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Port Richmond is a Philadelphia River Ward neighborhood consisting of at least 30 other mini-neighborhoods, some of which have disappeared with the passage of time due to political, historical, social, or geographic in-fluences. One such mini-community was found at the eastern terminus of Allegheny Avenue at the Delaware River where, at the northern side of

Houseboat Row: A Documented Port Richmond Community

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the Pulaski Recreational Pier, were docked several houseboats with families and groups of men whose welfare depended upon the maritime trade of the river. This community, Houseboat Row, is docu-mented officially by the 1930 and 1940 United States Federal Census; other sources confirm that people lived on the river, in this area, from 1890 well into the 1960’s. There is something about life on the river that cultivates the imagination and stirs the senses. But the reality of the situation is that life on the river, just as Mark Twain por-trayed in his novel Huck-leberry Finn, is difficult and dangerous. Weather conditions are only one of many factors that caused difficulties. Not much is known whether all of the occupants of House Boat Row were year-round residents, but they were permanent enough to be counted in two federal censuses and other federal records, as well. An analysis of the 1930 and 1940 United States Federal Census indicates that 25 separate family units numbering approxi-mately 40 people in Port Richmond chose life and survival on the Delaware River living in houseboats as an alternative lifestyle that suited them fine.The census indicates that the community was locat-ed between Tioga Street and Allegheny Avenue where the majority of the boats were docked. Port Richmond landlubbers labeled this neighborhood within a neighborhood, the Beach. Today the Tioga Marine Terminal occupies this area.

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Records reveal that the families at the Beach were responsible working class individuals. Two family units are mentioned in both census listings: the Weldon family and the Ayers family. In the 1930 census, re-corded April 2, Charles Weldon, 56, and his wife Catherine, 53, are enu-

merated with their son Raymond, 36. Charles is a laborer, Catherine is a spinner at a rope mill, and Raymond is a car-penter longshoreman. Their boat is valued at $1500 ($21,120 in 2015 dollars). The 1940 census enumerator fails to record any jobs for the Weldons. Also, in 1930, Howard

Ayers, 39, is enumerated with his wife, Catherine, 39, along with his son, Norris, 5. Howard Ayers is listed as a junk dealer. Their boat is valued at $2000 ($28,140 in2015 dollars). It must be noted that the Delaware River area between Lewis Street and Lehigh Avenue was a utopia for discarded scrap

materials. The Ayers fam-ily possessed a tradition on the river dating to the 19th century when Howard’s grandfather, Thomas, was a sea captain. His father, Norris, owned a shipping business in Port Rich-mond. The 1940 census enumerator fails to record any jobs for the Ayers.

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While researching my new book, Literary Philadel-phia (The History Press)– due out at the end of the year– I looked into the life of Owen Wister. He was the author of the western novel The Virginian. Wister was the only child of a physician father and an actress mother. His mother happened to be the daughter of English actress, Fanny Kemble. The Wister family had strong Philadelphia pa-trician roots and young Wister was sent to exclusive boarding schools in New England and Switzerland. He entered Harvard in 1878 where he achieved top honors in musical com-position and dramatic writ-ing. Perhaps it was his suc-cess in writing the libretto for Hasty Pudding’s comic opera Dido and Aeneas that made him want to become a composer. He wanted to go to Paris and write music in a garret but in order to do that he needed his father’s approv-al and financial support. Starving in Paris with-out financial support from home was not an option for Wister, despite the fact that many ex-patriot American

artists went to Paris on a shoestring budget. When the almost penniless Ernest Hemingway went to Paris, for instance, he survived by killing and roasting the pigeons he caught outside his window. Wister’s mother had heavy artistic leanings, but his father was a practical man and not keen at all on his son’s ambition to study musical composition in The City of Light. Wister’s father was a grounded fam-ily physician who wanted his son to enter an equally grounded profession. In the end he gave his consent and even provided his son with the financial support he needed. Now there was nothing standing in the way of Wister becoming a great composer. The only thing he had to do is start build-ing a legacy as great as

Chopin’s from scratch. provided, of course, that he could turn his dream into reality. For most art-ists, achievements like this rarely occur in a straight, unencumbered path with-out crooked detours and unexpected pitfalls. Samuel Butler’s famous saying, “Thus do we build castles in the air when flushed with wine and con-quest,” certainly applied to Wister because his Parisian musical ambitions eventu-ally hit rock bottom. In 1883 he opted to return to Philadelphia after resign-ing to himself that he was no Chopin and that he had best become….a Philadel-phia lawyer. So he returned to his father’s home and took a junior position in a law firm– something that for

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In Philadelphia, Wister consulted Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, a member of the Franklin Inn Club on Camac Street, and friend of writer Agnes Repplier’s. Mitchell diagnosed Wister with a severe case of neur-asthenia and suggested a trip to a Wyoming ranch. Mitchell had developed a system for treating nervous men. That system was to send them to the west where they could rope cattle, hunt, ride horses and engage in male bond-ing rituals. In his 1871 book, Wear and Tear: Or Hints for the Over-worked, Mitchell encour-aged nervous men to go west in order to reinforce their masculinity and to test their willpower. “Un-der great nervous stress,” Mitchell wrote, “The strong man becomes like the average woman.” Had Wister been born today, his attending phy-sician would never have suggested that he travel west for his health, but be put on a regime of psy-chotropic meds that would have deadened his energy and creative talents “like a patient etherized upon a table.”

