04-06-2007
( Reply#: 1098 ) |
seejay2 |
quote:
Originally posted by Pro2am
Hello,
Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news, but are you aware that the Hessville 5 & 10 store on Kennedy and Martha was torn down a few years ago? AFAIK the spot is now a parking lot. :(
Mike Rapchak Jr.
Hammond
The story I got just a few weeks ago was John Eppl (now deceased) wanted to buy the building. It was structurally sound, but needed a few repairs, roof, windows and such. The fool who owned it at the time would not sell. So the city siezed it on some kind of tax thing and decided to have it razed. This was about 7 years ago........CJ |
04-06-2007
( Reply#: 1101 ) |
Jim R |
So sad, one by one, all my childhood memories are being torn down.
Harding Class of '67
Morton Class of '72 |
04-06-2007
( Reply#: 1105 ) |
Pro2am |
Thanks for the info, Chris! BTW, what are these "shangibad" spam posts that show up in my threads? Can anyone else see them?
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
quote:
Originally posted by Pro2am
Hello,
Not wanting to be the bearer of bad news, but are you aware that the Hessville 5 & 10 store on Kennedy and Martha was torn down a few years ago? AFAIK the spot is now a parking lot. :(
Mike Rapchak Jr.
Hammond
The story I got just a few weeks ago was John Eppl (now deceased) wanted to buy the building. It was structurally sound, but needed a few repairs, roof, windows and such. The fool who owned it at the time would not sell. So the city siezed it on some kind of tax thing and decided to have it razed. This was about 7 years ago........CJ
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04-06-2007
( Reply#: 1106 ) |
Pro2am |
Jim,
I agree! I know that "time marches on" and all, but I don't care. I hate seeing establishments that are a fundamental part of my life history being destroyed - especially when, after all is said and done, it really wasn't necessary in the first place. Anymore I hesitate to reminisce whenever I pass one such establishment because now the thought, "How much longer will it be before they tear THIS one down??" always comes to mind.
A good case in point is that of schools attended during our growing-up years. My family moved to Woodmar (from north-central Hammond [Hoffman St.]) in 1954. I attended kindergarten and first grade at Porter elementary school. Forutnately that building still stands (it's now a part of the Purdue Calumet complex). Second grade was at Jefferson school (6940 Northcote in Woodmar). A couple of my siblings also attended this school and it held a lot of great memories. Two years ago the city tore it down; so now it's gone. After that one year at Jefferson I transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) on Arizona Ave. in Hessville. Now there's a place with memories! This includes the church that was an integral part of the building. Unfortuately it's no longer used as a school (I don't know exactly what it's being used for - if anything). The church is also defunct; they built a new one on the corner of Arizona and Orchard Drive, right across from Hessville Park). Thankfully the school building is still standing - but for how long? There was also a rectory on the north side of the property; it has been torn down. Between it and th school building was a structure they called the annex that also housed our cafeteria in the basement. Also demolished.
So yes, one by one these revered - and to us back then timeless - structures are disappearing. It's bad enough to see long-established businesses change owners, but to see the buildings themselves destroyed is just too much. It can be heart-breaking.
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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quote:
Originally posted by Jim R
So sad, one by one, all my childhood memories are being torn down.
Harding Class of '67
Morton Class of '72
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04-07-2007
( Reply#: 1107 ) |
seejay2 |
[quote]Originally posted by Pro2am
Thanks for the info, Chris! BTW, what are these "shangibad" spam posts that show up in my threads? Can anyone else see them?
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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[quote]Originally posted by seejay2
[quote]Originally posted by Pro2am
Hello,
It doesn't matter who he, she or whatever it is. The same loser will look at it and say "Look at what I did" while beating it's chest. When I saw what it was doing yesterday, I tried to post over it's nonsense, and yeah, everybody can see it. Probably one of these freaks with horseshoes in it's nose and ears and tongue. Those characters thrive on being 'noticed'.....CJ
Now it looks like every topic that ended with 'shangibad' as a final post has been deleted from the whole board. |
04-07-2007
( Reply#: 1112 ) |
wvcogs |
CJ...I'm tempted to post some words that I shouldn't. Do you have any thoughts about whether the contents of these topics were deleted or just blocked?
