Our classmate Carl (married to Linda McCarter)runs the family business. The best ice cream - food in town.

My parents lived in Coral Hills and were building their dream home in Friendly. When we went to work on the house on weekends the treat was to stop at Hovermale's on the way home. Us kids always looked forward to that stop.
Finally we moved to Oxon Hill and got that treat alot more often!!

Do you have any memories of Hovermale's????
Also FYI - Hovermale's Taste Best has a page on Facebook.

Speaking of Coral Hills - anyone ever eat at the Dixie Pig? Makes my mouth water just to think about those BBQ sandwiches. Sure wish they were still around.

Gosh - I must be hungry - Jiffy's sandwiches also comes to mind. Then there was Pizzanos (sp) pizza.

Be back - headed to the kitchen.

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Don Grimley

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I had to go find a map and look at the area it has been so long - we left MD in 1971 so I had forgotten some of the roads. The apts were on Benning Rd.

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Did some searching - after you all mentioned some of the other items the old brain did start kicking in memories.

On looking for info on the apts where we lived I found the following.

Antoinette Garden apts are now known as Highland Ridge in Capital Hgts Md.

Comments posted by people who lived or live there.
Yikes - not a good place to be now.

Its Not what it seems
From: Hellwhole300
Date posted: 10/15/2008
Years at this apartment: 2003 - 2008

I moved here back in 2003. Me,My husband and my son. We look around before moving in for about a week or so just to get a feel of the area. Wow it seems to be great. Honey, now its like a damn death hole. You have people using drugs inside the hallways of the building and in the basement and other places not to mention. You can't go outside without being afraid of getting shot and the parking is hella crazy. And they keep going up on the rent and the teneants don't see any improvement whatsoever. Not to metion they can't even keep the doors fix, but they are always blaming the tenants for everything. Hello maybe if you all tried another lock system things would change. And oh they just sent out a list to the whole community with everybody that was getting evicted on it. That was put in everybodys door to see whom was getting evicted. Damn how could you do that to people. And again they want to go up on the rent what the hell is really going on over there in 1211. If you don't have to move here DON'T. Looks can be deceiving. One thing I like about theis damn place is the Maintanece workers they help you out to the best of there ability and will come whenever you call. Good Job Maintanece

Nice Apartment Bad Area
From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 7/11/2007
Years at this apartment: 2004 - 2007

The apartment itself is roomy but outside the doors is something else. Teens shooting guns in the courtyard and parking area behind the buildings. Teens using drugs and shooting dice in front of my building until the wee hours. The contractors that the rental office hire are the worst. The price is affordable and in three years I have only seen two roaches. The big bug problem is centipedes.

I lived there once!
From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 6/2/2006
Years at this apartment: 2003 - 2004

When I first moved in it was ok, but the outside area meaning the parking lots--start filling up with the neighborhood boys and that made me uncomfortable being as though I am a single parent of a young child! I did not want to let him see a negative image for young black males. As far as the apartment goes--it was nice and very affordable. The kitchen was kinda out dated but they did relay my tub for me and painted. The parking was not all that great becuase it was limited. And my car was broken into twice. In that area it does not matter what kind of car you have. If you did not have any kind of alarm or bar on your steering wheel it was stolen or broken into. I moved shortly after. You would think that they would not be so bold being as though the parking was in the front of the apartment building.

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The Prince George's County we knew in 1965 is long gone, I have many memories of that place, some good and many not so good. I suppose it's best to remember the good ones.

And remember those cedar boxes Curtis Brothers used to give the graduating women (tiny hope chests). I still have mine.

I was able to walk to Hovermales (when I had could find some coin). I thought it was so cool that I knew Carl, sort of celebrity to me. My world was small!

Gloria just wrote and said she also attended 1st grade at Brandbury Heights.