Clifton Heights, PA
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In 1920 George Grant Yarnall moved his family to 126 E Berkley "Street" (as we called it) in Clifton Heights. The street name (see map) was apparently an "Avenue". Pause your cursor on the three red squares in the map below.
2017 picture of 126 Church "Street" is shown below. The garage has been removed. A front porch railing has been added.
Click on the two red squares marking locations of houses to see a picture of these houses. The blue square is the location of the elementary school I attended for 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. The school was no longer there in 2017. The 20 Maple Terrace building was still there. We moved from Maple Terrace to Springfield the summer of 1943 where I started 6th grade. We lived here in 1937 and at the beginning of 1938 for about a year. That narrow paved area between the front porch steps was a driveway leading to our garage. The memorial service for my grandfather Yarnall was held in this house in January 1938. Below is a a diagram with letters marking key facts during our short time there.
The red rectangle outlines my playing area when we lived on Church Avenue at 126.
 I strayed outside of this area for an hour or so when I explored a large hole in a wall that I noticed when we rode the trolley.

I had to walk about a mile to enter the big hole near the trolley line that ran along Glenwood Avenue (look at map above). The big hole was a pipe that carried any water away that flowed into the street inlets. My parents were not happy with that. I do not recall getting punished. I think they were glad I returned.

  • A is where my dog Skippy was hit by a car and killed.
  • B is where I was tricked into eating a hot pepper by a gardener named Roland. Had to be covered with peanut butter to get rid of the fever.
  • C is a big field where I would go to play. I was taking Skippy to it when I threw a tennis ball across the road as a car was coming.
  • D is next to our garage where we buried Skippy.
  • E is where my friend and playmate Lois McGrath lived.
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