1. You've had a halfmoon
2. You know what riggies are and who makes the
best
3. You know greens aren't just on golf
courses
4. You can name a store that was there before
the fort stanwix.
5. You've had a slice of tomato pie
6. You've paid the highest taxes
7. You've seen the Honor America days in Rome
8. You've eaten a turkey joint
9. You remember the Bargain Center in Rome.
10. You know when
the sun shines in the winter it changes your
whole day.
11. You wear shorts and a t-shirt one day and
you're shoveling snow the next.
12. You know the Paul Revere sign .
13. You can count 5 jails, 16 banks, and 21
dollar stores in a 1/2 hour ride
14. You know Ferlos Bakery
15. You look forward to the Utica Rome speedway
races
16. You've been to St. John’s festival.
17. You're wearing a coat at 8am and shorts at
3pm
18. You went to the Rome drive-in.
19. You remember Columbus school.
20. You went to the one day in June when GAFB
was open to the public for commander’s day.
21. You remember the Pie Stand
22. You enjoy salt potatoes
23. You ate at the ponderosa.
24. You're broke
25. You've seen the inside of a Utica or Rome
cop car a time or three
26. You're taken part in the Boilermaker
27. You go to an awesome hockey game at the
"Aud"
28. You don't bother to remove the snow brush
from your car
29. You remember Mr. Softies Ice Cream Truck
30. You remember Jupiter’s lunch counter.
31. You've experienced all four seasons in the
same week
32. You remember the living bridge.
33. You've lost or won money at Turning Stone
Casino
34. You know about the legend of the “lost city
of Delta” tell of foundations under the lake.
35. You went to J J’s, Rusty Nail.
36. You've frozen in the Heart Run/Walk
37. You remember Friday nights standing in line
at Stan’s Seafood.
38. You remember walking to school.
39. It's 12 degrees and kids are waiting for the
bus in shorts
40. You can remember playing in the backyard and
looking up to the planes flying to Griffiss.
Then Woodstock 99 was there and Rome was cool
for 5 minutes.
41. You went to see the lights at Christmas at
Trinkas Manor.
42. You laugh at other states that say they were
hit with a lot of snow and it's under a foot
43. You remember Fric n Fracs
44. You remember Dairy Queen and King Cole Ice
cream.
45. You know how delish Franklin Hotel is
46. You know where Central New York is really
located in the state
47. You have to correct out of towners who
assume you live in New York City
48. When this question makes you sing the jelly
bun song
49. You go ice fishing on Delta in May
50. You're excited when its 35 degrees
51. You count down till spring every morning by
driving by the Nicky Doodles sign.
(52 thru 81, added by Dennis
Parrish)
52. Joe, the
talking Mynah bird downstairs in W.T. Grants
53. Sisto’s
Restaurant
54. Candyland
Restaurant and Candy Knudsen :-)
55. San Carlos
Restaurant
56. under-ground
tunnels and morgue at Oneida Hospital (Floyd Ave
and Bell Road)
57. Stars Dept.
Store on Black River Blvd
58. Strand and
Capitol Movie Theaters when they both had
marquees
59. Goldbergs (Boy
Scouts uniforms)
60. Jervis Library
61. King Pin Lanes
62. Mohawk Lanes
63. Rome Bowling
Center
64. Grandway Dept.
Store (wooden rings and Beatle Boots)
65. tubing down the
Mohawk River
66. the Service
Club on Griffiss AFB
67. Mohegan Market
68. Peterson’s
Exotic Pets
69. The original
Holiday Inn
70. The 1965
Blackout
71. The Griffiss
Air Shows
72. Coalyard
Charlie’s
73. Normandy
Restaurant
74. Food-A-Rama on
Floyd Ave
75. Hulabaloo Club
76. Shindig Club
(or was it the Electric Scene?)
77. The Variety
Store (corner of Bell Rd. and Floyd Ave)
78. Thrifty Grocery
(near Floyd Ave and Park Drive)
79. Duffy’s bar and
Lounge (Floyd Ave)
80. Marty’s Bar and
Restaurant (Floyd Ave)
81. Chuck’s Bar and
Restaurant (Floyd Ave)
(82 thru 85, added by Angela
Bonavita)
82. The Snubbing
Post
83. Skiing at Woods
Valley
84. Bill’s Variety
Store on W. Thomas St.
85. The Colonial
Inn on Turin Road
(86
thru 90, added by Susan Spadafora)
86. Dresses from
Pat and Tom Shop
87. The clock at the bank on Dominick and James
Sts.
88. The elevator at Nelson's Dept. Store
89. Football games under the lights at the old
RFA HS
90. The best jelly buns from Ferlo's Bakery, but
not the jelly bun song!
( 91
thru 94, added by Terry McMaster)
91. Oneida National Bank
92. Oscanizo's Pizza
92. Ticket collector "George" at the Capital
Theater
93. The Rathskellar
94. Baron Damone at the Victory Market
95. RFA Football games and quaterback Mike
96. Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand
up, sit down, fight, fight, fight!
(97
thru 115, added by Patty Barber)
97. The Fish Hatchery
98. The Blue Angels flying over during the
Griffiss Air Days
99. Getting under your grade school desk during
an air raid
100. The Erie Canal
101. The guys we called "Donuts" racing up Black
River Blvd.
