Ramsey County History – Winter 2014: “Who Are These Young Men? The Shell Service Station at Arcade and Jenks”

Who Are These Young Men? The Shell Service Station at Arcade and Jenks
Author: Linda McShannock

The article discusses the activities and friendships born out of the neighborhood at Arcade and Jenks streets on St. Paul’s East Side and includes photos from March 1941. A fun-loving group of young men is pictured, including Chet Jablonski, Wally Grochowski, George Drevnick, Dan Rygwalski, and Vernon Williamson. All of these young men went off to war just months after these innocent and youthful and carefree photos were taken, and miraculously, all of them returned to St. Paul safely after the war to find jobs and raise their families.
PDF of McShannock article