only thing I remember about DuPuis was the mural they put up while I was there by a library....and Mr. Biance, by 6th grade teacher. Palm Springs JHS had an episode of arson while I was there...a kid who lived a few streets over set a classroom on fire over the weekend and we had a few extra days off from school. I see from some of the photo's here the old "gum tree" at Palm Springs is obviously long gone ;-) Good times...and to echo some of what I've read in your other comments, Hialeah was a great place to be a kid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 29-Jun-2008 04:11 Hi Mike, glad you found us. I miss Jano's a lot. They had the best subs in the area. We also had several home parties catered by them and our guests always raved about the quality of the food. What year did you graduate from HHS so I can have some kind of age reference? Yes I am interested in old Hialeah photos since they are rather scarce compared to Dade County. Thanks for posting. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike mlharris@mac.com 28-Jun-2008 20:35 Hi Don: I found your "memories of old Hialeah" by accident while looking to see if Jano's Sub Shop was still around. Lots of great memories here. I grew up on NW 112th Terrace, in the "county" section of Hialeah and went to both DuPuis and Palm Springs Junior...and then onto HML. Hialeah was a great place 'back in the day.' I'm sure I could dig up some old photos if you're interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Sandler sandfam.ny@verizon.net 23-Jun-2008 02:53 I am the Guest who posted the 3/31/08 comments. My brother Richard and I grew up in Palm Springs starting in 1956 when we moved from NYC. We sold the house in 1965 and my mother and I returned to NY. I was only 14 at the time. Richard was 22 and stayed in Florida. He'll post his own comments. Other friends and people I remember, but can't give locations for (I was too young to drive and my mother would drive me to visit) are Ginny and Ray Lamont (sp?). He was a doorman at the Fountainbleau in MB. They had a daughter Debbie who was around my age. There was Evelyn and Neil Garfield. He was a cop - don't know where. I remember that my mother told me he had shot and killed a burglar somewhere. It was big news at the time. There was the Threlkeld family, who lived across the street from us. Behind us and to the left were Tony and Clell Villella - brothers who lived with their parents. They were not pleasant neighbors. On free days my friends and I would take bamboo poles, fish line and bread crumbs and go down to the canal and fish. I always caught these ugly, nasty fish with spines. They were always thrown back. Totally turned me off to fishing. Somewhere else in these postings is a reference to Red Road, which ran along one of the canals. My mother told me it was nicknamed Red Road because of the number of accidents along it. On Saturday mornings I would go alone or with friends to the Palm Springs Theater to see the movies. It was $.25 for admission. Sometimes there were two movies. The candy was equally cheap. Sometimes on the way to someplace we would pass through Liberty City. There was also a drive-in there that we would go to occasionally. Even then it was a really run-down area. Those were the only black people I ever saw. None in Hialeah that I ever came across. Discrimination then was rampant, and sometimes violent. More on this in a later posting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 03-May-2008 04:36 It's great to hear from you Chris. I'll e-mail you privately. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ chris 03-May-2008 00:34 Don, I grew up on the same block as you. My name is Chris Martin. 5760 W9 lane. Gram or grammy as we called her baby sat us all the time. She had a parakeet named Bluebird that could talk and you had a neat room full of model battleships. Our house looks so different. Recently I had the curiosity to see listings on properties in foreclosure in the Hialeah area. There was one listed on W. 9th Lane. Asking price? 375,000. Dad bought the house new in 1957 for 10thou. Times change. The Clarks, our neighbors, correct names are Frank, Kathy, Donna and Larry. I had a thing for Donna when I was 6. Ha! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 31-Mar-2008 04:36 Guest: it's a small world and I thank you for writing with your memories. Beth Block lived on Lake Laurence East at W. 8th Avenue just north of W. 60th Street. One of my friends married her in the early 1980's and they live up in west Broward. She has a daughter from a previous marriage to another Hialeah guy. Both she and my buddy were teachers at Palm Springs Elementary with my wife for years until my wife transferred to Hialeah Middle. All of them are retired now. Harvey Bendfeldt worked for Pan Am until they died - he has a comment somewhere in the aviation galleries I think. He was also my neighbor in my cul-de-sac in Miami Lakes for years and his son put up my hurricane shutters in advance of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 when we were trying to get back home from a vacation in the Panhandle. We got home about 12 hours ahead of time and all the shutters were up. They moved a year or so after that and I don't know where they are now but Harvey's e-mail might be with his comment if you can find it. Faith Palasin lived on W. 10th Avenue, facing the Dupuis/Palm Springs Jr. athletic fied, a block over from me and I knew her and some of her brothers/sisters. They are mentioned on the "W. 10th Avenue Gallery" athttp://www.pbase.com/donboyd/memories_hialeah_w10ave Those are the only three names I can remember of the group that you mentioned. Again, thanks for writing. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 31-Mar-2008 03:53 I have no idea why I thought of this today, but I was thinking about a girl I knew in the 60's, Beth Block from Hialeah. That's what led me to this site, thinking of her and old Mayor Milander (actually his reference, which I googled, is what got me here). She lived on a house backing on a lake. I moved with my family from NYC to Palm Springs into a brand-new house at 451 West 55th Place in 1956. We were there until 1964. Originally when I started school I went to Twin Lakes Elementary. John G. DuPuis opened when I was going into 2nd grade. I remember being surprised how colorful each of the outside classroom doors were - very different from Twin Lakes. Our neighbors on either side were the Taylors - Sharon was the older sister and Kathy was younger. I visited the neighborhhod many years later and actually ran into Kathy. She worked for USPS and was delivering mail at DuPuis. On the other side were the Bendfeldts (sp?). There was Harvey the older son and JoMarie, who we called Joey. Some other student's names I recall from school: Faith Palasin, Jolene Bahan, Stan Adkins, Debbie Lamott, Eric and Leslie Bystrom. I also remember teachers Mr. Bartell from DuPuis and Mr. Krizenecky (sp?). I liked them both. I have lots of other memories, but will revisit and post more later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 24-Feb-2008 20:30 Thanks for your words Karon. I remember when you moved in, since I delivered the papers daily in your area and was always hitting on new homeowners to subscribe to the paper. I'm pretty sure your parents subscribed. You were gorgeous and it did not take long for every guy in the area to be talking about that new Karon Kell girl out on W. 53rd by the powerlines. If you only knew how many guys in west Hialeah who were in serious like with you! Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 24-Feb-2008 20:00 Don, I am flattered by your kind words (or that you would even remeber me at all). When I stumbled upon this site, I became enthralled by all the terrific photos. Also, your opening words struck a cord with me. So much of the pre-1960 history of the greater Miami area has been marginalized and even negated by some with that "sleepy swamp" mantra one often hears. Those of us who know better must be guardians of the true history, culture and heritage of the folks who established and built wonderful communities where their families grew and delighted in their environs and each other. Thanks again, KK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 24-Feb-2008 14:08 Ah ha, Karon, I had your first and last name misspelled in the commentary and I've fixed it. I remember you well because you were on my News route and your home area was about the last section that the Lovell Brothers built before completing their Palm Springs Estates development. Thanks for writing in, it's always good to hear from someone I used to know or know of so many years ago. I hope all is well with you. Hope, thank you too for writing in with your memories. I remember your dad as mayor very well and hopefully we will get a photo of him as mayor up on the site along with a photo of Henry Milander. