* the JEDSEY JOURNAL *
"All the fits - Our news to print"
JEDSEY JOURNAL BACK IN PRINT - FR MCNULTY - MARTY WALSH WIN 2012 JJ
AWARDS
INTRODUCTION
This project revives a Jersey City based newsletter from the late '50s/early '60s, and is dedicated to John White, Bobby Rey and Badd Ladd - holding a spot at the bar for us at that big Joe Crine's in the sky.
EDITORIAL - HAPPY ENDING FOR DOCTOR PETER'S "MIRACLE IN DUXBURY' CHRISTMAS MOVIE ....... by Jedsey
If there was one thing about Christmas that gave me good cheer it was the chance to produce the annual JEDSY JOURNAL Christmas Story where all of our heroes would be portrayed as cartoon characters such as Jedeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchyeck and Tiny Zita in the JJ's Christmas Carol lampoon.If there is one person I know who has always had a special reverence for the Holidays it is my younger brother, Peter. I can remember watching "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with him in one of his earlier Christmases and if I think about it his entire life has been a series of Christmas movies.
Peter Dimatteo's Christmas Card from the Phillippines sends a toast back to the States where he would much rather be.
Each Christmas meant more and more to Peter but his life turned into a series of problems that got worse and worse ala Geroge Bailey (".It's A Wonderful Life"). One year he was studying in the Philippines and there was not enough money to bring him home for the holidays. I knew how homesick he would be so I sent him a cassette with the holiday sounds that were unique to Jersey City: his dog singing carols - the local church bells playing Christmas songs - Uncle Pete sending greetings while standing over a big pot in the kitchen of Ilvento's - a bookie friend who knew Peter taking my Bowl action and saying hello to Peter - and best of all buying canoli at Monteleone's with old Mrs. Monteleone asking "you wanta powda shuga ona dem?"
Peter Dimatteo's 2012 holiday greetinng shows a happy ending to his
"Christmas Story"
Back in Jersey City The new computer is up and working and just like the ghosts helped Scrooge in one night, my nephew Hubert has swooped down from Canada and has managed to get the JJ back on line overnight. We will go from here. Another happy ending.
Merry Christmas every body!
And, in the words of Tiny Zita ........... "Jed bless us, every one.
FATHER MC NULTY IS JJ MAN OF THE YEAR - MARTY WALSH WINS WRITING AWARD
WEDDING OF THE YEAR
Wedding
SCALED DOWN BADD LADD DAY PLANNED OF MARCH
FILM FESTIVAL TRIUMPHS AGAIN
THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE CHINA CLIPPER RESTAURANT (update) ................by Guy Noffsinger
(Editors note: Journal Square had three Chinese restaurants - The Canton, The Jade and The China Clipper. My parents once explained to me that the owner of the China Clipper restaurant at Journal Square had disappeared on a Clipper plane flight, so my assumption was that the Clipper name was done as a memorial, but that was just a coincidence as a series or calls and correspondence with Guy Noffsinger has revealed the most amazing mystery with Jersey City connections and with a projected solution in a documentary movie to be premiered this fall at the Loews Theater which is only a few yards away from the original China Clipper restaurant.
NEWSMAKERS -
The legitimate news media is finding more and more that our Jedsey gang makes for good copy. Here we review some recent news articles which show some familiar figures. If you happen to see any like these in your local papers please send them along and share them with the rest of us.
ALL AROUND THE TOWN
Olivia Dimatteo celebrated her 5th Birthday by coming to New York City - - Marty Walsh, Jed, Vinny Zingarra and Frank Failace go to New York City to watch the Yanks and spend the day together.
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ID THE PHOTO GAME - .
Readers were asked to look at the photo below and come up with an actual caption or a phony caption that would be good enough to fool others. Try your luck at picking out who came the closest.
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Jed and cousin about 70 years ago riding on a train ride in Seaside Heights.
......................................... (JoMarie Tipton and Carmine Monteleone)
.........................AND THE ANSWER IS:
Cousins Peter Dimatteo and Joseph Ilvento celebrate Joe's birthday at Palisades Park on a cold spring day in the early 1960s
THE WAY WE WERE -Fr McNulty and the Other Milestone .... from Marty Walsh
JCNJ REDUX - JOURNAL SQUARE - THE SQUARE THAT ISIN'T THERE ? …………by Jedsey
BEST OF JEDSEY - ROBBIE GOES TO PARIS - 2007
Early in 1996 Michael Donnelly had initiated a revival of the Badd Ladd Day Celebration and a small group gathered at Brennan's in Jersey City to remember the old days and chat about what was new. At that event Maaarrk Clarkin encouraged Jed to use the Internet to bring back his erstwhile JOURNAL. This column will be bringing back the best articles of past issues and highlighting previous issues of the JEDSEY JOURNAL as they are included in the online archives.
