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Portland City Councilor Kevin Donoghue wants to examine whether ice cream trucks are a community asset or noisy neighborhood distraction.
Donoghue, who represents the East End and Casco Bay islands of District 1, said he has heard complaints from some of his constituents and wants to know what other people think.
"Are ice cream trucks sacred like fresh apple pie and high school football or are they unwelcome nuisances we tolerate?"
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/026582.html
It's not my intention to debate that issue in this thread, but I would like to reminisce about my own ice cream man from my childhood.
I grew up in Rhode Island, and my ice cream man was a man by the name of Peter Palagi. At least, that's what we called him. The original Peter Palagi, an immigrant from Italy, started selling ice cream in 1896.
By 1930, with the automobile becoming more popular, Palagis Ice Cream Co. made a move to upgrade its equipment and went from horse and wagon to Model-A Fords.
Click here to see the fleet of 1930 Model-A Fords
It is because of the beautiful 1930's trucks that I post this thread in the Golden Age forum. But to me here's the best part:
The Palagi Company ran these trucks summer after summer. The Model-A Fords ice cream wagons became a fixture in many aspects of American life growing up in the Blackstone Valley. They were there when the children were released from school, they were there at the workplace when workers would have their lunch breaks, they were there at the little league games, at the fourth of July parade, at the summer festivals, and when everyone was at home just winding down at the end of their day.
These model-A fords ran for approximately 50 years. All the way to 1980.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's, and these Golden Age trucks were the 'Peter Palagi' ice cream trucks I fondly remember from my childhood.
Donoghue, who represents the East End and Casco Bay islands of District 1, said he has heard complaints from some of his constituents and wants to know what other people think.
"Are ice cream trucks sacred like fresh apple pie and high school football or are they unwelcome nuisances we tolerate?"
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/026582.html
It's not my intention to debate that issue in this thread, but I would like to reminisce about my own ice cream man from my childhood.
I grew up in Rhode Island, and my ice cream man was a man by the name of Peter Palagi. At least, that's what we called him. The original Peter Palagi, an immigrant from Italy, started selling ice cream in 1896.
By 1930, with the automobile becoming more popular, Palagis Ice Cream Co. made a move to upgrade its equipment and went from horse and wagon to Model-A Fords.
Click here to see the fleet of 1930 Model-A Fords
It is because of the beautiful 1930's trucks that I post this thread in the Golden Age forum. But to me here's the best part:
The Palagi Company ran these trucks summer after summer. The Model-A Fords ice cream wagons became a fixture in many aspects of American life growing up in the Blackstone Valley. They were there when the children were released from school, they were there at the workplace when workers would have their lunch breaks, they were there at the little league games, at the fourth of July parade, at the summer festivals, and when everyone was at home just winding down at the end of their day.
These model-A fords ran for approximately 50 years. All the way to 1980.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's, and these Golden Age trucks were the 'Peter Palagi' ice cream trucks I fondly remember from my childhood.
