Dorothy in a sun dress at 1739 Country Club Drive, Woodcrest, Cherry Hill, N.J.
A JEWEL It was a beautiful house on a golf course. My cousin Fagie’s husband and her father-in-law were the builders. One day as I was standing near the lot that my house was going to be built on, Mr. Sarshik, Fagie’s father-in-law said to me, “Do you realize that this lot is a blue white diamond?” He was right. CHERRY HILL It was a lovely house but it stayed unfurnished for about the first three years. Given our finances, furniture was not high on our list of priorities. So I was off to Woodcrest in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with four little kids ranging from eight years to six months old. And Herman went to work with Lou Carraciola in the frozen food business. Herman bought a lawn mower for $95.00 and promised me he would cut the lawn. I doubted it but he more than kept his word. He took good care of that lawn. He also planted flowers for the differ- ent seasons. He grew vegetables in the back yard (tomatoes, string beans, radishes). And he got the children involved with the garden. The kids would put a table outside in front of our house and sell vegetables. Sometimes they would go door-to-door selling them. One day Lou Carocciola was at our house and casually asked if I would like a porch on the back of
the house. I said, sure, that would be nice – think- ing maybe in five years we could do it. The next day workmen arrived to begin building the “porch.” When it was finished it was screened all around and included a full built-in kitchen and cabinets. One half of the roof was screened and the other half enclosed. It was gorgeous and we had many, many barbeques and parties on the porch. GENEROSITY DEFINED My mother-in-law, Dora, knew how to squeeze every drop out of a nickel. As I may have mentioned earlier she would cross the street if celery was a penny less on the other side. But when it came to her family, Dora’s generosity was boundless. Lou Carocciola and Herman were once follow- ing each other in separate cars on their way to our house from a meeting. It was dark and an accident had occurred on a bridge they were crossing just beyond the crest and out of sight. Herman ran into it and Lou ran into Herman. Both men were shaken up but all right. Herman’s car was totaled. Shortly after Dora stepped in and bought him a new car. I had gone to Atlantic City for a brief visit one time and Dora came and cleaned my house. While she was at it she decided I needed a new dining room set and paid for it.
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