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karon Kell 24-Feb-2008 07:01 Hello. Like so many others here, I want to thank you for this site. I moved to Miami from Chattanooga in the 50s with my grandparents. So many changes in this territory, eh? By early 1960 my mother had remarried and we moved into a newly built home on west 53rd street and 14th lane in Hialeah. It was on the canal and that pipe that many used to traverse the canal was behind our house. I recall when the hospital was newly built behind us, our family observed a cow from the adjacent pasture go into the back entry of the facility; but, never did see it come out again! My mother continued to reside in that home until just 2 years ago when my stepfather passed away. But my oh my how the area had changed over those 45 years. Once again, thanks so much for your wonderful memories of Happy Days in Hialeah. BTW, I noticed the name Moye. I remember going to school with a Jack Moye. I probably went to school with others on this board, too. Greetings to y'all. Karon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 15-Feb-2008 03:46 To Lisa Kastle: sorry I just got around to correcting the spelling of your last name and adding the other siblings. I just noticed it. To Guest: thanks for the information on the Albert family at 5660 W. 10 Avenue. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 09-Feb-2008 19:14 Hi Ken, thanks for the info on the gas stations. That was a Shell at 10th and 49th, across from the Pizza Palace on the south side. Your home was on my Herald route, which I had from the latter part of 1963 until high school graduation in June 1965. I used a bike, like virtually all of the carriers in that area at that time but I had a friend who used a Vespa on his route for a while. We also used it a few times on my route in the beginning but it didn't last long. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Hirsh ken@law.duke.edu 09-Feb-2008 15:40 Hi again Don, it's been a while since my last comment. I believe the other gas station at the corner of W. 49th and 12th was a Cities Service, then Citgo Station. I believe there was a Shell at 10th Ave. I just noticed you were a newspaper carrier for the Herald. You may have been our "paper boy." We lived at 5470 W. 8th Court from 1956 - 1977. Did you drive a blue Vespa scooter? Ken Hirsh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 22-Jan-2008 14:57 On the other side of the Meisenholder family was the Albert family: Corky, Nancy and children Alan and Sharon. Corky worked for Eastern airlines. Corky and Nancy and daughter Sharon all live in marion county, son Alan lives up north some where. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 21-Dec-2007 18:27 Many thanks Davey for filling in some gaps in neighbors names and addresses! I added your information to the list of neighbors. Let me know if you can remember more. Your name is familiar for some reason, and not from the neighborhood. Can you e-mail me please? SunbirdPhotos@gmail.com Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Byers 21-Dec-2007 17:14 What a great site! I'm "Davey"Byers. We lived at 5801 W. 10th Ave. My father David worked as an electrician with Eastern Airlines. My mothers name is Norma. My brother Christopher was born in Hialeah. We moved there around '56 or '57. I went to Dupuis Elem. and have fond memories of the school. The one room "portables" and one teacher in particular. I think her name was Mrs. Hamilton. The rock pits and the tar pits just beyond the school, where we lost a lot of shoes! LOL. My best friends were Gregory San Jourjo who lived right across from us on the corner of W. 58th St. His folks were Wally and Kika. They also had another son Wally and a daughter, Hortence (sp?). Right behind us on W. 9th Lane were the Lays. Next to them were the Darches, Phill and Linda. Their two sons Phill and Freddy. On the other corner of 58th and 9th were the Strouses. Stan and Jane. Their son Stan Jr. Nick named Junior. Junior later was found dead after going AWOL from Parris Island, I think in '68 or '69. A lot of great memories! It was a peaceful time. Thank you for having this site. Would love to hear from school mates and friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy Paulsen randyrbp@aol.com 06-Dec-2007 09:19 Hey Don Randy Paulsen here again. I see that Nanette Vacarello posted a comment . We were talking about her when the people that lived by Dupuis Elementary came up. So if you hear from her again have her email me. It would be fun to talk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Avery wavery130@aol.com 27-Sep-2007 00:38 I just happened to come upon this site tonight and this is great! I lived in Hialeah from 1957-1967, and went to Immaculate Conception Elemetery School from 1957-1961, then to Pace High in Opa Locka. This sure brings back some great memories. My first job was at Burger in a Hurry on Palm Ave by the auditorium. I also worked at Ruffy's restaurant in Palm Spring Mile, but it was after John Ruffino sold it. I bowled at the Palm Springs Lanes. Remember the old Liggett Rexall Drug Store in Palm Springs Mile Center with the soda fountain? It was right next to the Grand Union grocery store. I also delivered papers for the Miami News and Dottie Cheleotis was my counselor too. I think that it was around 1962. We lived at 5430 W. 7th Ave first, and then moved across the street to 5451. I was 1 year behind you at Immaculate Conception. Remember Mr. Brennen, the 8th grade teacher there? And Mr. Wall in 7th grade? It was a lot slower times back then. Sometimes I wish we could all return to those fun times. I left Hialeah around 1967, and just recently moved back to Florida to retire and settled in Titusville. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nanette (Vaccarello) Rivers 13-Jul-2007 16:59 I would love to know who remembered me (Nanette Vaccarello). Someone anonymous posted a comment that they remembered me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 07-Jul-2007 19:40 KAI - thanks for posting your great memories. When did you live on NW 112th Terrace in the unincorporated area? You were between NW 62nd Court and 63rd Court (W. 9th Court on the Hialeah side) if you lived next to the Harleys. If it was late 50s/early 1960 then I know it was your dad who arranged for me to spend a few hours in the regional radar room and then the tower cab at MIA when I was 11 or 12 years old. Someone high up with the FAA Tower lived over there, which was only a block or two from my home, and the Miami News carrier in that area told me about him. I went to see him at his home and asked if I could get a tour of the tower and he said "sure, let me know when you want to come down!" and I did and I got the royal treatment at the tower. What a small world! And then weirder yet is that I arranged for my section's gate controllers to move into that same tower cab in early 1992 after Pan Am died in December 1991 and they're still in there assigning gates and handling airliner movements in the terminal area. I also remember hearing tales from the Port Authority oldtimers when I first got on with the airport in 1974 about your Port Authority grandfather passing away on the job while across the street. This is unbelievable! Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kai 07-Jul-2007 17:30 Hello Don... We have communicated about some of your MIA aircraft/airport pictures over the years. My dad Don Innes was a tower supervisor from the end of WWII to 1970. My grandfather Art Innes worked for the Port Authority as a ramp supervisor until he in the late 50's (laid his head on the lunch counter at a drug store on 36th street near the Pilot House Bar and never woke up. He was on his lunch break and in uniform.) I literally grew up at MIA and can remember opening day of the current terminal. When my dad working midnights I would run wild through the terminal all night long. I was about 5-6 years old. I'd hit every phone booth and collect nickels and dimes that people had left. Little kids could do that back then without fear of kidnapping or molestation like these days. Of course, all the Port Authority guys and PSD Officers knew me and kept an eye on me for my dad. Growing ups we lived in several places in Hialeah and the Springs. My earliest recollection as on Glendale Drive in the Springs. Then we move to the unincorporated area (112th Terrace) in Palm Springs/Hialeah. We lived next door to the Harley's (you mention Regina) and my sister (Karen) hung with the Nadine Ciaccio. I even remember them as they had this big huge circus ball in the back yard. I climbed on it and tried to roll it with my feet and fell. That hurt a little kid of about six. My parents divorced while living there and my dad took up residence at 37th Street and 59th Avenue in Virginia Gardens. That was where I fell in love with Grace's and when I started working for Naples Airlines in 1970 I would go there everyday for a sub and would sit at the end of Red Road next to Prop Service and eat and watch planes. Over several years I worked for Executive, Shawnee, Mackey and Naples (PBA). I then got into air cargo when I am today. I left the south Florida area in 1978 to Nashville, TN and then here in Denver last year. My mom (Rosalie) was a bartender for Dobbs House in the MIA terminal for years and we lived on E. 17th and 4th (across from the A&W), W. 45th and 5th and many years on 37th Place and 5th Court (under the old water tower). I used to hang with the Slade (Carl F.) boys (Mike and Rick) as part of Hialeah REACT as well as many of the Hialeah Police AIU (Accident Investigation Unit or better known as Alcoholics In Uniform) officers assisting at accidents and the like. I also went with Dr. Whaley's (Vetranarian Office at 16th and E. 4th) daughter for a few years way after living near the office. Of course, like many that have posted the visions of earlier days is phenomenal. I can still see, taste and smell Patsy's Pizza and the red//white checked table clothes. The stale beer smells of Mae and Dave's as well as the Boots & Saddle (I think that was owned by Spanky McFarland of Our Gang fame). Of course I was way to young to drink but back it those days kids could go into bars and even sit at the bar. I remember playing around in Government Field and Westland Mall being built. Spent a lot of time up and down 49th Street. Even worked for 2-weeks at the Zayre's store when I was 16. While doing "patrol" with REACT I remember EA401 flying overhead that ill-fated night while sitting at 49th and Red Road. Shortly after that directing (stopping) traffic at various intersections (Palm/E. 4th and 32nd mainly) to clear paths for police and ambulances shuttling between Hialeah Hospital, Palmetto General and the Coast Guard at Opa-Locka with survivors, doctors and equipment. So many of the places mentioned brought back so many memories of my childhood and young life that it brought tears to my eyes when I would relate something that I remembered happening at one of them. Thank you and your readers for that wonderful trip. Keep up the great job both here and the aviation side too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Jerome D. Harold (ret.) Jeremy305@CFL.RR.COM 13-Jun-2007 11:46 JEROME D. HAROLD ("Jerry") I lived in Miami at 3814 NW 2nd Avenue, went to Robert E. Lee Jr. High School on N.W. 5th Avenue. One of my best buddies was EMIL FLUTIE. Emil and his brother, ALBERT had a father that owned a neon sign company in Hialeah. Emil Flutie was a very small guy, and was often teased over that but he made up for it by being taller than the rest of us in 'brains'. He must have had a sky-high I.Q. rating. It surprised me years later to learn Emil went on the become a rather successful jockey, riding usually at our own Hialeah Race Track. After that, I lost track of both of them but later Emil became an uncle to a guy that became famous on his own as a football player at Boston College and came to Miami in 1964 to play the Univ. of Miami in the last game of a season that saw the U of M as one of the best college teams. "Doug" Flutie led his Boston team in a surprising national upset when he "invented" the famous "Hail Mary!" pass that beat the U of M on the last play of the game. Doug later became famous in the NFL and the Canadian League and today, 2007, he lives in a mansion at Melbourne Beach, Fla. I lost track of Emil and Albert Flutie after I went to college in Indiana in 1950. My own best memory of Hialeah was the Amelia Erhart's departure on her last, fatal flight to go around the world. About that time, a big Air Show was held at that airport, not yet named after Earhart, whe the Governor of the Bahamas, the Duke of Windsor was there and I was his person 'guard' as a Boy Scout. I spent a good bit of the time with him and his wife in their private booth. I live now on Merritt Island, near the launch pads, but I miss those great days in Miami and Hialeah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lisa Hunadi mlhunadi@aol.com 12-Jun-2007 16:40 This website is great. I just wanted to say that i am Lisa, one of the daughters of the "Castles" - the family name is spelled "Kastle". "Mary" is my Mom and she still lives in Miami Lakes, The Moors. "Dora" lives in Marietta, Ga and has been married for over 40 years to Bob Schultz. There are 3 other Kastle kids, Evelyn who lives in Lake Worth, FL, brothers Bob in Pembroke Pines and Richard in New York City. Dad, Robert Kastle passed away nearly two years ago. We have fond memmories of old Hialeah. Thanks for sharing this website.. I am glad i found it.. I will send a link to all the people i know that are interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 16-Feb-2007 16:48 Anonymous: what time frame was that? I don't remember the Vacarello name at all back in the late 50's thru mid-60's. Randy: thanks for the Ale family name at 1000 W. 56th Place - I had forgotten the name. The Blardinellis (daughter Vickie) were opposite them at 990 and her cousin Ronnie Blardinelli lived around the corner at 55th Place and W. 9th Lane or Court - Vickie and Ronnie both graduated in 1967. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anonymous 14-Feb-2007 05:17 Also, just in front of PS Jr. High, a family and a girl named Nanette Vacarello. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 18:42 Don, I looked up your old address on Yahoo. 5691 W 9th Lane. I used to walk by the end of your street going home from Palm Sprgs. Jr. every day. There was always an ice cream truck parked there after school. He used to sell us ice cream on credit after school. I still owe him money. Other people that lived close to you at that time were Ale's and Blardinelli's just adajacent to the Junior high on the corners. I played little league baseball with them. This has been a real trip back in time. CYA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 13-Feb-2007 17:02 Hi Randy: ah okay, you lived over near Pege Burke who was in the class of '65. Now I remember the fights at the church on 12th Avenue after school at Palm Springs Junior, sometimes a daily occurrence. The roofs are mostly shingle and barrel tile now but the gravel and spray on white paint, which was the rage back in the 60's, was a great idea if you wanted to reduce the heat being absorbed through the attic, especially if you didn't have A/C back then like most of us. You need to come back and see how different it is now, and not for the better. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 15:30 I do remember Ed's hardware just around from 7-11. Used to buy BB's there to go shoot at the rats in the garbage a mile or so up the street across from the canal. Also, below the 8th Ave bridge was good for way under age smoking. The church across from Palm Springs Jr. where fights were always held after school. I never tried the liquor store you mentioned. I used to go over by Walker Park and buy it at the Cuban stores. With or without a phony ID. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy Paulsen randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 14:51 I lived at 5490 W 7th Ave. I went to both DuPuis Elementary and Palm Springs Jr. High in that area. I finished high school at Hialeah Sr. in 1970. I currently live in Dallas, Tx. I have never been back to that area since I left in 1970 to go to college up north. Do people down there still put gravel on their roofs and paint it white? Randy Paulsen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 12-Feb-2007 15:38 Thanks for your comments. I remember the Fluties now that you mention it; they lived on W. 55th Place west of 10th Avenue. Their neon shop was on NW 29th Street a door or two down from Jones Shutter Products which was owned by a family friend. As I recall the Flutie brothers became Hialeah police officers. Where did you live in relation to the Fluties? Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 12-Feb-2007 03:36 I remember that tall silo. I went to grade school at DuPuis Elementary and I can remember hiking out there with a classmate when I was in about 3rd or 4th grade. His name was Mike Flutie and his father owned Flutie neon signs. (billboards) I remember that silo was full of scorpions running around inside. Pretty scary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 26-Nov-2006 16:38 Roberta, I delivered the Miami News to your home in the early 60's and I knew your mom and dad (good people!), plus your brother Jake who was my age (who sends an e-mail occasionally) and your sister Dottie briefly. Thanks for writing, Roberta. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roberta Louden bobbiblu@netzero.net 26-Nov-2006 08:02 Remember the horse stalls in Miami Lakes and the BARN? It was alot of FUN growing up in Hialeah. It sadens me to come back there now BUT I will always remember the "good ol days"!!!!!!!! I lived on 58th and 9th Lane. I worked at the famous Julius Caeser's and was friends with Donna and Marc. McDonalds on 49th after the football games was the best! I went there last weekend and OH MY GOSH!!! I am glad I moved!!! God Bless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 16-Nov-2006 06:30 Many thanks to everyone for adding even more memories in their comments. Keep them coming! Thanks to Tom for Pam's name from the Pena family. Special thanks to Gene and Bruce Kayal for writing. I remember when they were born and I babysat them for spending money whenever Gram had another babysitting job to do. Your dad was a great guy and like a second father to me from age 10 until I left for boot camp at age 18. Your mom was great also. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gene Kayal gkayal@attglobal.net 15-Nov-2006 19:59 I have many fond childhood memories of growing up on West 9th Lane. It really was a golden age. I could play outside all day with my friends and my mother neither knew where I was nor worried about it. Something impossible for either my wife or I to let our children do today. The neighborhood was filled with wonderful people. However, we were especially lucky because we lived next to our best friends in the world, the Boyd and the Cheleotis families. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Fitzpatrick retcoptom@aol.com 15-Nov-2006 13:58 One of John and JoAnne Pena's daughters names is Pam, and she and her brother work doing real estate appraisals. Their office is by the Miami Lakes Police Dept. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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These were the comments in the Hialeah commentary gallery that pertained to folks in the Palm Springs development and I'm copying them here since I moved the commentary here. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 09-Sep-2008 03:47 Susan, thanks for answers to my questions. I'm sorry to hear that the older Fluties have passed away. Yeah, I talked with your dad one day about NAL and PAA and he was really straining my brain trying to remember things and people he talked about but I enjoyed our talk. He's friends with one of my neighbors (Nancy Gaines) who knew him way back when. The girl from Sears - I can't believe I can't remember her first name - lived on W. 10th because I gave her a ride home a couple of times and as I recall it was like 4 or 5 homes north of 60th on the east side of 10th. I'm pretty sure her last name was Tanka because I always called her by her last name instead of her first because I thought it was cute. But then again, the Heineken over the past 40 years has probably rearranged some memory cells. The name Carol doesn't ring a bell. She was very short and very well built - I do remember that accurately. : ) Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan 09-Sep-2008 01:28 Don: Was it Carol Panka? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan zurawski flutie 08-Sep-2008 15:14 Don: Forgot to mention that I did get this from my dad and also a friend up here that was hired and worked for Ralph Renick. Yes, I do remember a girl last named Tanka but I don't think she lived on the lake. I thought she lived a few streets north...closer to Lana Clements, Lori Plummer , Diano Pupo, and Maureen Williams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Susan Zurawski Flutie 08-Sep-2008 14:44 Sadly the elder Flutie's, Emil Sr., Emil Jr, and Albert have passed away. Emil Sr. and Albert left Hialeah and moved down to the Keys in the 60's. My husband Michael and his brother Sandy (Emil Jr.'s sons) were both on the Hialeah Police Dept. as Sgts. until 2000 and 2001. Albert lost his son, Steve to cancer but Glenn is doing very well in Ft. Lauderdale. Yes, my dad likes to talk shop when it comes to the airlines. I remember the old MIA when it still had outdoor concourses. I think they were green. I remember not liking to climb the stairs to the planes when it was windy and cold. National Airlines picnics at Crandon Park were always such a big event. When the airport was still small enough and the building that is now George T Baker, they would drive the planes across the street to get there. By son went on to attend George T Baker while at HML. He presently runs his own successful avionic company. I saw your mention of Immaculate. I have a year book from the years 63-64. People talk about a lot of kids in classes. You should see how many we had then! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 08-Sep-2008 02:49 Susan: thank you for your comments and memories. I'll send Louie Carrillo an e-mail telling him to read your comments. Are the elder Fluties still alive? Their neon shop used to be just west of a family friend's company (Jones Shutter) at 246 NW 29 Street and I used to wander in to the Flutie's shop back in the mid to late 50's before and after we moved out to Hialeah in 1957. The Murphy's mom, Billie Anne, is still alive and kicking and a photo of her is athttp://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/58317963 - I get e-mail jokes from her fairly frequently - she lives up in Jawjuh. Did you know a girl by the last name of Tanka (first name escapes me right now and that will drive me crazy) on the east side of W. 10th (Lake Laurence East) several houses north of 60th Street who was about your age? I worked with her at Sears Northside in the 71-73 time frame. Your dad and I have spoken about old Pan Am days and I get e-mails from him occasionally. Did he tell you about this site or did you discover it on your own? Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan Zurawski Flutie 08-Sep-2008 00:51 Another comment. I just ready a old blog from Debbie Livesey. Her mom and mine ran girl scouts at Immaculate. Also, Dr. Jerome Harold. You mention Emil and Albert Flutie. That was my husband's dad and uncle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ susan flutie grammyflutie@bellsouth.net 08-Sep-2008 00:32 What a great find. My name is Susan Zurawski Flutie. We lived at 6140 W 10 Ave. When we moved in we were the only ones on the block for Lake Lawrence west. I am married to Michael Flutie, who has been mentioned by Louie Carillo and the web master. I attended Immaculate, he attended DuPuis. We both went to Palm Springs Jr. and Hialeah High. Nanette Vaccarello I remember you. Louie if you follow up on this web site please let us know how to contact you. Michael and Sandy have both since retired from Hialeah Police Dept. We have contact with Bob Critcher, Art Jansik, and Jeff Blardenelli. My parents just moved up here (Jensen Beach) 7 years ago. I think they may have been the last originals on the street. So many memories were mentioned in previous comments. Did any one take dance lessons at Maridon? It was located on W 12 Ave by the MooCow , Eds Hardware. My best memories were growing up on our lake. The Whitakers across, Hammeetmans, Apostles, Murphys, Hursts, Browns, Willis' all on the lake. Tuesday morning summer movies, getting candy at the counter in Murphy's. I remember spending so much time out west of the Palmetto on "the land". Riding horses on the dirt road that now goes past Palmetto Hospital. Before we had "the mall" I remember the place to shop was Northside or 163st. I remember they built Burdines first and we all said WHY would they put a store way out there! Funny, we never were bored. Now days if you don't have a game system and cell phone you are lost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 13-Aug-2008 03:33 Again, thank you everyone for your comments and memories. Visitors to the site love to read them for old times sake and to refresh their own memories of good times. Donn and Taffee, I knew the Coulter brothers from the airport when they were both with Pan Am and I knew Cheryl around 1977-78 when she was dating a guy who lived around the corner from some buddies of mine. I don't think I've seen her since the early 80's. