Great Photos of my Era

These photos were sent to me by Charlie and Marlene Donnell, Charlie grew up in Groveville and still has family here, Marlene grew up in the Whitehorse area. They now live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. I have been to the town they live in several times, it is very small and quaint, reminds me of Groveville, only smaller.

This is a photo of Charlie Donnell and Barry Wright, with Charlie's dog "Blackie". The snow man is unnamed. The house in the background is Charlie's, on Church Street, next to the Cemetery entrance.



This photo is Jack "Jake" Sellers. The Sellers family lived on Church Street, directly across from the church. The car is a "34" Ford, it had a bored 1950 Oldsmobile engine. If my memory is correct it was bright "Yellow". This photo was taken at Hatfield Speedway, by Charlie about 1958

One of my favorite pastimes was walking to his garage and watching him work on it. Jack would work on it all week and tow it to the "Drags" on the weekend. I remember the big place to go was Hatfield Speedway, in Pennsylvania. The track is now gone and is a housing development.

Some of Jack's trophies are displayed on the hood.

Yup, that's me, Gary Lippincott. The picture was taken in the left field corner of the baseball field behind the old firehouse. The house in the background is either Beideman's or Tilton's on Church Street, across from the old Post Office.


This is Charlie Donnell and Tom Snyder and Tom's dog, Snowball. The car is Charlie"s 36 Dodge Coupe. Charlie tells me that this was due to get a late 1950's Oldsmobile engine, guaranteed to beat everything. Due to other commitments, Charlie traded his Dodge to Dick Huff from Crosswicks for a shotgun, now he wishes he had both, the car and the shotgun.

The garage is located across from the mill, part of the property now owed by Jean Mushinski. It seemed like somebody in Groveville was always working on a car. Charlies garage was a good place to hang out, but it had it's drawbacks, as soon as you walked in he usually handed you a piece of Wet Sandpaper and a coffee can of water and had you sand somewhere on his car, that had to be the smoothest 36 Dodge coupe in the world, I am surprised it held paint.

This is Charlie doing what he did a lot, working building that car, looks like he had a long way to go at this point.

This is Tom Snyder and Marlene Goldenbaum, now Marlene Donnell, Tom's dog "Snowball" and that smooooth, well sanded car in the background.