Weir Mitchell’s ‘go West’ cure for men was a staple of 19th Century life. For Philadelphia artist Thomas Eakins, who was fired from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts for removing the loincloth of a male model in front of female students, and who was then ostracized by Philadelphia society, going west was more than rehabilitative. It saved his life. “For some days I have been quite cast down be-ing cut deliberately on the street by those who have every occasion to know me.” Eakins wrote in a let-ter to his sister. Eakins sought his western cure in the Dakotas and when he returned he was “built up miraculously,” ac-cording to Walt Whitman. Whitman himself sought his own western cure in 1879 and documented that journey in Specimen Days (1882). Even ‘Rough Rider’ Ted-dy Roosevelt returned from his western cure without what his detractors called his “former effeminate looks” and “high voice that often provided comparison to Oscar Wilde.” These were different

times, indeed. After three weeks in Wyo-ming herding cattle, wres-tling steer, riding horses, swimming and bathing nude in icy, outdoor creeks and sleeping in a tent, Wis-ter, felt like a new man. “I am beginning to be able to feel I’m something of an animal and not a stinking brain alone,” he wrote to Dr. White. Dr. Mitchell also had his prescribed ‘rest cures’ for women. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who wrote about Mitchell in The Yellow Wall-paper (1892) was once a patient of Mitchell’s but the treatment was quite dif-ferent for females. Instead of open skies, camp fires at night and swims in local creeks, nervous women were encouraged to seek seclusion, were overfed, and received massage treat-ments and electrotherapy. Although historians have come to categorize Mitch-ell’s rest cure therapy as nothing more than 19th Century misogyny. Wister was so entranced by the beauty he experienced in Wyoming that he came to idolize the cowboy, which in turn would form the basis for his classic novel,

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, about a Wyoming cattleman that would go on to become one of the country’s first mass market bestsellers. In the book, The History of Men: Essays on the History of American and British Mascu-linities by Michael S. Kim-mel, Kimmel writes, “To Wister, the west was ‘man-ly, egalitarian, self reliant, and Aryan’”—it was the true America. Far from the feminizing, immigrant infected cities where, “mas-culine women devoured white men’s chances to demonstrate manhood.” Wister never forgot his ranch experience out west and would spend the next 15 years traveling to Wyo-ming during the summer months. He would visit ranches, cow camps and remote cavalry outposts while getting to know the gamblers and ranch hands. These sojourns provided him with stories that he began publishing in Harper’ Weekly. He started work on The Virginian, and its publication in 1902 changed his life forever. The book sold 200,000 copies in one year and was adopted for Broadway. It went on to be the basis for five movies and a television series. The book provided the general outline for the classic western novel. The stock characters included: the green, naïve east coast narrator; the local virginal schoolmarm; the mean, savage Indian; the tobacco chewing cattle rustler; the

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There are 82 days left until the May 19th Phila-delphia Primary election. Since 1952 the candidate who received the Demo-cratic nod has become Mayor of Philly. As of last Friday, seven Demo-crats are running and four GOP prospects, virtual unknowns, have “pitched” themselves to party leader-ship to be the Republican contender. Businessman Sam Katz is a possible con-tender as an independent. Katz was the last candidate who managed to challenge the Democratic registra-tion advantage and did so twice when he ran as the GOP nominee against former Mayor John Street– the final count was 211,000 to 203,000 and 260,000 to 180,000 in ’99 and ’03, respectively. Barring some dramatic upset, voters in the Democratic Primary will select the next mayor from the remaining field at

the March 25th withdraw-al deadline and anyone who throws-in a hat before filing closes March 11th. In this first part in a special series within our election coverage, we’ll evaluate one of the current hopefuls for insight into reasons why Philadelphians, especially our community readers, should vote for them or not – and we’ll take a crack at predicting candidates’ chances of carrying the River Wards and the city-wide election. We start off with an easy candidate so we can take the time this week to tell you about new candidates as well: Four Republicans have come forward to vie for their party’s backing, all boosting their candidacies before a meeting of GOP ward leaders last week in Port Richmond. The four, whose names you’re unlikely to recognize: El-mer Money, Republican committee member from the Northwest; Rhashea Harmon, attorney, pro-fessor, charter school ad-vocate, she ran unopposed

in the 2010 GOP primary for state Senate and lost the general election to current mayoral candidate An-thony Williams; Melissa Murray Bailey, who works for an employee recruitment company and switched her registration from Democrat to Republi-can last month, and; Sean Clark, vice president of operations for Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Since the Spirit’s last up-date, the Democratic pool has grown by one - the already declared Lynn Abraham, Jim Ken-ney, Nelson Diaz, An-thony Williams, Milton Street, and Doug Oliver were joined by 7th Day Ad-ventist pastor Rev. Keith Goodman, whose eligibil-ity to run has been called into question. Prior to last month, Goodman had not lived in Philly for 12 years since leaving the city for Chester in 2003. The city’s Home Rule Charter states that “the Mayor shall

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MEETINGSFACT MeetingFACT Meeting Mon., Mar. 2. Officers from the 26th Police District will an-swer community concerns. Meeting starts at 7PM at Holy Name Church Hall, 701 Gaul St. All are wel-come!

FNA Zoning Community Meetings1) 1509 N Front Street - Revised Proposal - A proposal for a four-story building with ground flood commercial and residential above, and two rear park-ing spaces.2) 620 E Flora St - A pro-posal for two single family homes, with one off-street parking space.This meeting will take place at the Fishtown Rec Center, 1202 E Montgom-ery Ave. on Tues., Mar. 3 at 7PM. All residents of Fishtown are eligible to vote. Please bring proof of residence or business ownership in the form of a driver’s license or a photo id and a lease, utility bill, or recent piece of mail ad-dressed to your home or business.

PROPAC and Port Richmond Town Watch MeetingThe next meeting for PRO-PAC and Port Richmond Town Watch will be held on Wed., Mar. 4, 7PM, at Columbia Social Club located at 3529 Almond St. (between Venango and Tioga).• A PSA 3 crime update will be presented by the Police Department• Neighborhood Updates• Zoning Issues: 2101 E. Allegheny Ave.; 3475 Col-lins St; 3795 Sepviva St.For further updates regard-ing this meeting please check our PROPAC Face-book page.

