Code,908002
Subject,"Grasshemper, Joe"
Date,8/25/2006
Interviewer,Ruth Rachel Przybojewski
Abstracts,"Joe Grasshemper reflects on his early years here in Cleveland. Among the topics he discusses are the streetcars, going to the theater, and going to school at Holy Name High School."
minutes:,0:12:54
0,Sound check; Background: born in 1924
1,_____Franklin D. Roosevelt visit to Cleveland at E. 55th and Euclid Ave.
2,_____Born at E. 68th and Woodland Ave.; food delivery services and hucksters
3,__________Worked for a huckster and gas station
4,"_____Woodland Avenue Neighborhood at E. 82nd and Platt: called Austrian Court, many spoke German"
5,Visit to Germany and talk about his German heritage
6,"How Joe and his wife met: roller skating, married in 1945; went to Holy Name High School"
7,_____Schooling at Holy Name and their football team
8,Shopping downtown as a child: used streetcars to get around; Boy Scouts
9,_____Street cars continued; Getting free paint to paint things around the house
10,Difficult times as a child in a large family; Sun Theater at 89th and Buckeye
11,_____Haltnorth Theater at 55th and Woodland Ave.                                                       Life after high school: Worked for Ohio Tool Co. then joined the Marine Corp.
12,Feelings on Euclid Ave. renovations
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