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Mr. Demetrion, my family is from Middletown, Ohio. Their name is Eliopoulos. My grandfather was a barber, Nick was his name. Did you by any chance know them. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. Thank you, Ruth Eliopulos, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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| Just to report that as a non-Greek who left Middletown over 65 years ago, I enjoyed looking up the Eliopulos and Revelos families, seeing mention of the Elite and Delicia, as well as my contemporary, Helen Matthews. I'm sure I would recognize more if I spent more time on it. Unique and well done. Bill Henry |
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| Thank you very much for posting the article on the history of Elite’s here in Middletown. It surely brought back many memories for me. When I was quite young, I lived at 1733 Central Avenue in the Harlan Apartments. At that time, there was an ‘older gentleman’ (at least to me) that I always referred to as “the Candy Man” because I would stop in his store and he would give me small pieces of candy. He was a really ‘nice guy’ who happened to be Jimmy Revelos. You may remember Drayer’s Flower Shop, Streifthaugh’s Hardware, Doellman’s Shoes, Egleston’s Grocery, Byrd’s Barber Shop, Stutz’s (one of the best hamburgers in Middletown) and some of the other businesses in the 1700 block of Central. I can remember many quality hours at both Elite’s and Hagias. As a matter of fact, I own a candy scale that, reportedly, is from the Hagias store. It belonged to my cousin’s father. I got it from the estate to insure that it would remain in Middletown. It is one of my treasured possessions. It is Style 9.405CA, No. 563472, Manufactured by the Toledo Scale Company. (Photo attached). By the way, your article came to me from a former ARMCO coworker (we both worked at Research and Middletown Works) who currently resides outside of Lexington, KY. Again, my thanks for your research and the article. Larry L. Steele. |
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| You are likely Lou's brother. His wife Joyce and I were very close
friends during our years in the Middletown Schools and at Ohio Wesleyan. Kay Long, my sister, forwarded the story by Michael Revelos. What a
treat to read--I only wish on this hot July day that I could pop in for a cool "one" at their shop. and, of course, for one moment in
time, in getting to Elite's I would like to pass by all the other familiar sights that I remember from the 50's. The Revelos twins (Martha and Mary, I believe) were in my class, 1954. I went to school with them from elementary at Lincoln. Thank you for sending the story on the trail that finally ended up in my email here in Durham, North Carolina. Regards, Nancy Yocom Leinbach PS: Thanks to you too, Kay. |
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| A dear friend sent me the via email regarding the history of Elites and ask if i remembered it.
Oh My Gosh - DO I EVER. My name is Pat (Heiland) Botos, married to Louie Botos now deceased.
When I was a much younger child, my mother and aunt would take me on weekends downtown on the bus
and we would have lima bean soup and a sandwich at the Delicia, go to the movie, and afterwards, always
go to Elites for an ice cream cone. That was the biggest treat of the week for me to have that ice cream
cone. When I became of the marrying age and married my love, I gained many in-laws. The Botos family
was quite large Lou's sister Mary was married to Ted Sarris who I know worked for Elites for many years until it went out of business. Lou and I had five wonderful children who still talk about the solid chocolate bunnies and eggs at Easter Time and special items at Christmas. It just wasn't worth having if it wasn't from Elites. My kids won't buy their children candy at holiday time because to them it's all "junk" compared to what they use to get. We all miss Elites so very much and wish we had it back again. Thank you so very much for a history well written. My kids will be receiving it via email when I sign off here. Sincerely, Pat Botos |
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| I see, George N Revelos has posted information on th site for The
Greeks of Middletown. Could you please ask him to email me. I have a Revelos connection. My grandfather was Apostolis Hagias of
Karitsa, Lakonia in Greece. His brother Spiros bought a restuarant from the
Revelos Brothers. I also am webmaster for a genealogy site for Greeks from villages on the southern slope of Mount
Parnon.i.e. www.karitsa.tribalpages.com password=parnon Stelios Hagias Adelaide, South Australia |
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I don't know if you're George Senior or if
there is a Junior? I am Carolyn Bach Kinder (Mary Ellen's age)
from corner of Brentwood and Plymouth in Mayfield.