26th District Town Hall MeetingThe 26th District will be hosting a town hall meet-ing where year end crime stats for 2014 will be re-viewed. The meeting will be held at First Presbyte-rian Church, 418 E. Girard Ave. on Thurs., Mar. 5 from 7-8PM. The new commanding officer of the 26th District, Captain George Kappe will also be in attendance and will be available to answer ques-tions and address concerns. If you have any questions please contact the 26th District at 215-686-3260 or inbox their Facebook page.

St. Michael’s Church and 26th Police District MeetingSt. Michael’s Church, Trenton Ave. & Cumber-land St., will be in partner-ship with the 26th Police

District on a Seminar/Discussion for some practi-cal ways we can keep our neighborhood safe. Be-come aware - we can make a difference! This event will be held on Thurs., Mar. 19 at 7PM. Mark your calendars for a reminder of this important meeting.

Al-Anon Meetings at Holy Name Church HallAl-Anon Meetings are held every Monday night from 7-8PM at Holy Name Church Hall, Berks and Gaul Sts. Members share their personal experiences and stories. Personal con-tact is an important ele-ment in the healing pro-cess. The meetings provide strength and hope for fami-lies and friends of addicts. If you are worried about a loved one with any type of addiction, this meeting will help you. Everyone is wel-come to attend. Anything that is shared at meetings stays there. Al-Anon Meet-ings are free, anonymous and confidential.

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First Presbyterian Bible Study GroupOn Wed. evenings at 7PM a Bible Study Group meets at First Presbyterian Church, 418 E. Girard Ave. Come and bring a friend for informative, exciting and lively open discussions. As always, everyone is welcome.

Richmond Library ProgramsPreschool Storytime is every Wed. at 10:30AM. This program is intended for children from one- to four-years of age and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. Daycares should call for separate appointments. Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St. 215-685-9992.

Storytime at Fishtown LibraryPreschool Storytime will be held on Wednesdays at 10:30AM. Fishtown Community Branch of the Free Library (1217 E. Montgomery Ave.). These programs are intended pri-marily for children through four-years of age and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. Daycares should call for separate appointments. For more in-formation, call Miss Sheila at 215-685-9990.

St. Anne Regular Sunday BingoSt. Anne’s Bingo ev-ery Sunday! Memphis & Tucker in Social Hall Doors open at 4PM. Bingo begins at 6PM. Cost at door - $10 package.

Bridesburg Rec Center EventsREACH OUT AND READ: Bridesburg Rec-reation Center (4625 Rich-mond Street) is collect-ing new or gently used children’s books for the Reach Out and Read pro-gram. This program col-lects books for children who are patients at doc-tor’s offices associated with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Please bring your donation to Bridesburg Recreation Center, weekdays 9AM – 9PM. ZUMBA: Classes offered year-round. Mon. and Thurs from 7-8PM, Zum-ba toning on Wed. from 7 -8PM. $4 walk in. SCRAPBOOKING: Held year round on Wed. eve-nings from 6:30-9:30PM. $5 each time you attend. All you need is your photos and a book, everything else will be provided.LADIES BOWLING LEAGUE: Tues. morn-ings, 9AM at Erie Lanes. All ladies are invite to join.Call Miss Jackie at 215-685-1247, 533-6448, or 331-9417 for more information.

St. Anne Weekly NovenaSt. Anne weekly Novena Thurs. evening service, 7:30PM. Church of Saint Anne, Memphis St. and Lehigh Ave.

First Emmanuel Prayer PartnersPrayer MinistryFirst Emmanuel Prayer Partners Church, 711 W. Girard Ave. Prayer Min-istry. Looking for Prayer Partners. Everyone is wel-come to come pray with us every Tuesday night at 8PM. 215-456-9974 or 267-746-0448.

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LSH Senior Center EventsLutheran Set t lement House Senior Center, 1340 Frankford Ave. Dan-cercise with Rita Mon-days at 9AM, Tai Chi with Milt Wednesdays at 12:30PM. For more info call Jesse 215-426-8610.

Cione Playground ActivitiesCione Playground is offering a number of activities for people of all ages. ARTS AND CRAFTS CLASS will be held on Saturdays from 12:30-1:30PM. The class is open to children aged 5 to 13, and while there is no fee class sizes are limited. CHESS CLUB will be taking place on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-8PM at the park. All ages are welcome and there is no fee.

TOT REC still has a few openings, which is offered to children aged 3½-5 and takes place Tues-day, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9AM-12PM. Cione Playground is located at the intersection of Aramingo and Lehigh, they can be contacted at the office Monday through Friday from 2-9PM or by phone at 215-685-9880.

Ministry Streams Church Services for the CommunityAlpha and Omega Fel-lowship now streams its church services for the community. For those per-sons who are disabled, homebound, no transpor-tation or just have a busy schedule. You can watch from any mobile device or computer. The stream-ing time is on Sundays at 4PM at the following link: new.livestream.com/alphaandomegafellowship. Viewers can also sign up for the text mobile club to receive service and event information. Visitors can come to our service loca-tion at 2341 N. 7th St. Call 215-792-6668 for more information.