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donn Roebke droebke@bellsouth.net 13-Aug-2008 02:45 We knew Edison & Mollie Coulter when we lived in Hialeah and went to the same church. They had four children. Ray and Cheryl were the oldest. I think Ray lives in Omaha, Nebraska and Cheryl is local. Later they had twins, Kim & Todd, who were flower girl and ring bearer in our wedding in 1973. I'm not sure where they are now. Edison & Mollie moved to Pembroke Pines in the early '80's and he continued to work for Pan Am at Ft. Lauderdale until he retired. Edison passed away a few years ago, but I remember meeting his twin brother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taffee Kedgley kedgleyd@bellsouth.net 26-Jul-2008 23:55 West Hialeah brings back alot of memories. And some of the names in the other posts did too. Edison/Molly Coulter...Edison had a twin brother named Edsel and I beleive they both worked at Pan Am. I used to babysit for a family named Andreolas, but they lived on W. 7th Lane in Hialeah. They had two daughters, the oldest was Andrea and I cannot remember the youngest one's name. Marion Edwards also lived on W.7th Lane (we lived at 4182) - anyway, they raced cars out at Hialeah Speedway and I think they had a paint and body shop or a garage. Also on W. 7th Lane was the Blake family, son Danny and daughter Robin. They had four big pine trees on the front swale. Next to them were the Schaffer's, Mel (Eastern Airlines) and Betty, son Brian, daughter Sherry. We lived next to them, the Pullens, Richard and Blanche, daughters, Taffee, Laura, Leslie, and son, Craig. My dad worked at Pan Am for over 35 years. Across from us were the Sciscoes, the dad worked at Delta, the mother was Corinna, they had a son Danny and a daughter whose name escapes me. Next to them lived a girl, Donna Nunnely. Behind us were the Remillards, Bruce, Debbie and Jerry were the kids. On the cross street was a family named Landry, the mom was a nurse, the kids were Michelle, Suzanne and Keith. Anyone out there remember any of these??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robbin P. Learned rpc7560@yahoo.com 08-Jul-2008 06:37 Don, I Enjoyed this site so much, and I remember all of the Businesses Mentioned, sure Brings Back a lot of Memories. I was saddened about Jackie Zimmerman, as I went to Palm Springs JR. High, with Her, and I was in Love With Her, in JR. High, She Was A Beautiful Girl. I Had Hoped Always To See Her Again, some Day, So Sad, About Jackie, May She Rest In Peace . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 30-Jun-2008 02:55 Okay Mike, thanks, you're 15 years behind me and you probably went to HML with kids from my Miami Lakes neighborhood (Sandy Vura, Janice Shields, Bill Potter, Bill Riggs, the Giattino kids, Geri Riggs, and a few others whose names I can't remember right now). Did Edison Coulter work at Pan Am? If so I knew him back in the 70's and 80's at the airport. Did he have a daughter or had she moved out by then? I knew her in the mid 70's but she was older than you. Perhaps other readers will recognize the other names. The first exodus of folks from Dade County started in the early 60's. There were a lot of kids who went to Palm Springs Jr. High with me who either never made it to Hialeah High or left Hialeah High before they graduated and since Hialeah was the only high school for us at the time I can only surmise that their parents moved from the area. The exodus of the early 80's was Mariel boatlift related. Drop me a line when you have the old photos. Thanks. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike mlharris@mac.com 29-Jun-2008 21:20 Thanks, Don. I didn't graduate from HHS but rather from HML in '81. I'm 44 now. I'd have to agree with you about Jano's. I've been on a quest for a number of years now in search of a sub and potato salad as good as what they served there...to no avail. Next time I visit my mother I'll grab some photos of Hialeah to send. My parents bought their house on NW 112th Terrace new in the late 50's. Mom and Dad were both Miami natives, but went to Miami-Jackson HS...lived in Alapattah and then Miami Springs if memory serves. Dad worked at Pan Am and kept racing Greyhounds with his brother who owned Arista Kennels, also in Hialeah. Other neighbors on our the block included Bill and Maxine Jackson, Edison and Mollie Coulter, David and Kitty Ashley, and George and Betty Andreolas...not sure if any of those names ring a bell for anyone. It goes without saying that everyone's now moved on from the area, with the exodus starting in the early 80's. When I was a kid I used to cut the grass (all 5 square feet of it!) for my pediatrician, Dr. Blinski, who had a little office behind Jackson-Byrons and the theatre. The only thing I remember about DuPuis was the mural they put up while I was there by a library....and Mr. Biance, by 6th grade teacher. Palm Springs JHS had an episode of arson while I was there...a kid who lived a few streets over set a classroom on fire over the weekend and we had a few extra days off from school. I see from some of the photo's here the old "gum tree" at Palm Springs is obviously long gone ;-) Good times...and to echo some of what I've read in your other comments, Hialeah was a great place to be a kid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 29-Jun-2008 04:11 Hi Mike, glad you found us. I miss Jano's a lot. They had the best subs in the area. We also had several home parties catered by them and our guests always raved about the quality of the food. What year did you graduate from HHS so I can have some kind of age reference? Yes I am interested in old Hialeah photos since they are rather scarce compared to Dade County. Thanks for posting. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike mlharris@mac.com 28-Jun-2008 20:35 Hi Don: I found your "memories of old Hialeah" by accident while looking to see if Jano's Sub Shop was still around. Lots of great memories here. I grew up on NW 112th Terrace, in the "county" section of Hialeah and went to both DuPuis and Palm Springs Junior...and then onto HML. Hialeah was a great place 'back in the day.' I'm sure I could dig up some old photos if you're interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Sandler sandfam.ny@verizon.net 23-Jun-2008 02:53 I am the Guest who posted the 3/31/08 comments. My brother Richard and I grew up in Palm Springs starting in 1956 when we moved from NYC. We sold the house in 1965 and my mother and I returned to NY. I was only 14 at the time. Richard was 22 and stayed in Florida. He'll post his own comments. Other friends and people I remember, but can't give locations for (I was too young to drive and my mother would drive me to visit) are Ginny and Ray Lamont (sp?). He was a doorman at the Fountainbleau in MB. They had a daughter Debbie who was around my age. There was Evelyn and Neil Garfield. He was a cop - don't know where. I remember that my mother told me he had shot and killed a burglar somewhere. It was big news at the time. There was the Threlkeld family, who lived across the street from us. Behind us and to the left were Tony and Clell Villella - brothers who lived with their parents. They were not pleasant neighbors. On free days my friends and I would take bamboo poles, fish line and bread crumbs and go down to the canal and fish. I always caught these ugly, nasty fish with spines. They were always thrown back. Totally turned me off to fishing. Somewhere else in these postings is a reference to Red Road, which ran along one of the canals. My mother told me it was nicknamed Red Road because of the number of accidents along it. On Saturday mornings I would go alone or with friends to the Palm Springs Theater to see the movies. It was $.25 for admission. Sometimes there were two movies. The candy was equally cheap. Sometimes on the way to someplace we would pass through Liberty City. There was also a drive-in there that we would go to occasionally. Even then it was a really run-down area. Those were the only black people I ever saw. None in Hialeah that I ever came across. Discrimination then was rampant, and sometimes violent. More on this in a later posting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 03-May-2008 04:36 It's great to hear from you Chris. I'll e-mail you privately. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ chris 03-May-2008 00:34 Don, I grew up on the same block as you. My name is Chris Martin. 5760 W9 lane. Gram or grammy as we called her baby sat us all the time. She had a parakeet named Bluebird that could talk and you had a neat room full of model battleships. Our house looks so different. Recently I had the curiosity to see listings on properties in foreclosure in the Hialeah area. There was one listed on W. 9th Lane. Asking price? 375,000. Dad bought the house new in 1957 for 10thou. Times change. The Clarks, our neighbors, correct names are Frank, Kathy, Donna and Larry. I had a thing for Donna when I was 6. Ha! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 31-Mar-2008 04:36 Guest: it's a small world and I thank you for writing with your memories. Beth Block lived on Lake Laurence East at W. 8th Avenue just north of W. 60th Street. One of my friends married her in the early 1980's and they live up in west Broward. She has a daughter from a previous marriage to another Hialeah guy. Both she and my buddy were teachers at Palm Springs Elementary with my wife for years until my wife transferred to Hialeah Middle. All of them are retired now. Harvey Bendfeldt worked for Pan Am until they died - he has a comment somewhere in the aviation galleries I think. He was also my neighbor in my cul-de-sac in Miami Lakes for years and his son put up my hurricane shutters in advance of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 when we were trying to get back home from a vacation in the Panhandle. We got home about 12 hours ahead of time and all the shutters were up. They moved a year or so after that and I don't know where they are now but Harvey's e-mail might be with his comment if you can find it. Faith Palasin lived on W. 10th Avenue, facing the Dupuis/Palm Springs Jr. athletic fied, a block over from me and I knew her and some of her brothers/sisters. They are mentioned on the "W. 10th Avenue Gallery" athttp://www.pbase.com/donboyd/memories_hialeah_w10ave Those are the only three names I can remember of the group that you mentioned. Again, thanks for writing. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 31-Mar-2008 03:53 I have no idea why I thought of this today, but I was thinking about a girl I knew in the 60's, Beth Block from Hialeah. That's what led me to this site, thinking of her and old Mayor Milander (actually his reference, which I googled, is what got me here). She lived on a house backing on a lake. I moved with my family from NYC to Palm Springs into a brand-new house at 451 West 55th Place in 1956. We were there until 1964. Originally when I started school I went to Twin Lakes Elementary. John G. DuPuis opened when I was going into 2nd grade. I remember being surprised how colorful each of the outside classroom doors were - very different from Twin Lakes. Our neighbors on either side were the Taylors - Sharon was the older sister and Kathy was younger. I visited the neighborhhod many years later and actually ran into Kathy. She worked for USPS and was delivering mail at DuPuis. On the other side were the Bendfeldts (sp?). There was Harvey the older son and JoMarie, who we called Joey. Some other student's names I recall from school: Faith Palasin, Jolene Bahan, Stan Adkins, Debbie Lamott, Eric and Leslie Bystrom. I also remember teachers Mr. Bartell from DuPuis and Mr. Krizenecky (sp?). I liked them both. I have lots of other memories, but will revisit and post more later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 24-Feb-2008 20:30 Thanks for your words Karon. I remember when you moved in, since I delivered the papers daily in your area and was always hitting on new homeowners to subscribe to the paper. I'm pretty sure your parents subscribed. You were gorgeous and it did not take long for every guy in the area to be talking about that new Karon Kell girl out on W. 53rd by the powerlines. If you only knew how many guys in west Hialeah who were in serious like with you! Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 24-Feb-2008 20:00 Don, I am flattered by your kind words (or that you would even remeber me at all). When I stumbled upon this site, I became enthralled by all the terrific photos. Also, your opening words struck a cord with me. So much of the pre-1960 history of the greater Miami area has been marginalized and even negated by some with that "sleepy swamp" mantra one often hears. Those of us who know better must be guardians of the true history, culture and heritage of the folks who established and built wonderful communities where their families grew and delighted in their environs and each other. Thanks again, KK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 24-Feb-2008 14:08 Ah ha, Karon, I had your first and last name misspelled in the commentary and I've fixed it. I remember you well because you were on my News route and your home area was about the last section that the Lovell Brothers built before completing their Palm Springs Estates development. Thanks for writing in, it's always good to hear from someone I used to know or know of so many years ago. I hope all is well with you. Hope, thank you too for writing in with your memories. I remember your dad as mayor very well and hopefully we will get a photo of him as mayor up on the site along with a photo of Henry Milander. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karon Kell 24-Feb-2008 07:01 Hello. Like so many others here, I want to thank you for this site. I moved to Miami from Chattanooga in the 50s with my grandparents. So many changes in this territory, eh? By early 1960 my mother had remarried and we moved into a newly built home on west 53rd street and 14th lane in Hialeah. It was on the canal and that pipe that many used to traverse the canal was behind our house. I recall when the hospital was newly built behind us, our family observed a cow from the adjacent pasture go into the back entry of the facility; but, never did see it come out again! My mother continued to reside in that home until just 2 years ago when my stepfather passed away. But my oh my how the area had changed over those 45 years. Once again, thanks so much for your wonderful memories of Happy Days in Hialeah. BTW, I noticed the name Moye. I remember going to school with a Jack Moye. I probably went to school with others on this board, too. Greetings to y'all. Karon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 15-Feb-2008 03:46 To Lisa Kastle: sorry I just got around to correcting the spelling of your last name and adding the other siblings. I just noticed it. To Guest: thanks for the information on the Albert family at 5660 W. 10 Avenue. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 09-Feb-2008 19:14 Hi Ken, thanks for the info on the gas stations. That was a Shell at 10th and 49th, across from the Pizza Palace on the south side. Your home was on my Herald route, which I had from the latter part of 1963 until high school graduation in June 1965. I used a bike, like virtually all of the carriers in that area at that time but I had a friend who used a Vespa on his route for a while. We also used it a few times on my route in the beginning but it didn't last long. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Hirsh ken@law.duke.edu 09-Feb-2008 15:40 Hi again Don, it's been a while since my last comment. I believe the other gas station at the corner of W. 49th and 12th was a Cities Service, then Citgo Station. I believe there was a Shell at 10th Ave. I just noticed you were a newspaper carrier for the Herald. You may have been our "paper boy." We lived at 5470 W. 8th Court from 1956 - 1977. Did you drive a blue Vespa scooter? Ken Hirsh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guest 22-Jan-2008 14:57 On the other side of the Meisenholder family was the Albert family: Corky, Nancy and children Alan and Sharon. Corky worked for Eastern airlines. Corky and Nancy and daughter Sharon all live in marion county, son Alan lives up north some where. