That's that me, Meadowbrook Esso...

... thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh
Is it that sweet? I guess so
Say you can't sleep, baby, I know
That's that me, Meadowbrook Esso...

So, in all seriousness, what is fun to me about these clippings for the "Meadowbrook Esso", like similarly named businesses that have gone away, such as the "Meadowbrook Hardware" store which was also on 2nd street, is the importance of naming.

When looking back before Meadowbrook, everything nearby was previously Netherwood-this-or-that, mirroring the name of the road, train station, nearby neighborhood, which were all inspired by the Netherwood Estate and Farm, the formal names of John Taylor Johnston's Estate, later known as the Mali Estate, or once into development, the Mali Tract.

1928 details about Route 29 mentioning Netherwood Farm and Mali Estate

Yet, when the newest fangdangled thing came along, in this case, Meadowbrook, the name signaled proximity to a new place, a new history for that era.  Interestingly the Hardware store didn't "borrow" its name of Meadowbrook until 1958 when under new ownership, renaming from "Drake's".

Opened 1958, closed 1965.... Meadowbrook Hardware

This group of shops on second street was even highlighted on the Meadowbrook brochures for housing before the Meadowbrook Village apartments were built.

Zoom in view of shops on lower right side of the above image....

So if a song of summer or history gets stuck in your head and you can't stop thinking about it, just keep humming along and go with the beat.   History, like pop music, may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.

If it does repeat likely your CD or your record is scratched... don't even get me started on cassettes and rewinding with pencils