The Head & The Hand Press Writers’ Workshop EventsThe Head & The Hand Press is a Fishtown arts institution who has been working in and around the neighborhood since founded by Nic Esposito in 2012. February Writ-ers’ Workshop events are as follows: Feb. 26: “I’ve Totally Read Ulysses,” w/ Elaine Johanson: drop by the shop to discuss chapters five and six of James Joyces’ semi-nole work. 6:30-8PM, The Head & The Hand Work-shop, 2012 Sepviva St. The Head & The Hand Press Writers’ Work-shop, 2011 Frankford Ave.Philadelphia, PA 19125. www.thehead-andthehand.com

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“Watch Dogs” Town Watch TrainingTONIGHT WED., FEB. 25Pablo Mateo from the City’s Town Watch Dept. will be conducting train-ing on how to effectively observe and report crimi-nal activity while out walk-ing your dog. Police can’t be everywhere, but when you’re out walking your dog, your chances of no-

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Others listed in the 1930 United States Fed-eral Census are: William Young, 68, a shipyard ma-chinist; William Wallace, 65, odd-job laborer; Fred-erick Wallace, 45, junk dealer; Henry Spears, 59, carpenter; William Bilger, 59, junk dealer; Jacob Bilger, 54, longshoreman; Charles Kastenhuber, 43, junk dealer; Benjamin Walters, 40, odd-job la-borer; James Robinson, 72, day laborer and Joseph Peoples, 52, driver; David Maguire, 52, John Magu-ire, 50, David Gathier, 50, and Edward Badt, 68, are listed as not employed. Listed in the 1940 Unit-ed States Federal Census are: Michael Murray, 58, warehouse watchman, William Young, 75, com-pany caretaker; Louis Ol-sekewski, 59, lumber yard laborer; Walter Budkus, 45, ironworks machine operator; and Joseph Wolk, 29, dump laborer. Harry Sprouse, 79, Peter Kolenda, 49, Harry Tom-lin, 54, Robert Jenkins, 63, Thomas Farry, 66, Christian Walters, 52, and Charles Adair, 61 are listed as not employed.

A majority amount of the boat residents were docked at Allegheny Av-enue’s Pilsudski Recre-ational Pier where they had access to groceries at Mary and Tom’s Grocery Store located on Allegh-eny Avenue adjacent to the pier. The pier pro-vided a landing at its river end for access and egress to pleasure boaters and commercial craft. For many years, the Wilson Liner transported Port Richmond school children from the pier to Riverview Beach Park on the river at Pennsville, New Jersey. Several of the boat peo-ple also provided weekend pleasure cruises up and down the Delaware for those willing to pay a reasonable rate. A popu-lar weekend destination spot was Willow Grove Park (not to be confused with Philadelphia’s Wil-low Grove Park) across the river at Petty Island. For several years, the United States Coast Guard and the Philadel-phia Fire Department docked their boats on the south side of Pilsudski Pier ready to answer any emergencies that might arise in the river area. Weekend musical enter-tainment was provided by

the United States Coast Guard Band. Other mini-neighbor-hoods in Port Richmond Included: the Gitneys, Sun Bonnet Row (Dol-lar Bill Row), Venango, Smearsville (Smearo), Tug

Boat Row, Dutch Callow, Jew Town, the Beach, the 102, Back Street, Church Alley, Somerset (Little Italy), Hogan’s Alley, Hartsville, Cohocksink, Slaughter Trail, Melvale Farms, Meadows, Cin-

der Piles, Minny Pond, Tioga, Coffee Bottom, Tar Bottom, Aramingo, Aramingo Canal, Flat Iron, Gunners Run, Poor Island, Ball Town, the Vil-lage, the Girders, and the Village.•

Fred Cimino is the unofficial historian of Port Richmond. He has written nine books about the culture, history, cus-toms, and traditions of Port Richmond. He can be reached at the Port Richmond Book-store, 3037 Richmond Street.

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Houseboat Row is one of many mini-neighborhoods that used to be in Port Richmond.


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voter, as are all candidates’, in which case the matter would be settled by a Philly Court of Common Pleas judge. Now for the subject of this week’s special coverage: should the River Wards

vote for Lynne Abraham and does she have a good chance to win? We said this would be easy and though we don’t want dismiss any candidacy wholesale, es-pecially with almost three months to go, Abraham stands out in a field, which includes odd digits like Mil-ton Street, as a sore-thumb no-sell. So why do we pick the former District Attorney to vote off of the island in-stead of the man who can’t seem to file his campaign finances correct? To be sure, Lynne Abraham has many accomplishments of which she may be proud, including the honor of being Temple University Law School’s first woman JD. Before seeking elected office she acted as an at-torney in the Regional Counsel’s office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1965-1967, as an Assistant Dis-trict Attorney from 1967-1972, as Executive Direc-tor of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority from 1972 to 1973, and Legislative Consultant for Philadelphia City Council from 1974 until she became a municipal judge in 1976. She served as a Common Pleas court judge from 1980 to 1991 and gained

prominence in a Philadel-phia conditioned to Rizzo’s brand of justice and gov-ernance as a “law and or-der” and “hanging” judge. Abraham became District Attorney in a special elec-tion in 1991, handily won reelection in 1993, and by 1995 she was the subject of New York Times feature dubbing her America’s “Deadliest DA.” 45 of the 69 inmates currently on PA’s death row from Phila-delphia were sent there while Lynne Abraham was District Attorney. Now just a few years out of office, Abraham has presented herself as the city’s best possible chief executive, teasing out her official announcement for weeks and since making somewhat bizarre pro-nouncements about drugs, race and logging commen-tary in the press that makes the 78-year old appear transported directly from the mid-twentieth century. She is tough, persever-ing, to be sure, and is thus a well-preserved artifact less of a particular time or age but of social and political circumstances. She supported the death penalty, not as a deterrent, but because her constitu-ency heavily supported it as a palliative for victims. She was quoted in the NYT as having said about her current death count after less than 4 years as DA: “I’ve looked at all those sentenced to be executed. No one will shed a tear. Prison is too good for them. They don’t deserve to live. I represent the victim and the family. I don’t care about killers. All of our cases now are multiple gunshot executions, houses set on fire and six children burned to death. This is Bosnia.” Under her watch as the DA the police department was engulfed in large cor-ruption scandal in its 39th District, which resulted in the overturning of around 250 of Abraham’s convic-tions. It is doubtful that she would be a good broker to

