traffic lost that might ordinarily have used the Ches- ter-Bridgeport ferry. Then the Chester by-pass was built and that routed traffic around and away from us. It was becoming apparent that something new needed to be done. Worry had made me begin to
THE SUPERHIGHWAY A number of factors combined to change the course
of our lives. The restaurant was not making enough money to support both Harry and Herman’s families. A new highway was under construction that disrupted the traffic patterns that led to the restaurant and made things worse. During those years the interstate highway system was being built. In our area a bridge was built in Wilmington, Delaware that took a certain amount of traffic off of route 13, our lifeline. Later the Walt Whitman Bridge was built in Philadelphia. It meant more
look run down. I lost weight and was down to just a hundred pounds. On the other hand, when I went to lunch with Pearl and Albert once, Albert commented on how cute I looked. Pearl had moved the dress shop to the suburbs and I would go in a couple of days a week to help out.
Harry - “Are you in or out? Herman - “I’m out.”
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