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 21-Dec-2007 18:27 Many thanks Davey for filling in some gaps in neighbors names and addresses! I added your information to the list of neighbors. Let me know if you can remember more. Your name is familiar for some reason, and not from the neighborhood. Can you e-mail me please? SunbirdPhotos@gmail.com Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Byers 21-Dec-2007 17:14 What a great site! I'm "Davey"Byers. We lived at 5801 W. 10th Ave. My father David worked as an electrician with Eastern Airlines. My mothers name is Norma. My brother Christopher was born in Hialeah. We moved there around '56 or '57. I went to Dupuis Elem. and have fond memories of the school. The one room "portables" and one teacher in particular. I think her name was Mrs. Hamilton. The rock pits and the tar pits just beyond the school, where we lost a lot of shoes! LOL. My best friends were Gregory San Jourjo who lived right across from us on the corner of W. 58th St. His folks were Wally and Kika. They also had another son Wally and a daughter, Hortence (sp?). Right behind us on W. 9th Lane were the Lays. Next to them were the Darches, Phill and Linda. Their two sons Phill and Freddy. On the other corner of 58th and 9th were the Strouses. Stan and Jane. Their son Stan Jr. Nick named Junior. Junior later was found dead after going AWOL from Parris Island, I think in '68 or '69. A lot of great memories! It was a peaceful time. Thank you for having this site. Would love to hear from school mates and friends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy Paulsen randyrbp@aol.com 06-Dec-2007 09:19 Hey Don Randy Paulsen here again. I see that Nanette Vacarello posted a comment . We were talking about her when the people that lived by Dupuis Elementary came up. So if you hear from her again have her email me. It would be fun to talk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Avery wavery130@aol.com 27-Sep-2007 00:38 I just happened to come upon this site tonight and this is great! I lived in Hialeah from 1957-1967, and went to Immaculate Conception Elemetery School from 1957-1961, then to Pace High in Opa Locka. This sure brings back some great memories. My first job was at Burger in a Hurry on Palm Ave by the auditorium. I also worked at Ruffy's restaurant in Palm Spring Mile, but it was after John Ruffino sold it. I bowled at the Palm Springs Lanes. Remember the old Liggett Rexall Drug Store in Palm Springs Mile Center with the soda fountain? It was right next to the Grand Union grocery store. I also delivered papers for the Miami News and Dottie Cheleotis was my counselor too. I think that it was around 1962. We lived at 5430 W. 7th Ave first, and then moved across the street to 5451. I was 1 year behind you at Immaculate Conception. Remember Mr. Brennen, the 8th grade teacher there? And Mr. Wall in 7th grade? It was a lot slower times back then. Sometimes I wish we could all return to those fun times. I left Hialeah around 1967, and just recently moved back to Florida to retire and settled in Titusville. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nanette (Vaccarello) Rivers 13-Jul-2007 16:59 I would love to know who remembered me (Nanette Vaccarello). Someone anonymous posted a comment that they remembered me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 07-Jul-2007 19:40 KAI - thanks for posting your great memories. When did you live on NW 112th Terrace in the unincorporated area? You were between NW 62nd Court and 63rd Court (W. 9th Court on the Hialeah side) if you lived next to the Harleys. If it was late 50s/early 1960 then I know it was your dad who arranged for me to spend a few hours in the regional radar room and then the tower cab at MIA when I was 11 or 12 years old. Someone high up with the FAA Tower lived over there, which was only a block or two from my home, and the Miami News carrier in that area told me about him. I went to see him at his home and asked if I could get a tour of the tower and he said "sure, let me know when you want to come down!" and I did and I got the royal treatment at the tower. What a small world! And then weirder yet is that I arranged for my section's gate controllers to move into that same tower cab in early 1992 after Pan Am died in December 1991 and they're still in there assigning gates and handling airliner movements in the terminal area. I also remember hearing tales from the Port Authority oldtimers when I first got on with the airport in 1974 about your Port Authority grandfather passing away on the job while across the street. This is unbelievable! Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kai 07-Jul-2007 17:30 Hello Don... We have communicated about some of your MIA aircraft/airport pictures over the years. My dad Don Innes was a tower supervisor from the end of WWII to 1970. My grandfather Art Innes worked for the Port Authority as a ramp supervisor until he in the late 50's (laid his head on the lunch counter at a drug store on 36th street near the Pilot House Bar and never woke up. He was on his lunch break and in uniform.) I literally grew up at MIA and can remember opening day of the current terminal. When my dad working midnights I would run wild through the terminal all night long. I was about 5-6 years old. I'd hit every phone booth and collect nickels and dimes that people had left. Little kids could do that back then without fear of kidnapping or molestation like these days. Of course, all the Port Authority guys and PSD Officers knew me and kept an eye on me for my dad. Growing ups we lived in several places in Hialeah and the Springs. My earliest recollection as on Glendale Drive in the Springs. Then we move to the unincorporated area (112th Terrace) in Palm Springs/Hialeah. We lived next door to the Harley's (you mention Regina) and my sister (Karen) hung with the Nadine Ciaccio. I even remember them as they had this big huge circus ball in the back yard. I climbed on it and tried to roll it with my feet and fell. That hurt a little kid of about six. My parents divorced while living there and my dad took up residence at 37th Street and 59th Avenue in Virginia Gardens. That was where I fell in love with Grace's and when I started working for Naples Airlines in 1970 I would go there everyday for a sub and would sit at the end of Red Road next to Prop Service and eat and watch planes. Over several years I worked for Executive, Shawnee, Mackey and Naples (PBA). I then got into air cargo when I am today. I left the south Florida area in 1978 to Nashville, TN and then here in Denver last year. My mom (Rosalie) was a bartender for Dobbs House in the MIA terminal for years and we lived on E. 17th and 4th (across from the A&W), W. 45th and 5th and many years on 37th Place and 5th Court (under the old water tower). I used to hang with the Slade (Carl F.) boys (Mike and Rick) as part of Hialeah REACT as well as many of the Hialeah Police AIU (Accident Investigation Unit or better known as Alcoholics In Uniform) officers assisting at accidents and the like. I also went with Dr. Whaley's (Vetranarian Office at 16th and E. 4th) daughter for a few years way after living near the office. Of course, like many that have posted the visions of earlier days is phenomenal. I can still see, taste and smell Patsy's Pizza and the red//white checked table clothes. The stale beer smells of Mae and Dave's as well as the Boots & Saddle (I think that was owned by Spanky McFarland of Our Gang fame). Of course I was way to young to drink but back it those days kids could go into bars and even sit at the bar. I remember playing around in Government Field and Westland Mall being built. Spent a lot of time up and down 49th Street. Even worked for 2-weeks at the Zayre's store when I was 16. While doing "patrol" with REACT I remember EA401 flying overhead that ill-fated night while sitting at 49th and Red Road. Shortly after that directing (stopping) traffic at various intersections (Palm/E. 4th and 32nd mainly) to clear paths for police and ambulances shuttling between Hialeah Hospital, Palmetto General and the Coast Guard at Opa-Locka with survivors, doctors and equipment. So many of the places mentioned brought back so many memories of my childhood and young life that it brought tears to my eyes when I would relate something that I remembered happening at one of them. Thank you and