I so enjoyed reading the history of Elite's.
I recognized all but 2 of the names in the Middletown lesson in history.
It was so very interesting.
More of these stories need to be shared.
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| I really do not have anything to add to your story except to say thanks. I really enjoyed reading it. I think going to Elites was one of the big treats of my childhood and then was able for a short time to take my children to the one in Trenton. I loved the candy apples so much that I now make them and sell them at a few places in the fall. Please do more stories. Betty Cepluch of Seven Mile, OH |
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| Hi, Ran across your page on Greek Ancestry In Middletown Ohio. I am researching Antonios Zoutis, on a ships passengers records he states he was going to his uncle's Sam Panos at 409 Vail St. in Middletown Ohio. I am not sure if this is my Tony Zoetis because the age is a little off and the year of immigration is a little off but I am running down all leads. I have only found my Tony on one census, 1930 Marion Co. IN just 3 years before he dies. I have so little to go on, so any info that you might have I would appreciate, or at least maybe add this guy to your site. The ships records were for the S.S. Themistokles sailing from Piraeus on 21 Oct 1913. Landed in NY 12 Nov 1913. Antonios ZOUTIS was listed as 19, male, single, occupation a clerk. Hope this fits with someone out there. Tony's burial record list his father as Viciliconey (sp?) and mother Mary both born in Greece as well as Tony. Thank you, Debbie Drescher |
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My name is Roberta Courtot Whitacre and I am very
curious about the O.K. Barber Shop photograph taken in Middletown Ohio and
here is why; my grandmother and my mother and aunt all had beauty
shops. The one my mother owned was in Cinti from about 1932 until
the 1960's and it was the O.K. Beauty Shoppe. Here half sister,
Bertha Grundy Ring also had a beauty shop in Middletown and I believe that
was O.K beauty shop also; in fact I have a couple of photos and you can
tell the name of the shop... Would you know the address of the
Barber shop? Was it 1095 Central Ave? |
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I
came across your name while “surfing” the internet today and ran
across the Greek Research section of the |
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George,
I
was doing some research on my family tree and came across your e-mail
address on the Greek Ancestry in Middletown, Ohio website.... |
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Hi George, My name is
Sophie Arvanitou. I am researching the families that originally came from
the island of Tenedos, Turkey.. opposite from Troy, Turkey. |
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I ran
across your rootsweb pages on Greek genealogy for Middletown. I was
looking up one person in particular that brought me to your site. Her name
was Georgia Poulos, born in 1914. My grandfather was Greek, born in Zeli
(now Kandalos), and came to the US in 1903. He settled in Tiffin, Ohio. I
have recently embarked on tracing the Greek side of the family, and part
of this has been sorting through photographs from many sides of the
family. One of them is of a infant, and written on the back it says
"Christianized by John (Jack) Terry December 20th, 1914. Miss Georgia
Poulus, April 23rd, 1915 - 8 months." This seems to match the one you
have listed. Any thoughts on the matter? |
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What an awesome website....I had found snippets of this on the
internet....but you did a fantastic job of setting this up... |
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Hi, My name is Roberta
Courtot Whitacre and I am very curious about the O.K. Barber Shop
photograph taken in Middletown Ohio and here is why; my grandmother
and my mother and aunt all had beauty shops. The one my mother owned
was in Cinti from about 1932 until the 1960's and it was the O.K. Beauty
Shoppe. Here half sister, Bertha Grundy Ring also had a beauty shop
in Middletown and I believe that was O.K beauty shop also; in fact I have
a couple of photos and you can tell the name of the shop. My aunt
was Bertha Grundy Ring and she was married and had three children but in
1933 her estranged husband, shot and killed her in the beauty shop which
was also where they lived in the back rooms I am told. Bertha was
first married to a Barber named Charles Wells and often wondered if he
could have either owned at one time or worked at the O.K. Barber Shop.
Here is my real question; unfortunately none of us ever thought to ask my
mother what exactly did the O.K. stand for. I would really like to
know that and wonder why there was a Barber shop and Beauty Shop by the
same name. Would you know the address of the Barber shop? Was
it 1095 Central Ave. by chance or close to it? |
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