USNavyBob. Now I am alll teary eyed about those "Man-of-the-year" awards. Chivalry is not dead. Only the men who practice it are. Keep those cards and letters, AND AWARDS coming. Winston Allison
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
I remember the saturday morning flicks at the1st Pres, drove by there a few weeks ago, still looks the same. I remember the continuing Tom Mix and Superman sagas, week to week dramas that kept you coming back to see if Mix really went off the cliff or was thrown from his horse. Regards, Bob G
ReplyDeleteHI Bob, I remember the kinsman club on Verdun ave, just past chruch, used to watch the last of the Mohicans every friday night, what a treat as a kid Jimmy also movies in church on fifth and Verdun on Saturday mornings jim
ReplyDeleteShoud of read your post a little better regarding the Kinsman club, exactly the same spot that I am referring to. Like I said I did some boxing there and ond day, soon after I thought I was going to be a hotshot boxer, i discovered that my chin was not made of steel, ended up on the floor for a full count, it must of knocked some sense into me, cause that was the end of my fighting career in the ring.
ReplyDeleteI grew up on Verdun Ave between Church and Hickson. I remember the Kinsmen Club as being an old (or it semed to me to be old when I was 6) wooden building on the north side of Verdun just west of Hickson. I used to make crafts there on Saturday mornings. I also remember CKVL broadcasting an amateur hour from the Kinsmen Club on Sunday afternoons. This would be in the early 1950s.
ReplyDeleteGosh! I was 11 and participated in a show it was called the Billy Monroe Show from CKVL. I sang Music Music Music by Teresa Brewer…great memories 🥰🤗
DeleteGosh! I was 11 and participated in a show it was called the Billy Monroe Show from CKVL. I sang Music Music Music by Teresa Brewer…great memories 🥰🤗
DeleteGosh! I was 11 and participated in a show it was called the Billy Monroe Show from CKVL. I sang Music Music Music by Teresa Brewer…great memories 🥰🤗
DeleteBanjo4141. CKVL broadcast "Call Me Uncle", from the Kinsmen. It was a program that we kids would sing on. If you got on to sing, they gave you 10 cents afterwards. I sang on that program many times. I think before that it was brodcast from the YMCA on Gordon. I sang there also. Winston Allison
ReplyDeleteHello Banjo4141, I had a few good friends that lived close by you, Sylvio Giampolo and Billy Hughes. Sylvio lived at the corner house, Hixson and Verdun, while Bill lived about 3 doors South of Hixson on the 3rd floor. Me I lived at 470 Gordon and hung out at Duquette Park with Jean Guy Legault, Donnie Russell, Billy, Sylvio and Ivan. Here are pictures of the motley crew Jean Guy Legault Sylvio Giampolo now in Ville Lasale Yours Truly Bob Gaboury Don Russell Lived on DuQuette No picture of Billy and I forgot Ivan Ostiguy, lived in the 400 block on Galt. Ivan Moved to Worchestire MA in the late 50's ~ Visited him in MA. last summer. What a bunch, we thought we were "Gods Gift to Verdun Girls" and we all ended up marrying outsiders. LOL
ReplyDeleteBill, I go back to the same era although earlier.Lived at corner of Galt and Bannantyne in the 40s. I don't recall the Kinsman Club but I do remember the CKVL amateur hour. Was'nt Billy Monroe the piano player who was the musical director? He looked like Phil Silver with the bald head and heavy glasses. Guy
ReplyDeleteHi Navy Bob! Billy Hughes still be around Verdun now and then anyway. His
ReplyDeleteyounger brother Gerry died last yr. Oct.18th. I was blessed with Gerry's two
sons, now 22 and 20 yrs. old.
Tina McKiernon
Bill and Guy:
ReplyDeleteLike Guy, I go back to the 40s in
Verdun. I remember the Kinsman Club and I, like USN Bob, tried boxing
there and we also tried crafts. I was better at boxing. Could we play
basketball in that building? I can't remember. I do remember listening to
the Amateur Hour on CKVL. It was pretty awful. Guy, you're correct. Bill Monroe
was the man at the piano and he did look like Phil Silvers. Much later in
life, I was a Kinsman for about 10 years. It is a good organization.
PFQs
USNAVYBOB: I don't remember any of the names you mentioned. I moved to Claude St when I was 7. Guy, Winnie3rdave & PFQs: Yes, Bill Monroe was the piano player, and the show was "Call Me Uncle". I think the "uncle" was Bill Monroe. I had forgotten both until you reminded me. I can still remember some girl doing a tap dance and someone holding a mike near the floor - imagine - a tap dance being broadcast over radio. I remember the winner was determined by who got the most applause, and remember being facinated by the dials and meters of the broadcast equipment.
ReplyDeletethey also use to have saturday morning and saturday nite
ReplyDeletemovies at the verdun united church on woodland in the 50"s
Hi USNavyBob,
ReplyDeleteI live in Northboro Ma, about 6 miles east of Worcester. My daughters went
to Algonquin High with a boy named Ostiguy. Let me know if this is the
same family. Always nice to connect with people from home.
