his bootses which he'd find sto florri konta sti porta. As he'd walk down the salivori, he'd pass his father's new Beautik. He remembers when friends from the chorch came over. They stuffed themselves into the carro san sardelles kai pegan sto Forjuly celebrashe. It was a big trip. Pegan all the way sto Weely and came home ap' to Stubensvilli, where they stopped to see Theo Aleko's new Hudso. Everyone looked forward to the picnics sto Storagey Dam. Baba got the carro ap' to garazi kai oloi pegan haroumena. Papoo would start toward the river saying, "I'm going down tha- lassa catchem psana, come back to vrathi."

Mama was busy in her own world trying to figure out the new washa machini sto bessimou since she rarely went sto dry cleena. She always made the kids drink their orenjoo and eat their bifteki and applisossi. Once a month she took the streecarro stu Lazarou.
Every neighborhood had politsemanos and feyothoros. No self-respecting resteranti owner would go to chorch without his repooblika and kabbardina.

The richness of this speech pattern is seldom heard today, yet it needs to be recorded as part of the flavor of the times.

Teenager Pete Chakeres takes a break in front of Uncle John Duros' Busy Bee Restaurant at 44 E. Rich Street, about 1929.
Note the variety on the menu boards.

 

Posing in a back yard in 1933 are, L. to R.: Diane Pappas, Esther Brown, Mary, Brown, Lula Zanetos, loanna Condos. Children, L. to R.: Elpinicky Condos, Frankie Zanetos, Beulah Zanetos

Mary Kostares, Penelope Duffis, Fanny Zaglanis, Fr. Kyrillo Georgiades The Zaglanis home at Third and Livingston was the starting place for many new arrivals to Columbus. With such a spacious house, Mr. and Mrs. Zaglanis provided rooms and meals for relatives and friends arriving from Greece. It was the scene of many big dinners and engagement parties. Young couples started married life there, and many babies saw the first light of day in that house.