reestablish trust between law enforcement and the community after not just recent but cumulative abuses extending to and far prior to her term as chief prosecutor. She has changed the hardline position she tout-ed just a few months ago regarding marijuana de-criminalization she says it happened after consulta-tion with community and health experts but almost definitely out of recogni-tion that such Reagan-era drug rhetoric would quick-ly lose her key millennial voters. Abraham still has time to outline a set of core beliefs and policies that show she understands the decade in which she would poten-tially govern, but to wait for her to do so issue by issue over the next 3 months, as with the marijuana issue, would be pointless and absurd. She stands a chance of carrying Port Richmond, which has a high percent-age of people 60 and over who tend to vote in higher numbers and are expected to be Abraham’s strongest supporters. But the mean age in all River Wards is about 34 and millennials have little reason to expect the hard-scrabble prod-uct of a pre-millennium Philadelphia. Her criminal justice background makes her unpopular with black and Hispanic voters, a large percentage of which live in Kensington. It is possible, of course, that the former District Attorney will pull through on name recognition alone. Her best chance would seem to be the efficacy of the local health care system so that those who voted for her previously are around to do so May 19th, along with enough oblivious vot-ers to push her over the edge.•Stay tuned for more election coverage in The Spirit as the primary nears. The Declaration is an alternative news source for Philadelphia, seeking to high-light city politics, art, culture and activism.


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I never protested a meal, fed my food to the dog, or fought with my parents when it came to eating my vegetables. In fact, I feel dinner is incomplete if there aren’t at least two veg-gie sides. Throw a few inches of snow and frigid temperatures into my week, though, and I lose interest in anything that would make a meal healthy. I’ve essentially been living on heavy comfort foods, loaded with starch and cheese. Last week was so in-dulgent, I can’t even tell you if I ate a single vegetable. There was a massive bowl of spa-ghetti, a gooey grilled cheese, and chicken and waffles from Cedar

Point, but no instance of vegetables actually occu-pying their own spot on my dinner plate. When we were invited to our friends’ house for game night this past snowy Sat-urday, I whipped up this sweet and sour Sicilian eggplant recipe, which is loaded with hearty and healthy vegetables and surely makes up for my previous week’s worth of food sin.

CaponataAdapted from J. Kenji López-Alt1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving1 eggplant (about 1 pound), cut into 3/4 inch diceKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper1/2 large red onion, diced1 rib celery, finely diced1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/2 inch dice2 tablespoons garlic, minced

1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted2 tablespoons minced fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves, plus more for garnish2 tablespoons tomato paste1/2 teaspoon ground cin-namon1/2 cup raisins2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed2 tablespoons brown sugar2 tablespoons red wine vinegar2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over high heat until shimmering. Add eggplant and cook, tossing occasionally, until completely softened and

browned in spots, about 6 minutes. Push eggplant to the side of the skillet and add 2 more tablespoons oil to the center. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic and toss to combine with the eggplant. Cook, stirring and tossing fre-quently, until vegetables are softened and aro-matic, about 3 minutes longer. Add pine nuts, mint, parsley, tomato paste, ground cinnamon, rai-sins, capers, brown sugar, red wine vinegar, and balsamic vinegar and toss to combine. Drizzle in remaining olive oil and bring to a simmer, add-

ing water a tablespoon at a time as necessary until caponata has a sauce-like consistency that is loose, but doesn’t run freely over a plate. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Let mix-ture cool to room tem-perature and garnish with extra mint leaves and a drizzle of olive oil if desired. Serve with toasted bread or pasta.•

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26th District Town Hall Meeting The 26th District will be hosting a town hall meeting where year end crime stats for 2014 will be reviewed. The meeting will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 418 E. Girard Ave. on Thurs., Mar. 5 from 7-8PM. The new commanding officer of the 26th District, Cap-tain George Kappe will also be in attendance and will be available to answer questions and address concerns. If you have any questions please contact the 26th Dis-trict at 215-686-3260 or inbox their Facebook page.•

by Geraldine Dever, Hallahan Class of 1973

Now that the high school basketball season is com-ing to a close, I’d like to congratulate the girls of Hallahan’s Basketball team for a job well done. Halla-han finished with 10 wins and 10 losses this season. This, to a lot of people, doesn’t seem like much to cheer about but for us Hal-lahan fans it is. Spending many years in the Catholic League, Hallahan has be-gun to make a climb. Last year, the team finished with a record of 6-14. This year, with leading senior point guard Alexis O’Neill and freshman scor-ing machine Nya Searight, the team made it to the playoffs. O’Neill’s pass-ing and unselfish play was key, consistently finding

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teammates Sonni Browne under the basket and Alynn Phelan for open jumpers. The team really played competitive basketball this year. Senior center Megan Elliot held things down in the middle and shared time with sophomore Al-l ie Kuprevich. Browne and Searight made Sec-ond Team All-Catholic and O’Neill made Third Team. As a fan and graduate of Hallahan, it was a great feeling looking up their scores and seeing the wins

Back Row: Coach Ed Dever, Assistant Bob Hoffman, Assistant Matt Dever, Assistant Kelly Dougherty, and Assistant Chrissy Rodgers. Middle Row: Lillian Betteridge, Emily Dever, Allie Kuprevich, Lola Snead, Megan Elliot, Bridget Miller. Alexis O’Neill, Montana Tomasweski, and Katie Shields. Front Row: Nya Searight, Alynn Phelan, and Sonni Browne.

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building up. When I heard the girls made the playoffs, I was extremely happy for them. The team came up short though against St. Huberts in the playoffs but I don’t think it will stop the progress the team is making. I would like to thank Coach Ed Dever and his staff for a phenomenal season. Coach Dever along with Senior Alexis O’Neill will be a part of the City All-Star Team, which they will be playing a game at the end of March. Go Mouseketeers Go!•

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• Zero (0) Residential Burglaries during this time.

