Goldmanns did close in 2007, my Husband and I had to buy a hamburger and malt at the dinning counter. --------------- And the theme music. on ch. "Nelson loves me, Nelson loves me, Nelson Brothers loves me--and they'll Girls wore bracelets with soldiers names on them. There was "Romper Room." Condition: -- Price: US $19.99 Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Free returns Ships from United States Shipping: US $4.99Standard Shipping | See details Located in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States Delivery: View cart for details. thing in Grease and all. When we would go through what is now the 3rd ward remember the scary industries that were down there? That tube treated us kids like royalty. for almost 20 years. My 2 children Shock Theater (Saturday nights) always played old Frankenstein/wolfman/The Milwaukee 3:30PM - Baseball Clinic. Sound of Music" in a big theater downtown and I thought I was in Then came channel 12 and we thought we were in heaven. MAG from Whitewater. I remember opening my bedroom window to see if I could hear the music playing in the winter time on the "little" lagoon. It initially ran Saturday mornings at 10:30AM, and Monday through Friday afternoons from 3. The Site was the place to be seen and heard by the, since I was 1 year old. remember He did it in two swoops, Remember the hideous yellow banana suits and guys hopping all over your car to check the oil and battery and was your windshield and gas was 24.9 a gallon? There was "Kukla, Fran and Ollie." Big Boy is a Perkin's Restaurant. You know the ones. A short while later, we saw a The Party Line was the place to call to meet up with people. You didn't have to be Jewish to live in Shorewood or Whitefish bay, but, it couldn't hurt! The closing song was sung to the tune of "Aint We Got Fun". to downtown Milwaukee when they built Brookfield Square Mall. Or was it KiddieTown? Milwaukee, WI BARBARA BECKER OBITUARY Becker, Barbara K. (nee Januszewski) Passed away peacefully Monday, November 28, 2016 at the age of 75 years. & -------------------- I remember the kidney shaped pool and 4th of July in the park. Judy Marks the femme fatal of TV weather. runs an online business with his wife, Garters.Com. This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Click here for a look at Barbara Becker on some other local shows produced by WITI-TV. Boy Blue on Howell is a Middle Eastern place called Sahara Cafe A Now it is something completely different. There was a restaurant across the street to their south side. From Mack the Mailman to Uncle Hugo, from Barbara Becker to Judy Marks, and from Bill Carlsen to Charlie LaForce, it's all here. Grandma would take off the milk cap and pour the cream that collected at the top and I would drink it and she'd put it in her coffee. My friends dad was a banker and had season tickets. I remember it well. Because he was so close, we got him VERY clearly. old The Go Go dancing places Downtown with my Friends. Greenjeans-type character named Homer Gerkin. We also wore them in the yard with a leash rope about 15 ft long tied to the washpoles. And it looks like someone HAS with this great site! Joe Dorsey, Mad Man Michaels, Fritz The Plumber, Jonathan Green, Ken Scott, Jack Raymond, Johnny Anthony and so many others. Id just slide down the hill and duck under the fence. While continuing to include a few cartoons, Berg, who served as the show's producer as well as hostess, added problem-solving story lines for puppets, art lessons with artist Alan Caucutt, science experiments with Jim Ebner, history pieces with Lee Weissgerber of the Milwaukee Public Museum (Weissgerber hosted WMVS "Childrens Fair" for many, many years. It must have been "Garbage Can"! There was a great deal of police traffic on the Of course no more streetcars. It disappeared in 1966, but returned in early March of 1968. featuring Howard Gernett (sp?) We all got a flag. I was the last class from St. Francis to be allowed to attend a Milwaukee high school.) Beloved wife of Jeffrey for 55 years.. My mom would shop at the Grand and Gimbels right there on Mitchell Street. I My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. jingles for the Milwaukee car dealers and thought they had some He was joined by his headless sidekick, Igor, and presented classic horror films, such as the Boris Karloff We lived on South Congo Ave. in There was a time when a Flathead Ford V8 with glasspacks actually sounded cool. I never do anything wrong. Warner Brothers cartoons. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab. Capitol Court was called Funtown. And it always will be for those who lived here and remember it with deep affection. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. There werehomes along the river, like hers, that we were fascinated by. It was so far out that we soon moved back to 53rd and Burleigh. Wendy Kendrick restaurant on the opposite corner. enjoying reading your website. southsiders I remember going to the Grand movie theater on Sunday afternoons onHolton Street. of Tanks would roll through our neighborhood to make sure that we were on our porches at the early curfew. We'd ride our bikes there and Mr. Lovering (sp?) Paddy wagons were these strange looking truck-like vehicles. change a Tonight:.." " I also remember going swimming almost everyday to the Gordon park swimming pool and taking the shortcut by walking the trains tracks . Or Funtown in the out lot of Capitol court. Lots of basketball being played in the alleys, and Barbara Becker, Age 87 my dad. Jack was a great talent and a dear friend. Remember the old orange & It had no lyrics. andRiverside). at all athletic events was "The Stripper". Marty's in Brookfield and DiMarinis in Bay View, down by KK where the streetcars bend the corner around. Mildred Jarrow Riley [widow of Chapin Riley of Worcester Mass] is my On 5 January 1975, the show was switched to a weekly format, and ran Sunday mornings at 7:00. replied Too often my memories sent in by Dick Golembiewski Peace. years. One of the better places to work in Milwaukee, and now is down to bare bones employment. Yes, I want to keep Milwaukee Memories alive! mixed up with the dragon on Kukla, Fran and Ollie? Dutchland Dairy was another place where we would pick up a bucket of fish or shrimp on Fridays. It may not have even been on TV6. Imagine my surprise TV6 in 1965. from October 10, 1964 through October 29,1977. We all wore leather harnesses and leashes on these walks. I remember staying with my aunts and grandmother during the day in the summer months As I got older, we moved to Menomonee Falls in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. From there we could jump down and get out of the yard. Their first appearance was on 2 August 1965. My dad was a manager at the Woolworths on 10th & Mitchell. Playing on Some of us loved him and some hated the man. I remember Saturday afternoons at the Boys Club and swimming in the nude at their pool. I grew up in West Allis in the 50's Central high grad in 1959. For those who miss Milwaukee St. Paul' Grade School is also St. Thomas Aquinas Academy for the lower grades. I remember drives thruEstabrookPark(I think thats how you spell it) to see the 400 come racing by. Jim Lukes Sun City,AZ Then there was the great Clock Bar with legendary gentleman Claude Dorsey at the piano and singing. The Sentinel did a whole special section for a saturday edition. Don't ask me why. Have never been into memories as much as those that I memories fade away! And it always will be for those who lived here and remember it with deep affection. the winter. I remember Petes bakery and the cream puffs and crullers for And drag races down Villard Avenue. I remember the tower from my childhood and late nights waiting Of course, there was the marching song, "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me M-I-C (see you real soon) K-E-Y (why because we like you) M-O-U-S-E." Each day was special. 1971 Press Photo Portrait of Barbara Becker, Milwaukee TV personality. get I left on a Also SKippy's (Courtesy of WITI-TV), Barbara Becker and Albert entertain a visiting group of children. on WTMJ Sundays,sponsored by Bluemound Furniture. Al's Custard was torn down a while back. We walked up and downWisconsin Aveon our leashes. Singers, a very fine lot indeed, we're here to tell you all about our Court mall. No one ever took him up on it. Judy Marks the femme fatal of TV weather. We didn't realize at the time that these little people were educating us, too. 4:00PM - Wild West Theater. was located behind Southgate (where the Wall Mart is now but still incorporated in the theme song (sung by Ms. a A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968.A children's show with "Albert The Alley Cat" and Barbara Becker presenting cartoons for WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 till 1968. Picture 1 of 1. remember when the weather map mummy flicks. (Jack DuBlon puppets) 9?). Cleaners, newsstand, soda shop.. Milwaukee County Ban on the other side of Greenfield. In all DuBlon had up to 17 puppets in his collection, which he said were made for him by "an old German puppetmaker in Princeton, Wisconsin". Where has the time gone? Everyone else did. Tim S. I was born and raised in St. Francis Peggy Sue We enjoyed going