Regards,
Alan Archibald
Hi Guy, I think you go back a lot earlier than I judging by your profile. I always enjoy reading your replies and or discussions as they are mostly always correct and very thorough. Billy Monroe was the piano player and I think that the program was named after him "Call Me Uncle". The MC of that program was Hal Wardell who was a DJ for CKVL. My wife was a contestant on that program and she sang the Banana Boat song (Harry Belefonte hit) with a couple of her girlfriends.She did not win so there was no recording contract for the group. I play the Banana Boat song on the computer when the grandchildren visit just to have a laugh on nanny. I would have a difficult time choosing yourself or Jean Marie for a Man of the Year Award for Verdun trivia. Keep up the good work. Reggie Paine
ReplyDeleteSorry guys, but "Call Me Uncle" wasn't broadcast from the Kinsmen Boys and Girls Club, it was from the Optimist Club on 6th Ave., east side, near Lasalle. On another "message board" re "Dance Halls in Verdun" there are some postings about this hall. Actually, it was a garage! You'll also read that there were some excellent singers as well as others. Oh yes! No basketball could not be played at the Kinsmen, but there were some pretty rugged Floor Hockey games played. This was a great place, run by an even greater man, Maurice Mariasine. Art
ReplyDeleteHi Verdun Reader, You are absolutely right for your era. But you are absolutely wrong for my era. It was at the Kinsmen Club on Verdun Avenue. I went there and if you read my message about my wife singing on the program you have to believe. I have problems with this also because when people don't fill out their profile it is difficult to relate to their time. For example I lived on Wellington Street above Stillwell's and everyone mentions about it being in Ville La Salle. That is because they are 15 years younger than I am. However, they are still Verdunites. I only wish that they would be more specific as to what address they lived at on what street etc. If they have something to hide they shouldn't be on this site. At our age it is difficult to even remember who they are anyway. Jean Marie Hachey or Guy5479 are very thorough with their questions or responses so it is very easy to relate to these individuals. Reggie Paine
ReplyDeleteHi RegtheRetiree, I believe that this group is about Verdun and the people with connections to it. Everybody in this group has the right to privacy and that does not mean that they have something to hide. Stillwells has only been in LaSalle for a few years and I think when the members refer to it as being on Central in LaSalle it is just to inform people that have not been back to Verdun in a while that it is at a new location. It can be just as easy to relate to a 20 year old member as a 70 year old member if you realize that we can learn from all the different generations.Things change and buisnesses relocate just like people and it is still nice to know where they are. Danny
ReplyDeleteHi, We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Isn't it nice, young or old, that we on this group are all still playing with our computers and new-fangled contraptions that go with it? Keeps us young, don't you think? Cheers.
ReplyDeleteMom1945-Linda. Before I read your message about this sites making us feel a little younger by reliving these memories, I was thinking the same thing. I was going to send a message stating those same thoughts. I am glad I am not the only one who is stimulated and excited by this site. Thanks Everyone. Winston Allison
ReplyDeleteReggie, An era is a long time, however I'm talking about 1949 to about 1952 for the "Call Me Uncle" broadcasting I went to! What "era" are you thinking? I belonged to the Kinsmen's Boys' Club during that time as well and cannot recall this program happening there. You may be right about the Y though. Hopefully there's a third party out there who can shed a little more light on this subject. Art
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ReplyDeleteI loved the CKVL amateur hour. Also the Saturday Night request & dedication show. Anyone remember Ronnie Matthews who used to play the organ live on CFCF Radio. Ronnie's music was fantastic but I don't think he lasted past the fifties. Anyone know what became of him?
ReplyDeleteHello 'Fresco' is this who your looking for.? checkout http://www.jazzpianists.com/RonnieMathews/ also Here's a shot of the old CKVL bldg.......it's been up a few times , but always worth seeing again.. .......Have Fun & Remember Verdun
ReplyDeleteHi Les, Thanks for the CFCF info. That must be the guy, the era about 1954. Then CFCF dumped Ronnie Matthews and Gord Sinclair came on from noon to 1pm (in addition to doing his morning show).I used to listen to CFCF at noon every day. One day a friend talked me into listening to CJAD at lunchtime. Unfortunately that was the day CFCF caught fire and I missed all the excitement. By the time CJAD mentioned the fire, CFCF was just playing music from the transmitter. The fire was at the CFCF studios on Cote Des Neighes Road. The old ski jump was behind the studios. CFCF also had another good show in the evening, Steve's Place hosted by Steve Woodman. Steve opened some record stores called Steve's Place.
ReplyDeleteI remember that program on C KVL - my cousin Joyce Germain sang on it quite often. It is weird to think that we kids had that much guts to get on the radio and sing. hahahaha
ReplyDeleteVerdunreader9. "Call Me Uncle" was broadcast from the Kinsmen for a short time. I was on the air from that place, and also from the YMCA on Gordon. Winston Allison
ReplyDeleteWinston, Thanks for the info. I guess I'm outnumbered on this subject. For my own curiosity, what year(s) would that have been? Art
ReplyDeleteHi Reggie, I used to always listen to "Call Me Uncle." I remember the Banana Boat song, I wonder if I heard your wife sing it on Call Me Uncle? A kid in my class, Kenny Wolfe got on the show one time. In the 1960s' I had two friends who were engineers at CKVL, Roger D'Aoust & Larry Ward. They gave me some nice CKVL tours. The stage and theatre type chairs were still all there in 1963. CKVL had great shows and a huge audience. Leo LaChance & the hit parade, Sid Ross did the all night request & dedication show-CKVL was great.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember "The All Night Record Man" on CKVL? His name was Bob Martin. i am trying to get any information I can on him. Many thanks!
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