1930 – 1939

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010

1933

Fred Schock was born on April 26 at Childrens Hospital in Philadelphia, PA to Celia and Harry Schock then living at 5935 Bel Mar Terrace in West Philadelphia, PA along with their other son, Paul.

Two neck operations for glandular problems during first year.

Sometime after 1933, the Schock household, Harry, Celia, Paul and Fred, moved to Allison Street, also in Philadelphia.

1933 to 1939 pictures:

1938 Five Years Old (taken by Uncle Nat), and 2, 3, 4, 5.

1939

Moved from West to Northeast Philadelphia where my father bought a grocery/meat store at 6146 Torresdale Ave.

Lawton Elementary School

Anthony Scalzo, next door neighbor.

E. Horowitz owned candy store, first across the street and then next door to Dad’s store. She gave Mom a Diffenbachia plant in the 1950s which still has “offspring” some sixty years later.