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| Remember these things from Westend?....By Ronnie Foster, Brown HS Classmate C/O 72 | |
| From: RONNIE FOSTER 1972 Jan 1 2001 5:29:00PM To: ALL (1) Remember these things from Westend? Ever see Guy Sharpe the weatherman at the Krispy Kreme? His mother lived on Oglethorpe ave. Remember these things............. The blind man who sold pencils out of a cigar box in front of Sears? Cheap haircuts at the Barber and Beauty College on Gordon st.? The little stone bldg. in Howell Park on Peeples st that Mrs. Lavell opened in the summer?..Lime sours and Cherry smashes at Huey's Drug- store, corner of Gordon & Peeples st?....The Big Apple grocery store, S&H Greenstamps?..These stores: Ivan Allen, Robert Hall,Woolworth's, Walgreens,Sol Cohen bicycles,Jackson Music,Joe Cottons, Patterson's- Grocery,A&A Grocery,?....Icecream cones at the Miss Georgia icecream- shop across from Howell Park?...Remember the 'Peter Plenty'icecream van (strange name)or the icecream man who bicycled his cart around the neighborhood, ringing a bell and sold Hunkies,Brown Cows, Fudgesicles, NuttieBuddies & Popsicles?.....Ever get a reading certificate for reading 10 books at the Uncle Remus library? Ever get a live Dyed baby chick for Easter? Ever go to the health center for a cube of sugar with polio Vaccine in it?...Ever visit Dr. Cleve Ward or Dr. McDowell? Remember the Yellow and black fall-out shelter signs around town? Ever get free tickets at school to the Gordon Theatre to see The- Cross and The Switchblade? Ever milk Rosebud? Eat at the Biff-Burger? The Teddy Bear Grill? Ever ride Rich's Pink Pig? Go to FunTown ? Watch Officer Don's Popeye Club?...Mr. Pix?...Ever go to the old Atlanta Municipal Auditorium to watch Wrestling with Ed Caparal? It was free to get in Grant Park Zoo, all sportshoes were canvas - US Keds, PF Flyers,... Women wore headscarves and men used Vitalis. You opened cokes with a bottle opener , You opened canned drinks with an opener as well...and 50 cents would buy a Coke,a candy bar,2comic- books an small bagfull of wax lips & penny candy. |
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