• Seven (7) Theft from Autos during this time: 1800 Blair (2/11), 700 Gaul (2/11), 2200 Cedar (2/11), 2300 Front (2/12), 2200 Sepviva (2/14), 2400 Dauphin (2/16), 2200 Thompson (2/17)

• Four (4) Thefts dur-ing this time: 2600 Frankford (2/11), 2500 Thompson (2/12), 900 Penn (2/14), 2000 Mar-tha (2/14)

• Zero (0) Stolen Autos during this time.•


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Fruits and Vegetables

1. Fuji, Gala and Gold-en Delicious are all types of which fruit?

A. Pears B. ApplesC. Melons D. Grapefruit

2. Who was Strawber-ry Shortcake’s baby sister?

A. Apple Dumpling B. Peppermint PattyC. Lemon Chiffon D. Blueberry Muffin

3. Which is the proper term for a bunch of bananas that still are attached to each other?

Miss Know-It-All’s QUIZZO CHALLENGE:

See answers on page 14

A. A foot of bananas B. A leg of bananasC. A hand of bananas D. An arm of bananas

4. What was Carrot Top’s claim to fame?

A. He’s a cartoon charac-ter B. He’s a Rap artistC. He’s a pro wrestler D. He’s a comedian

5. Which fruit bounces like a ball when it’s ripe?

A. Acai berries B. CherriesC. CranberriesD. Blueberries

6. If you are on certain medications, includ-ing heart medication,

which fruit must you avoid because the mix-ture can be fatal?

A. Grapefruit B. CantaloupeC. Lemons D. Figs

7.Which of the follow-ing are toxic to birds?

A. Hot peppers B. DatesC. Avocado D. Potatoes

8. Which vegetable did former president George H.W. Bush de-clare he would never eat again, even ban-ning it from the White House?

A. Broccoli

B. CarrotsC. Spinach D. Cauliflower

9.When a dish is pre-pared “Florentine” it usually contains what?

A. Ginger B. ParsleyC. Peppers D. Spinach

10.Which of the fol-lowing is highest in protein?

A. Peas B. AsparagusC. Sun dried tomatoD. Corn

11.Which of the follow-ing vegetables are NOT root vegetables?

A. Turnips B. Potatoes

C. Parsnips D. Capers

12. The film “Children of the Corn” was based on a short story writ-ten by whom?

A. Dean Koontz B. Arthur HitchcockC. Stephen KingD. George Orwell

CLUES ACROSS

1. Utilization 6. 2nd largest Estonia city 11. Spiral staircase center 12. Fisherman’s basket 13. Gain an objective 15. Aromatic pine resin 18. Thai monetary unit 19. Ancient capital of Nabataea 20. Strays 21. Served food 24. “Rubber Ball” singer Bobby 25. Foot digit 26. Profound fear 28. Atomic #77 29. Faced up to 33. Unit of pain intensity 34. Confederate soldier 36. In an inconsiderate manner 43. Blue Hens school 44. Yemen capital 45. Swiss river 47. Black tropical American cuckoo 48. Short stroke 49. Competent 50. Unit used to measure buttons 52. Liabilities 53. Loafers 55. A social outcast 56. Old Man’s beard lichen 58. County north of The Golden Gate 59. Short literary composition 60. Norwegian composer

17. Partner of Pa 21. To and ___: back and forth 22. Records electric brain currents 23. Female revolutionary descen-dants 26. Doctor of Theology 27. The People’s Princess 30. Temperament 31. One of Santa’s helpers 32. Pakistani rupee 35. Divulging a secret 37. Foreign Service 38. Possessed 39. US Nursing Organization 40. Quickly grab 41. Prosecuting officer

42. WW II Crimean conference site 43. Unstick 46. 20th Hebrew letter 47. The work of caring for someone 49. Any high altitude habitation 50. Atomic #3 51. Sea eagles 52. Afghan persian language 54. A large body of water 55. Golf score 57. Antarctica 58. Magnesium

See answers on page 12 CLUES DOWN

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Amid intense pressure from both sides of the debate, the Philadelphia School Reform Com-mission took, what some would see as, the middle road. The SRC approved five new charter schools from among the 39 ap-plications at the end of a tumultuous meeting last Wednesday evening which was filled with pro-tests and arrests,. These new schools are the first traditional charter schools to be approved in Phila-delphia since 2007. At the meeting it was revealed that both organi-zations who submitted full applications for the open charter school spot in the 19134 zip code, String Theory Academy Schools

Five New Charters Schools for Philadelphia, None Approved In Port Richmond

and American Paradigm Schools, were denied ap-proval from the SRC, leaving no new charter in Port Richmond. This comes much to the dismay of Jurate Krokys, CEO of American Para-digm Schools. Krokys sees five charter schools being approved in other areas of the city as a step forward but not the amount of progress as she believes is necessary. “What it doesn’t do, though, is address the severe needs of the Phila-delphia School District to raise the level of quality schools for kids across the board,” said Krokys. Charlie Mcgeehan, a former charter school teacher, current Philadel-phia public school teacher and a member of the caucus of Working Edu-

cators for the Federation of Teachers Union, had different feelings about the five charters that were approved. “I was happy they ap-proved five,” Mcgeehan said, “but I still see five as too many. Working in a neighborhood school, I don’t see that the district is in a position right now to afford any more char-ter schools, let alone five.” Mary D’Anella, spokes-woman for String Theory Schools, feels as though charters provide an im-portant choice to parents everywhere and is disap-pointed that the SRC decided not to approve a new school in Port Rich-mond, her own school in particular. “We are disappoint-ed and at this point are looking to see what the School District’s reason for the decision was,” said D’Anella. One of the five mem-bers of the SRC, Com-missioner Marjorie Neff,

did reveal her reasoning for not voting for a single charter school to be ap-proved in all of Philadel-phia in a report published on Philly.com last week. She sighted a lack of the quality in the applications as her reasoning. “There were deficiencies in all of them,” Neff said. Mcgeehan feels Neff was right to deny the charters and sees the SRC as having a distinct re-sponsibility to deny char-ter schools based on the information the com-mision has reviewed. In addition Mcgeehan feels that charter schools gen-erally lack oversight and are hindered by a not hav-ing a true connection to the Philadelphia School District. “Having been a teacher in charter schools and in district schools, I do not see charter schools as re-ally being connected to the district in any way, other than every three to five years they have to go

