Visitor

It's very gratifying to hear visitors' kind comments about the Mount Carmel website and even more so when they send in old photos that mean something to them and would like to share with others.

Hey Jeff,

My family lived and worked in Mt.Carmel for as long as I can remember. Many still live in Mt.Carmel or the surrounding area.

Many years ago, while visiting the First National Bank on Oak Street with my Mother, I noticed that one of the people in the photographic wall mural appeared to be my Grandfather.

It seems that although our family had been banking at the First National for years, no one had paid any attention to the photos on the wall. The photo shows several miners coming off the colliery lift at one of the mines outside of town, I can't specify a date, but believe that the photos were taken sometime in the forties.

Some time during the late sixties or early seventies, I heard the news of the banks closing and possible demolition. This would mean the destruction of the mural.

I made a special trip back home to Mt. Carmel and received approval from the bank's manager to "re-photograph" the mural for our family.

Soon after, I distributed copies of the photos to the family and found that they were wishing all along that someone would "save the mural", and thanked me for my efforts.

About a year ago my Uncle Joe (Shupinski) Shepard, now living in Fishkill, NY, the youngest son of Alec Shupinski, asked if I had visited your web site and would I send you a copy of the photos for inclusion in your Historic Photo section.

Well, I finally got the images scanned into my system and decided to forward them to you.

I have no idea who the others in the photo are but I would like to hear from anyone that recognizes the others pictured.

Many thanks for an enjoyable trip into the past,

John Kolego (son of Gertrude Shupinski-Kolego)
2457 Freetown Drive
Reston, VA 20191
hotshoe911@comcast.net

My name is Doreen Houck ( dmhmo@ktis.net ). My family has deep roots in Mt. Carmel back to my great-great grandparents who settled there from Poland. I don't know if you're accepting any family photos but I felt they would be a significant contribution to the Mt. Carmel collection due to the historical value they could have for these families. Below are photos sent to me from a cousin Lois of a wedding party in Mt. Carmel about 1931 of Charles Saduski to Florence Brinski. My grandfather and great-grandfather are in these photos. Most of the people are from the Kornacki-Gorsky-Saduski-Brinski (Berzinski)-Zima-Radzai-Danilowicz-Pulaski families of Mt. Carmel.

This is a Family Portrait of my great-great grandparents and there 13 children, including my grandmother - The Pulaski Family of Mt. Carmel (Frank Pulaski was a Councilman for Mt. Carmel and member of St. Joseph's Church)

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I just found your Mt. Carmel website and have a picture or two to contribute if you're interested. My Dad, Ken Adams, worked many years ago on a mine fire that was located on the end of Mt. Carmel..(Centralia end). I don't know the years. You may have to research that. I may have some other pictures to send after I look through my parents collection.

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My name is Richard Broadway I have some ptotos of a church that burned around 1991. My Gradparnets where from Mt. Carmel and now layed to rest back in Mt. Carmel. My mother was also born there. I spent a lot of summers there as child and feel like it is my second home. Great job on the web site. I still have family in and around Mt. Carmel. Hope you can use these pictures. My e-mail is rbway@kfbol.com

(It was Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church on Avenue and Beech Sts.) A terrible fire.

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I haven't lived in Mount Carmel since 1955, but I came across your Web site and thought I'd send a couple of photographs from the'50's for your collection. The two pictures of firefighters battling a winter blaze were taken about 1952--the fire occurred at what was then the Grossman department store, which I believe is now the site of the town library. The picture of the Mount Carmel--Shamokin cheerleaders was taken at a Thanksgiving football game, probably about 1952 or 1953.

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If you would like to share some of your memories with other visitors, please email them to kanezo@gmail.com.