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Salvatore Arcidiacono

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"Archie's" favorite expression is "Wow!" His pet peeve is red heads. Future plans include being a butcher or a C.P.A. Vice president G. O. and Hi-Y, Co-captain Football Team.
"Always a word, always a smile--for a friend he'd walk a mile."

After graduation from Pleasantville High School, in 1952 my brother and I opened a Butcher Shop in North White Plains River Park Meat Market, I was drafted into the army 1953 basic training Fort Knox Kentucky, then sent to Baumholder Germany, while in Germany traveled to Sicily to meet my grandmother (only grandparent alive and while there met my wife Nuccia.
I returned to Sicily twice more and we married in November 1954 and returned to the USA in December of the same year. Six months later after all the proper paperwork Nuccia joined me in the USA. After returning from Germany, I returned back to River Park Meat Market. Then we took over the Meat concession in Lipton’s Super Market in Pleasantville and was there for 5 years and went back to River Park Food Market with my Brother. We then took over the Grocery store next door - River Park Food Market. A few years later I purchased Lipton’s Super Market in Pleasantville on my own an eventually changed the name to Archie’s Super Market. In 1976 I sold the Super Market and Purchased the Corner Stationery Store next to the Rome Theater changed the name to Archie’s Corner Store. Ten years later, I sold Archie’s Corner Store and became a Real Estate Broker with Century 21.

In 1956 Mary was born, 1957 Tony, 1961 Sam, 1964 twins Joanne and Michael, 1967 Nancy for a total of 6 children.
All 6 graduated from Pleasantville High and were active in sports while there. Mary has 2 girls; Christina now in college in New Hampshire studying Drama and Michelle university RI studying Pharmacy; Tony (Co-Captain football PHS 1974 also played for coach Kurachek) football scholarship to Ithaca College has one boy Thomas (football star at Colombia HS in East Greenbush then Union College running back), breaking many school and league records and made All American twice Class III football and played in Aztec bowl game. He received his masters at Manhattanville College and now working as a sports agent in NYC), two girls grade school also good athletes also studding dance in Somers. Sam has 2 boys Steven graduated Valedictorian at Windom HS, and 2009 graduated Syracuse University Summa Cum Lade with 4 year average 99.7 he is now in Graduate school for his doctorate wants to be college professor.) Justin grade school in Derry NH. Joanne has one daughter middle school in Mesa AZ, her twin Michael has one girl will graduate PHS 2011 - National honor society as junior and Italian National honor society two boys Pleasantville Middle school both play football among other sports. Nancy, flight attendant 20 years Delta Airlines has twin girls 9 years old lives in Wilton Ct. Sam and Nuccia have total 13 grandchildren .

In 1999 I purchased a building lot in Cape Coral Florida and a year later built a winter home there. Nuccia and I spend a few months from January thru April in Cape Coral and go down during the year for week or so to check the house. I still work Real Estate from there. All of their six children, 3 boys and 3 girls, including twins boy & girl), graduated from Pleasantville High and were active in sports while there.

Posted 5/10.

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