to the district and ask if they can continue to stay open,” said Mcgeehan. “So as we are giving out these schools, what we are losing is a system of schools that work.” Krokys points out there are bad charter schools just as there are bad pub-lic schools but believes the main element being lost in the SRC’s decision is what children in neigh-borhoods like Port Rich-mond are losing in terms of a viable educational option for the community. “They certainly recog-nized 19134 as an area in need of a charter school. So what is the SRC’s an-swer to this?” said Krokys. “The school district and the state have to be re-sponsible for each and every one of their kids. Each child has the right to a quality education whatever form that may take; whether it’s public, public charter, faith-based or independent.” Mcgeehan feels that us-

ing the valuable resources of the district the SRC and school charter of-fice in order to review 39 charter school appli-cations and spend time approving five of them is a waste of time. It is the only another distraction from what he sees as sub-stantive issues that need each of these school gov-ernment bodies’ attention to be resolved. “I just don’t see open-ing new charter schools as furthering the discus-sion we need to have,” Mcgeehan said, “which is, what are these charter schools doing that we can bring into district schools? What is working in district schools that can be brought into charter schools?” “Will what’s working in these schools actually be-come more successful and be supported in the way it needs to be supported to do that? I do think time will tell.”•


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Part Two: 10 points each: 5. C. cranberries 6. A. grapefruit 7. C. avocado 8. A. broccoli Part Three: 15 points each: 9. D.spinach 10. C.sun dried tomato 11. D. Capers

12. C. Stephen King; Scoring: Under 50: Trivia Amateur; 50-85: Trivia Buff; 90-115: Trivia Whiz; 120: TRIVIA CHAMPION!

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ticing if something looks wrong are pretty high. Learn how to safely iden-tify criminal activity, and what to do when you see it, at a free training by the City’s Town Watch Program, Wed., Feb. 25, 7PM, NL Community Center, 3rd & Fairmount. Register online at http://www.nlna.org/sign-up-for-dog-walker-watch-a-talk-about-town-watch-and-dog-walking/

First Presbyterian Oyster SupperFirst Presbyterian Church, 418 E. Girard Ave., will be holding their annual Oyster Supper on Sat., Feb. 28, from 4-7PM. A full course dinner served “family style”. Ham is also available. Adults $14; chil-dren 10 and under $6. Take-out dinners available, cake table, odds and ends table and a chance to meet friends and neighbors. Ev-eryone is welcome.

Quizzo at Mother of Divine GraceCome out for a fun night of Quizzo at Mother of Divine Grace in the church hall on Sat., Feb. 28 at 8PM. Teams are limited to 6 people. Registration fee is $30. For more information and to register your team please contact Chrissy Yancer at 267.688.9470 or by email at [email protected].

Portside Arts Center ClassesStarting Mar. 3: Children & Teen Drawing Club, 6 week class Tues. (6-7PM); On-going to June 16: After School Arts Program (Ages 5 -11) Mon. - Fri. (3-6PM). Portside Arts Center, 2531 E. Lehigh Ave. For more information, visit www.portsideartscenter.org.

PRO-ACTFamily Addiction Education Program Serves PhiladelphiaNext programs start week of Mar. 5 in Northern Liber-ties and North PhiladelphiaWhen someone is addict-ed to drugs or alcohol, the disease affects the en-tire family. Each month PRO-ACT (Pennsylvania Recovery Organization–Achieving Community Together) hosts a Family Addiction Education Pro-gram to help individuals and families get informa-tion, support and resources for recovery. Participants connect with trained vol-unteers who have been in the same situation. These information and support programs are offered at two locations in Philadel-phia. In North Phila-delphia, sessions have a new day and time. They begin on the first Satur-day of the month and meet on four consecutive

Saturdays from 10AM until 12noon at the Philadelphia Recovery Community Center. This four-week program includes training on the use of naloxone to counteract the effects of opioid overdose. In Northern Liberties, the program begins on the first Thursday of the month and meets for three consecutive Thurs-day evenings from 6:30-8:30PM at the PRO-ACT office. The program at this location does not include naloxone training. Ses-sions are free and confiden-tial—first names only. Pre-registration is required. To register, call 800-221-6333, weekdays 9AM through 5PM or visithttp://coun-cilsepa.org/programs/pro-act/family-education-program/.

Glavin Playground Tot Program Registration NightThurs., Mar. 5, 6:30-7:30PM. $20 non-refund-able fee. All children must be able to handle their own bathroom needs; NO Pull-Ups! 3 yr old classes-Child must be 3 by December 31, 2015; 4 yr old classes-Child must be 4 by December 31, 2015. Please bring a copy of your child’s birth certifi-cate. For more info please call 215-685-9898. Glavin Playground is located at Al-mond & Westmoreland Sts.

PVVM Memorial PaversThe deadline to purchase 12”x12” pavers for inscrip-tion at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memo-rial has been changed to Mar. 5, to be completed in time for Memorial Day 2015. The $300 granite pavers line the walkway to the newly-redesigned Me-morial site that honors the 646 KIA in Vietnam; and can be purchased by any-one to honor any loved one that served in the military. Information and guide-lines can be found at www.pvvm.org, or by contacting [email protected].

St. Anne Reunion Committee (SARC)Spring FlingSt. Anne Reunion Com-mittee organizes a couple events a year, and would LOVE EVERYONE to know ANYONE IS WEL-COME. Did you attend St. Anne school/business school/church? Did u grow up in the area? Were you friends /relatives with anyone in the community? Maybe you just walked through the area and liked what you saw. Anyone who fits the above discription and then some are wel-come to attend any and all of our events. A great time to see many people that you have not been in touch with recently. The Spring Fling will take place on Sat., Mar. 7 at 7PM in St. Anne Social Hall, Memphis and Tucker Sts.