102. The Field Days
103. Getting someone to buy vodka for you before
a dance at the liquor store next to Teddys (Ok,
only once)
104. Sugar River
105. Driving to Booneville stopping at Pixley
Falls on the way
106. Italian cookies at Christmas
107. Trick or Treat at Halloween (back when you
didn't miss a house)
108. The cemetery behind the Old County Hospital
(Floyd Ave)
109. Penny candy (fire balls, bit-o-honey,
bubble gum, etc.)
110. Snowbank so high they almost hit the
telephone lines
111. Debugging, ice skating, sledding
112. Gym Class
113. The Dump on Floyd Ave - my grandfather took
us every Friday night.
114. The amphitheater on the Mohawk River
115. The summer a convict escaped from the
county hospital & disappeared through the
corn field on Floyd Ave (we started locking our
doors at night after that)
(116
thru 121, added by Steve Miroy)
116. Sliding the channel at Big
Brook/Frenchville Gorge
117. Tubing from the bottom of the Delta Dam to
the bowling alley parking lot.
118. Swimming at Five Falls. Dodging cops at the
gravel pit. Carrols (never went back after the
rumors) and Daddy's.
119. Buying electronics at Cingranelli's because
Radio Shack was too far to ride a bike.
120. Fishing in the Mohawk
121. The fishing hole down the hill from the
abandoned cheese factory
(122
thru 128, added by Stephen Deminco)
122. Q-Man
123. The Electric Scene
124. El Chico's
125. Sledding down the hill near Wendy C's house
126. Annual drum and bugle corps event at the
football stadium
127. Band exchange concerts
128. Sing-Out Rome
(129
thru 132, more from Angela Bonavita)
129. The American Legion on Dominick Street with
the Tank in Front
130. My Dad owned the Town Restaurant (that was
torn down during urban renewal for the
construction of the fort). I
remember sitting on the roof to watch a parade.
131. My Dad also owned The Fort Stanwix Lounge
on East Dominick Street.
132. If I recall, I believe the Franklin Hotel
was also on Dominick Street and also torn down
during urban renewal.
(133
thru 137, added by Debbie Nash)
133. You got frost bite from walking to Marina’s
for pizza after the football game.
134. On the way to the football games you
stopped at LaGatta’s liquor store to buy Ripple
for 50 cents.
135. You rode or drove in a procession to throw
the UFA dummy into the Mohawk River next to
Savoy. They were our football rival and we got
time off from school to proceed to the river.
136. You attended Staley dances and danced all
night which were always the social event of the
week.
137. You sat in Mr. Perry’s class with gum on
your nose if he caught you chewing gum.
(138
thru 148, added by Vito Piemonte)
138. Simpson’s Alley for back to school clothes
139. Mohican Market and the always packed meat
department and jelly donuts
140. Record Shop on James St
141. Beautiful Oneida National Bank on the
American Corner
142. Candy Land restaurant
143. Zimbal’s news stand
144. Pool halls, I think there were one or two
145. Obliviation Head Shop
146. Alexander’s Restaurant
147. Sisto’s Restaurant
148. Electric Scene and Hullabaloo
(149
thru 166 , added by Mary Strange)
149. Karmel Corn Shoppe
150. Where the Action Is
151. Brookes
152. Markson Bros.
153. Rome TV
154. Aquinos on James
155. Berke’s Drugstore
156. Dawes Drug Store
157. Cinderella Bakery
158. White Eagle Bakery
159. Rome Travel
160. Neisner’s
161. Giardino’s Bakery
162. Rico Furs
163. Great American
164. Loblaws and Chicago Market Grocery stores
165. Oliver’s Office Equipment
166. Jay’s Pharmacy
(167
added by Mike Pettinelli)
167. Alexander's Bar and Restaurant
(168
and 169 added by Dennis Parrish)
168. Several noon-time bomb scares in 1965
resulting in Staley Jr. High school's student
and teacher evacuation which eventually led to
the arrest and expulsion of student Jerry
Miller who lived 2 doors away from me in
Acchino's Trailer Park.
169. Downtown Rome prior to the urban renewal
project.
(170
added by Steve Miroy, vocals by Bruce
McIlvenna)
170. Better Days Are Coming 45rpm record by
Yesterday's Papers. Written by Walt Stromick,
vocals by Bruce McIlvenna.
(171
add by David Cidzik)
171. Wow. Can’t believe someone remembered our
45 record. It was a great time hearing the
record on the radio and in Jukeboxes (there’s
another memory). Besides myself on sax, other
class members were Vinnie Esposito and Tim
Ischia. Walt Stromick, Steve DiBella,Bruce
Mcllvenna & Ron Lillard were the other
members. We recorded at Dells Music in
Utica Nov. 1969 under Crosstown records. The
bands name was Crosstown Traffic. To avoid any
conflict with Crosstown Records we changed the
bands name to Yesterday’s Papers for the record.
We recorded Celebrate by Three Dog Night for the
flip side. Now you know the rest of the story.
(172
thru 176 added by Saneen Armstrong)
172. Twist-A-Rama dance show in Utica.
173. S & H Green stamps
174. Pinti Field. In the winter they had a
make shift ice skating rink and a great hill for
sledding.
175. flag football games at Franklin Field with
some of the football players.
176. the festival that they used to have at the
end of the street of Mill Street off of Dominick
Street
(177
thru 180 added by Paul Panara)
177. LaPlants penny candy store
178. Kanoff’s Five & Dime
179. King Cole ice cream with the owner dressed
all in white along with his white hat
180. Ray’s Drive In Restaurant.
