Last night my sisters (Joan and Debbie) and I were talking about the old neighborhood and we could not remember the name or the workers names at the butcher shop on Myrtle Avenue. I don't think I ever had reason to go there myself, being that it was so expensive.
Does anyone remember the names or anything else about the shop?
Anyone have a photo?

the butcher shop was called the white market it was later replaced by Moy Bing's

Moy Bing's was on Orange. My memory is VERY weak on this, but wasn't there a butcher shop on Myrtle Ave about 1/4 the way back up towards Sussex? It would have been on the Pig Tails Alley side and I feel like it had a brick front with the door in the center.

The Shop was called SHAWGER'S. There was also a Meat Market on Roseville Avenue Near the Star Restaurant Owned by Charles Metzger.
Another on Orange Street near Sixth. Kahn's and further on down Orange toward Fourth Street was Larry's.

Wasn't the one on Orange St called Nason's? I recall the sawdust on the floor- the brown paper, twine and wax pencil packs ...
they sold canned goods and there was that reacher stick thing that got the goods off the upper shelves.. Way before Peapod-Shop-rite et al- they used to home deliver.
Never again have I walked into a store and ordered fifty cents worth of chopped meat.

I LIVED AT 29 MYRTLE AVE AND I THINK THE NAME WAS SCHAUGERS(SP). WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO SHOP THERE.

Hi Dave, tell your sister Debbie, I said hello, hope all is well.
Tom

I'll do that Tom. We're all having Easter dinner together.
She, like me, has three grandchildren now.

yes, it was schawgers, and it was about a quarter block up from orange street. I lived on myrtle avenue a few houses up from it. You might find it of interest that the employee who also worked there for the schawgers was affectionately known by everyone as ''uncle ben''. A remarkable man in his eighties whose parents had been the children of slaves in the south in the mid 1800's. He'd worked for old man schawger for years and years and my parents met him when we moved onto myrtle avenue in the early 1950's. My parents became friends with him and i often remember him talking with them and myself and my sister and visiting us in our home and telling us many stories of his youth. eventually, the shop closed and sat vacant with a few half-hearted attempts to put a business into it but the upstairs apartments remained rented by various tenents during the next decade.

The butcher shop located at 51 Myrtle proprietor was Norman Schawger who formerly had a butcher shop on Orange Street and moved it to Myrtle Ave in the late 40s. I believe Norman's Father had the butcher shop on Orange St. before him. In its hey day they had several model A Ford Vans for thier deliveries. Mrs Schwager, Norman's Mother lived next door to the Butcher shop on Myrtle Ave right next to pigtail alley as it entered Myrtle Ave.

Thanks for all the info on the butcher shop.
I guess I don't remember the Schwager family that well.

I DO remember the Hasenpusch family who probably lived in that house next door right after the Schwagers. The had just emigrated from Germany.

Werner would be about 55 now. He had an older sister (Mary?) and I recall the birth of his younger sister Angelika. She would make her to be about 47 now.

Not what you were looking fro but I lived next to Larry"s in the 60"s. I still get a Christmas card He is in Edison and is all alone. The rest of the family died and he never married

I worked in the store on Orange St. as a child. My dad had the business and it moved to Myrtle Avenue when the Super markets started taking over. Dad did not want to work in the refrigerator as that was becoming the style. By the time Myrtle Ave. was opened I had been in the Navy and knew the food business was not for me. N.J. Bell called, I accepted a job there and dad finally retired. Norman Shawger, my dad was active in the Roseville Lions Club and also the Roseville Business Association. On Roseville Ave. was Metzlers. John had worked for my dad when I was small.
The number on Orange Street was 489 Next to Kohler's gift shop (later Dugan's bakery). The house at 51 Myrtle Avenue was owned by my grandmother and grandfather

Thanks so much, Bill. This is great. My sister Joan and I were trying to remember the name of the shop, and we ended up getting a concise history.
What was the price of hamburger? (Just kidding.) Thanks again.

From daily record circa April 1920
6 1/2" roast $2.73
2 1/2" steak $1.50
3 grapefruit .30
1" bacon .50
Just a few prices but the wages were a bit lower. My sister got me on this site just last week and it brings back lots of memories you can be sure.

Bill, Will always remember that red buick convertible of yours and that grey 28 Franklin. Hope you and your sister as well as your respective families are all doing well. As I recall your sister had about the same color red hair as I had back then. Believe you moved down the shore before I finished college. The years do go by. Best regards always.

Neal - I remember you and your red hair and I'm pleased to say that mine can still be considered red. How about
yours? Enjoyed your reference to the red convertible of Bill's. I bought it from him and enjoyed it for a few years, in fact, have a photo of it beside me on the bookshelf here in my home in Honolulu. My husband and I had a great visit with Bill and his wife in October. Such visits are truly special inasmuch as we are so far apart in miles these days. Thankfully, we are all well, and still enjoy the memories of Roseville and the days of our youth. Best wishes to you. Betty

Betty, Thank you very much for your message. Happy to hear that you are all doing well and you were able to get back to see Bill last October. I haven't had occasion to get back to the east coast lately. Been out here in Colorado since 1971. Presently, practicing law with my younger son after retiring from the law department of Johns Manville. Again, it was wonderful to hear from you and so glad that you took over that red Buick convertible. It certainly was a great looking vehicle. All the best to you all. Neil