Preceding the event, there will be a 5PM mass at St. Anne Church, Memphis St. and Lehigh Ave. The mass will include the Bless-ing of the Rings (bring any ring or anything else that you would like blessed). Ticket cost: $50 per person and includes open bar, food, DJ Meg Graham. A great time and fabulous company. St. Anne Re-union Committee (SARC) will be trending in 2015. Catering by Chef William Sanders. He has planned “stations of food”: 1. ap-petizers 2. Seafood Wharf 3. Fun foods 4. entress 5. Sweets, coffee and tea. Purchase your tickets asap. Don’t miss out. A head count is needed for caterer. Tickets are available for both events at the Rec-tory 215-739-4590, The-resa Staho 215-425-3219 and Nellie Hohenstein 215-634-4665.You can also send a self addressed stamped envelope with check and tickets can be mailed to you.

All Around This World: Music from Ireland and PolandMon., Mar. 9, 10:30AM, Free Library of Phila-delphia, Fishtown Com-munity Library, 1217 E. Montgomery Ave., 215-685-9990. Small children and their caregivers will explore rhythms and mel-odies from Ireland and Poland. Participants will explore the homelands of the characters in the featured selection Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline and middle-grade companion book Rodzina by Karen Cushman. Fa-cilitator Jay Sand will guide participants through an enchanting and interactive musical tour of countries around the world.

Richmond Library presents: A 2015 One Book, One Philadelphia EventMy Family Tree and Me. What is your family like? Where do you come from? Join Alycia Kohler to dis-cuss families and record-ing of Family data. Create a keepsake family tree to take home. Sat., Mar. 14 at 2PM. For more infor-mation contact the Rich-mond Library at 215-685-9992. Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St.

6th Annual “St. Patty’s for Matty” Beef and Beer The 6th Annual “St. Pat-ty’s for Matty” Beef and Beer benefiting The Mat-thew Holmes Scholarship Fund will be held on Sat., Mar. 14 from 7-11PM at Our Lady Help of Chris-tians Parish Hall, 2420 E. Allegheny Ave. Beef & Beer tickets: $30 - ID required; TV raffle tickets:

$5 for a chance to win a 60” LG LED 1080p TV. Recipients of the Matthew Holmes Scholarship will be awarded. All tickets can be purchased at Primo Hoagies of Port Rich-mond, 2703 E. Clearfield St., Rich’s Barber Shop, 2616 E. Ontario St., Primo Hoagies Fishtown, 1501 E. Susquehanna Ave. For more information contact Bonnie Curcio 215-313-8216 or Pat Wilkins 267-257-9104. www.matty-holmesscholarhip.org. NC Alumni AssociationLooking for Alumni for St. Patrick’s Day ParadeThe Northeast Catholic Alumni Association are looking for past alumni to participate in this coming years St. Patrick’s Day parade. The event will be held on Sun., Mar. 15. There will be transporta-tion to the parade, as well as a party at the parade conclusion. Call the office at 215-543-1051 for infor-mation.

Hello, Dolly! at The Port Richmond Theatre Company The Port Richmond The-atre Company presents “Hello, Dolly! One of America’s beloved and longest running musicals. Fri., Mar. 20 & Mar. 27 at 8PM, Sun., Mar. 29 at 2PM. Tickets $10 Adult / $7 Student/Child. Din-ner Theatre!! Sat., Mar. 21 & Mar. 28 - doors open 5PM-dinner served 5:30PM. Sun., Mar. 22 - doors open 4PM - dinner served 4:30PM. Dinner Theatre tickets: $30. All dinner tickets must be re-served, no dinner tickets sold at door! Lithuanian Music Hall, Tilton St. and Allegheny Ave. For tickets: 215-495-3015. www.tcpr.org.

LOPR Breakfast Brunch FundraiserLadies of Port Richmond

Breast Cancer Research will hold their 11th An-nual Breakfast Brunch Fundraiser on Sun., Mar. 22 at Our Lady Help of Christian Church, Gaul & Allegheny Ave. at 10AM. Tickets $10 adults; $5 chil-dren. Contact Marylou Leuters 215-427-3222.

Penn Treaty Park Easter Egg HuntFriends of Penn Treaty Park are hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Sat., Mar. 28 at 10 AM. Don’t forget to bring your basket or bag for your eggs.

Volunteers Needed at Hagert Playground The Friends of Hagert Playground will be holding special events and program-ming at the playground this spring and summer, and can use volunteers. Love

Your Park Day will be Sat., May 9. Free summer arts and educational program-ming will be offered on Saturdays and two eve-nings a week. Please email [email protected] if you would like to help volunteer!

Portside 2015 Summer Arts CampKids have fun all summer long at the Portside Sum-mer Arts Camp, 2531 Le-high Ave., 215-427-1514. 2 WEEK SESSION – $300 + one-time T-Shirt Fee $5. June 22 through Aug. 14. Mon.-Fri. 8:30AM to 3:30PM. Extended Care Hours Until 5:30PM - $100 per session. Painting-Drawing-Sculpture-Print-Making-Character-Build-ing-Swimming. Field Trip every week. Check out our website for more informa-tion portsideartscenter.org. Register now. •

OBITUARIES

Susan Zaccario Susan Zaccario passed away suddenly on Feb. 19th at 48 years old. She will be missed by her children, Gina, David and Douglas, her grand-daughter, Caralena, her mother, Patricia Ball (wife to the late James Zaccario), her surviving brothers and sisters, and her extended family and friends. Viewing is sched-uled for Saturday, Feb. 28 at O’Neill-Boyle Funeral Home (309 East Lehigh

Avenue) from 10AM - 11AM.


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