I grew up in Anaheim.. I remember dad getting take pizza from Costello's, down around Walnut ? and Cerritos.. then it was changed to Mama Cozza's... I remember hearing they had cockroaches all over and they just baked them into the pizza.
I remember "..don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight.. we deliver.." and White Front Pharmacy in Garden Grove.. I remember the Skate Rink off the 22/Haster, skating to the theme song from Grease.
Till I moved to Dana Point, I STILL drove up to Ball /Euclid to see my childhood and adulthood DDS, Dr. Cornelius.. he had a daughter and I never knew her, but she went to school at Ball and Loara HS.
I remember the OBON festival every Summer during my Birthday and I'm finally going to the one here in Denver...
Remember Disneyland on my BD every year with my friends.. I VIVIDLY remember us complaining it cost us $4.95 to get in! I remember hoarding E tickets and going home for dinner and coming back later on till they closed. I remember the GE Carosel of Progress.. my fav thing other than Pirates of the Carribean.. in 2006 we went to DisneyWorld and didn't like it.. way too big . BUT, the GE show was there and I videotapped the entire thing! Only one other person was in there with us.. they totally updated it and I HATED that.
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I was born in Anaheim Ca.1936 to 1959.
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Mama Cozza's was owned by Frank Cozza, a former Anaheim Police Officer. The cockraoch story was really not true, but may have had some truth when connected to Chung Kings on Center Street nest to Ritz Cleaners and across the street from the Authur Murray Dance Studio owned by Bob Bond and Steve Howard.
Someday, if we are very lucky, maybe we can get the king of Anaheim tivia, retired police detective Walt Hess to share some of his memories here.
When we first started going to D-Land, the admision was $1.25 and it cost 25 cents to park. My wife worked there in 1958.
I thought Mama Cozza's was always on Ball just east of Brookhurst... I used to eat there regularly in the 70's.
Doug
I too used to do to Dr. Cornelius. Do you know if he retired?
I loved the Carousel of Progress ride as well! I was heartbroken to hear that they "updated" it when they moved it to Florida. I was working there in 1978, when a new girl who had been hired when I was hired, made the fatal mistake of riding on the stage while it was turning and her costume got caught and she was crushed between the walls. Horrific! I don't think they ever re-opened it after that. Anyway, it was a classic!
Here's what actually happened in that accident:
How the America Sings Accident Occurred
In 1974 a ride called “Carousel of Progress” was revamped to become a new attraction, “America Sings”. The ride featured six stages in the central core of the building, containing animatronic songs and dances (with theatres 1 and 6 reserved for seating and exiting guests). Around the perimeter of the core were six theatres, which rotated around the theatres in order to allow each theatre audience to experience each song in sequence. Cast members known as hostesses stood at the left of each stage, welcoming and farewelling the guests during every turn.
Read more at Suite101: Disneyland Cast Member Crushed Between Two Walls: Death of Debbie Stone During Disney’s America Sings Performance http://kid-friendly-travel-destinations.suite101.com/article.cfm/disneyland_cast_member_crushed_between_two_walls#ixzz0dyWSd7YZ
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To Sandy, from 6/2/09 comment:
Sandy,
Jerome T. Cornelius, DDS STILL works in his office!! His phone is STILL THE SAME: 714-772-0561 !!!! He is in his 70's now, same great guy! My sis just told me he has been fighting w/a brain cancer............what a great guy!!!!
amber in denver
Anaheim and GG in the 60's....the Bean Hut, the dry cleaners on Anaheim Blvd that was owned by one of the Ritcheous bros parents, Luigis Italian restaurant, a Disneyland when you didn't have to buy ticket books you could buy admission only for less than a dollar, Knotts when you could get in for free,the Bandbox on Cchapman near Haster for the tween crowd, the drive in church, first at the Orange drive in and then at the present day Chrystal Cathedral, the roller skate place on Haster and GG Blvd, Me n Eds Pizza right down the street from there, Burger Chef, Seven Eleven's when they were only open from 7 am to 11 pm.....McDonalds when you could get a burger and coke for 26 cents, ahhh, the memories....
To Amber and Sandy,
Jerome T. Cornelius passed away on 3/31/2010. Thanks for your kind words about him.
Sincerely,
Lynn Cornelius
Walt Hess passed away 02/20/10
Gilmore's Frosty Freeze on Lincoln, Leo's Restaurant on the corner of Lincoln and Anaheim, McCoy Drugstore, the Stables bar (I was too young to even know what a bar was). Sav-on Drugstore, Kaiser's market, Chung King, Carl's Jr Drive in on Harbor...... Places I will never forget. I loved growing up in Anaheim in the 60's. We lived off of Broadway and State College. I remember in the summer time we knew it was time to come in the house when the fireworks from Disneyland were over. I live far away now in another State, but I still dream about going back home.
I went to a Dr Cornelius when I was a kid too but I thought his name was Arthur. Guess I'm getting old. I remember riding our bikes or walking everywhere...Clara Barton elementary school, Trident JH and Loara HS, class of '66. McDonalds on Brookhurst, burgers were 19 cents. My parents purchased our home in 1956 for 16k, it had 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. We later added a pool and a room above the garage. I used to love driving by that house in later years and marveling at how wide the streets were. Things sure have changed. I remember stoping at Currys on the way home from Loara. It was located at Ball & Euclid and had the best fries. I remember a chicken farm at the end of our street on Nutwood. When we first lived in Anaheim, I remember that there was nothing but orange groves on the other side of Clara Barton ES...there were tumbleweed fields at the other end of our street and I remember making forts there and I also remember corn fields behing our house. One of my favorite memories was the "Hardy Boys Hideout" we made in the rafters of my cousins garage rafters. Carol
Jerome and Arthur Cornelius were brothers and both dentists. I was often asked if I was related to one of them. Irritated then, proud now.
Picked up Cozza's to go a few weeks back. YUM!
Lynn Cornelius
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