I remember the Town drive in and Korvettes. This the Fred Soop who helped organize Thurston high reunion?That Korvettes replaced the former Town Drive In on the same piece of land.
I remember the Town drive in and Korvettes. This the Fred Soop who helped organize Thurston high reunion?That Korvettes replaced the former Town Drive In on the same piece of land.
Warped? Not in my town.
All I remember is that their records were notorious for being warped.
Very cool commercial. Thank you, You Tube.
Used to go there for tires.
You sure about this? I thought this was common knowledge and fact.Setting the record straight........
(from http://www.jewishlegends.com/)
No Jewish veterans at EJ Korvettes
Legend: Former discount retailer EJ Korvettes stood for "Eight Jewish Korean Veterans"
Status: False
EJ Korvettes was a popular discount retailer in the Tri-State area. When you wanted upper end, fancy shmazy goodies, you went to Macy's, but for the cheap stuff, EJ Korvettes was the place.
Unfortunately, EJ Korvettes did not get its name from "Eight (or Eleven) Jewish Korean Veterans."
Korvettes began in 1949, two years before the Korean War, when Jewish businessman Eugene Ferdauf opened a small discount luggage store in Manhattan. For the name of the store, he took the initial of his first name, Eugene, and the first initial of a friend and chose the name "Korvette"after a Canadian sub chaser known as the corvette.
EJ Korvettes went belly up in the 70's. The reason, according to some market analysts, is they began to stray from their client base, and tried to become an upper echelon department store. In so doing, they signed their death sentence.
I remember the Town drive in and Korvettes. This the Fred Soop who helped organize Thurston high reunion?
Cool; while I was at Seton Hall one of the family stopped by for a seminar, but can't remember who.Louie Bamberger is my great uncle on my mothers side!
Yes, it is. Are you from there as well? What class?
WHERE in Woodbridge? Rte 1? My uncle lived in Woodbridge and I never remember seeing one there.I remember going to one in Woodbridge Virginia as a kid where I bought a Venus Fly Trap plant for like $1. I am sure my older brother bought some LP's there. A couple of years ago I found some XAM speakers that were ok but the cabinets were actually very good. I gutted them and use the cabinets for storing some LD's
There was a Korvettes in Queens when I was a kid. Maybe somewhere on Queens Blvd... I don't really remember but it was there. It was kind of like a low-rent Macy's or at least that's my recollection.
WHERE in Woodbridge? Rte 1? My uncle lived in Woodbridge and I never remember seeing one there.
I'm from class of '65,We had a little chat at Ma Ma mias,I think it was the 45th reunion.
Yes ,Telegraph was 4 lanes back then,great for drag racing.