* (reprinted from August 2007)
* THE FRENCH CONNECTION (Editorial) ........ by Jedsey
WHERE ARE THEY NOW -
KULTCHURE KORNER - (FEATURE)
This is the section of the JJ where you will find high class stuff like poems and essays and anything else that we don't know where to put.
MY BROTHER IN LAW KRZYSZTOF.... Coming to America ......... by JEDSKI -
I met Kris Bibrowski after he had come from Warsaw to the US, and was immediately impressed by his work ethic. Later I came to think that he worked too hard, and was uptight and suspicious because he didn't know how to relax. Readers can form their own opinion.
WALLPAPER/SCREEN SAVER OF THE MONTH -
A scene showing one of the two wooden bridges across Spring Lake, taken from Dan Beards' photo album on that town. For more click on the Featured Website below and let Dan give you a slide show tour of Spring Lake.
Making screen savers and prints from local calendars has proved to be a big success over the past years This year each JJ issue will feature screen savers/prints from different sources - This issue picks up on the Summer Fun theme and uses one of Dan Beards' photos from the Jersey Shore town of Spring Lake. Last issue saw an article about Jeff Hermes asking that his ashes be dispersed in Spring Lake, NJ and Dan Beards also has an affinity for this beautiful Shore town. This scene of the old wooden bridge is typical of the classic simple beauty of Spring Lake, - - These scenes are great for printing out and framing or you can right click on the picture above and use it for your computer screen background each issue.
@JEDSEY.COM - this issue's Featured Website: -
The Jedsey.com section is the biggest change in the JJ's format because this section will function independently of each individual issue. With the new server there is no limit on storage and this section will not have to be appended to each issue. Instead it will be a dynamic page of its own and will have sections that never have to be changed such as archives of previous issues and email addresses and websites of all of your old and new friends. Additionally, this is a place you can go to look for the latest schedules for upcoming events and the newest news flashes that missed the latest issue now posted on line. Take a minute to get familiar with all the sections of this independent website by clicking on the link below and then visiting each tab at jedesy.com. In future months we will talk more about the type of information that you can expect to find in each section.
The newest additions and changes for our online network of readers are included here. Add these address changes to your e-mail listings, and send a note to an old friend today. We will direct link to your websites as they come on line, and there are also websites of local interest included here. Save any or all of these sites in your favorite places. - - Please resend your email address if it recently changed and/or you did not get recent email notices regarding this new issue - all addressed were dropped from our list if they bounced when the notice was sent out. - for some servers like Earthlink, you must put the JJ on your "friends" list so that our email alerts can get past the server's spam blocking software -
This month's FEATURED WEBSITE is
Continue your virtual tour of Spring Lake by clicking on the link below.
- - The best search engine for finding the JJ is Yahoo (search on the words "jedsey journal"), also there are still some who do not recognize that the JOURNAL does not get mailed to you - it is always at the same spot until it is replaced by the new issue at that same spot and now you will always find the latest issue at the new easy to remember address of jedsey journal.com (the address never changes so keep it saved in your cache of favorite places). AND if you missed any issues you will be able to find them in the archives stored on jedsey.com , so those are the two addresses you will ever need to remember. NEW ARCHIVED ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDED RECENTLY.
- - Finally, for those of you who want to save these issues for you collection use the following instructions: 1- open the on line issue of the current JEDSEY JOURNAL - (make sure it is completely downloaded) 2- click on "file" and then click on "save" and then select a folder to keep each issue in - create a file name to index the issue and make sure it is saved in an html type format and then you will be able to open and read each issue long after it is replaced on line. One last hint- the JJ is formatted for 8 1/2" wide paper, so if you are reading it on your PC screen you will get the best presentation by clicking the window button and narrowing your window screen to resemble an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper.
COMMENTS FROM OUR READERS - -
SPECIAL EVENTS
- Finally, thank you for celebrating Fr. McNulty’s 60 years as a priest. How blessed we are that he came into our lives when we were teenagers in search of ourselves and our special call in life, and now, we have the opportunity to come together again to celebrate the remarkable journey of his life and ours too with one another! (The Alumni Committee)
NEXT ISSUE PREVIEW
OCTOBER (Back to the Grind issue) - due out - -Oct 15 - - - - ID THE PHOTO - - BEST OF JEDSEY JOURNAL ARCHIVES - - JCNJ REDUX .. - THE WAY WE WERE,, - - - WHERE ARE THEY NOW - John Carlson- - AND MUCH MORE -