your readers for that wonderful trip. Keep up the great job both here and the aviation side too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Jerome D. Harold (ret.) Jeremy305@CFL.RR.COM 13-Jun-2007 11:46 JEROME D. HAROLD ("Jerry") I lived in Miami at 3814 NW 2nd Avenue, went to Robert E. Lee Jr. High School on N.W. 5th Avenue. One of my best buddies was EMIL FLUTIE. Emil and his brother, ALBERT had a father that owned a neon sign company in Hialeah. Emil Flutie was a very small guy, and was often teased over that but he made up for it by being taller than the rest of us in 'brains'. He must have had a sky-high I.Q. rating. It surprised me years later to learn Emil went on the become a rather successful jockey, riding usually at our own Hialeah Race Track. After that, I lost track of both of them but later Emil became an uncle to a guy that became famous on his own as a football player at Boston College and came to Miami in 1964 to play the Univ. of Miami in the last game of a season that saw the U of M as one of the best college teams. "Doug" Flutie led his Boston team in a surprising national upset when he "invented" the famous "Hail Mary!" pass that beat the U of M on the last play of the game. Doug later became famous in the NFL and the Canadian League and today, 2007, he lives in a mansion at Melbourne Beach, Fla. I lost track of Emil and Albert Flutie after I went to college in Indiana in 1950. My own best memory of Hialeah was the Amelia Erhart's departure on her last, fatal flight to go around the world. About that time, a big Air Show was held at that airport, not yet named after Earhart, whe the Governor of the Bahamas, the Duke of Windsor was there and I was his person 'guard' as a Boy Scout. I spent a good bit of the time with him and his wife in their private booth. I live now on Merritt Island, near the launch pads, but I miss those great days in Miami and Hialeah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lisa Hunadi mlhunadi@aol.com 12-Jun-2007 16:40 This website is great. I just wanted to say that i am Lisa, one of the daughters of the "Castles" - the family name is spelled "Kastle". "Mary" is my Mom and she still lives in Miami Lakes, The Moors. "Dora" lives in Marietta, Ga and has been married for over 40 years to Bob Schultz. There are 3 other Kastle kids, Evelyn who lives in Lake Worth, FL, brothers Bob in Pembroke Pines and Richard in New York City. Dad, Robert Kastle passed away nearly two years ago. We have fond memmories of old Hialeah. Thanks for sharing this website.. I am glad i found it.. I will send a link to all the people i know that are interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 16-Feb-2007 16:48 Anonymous: what time frame was that? I don't remember the Vacarello name at all back in the late 50's thru mid-60's. Randy: thanks for the Ale family name at 1000 W. 56th Place - I had forgotten the name. The Blardinellis (daughter Vickie) were opposite them at 990 and her cousin Ronnie Blardinelli lived around the corner at 55th Place and W. 9th Lane or Court - Vickie and Ronnie both graduated in 1967. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anonymous 14-Feb-2007 05:17 Also, just in front of PS Jr. High, a family and a girl named Nanette Vacarello. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 18:42 Don, I looked up your old address on Yahoo. 5691 W 9th Lane. I used to walk by the end of your street going home from Palm Sprgs. Jr. every day. There was always an ice cream truck parked there after school. He used to sell us ice cream on credit after school. I still owe him money. Other people that lived close to you at that time were Ale's and Blardinelli's just adajacent to the Junior high on the corners. I played little league baseball with them. This has been a real trip back in time. CYA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 13-Feb-2007 17:02 Hi Randy: ah okay, you lived over near Pege Burke who was in the class of '65. Now I remember the fights at the church on 12th Avenue after school at Palm Springs Junior, sometimes a daily occurrence. The roofs are mostly shingle and barrel tile now but the gravel and spray on white paint, which was the rage back in the 60's, was a great idea if you wanted to reduce the heat being absorbed through the attic, especially if you didn't have A/C back then like most of us. You need to come back and see how different it is now, and not for the better. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 15:30 I do remember Ed's hardware just around from 7-11. Used to buy BB's there to go shoot at the rats in the garbage a mile or so up the street across from the canal. Also, below the 8th Ave bridge was good for way under age smoking. The church across from Palm Springs Jr. where fights were always held after school. I never tried the liquor store you mentioned. I used to go over by Walker Park and buy it at the Cuban stores. With or without a phony ID. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy Paulsen randyrbp@aol.com 13-Feb-2007 14:51 I lived at 5490 W 7th Ave. I went to both DuPuis Elementary and Palm Springs Jr. High in that area. I finished high school at Hialeah Sr. in 1970. I currently live in Dallas, Tx. I have never been back to that area since I left in 1970 to go to college up north. Do people down there still put gravel on their roofs and paint it white? Randy Paulsen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 12-Feb-2007 15:38 Thanks for your comments. I remember the Fluties now that you mention it; they lived on W. 55th Place west of 10th Avenue. Their neon shop was on NW 29th Street a door or two down from Jones Shutter Products which was owned by a family friend. As I recall the Flutie brothers became Hialeah police officers. Where did you live in relation to the Fluties? Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Randy randyrbp@aol.com 12-Feb-2007 03:36 I remember that tall silo. I went to grade school at DuPuis Elementary and I can remember hiking out there with a classmate when I was in about 3rd or 4th grade. His name was Mike Flutie and his father owned Flutie neon signs. (billboards) I remember that silo was full of scorpions running around inside. Pretty scary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 26-Nov-2006 16:38 Roberta, I delivered the Miami News to your home in the early 60's and I knew your mom and dad (good people!), plus your brother Jake who was my age (who sends an e-mail occasionally) and your sister Dottie briefly. Thanks for writing, Roberta. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roberta Louden bobbiblu@netzero.net 26-Nov-2006 08:02 Remember the horse stalls in Miami Lakes and the BARN? It was alot of FUN growing up in Hialeah. It sadens me to come back there now BUT I will always remember the "good ol days"!!!!!!!! I lived on 58th and 9th Lane. I worked at the famous Julius Caeser's and was friends with Donna and Marc. McDonalds on 49th after the football games was the best! I went there last weekend and OH MY GOSH!!! I am glad I moved!!! God Bless ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don Boyd 16-Nov-2006 06:30 Many thanks to everyone for adding even more memories in their comments. Keep them coming! Thanks to Tom for Pam's name from the Pena family. Special thanks to Gene and Bruce Kayal for writing. I remember when they were born and I babysat them for spending money whenever Gram had another babysitting job to do. Your dad was a great guy and like a second father to me from age 10 until I left for boot camp at age 18. Your mom was great also. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gene Kayal gkayal@attglobal.net 15-Nov-2006 19:59 I have many fond childhood memories of growing up on West 9th Lane. It really was a golden age. I could play outside all day with my friends and my mother neither knew where I was nor worried about it. Something impossible for either my wife or I to let our children do today. The neighborhood was filled with wonderful people. However, we were especially lucky because we lived next to our best friends in the world, the Boyd and the Cheleotis families. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom Fitzpatrick retcoptom@aol.com 15-Nov-2006 13:58 One of John and JoAnne Pena's daughters names is Pam, and she and her brother work doing real estate appraisals. Their office is by the Miami Lakes Police Dept. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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