Bill
Day |
It was learned that a creek ran through the
section
which came from the Chestnut Street area. It was piped
under the
Main Street and made the ground marshy with small high section
that
appeared
exactly like islands. Willow trees grew on each side of
the
stream.
Mr. Wood said that he believed that the "Islands" name
originated
thus.
He went on to say that he had owned the three double houses that
stood
on Tanner Street near the Willits Coal and Lumber Yard. He
can
remember
stacking boards on his properties to keep water from his houses
after a
bad storm. They were know as the "board yard houses" as
originally
they had been built for the lumberyard employees. Mr. Herb
Gleeson
remembered the high school baseball team playing its schedule on
one
section
of "The Islands". One afternoon he went back after supper
to see
the end of a twenty-six inning game that was played between
Roman
Catholic
High School from Philadelphia and Haddonfield High School.
A
tannery
was also located in the area; the building is still standing.
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