old memories

[fiftyfiver]

Hopkin's Hardware,Gingery's Department store,IGA,A&P,Lily's, Mill's Grocery,The Hut, The Squeeze Inn,Superior Drive-in,The News Stand,Boston Store,Williams' Grocery, Frozen custard places, (Boice's, across from Williams', and a little pink place on the north side), Superior Dairy, (on the north side),Abie Abrams,Cloverleaf Market (later was called Kruger's) Gas stations, (City Service, Sinclair, Don's, with the bike shop)Taverns, (Irish Inn,Miladin's,Griswold's).Shafer's cafe. Yip's Sporting Goods.Nick's cafe.Budget Investment.The bakery.Limpert's jewelry.Hughes drugstore.Wyatt's hardware (where you went upstairs to see Santa, at Christmas).

[oceantoad]

I read your post with interest. Were some of these business's in Garrett as well as Auburn? Some that I remember were Van Scoik's, Tee Pee, 113 Restaurant, Leas Grocery, Swartz's Market,Hoover Grocery, Rexall Drug Store,City Service Station, Shine Shoe Store, Hoham's Mens Wear, Newberry's, 5 and Dime,The Diner(Jo's), Bowerman's market, Packard-Studebaker dealership,Gamble's, City Market, The Grill, Wildermuth's fountain, Romeiser Drug, Schaabs dept. store, Fetzer's bakery, Grogg's filling station, Rueters Restaurant(former Temple Cafe),Kroger store, 10 or more barber shops, Spiegel catalog, Davis studio, A&W Root beer stand, Hughes Drug,
Western Auto, Rohm Chevrolet, Dailey Motors, All Appliance, Martha's popcorn, Court Theatre, Nebleung Shoes, to name a few.

[fiftyfiver]

I do know that both had the Boston store and A and W. I remember Westwood being the supermarket of choice, and Bowerman's butcher shop.And, I believe a roller rink called Silver moon.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I remember most of the business listed but how about Best's Drug Store... the old fashioned soda fountain was my favorite place to visit. I loved going to Haffner's Five and Dime and stopping in at Stern's Menswear w/ my mom to pick out a tie for Dad.

I wish I could remember the name of the store the Kobiela sister's ran, next to Hoeffel's Meat Market. The had the greatest kiddie chairs in the shoe department. You'd sit on the back of a wooden duck, horse etc. and place your feet up front to get fitted for your shoes. They also had a sliding ladder to help them reach higher up items.

Ahhhh... childhood memories!

[miriam]

I think that if you go to Applebee's they have a picture taken at the Silver Moon on their wall.....with a skating bear??? (The picture is near the hostess stand.) Was there really a skating bear or I am just having an acid flashback from the 60s?

[Sugar Magnolia]

Was there really a skating bear or I am just having an acid flashback from the 60s?

Dear Miriam:

YES!

Cordially,
Sugar :embarassed:

[miriam]

Yes to the skating bear or Yes to the acid flashback??

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yes to both!

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Yes to the skating bear or Yes to the acid flashback??

DITTOS

[fiftyfiver]

Sugar, I think Gingery's Department store was the one you're thiking of, next to Hoeffel's. Didn't they have some yellow film of some sort over the front windows? Or maybe I'm having flashbacks! Or was at the time.

[fiftyfiver]

Faff isn't that a dancing ELEPHANT?

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Faff isn't that a dancing ELEPHANT?

No,that is an bucking donkey

[fiftyfiver]

aah.........it's a political thing?

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aah.........it's a political thing?

Well...yes and no / but about memories too.

[fiftyfiver]

yes, and no? hmmmm.......schizophrenic, bi-polar?

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yes, and no? hmmmm.......schizophrenic, bi-polar?

Maybe more like either an move to the right or an move to the left after an meeting fifty fiver

[fought70]

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