Ward & Dickinson information to be dealt with:

Biggest Mysteries currently:
(Check out the facebook Ward and Dickinson group for photos if they exist. Use the Search option.)

Spencer Stewart has shared with me a photo of a W&D on a seemingly main drag, but a residential neighborhood.

E.M. Rice of Fremont, Ohio had a used "Ward and Dixon" diner in 1938.  He promptly placed it for sale. Where did it go?

C.W. Taylor had a chattel to W&D for a number of years. But I can't find him anywhere. 1932 is one of those years.

Frederick J. Wooster of East Aurora had a chattel to C.A. Ward. Every other person who had a chattel to Ward was on the 1-100 list.  I also have a guy from Little Falls going to East Aurora to take over management of a diner from a different Wooster in 1927.

Shady Lawn in Mentor, Ohio photo.  Was there another Shady Lawn Diner in Mentor?

We figured out one Rutland, Vermont mystery, but have a second.  The Rutland diner was demolished in 1950, so it could not have been the one put in the Hartford newspaper being for sale.

Sure Diners, but know they were used diners:

Pennsylvania Conditional Sales Docket info that needs to be checked.

Ward & Dickinson #156 $6400 unpaid

p181 #542 9/17/28

J.R. Curry

Ridgway, PA

33' standard model

In Ridgway for 2+ years then disappeared.

Ward & Dickinson 8/10/32 - filed in Northampton County

James L. Dick

$8800

Dick had a diner in Ithaca, New York, 1927-1932

Lee Dickinson 7/21/39 satisfied 3/30/43 #14050  - filed in Lehigh County

Henry Gunby

$8000

Gunby owned a diner in Williamsport, Penna 
before this time and after this time, owned a W&D in Ilion, New York.



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John Scarse is listed with a conditional sale for a Ward & Dickinson in Saratoga County, New York.  

1939 - A W&D goes from Kingston, NY to Rochester, NY. Is it the town of Rochester which is south of Kingston, or the main Rochester?  Kerhonksen is in Town of Rochester.

Did I add the diner in Reading that was replaced by the Reading diner?

How many did Pace Restaurants have in Chicago?  There is a picture of one listed as #4.  Was it the 4th dining car or the 4th restarant?

Found a photo of a possible Ward in Schenectady, New York. 10 Water St.  Ogdensburg newspaper "Philip Tomlinson is moving to Schenectady New York with a diner he bought from a Silver Creek concern and will open around July 15th, 1929."    We are currently putting this in the directory, but with a note that this is not a guarantee.  Just that there was just recently a W&D in Ogdensburg, so it would make sense.

Binghamton has a mystery Ward and Dickinson.  Something isn't meshing, but photo shows interior of a W&D, just the address is pecular. 


Sunbury, Penna to Shamokin, Penna then disappears

St. Louis, Missouri had a display unit. then disappears.

Connecticut - Waterbury, moved 5 times and about to move again, could be Ladd's Stratford one.  Would make more sense to have been the Meriden, Conn one.



I need to list all the 1-100 diners that just disappeared before 1935.

Deluxe Matchbooks - These diners gave out matchbooks that showed a picture of a W&D Deluxe model, which seems to have a better record of being an actual W&D

Short time list:


Sacramento and other Oakland diner never showed up in city dirs.

Toronto, Ontario - As many as 4 of the 8 diners disappeared.

Gowanda, New York - Wesson's Main Diner was a Ward, but was quickly replaced by much larger on-site.  Article said it was boarded on a flat car and ready to go to a new town.

Second diner in Tulsa, Oklahoma only lasted roughly one year.

Rochester, New York:  412 State(Alva A Wells) 1928;  156-158 N Clinton(Donald Van Tassel) 1927-1928

Short lived Wards in Mansfield, Newark and  Hamilton, Ohio.  The Mansfield made legal news in the local paper, the Newark one just had an opening ad and the Hamilton diner was one of 3 Wards in Hamilton. Amazingly all 3 were there at one time!  Two are documented in the directory.