Hermitage, PAIt was a sweet life for the family of Tony and Melba (Liberatore) DiMario. And not just because they owned the Tastee Bakery for so many years.
Tony (a.k.a. Ace) and Melba were both involved in the bakery business even before they knew each other. So it’s not surprising that when they met in her parents’ bakery, they bonded with each other like cake and frosting, or peaches and cream. In fact, Tony affectionately called her Peach Melba. [Read more…]
Hermitage, PAWar, tornadoes, snowstorms, floods – Jack Leyde has seen them all and survived – but just barely. The flood of 1959 almost took him out, although the water wasn’t his main problem.
Jack was born at home on Elm Avenue in Sharon on July 10, 1925.
“It was wonderful growing up in Sharon,” Jack said. “We had a lot of fun. We did the pranks that other normal kids did at Halloween. We soaped windows, of course. And we would put cans on each side of the sidewalk with a string tied to each of them. We filled the cans with water and covered them with leaves. People would come along and trip the string and get their feet wet. We did other things like that, harmless fun.” [Read more…]