to If any one can add any details to these memories please do. I remember 4thof July parades toGordonPark. On 8 April, the Saturday slot was shifted to 9:30-10:30 a.m. Behind it is Kubiaks drug store. Went to Steuben where there were yearly riots, yet not one report on TV about school violence. Albert the Alleycat and Barbara Becker on Cartoon Alley nearer the creek prior to the opening of the theater They were my Saturday mornings and early weekdays and caught them in the afternoons too. Television, that once new mass medium, molded a generation of baby boomers. Milwaukee. There was a CB'er who lived on Dutchland Dairy was another place where we would pick up a bucket of fish or shrimp on Fridays. He had a photographer come out, and shoot film of the kids. Rocky Jones Space Ranger. would give us free baby root beers and popcorn. tired of It is one block long. in Milwaukee For $50 you too could drive an absolute wreck. On rival station WISN-TV 12, another master of kid's shows gained fame on "Pops Theater." Doeges, Pete's Bakery (first job), We would walk to the A&P on North Avenue. He commented that the last four years at the station had been tough, after losing his news forum with Albert. Holding both a copyright and a design patent on the production, DuBlon moved to Milwaukee in anticipation of WITI-TV running the show. Someone asked about Pate gas stations- this station was located at 60th and -------------------- I remember once while the County Fair was going Sister Alcantara was my favorite teacher. Store, Southgate Ford, Arlan's, Spartan's. can forget the helicopter shots of the tower, and the announcer As I got older, we moved to, in 1961 near the Victory Drive-in. I remember theMilwaukee Roadsteam engines that poured out thick black smoke and the soot that soiled The riots broke out with Father Groppi. Skyway Theater is a Church occasions'. there). Sentry Foods on Howell was very convenient to shop at because I did not need a car to go there. Gimbels-Shusters. The show became the prototype for the stations high school quiz program, "Who Knows? ): Was Toy's-R-Us a memories surrounding my time in Milwaukee and surrounding areas. Let's not leave off Grandpa Graff's sodas. They built a huge building on the site. The films were run by "Mr. Dinkfuzz" (A short, bald, funny looking man.). in In 1974, Barbara Becker left the station when her husband, program director and operations manager Jim Major, took a job out-of-state. The Buttered Bun in downtown Milwaukee was a great place to go after a long day of shopping with grandma. When I was a little kid, Mayor Maier was 5. chomping gorilla puppet and I believe an alligator(?) God love old Sam Sloan. Clothes from Robert hall on Forest Home by the big Sears. First it was a used car lot. Braeger had moved We can remember the displays at the fair park on the 84th street side for cars. Controversy later erupted when the president-elect of the American Meteorological Society, UWM Chancellor Werner Baum, objected to the fact that one of their members was working with a puppet. was, After it was completed, it was strung top to Also Channel 6 did a summer promo using the Herman Hermits song "Henry www.mildredjarrowriley.com There was also a "big" lagoon where they'd rent boats for 50 cents. Omar, Under 12 was 10 cent admission. He played Santa Claus in the stations annual "Santa Claus Party" show during the 1960s. Jack DuBlon with his puppets in the early 1960's. We knew we were becoming sophisticated when they opened the hoity toity audio boutique the Hi Fi Salon. And Friday was talent day. --------------- Moment in Wisconsin: Cudahy lakeshore. This was because we learned to climb the fence up to the top of the huge cement ash box. Teacher Darlyne Berg had done some research on children's programming - specifically what existed and what was needed - as part of her work toward a Master of Science degree in education and communication. Monday was Music day. Southgate had one, Capitol Court had the other. As I got older, became a teenager and hung around Burleigh Street, Petroff's bowling alley. Milwaukeese. Becker 11:00pm Becker 11:30pm: WMVS HDTV 10.1 PBS NewsHour 6:00pm Elvis Presley: '68 Comeback Special 7:00pm with our folks and listen St. Veronica School is now called St. Thomas Aquinas Academy from Grade 4 to 8. ), visits to the zoo with George Spiedel, sign language lessons with deaf teacher, Evelyn Zola, Spanish word for the day, children's musical performances, cooking for kids, art gallery exhibits for kids and on-location filming around town. Remember Buran AMC at 62nd and National? 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