8 Oak Crest Rd, my mother still lives there. That was the war wagon, 42
chevy. ctb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Marcham" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Ithaca Lumber Yards
> ctb:
>
> My father is active in the DeWitt Historical Society and has been
publisher
> or editor of a number of books put out by them. He had forgotten about
the
> picture in the Pieper book that contained Stoddards Tannery (depending on
> which book it was in he may've actually written the caption) and went so
far
> as to look up his obit to learn more about him.
>
> Stoddard apparently suffered many ups and downs in his Tannery business
> including a flood in 1857. There was a reference to his having bought out
> the Hollister Lumber Yard (yet another sawdust maker in The Forest City!)
at
> some point (my dad seems to think that was around where the Strand Theater
> once stood.
>
> Bruce
>
> P.S. As to how long it has been since we met (maybe only once?) I seem to
> remember meeting you at a house up off of Cayuga Heights Rd north of Rte
13,
> northwest of where the Pyramid Mall is now located (for lack of a more
> pleasant landmark), perhaps where Sundowne Rd, Oak Crest Rd, or Airport Rd
> are located now. Maybe a 40's or 50's vintage Army ambulance in the yard?
> I'm guessing that would've been between '72 and '76.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vgernet.net [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:18 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ithaca Lumber Yards
>
>
> Hey Bruce I guess it's been about 32 years since I've seen you, but it's
> good to see your well and kicking. Yes, your right , Robinson and
Carpenter,
> but east side of Ithaca? Boy , memory is a funny thing. I wonder if we
could
> get Richard Pieper to pipe up, seeing as he wrote Ithaca Then and Now a
> photo history of Ithaca ctb
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