On Sunday June 16, 2002 the Johnstown Tribune-Democart published a wonderful article on Johnstown in the "1930s."

We were so impressed with the content, we felt our visitors might apprecitate reading it as well.

• Page 2 - In 1930, Johnstown a city of 70,000 'It was a privilege to be poor', 'survivor' says by Matthew Epstein -The Tribune-Democrat
• Page 2 - Researching your family tree by Matthew Epstein - The Tribune-Democrat
• Page 2 - About the Census - The Tribune-Democrat
- A Time of Sharing - When worst brought out the best in folks - Bill Jones
• Page 3 - About today's special section - The Tribune Democrat
• Page 4 - FERNDALE: The day the Que didn't break - "The dam broke; where's the corn we had for lunch?" by Roselyn Kimmel
• Page 4 - "Cheezy" was missing, causing double panic by Herbert Boerstler
• Page 5 - Mainline of the PRR travel choice for hoboes by Frank Alcamo
• Page 5 - Dad begged for funeral expenses by Charles Vizzini
• Page 5 - Money from Slovenia godsend - Family helped support widow and six children by Edward Semich
• Page 6 - "Boro" mostly Italian by Jim Tanase
• Page 6 - "Let them all die together" by Josie Zahornec
• Page 6 - Bread, gossip free by Glen Wagner
• Page 6 - No shoe polish? Chalk will do by Shirley (Horvath) Killen
• Page 6 - 8th Ward dances eased the tension by D. Richard Akers
• Page 7 - FDR's 'bank holiday' amplified the Depression by Dick Fisher
• Page 7 - Plumber 'drafts' eldest by Robet Livingston
• Page 7 - 'Hobo Jungle' - Sandyvale housed makeshift camp by Betty Martin Marky
• Page 7 - 1-room school; 9 pupils by William F. Smith
• Page 7 - Life was simple but happy by Ruth Adams Widmann
• Page 8-9 - "Old-timer": Adversity welded us together by Donald Sabo
• Page 10 - FDR's youth program helped pay the bills by Marion Strachan Millar
• Page 10 - Flying aces, Dad were our heroes by Helen Gehosky
• Page 10 - Hilltoppers were special by Norman S. Berney
• Page10 - We didn't realize we were poor by Sara (Rippin) Wirick
• Page 11 - Little $$ but lots of love by Florence Strushensky
• Page 11 - Times tough even before '30s by Ann E. (Goodman) Frick
• Page 11 - Tuition was $10 a credit by Claire Pyle
• Page 11 - People were poor but proud by Nancy Pyle Johnston
• Page 11 - Big band sounds by Carl Mahan
• Page 12 - Never Missed a Payday - Tribune one of the best employers in the 1930s by Donald Sabo
• Page 13 - 'Boro' home had biggest alarm clock in town by Pat (Warner) McKinley
• Page 13 - Memories will do, I'll take present by Edith Smith
• Page 13 - Fire brought 'Depression' early by Helen Kalwasinski
• Page 14 - Another disaster by Tribune-Democart
• Page 15 - A city digs out by Tribune-Democrat
• Page 16 - Neighborhood garden kept us eating by Grace D. Lewis
• Page 16 - Obesity wasn't a worry by Clara (Magnone) Wilson
• Page 16 - Foolish venture by Dominick D. Sallese
• Page 16 - Ice cream cones: 5 cents by Almeda (Cable) Fondelier
• Page 16 - Dad's 4th a blast by Mary Jane Horner
• Page 16 - Tuition paid after graduation by Louise Taggart

Reprinted with permission of the Tribune-Democart