Ken...
Former Hessvillite
Morton Graduate 1960 |
04-07-2007
( Reply#: 1113 ) |
seejay2 |
I want SO HARD to believe that maybe the moderator is cleaning them off and they will return. If not, use those words and I will put up the ones you forgot...CJ |
04-26-2007
( Reply#: 1401 ) |
Tom J |
On the subject of buildings from our past being torn down, look what happened to downtown Hammond. What a pity!
My grade school, Wallace Elementary, has been torn down and replaced by a new building. My junior high school, Washington Jr. High, has been torn down. I know the day is coming when Hammond High will be torn down, too. Oh, I did kindergarten and the first semester of 1st grade at McKinley in E.C. in the 1954-1955 and 1955-1956 school years, and I'll bet the old building there has long since been demolished, right?
Buildings do have their useful lives, and then they must come down, but it is still very sad to see them go.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/Web3PICT0018.jpg[/IMG] |
04-27-2007
( Reply#: 1426 ) |
Pro2am |
Tom,
I sure wish we could bring back those days! [:(]
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
(snip)
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/Web3PICT0018.jpg[/IMG]
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04-27-2007
( Reply#: 1430 ) |
Tom J |
Well, Mike, we can relive them through memories, and that's why it is so much fun to reminisce.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/Web3PICT0018.jpg[/IMG] |
10-17-2007
( Reply#: 1790 ) |
wvcogs |
A forum about the Hessville 5 & 10 Store certainly should have a picture of that store. Well, here it is. This picture, which was taken in 1954 or 1955, is from the Purdue Calumet Library Archives.
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Archives/SCP409Hessville510GrandOpeningmid19.jpg[/img] |
10-17-2007
( Reply#: 1791 ) |
Tom J |
Man, those obelisks used for street markers, like the one in the picture just posted, sure bring back memories. Those things were all over Hammond back in the day. I guess they are all gone now?
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
09-03-2010
( Reply#: 6060 ) |
TestPattern |
I think the photo may be later than 1955. Was there a date for it? In the photo you can see a stop light. I (born 1951) grew up about 200 feet (as a kid runs) from that intersection, and the light was added later. From our house, we could hear cars collide, trying to turn from Martha onto Kennedy Avenue. We would run through the back yard, through the alley to watch. The city did not want to install a stop, as they said it was not a major intersection like 169th Street. There were so many accidents on that corner, the city finally installed a stop light.
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
A forum about the Hessville 5 & 10 Store certainly should have a picture of that store. Well, here it is. This picture, which was taken in 1954 or 1955, is from the Purdue Calumet Library Archives.
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Archives/SCP409Hessville510GrandOpeningmid19.jpg[/img]
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09-04-2010
( Reply#: 6063 ) |
seejay2 |
I concur. We moved to Hessville (6600 block of Arizona) when I was 5, in 1954. I remember the 5/10 opening when I was a bit older...Cj |
09-04-2010
( Reply#: 6064 ) |
Tom J |
As Ken often warns us, the dates can be off pretty badly for those photos in the Purdue Calumet Library Archives. I'm still glad that we have access to the photos, but we have to be aware that the dates given are not always accurate.
Tom |
09-04-2010
( Reply#: 6065 ) |
wvcogs |
The 1954 Hammond City Directory lists Hessville 5 & 10¢ Store at 6803-6807 Kennedy Avenue. That would be the location shown in the picture, the southeast corner of Kennedy and Martha.
In the 1952 directory, George P. Daugherty had a variety store at 6809 Kennedy, the two story building to the right in the picture where Henry Wachala had his studio upstairs. Also in 1952 the First Christian Church of Hessville was at 6803.
Ken |
09-04-2010
( Reply#: 6066 ) |
wvcogs |
Speaking of incorrect dates, here is the title of the 5 & 10¢ Store photo in the Purdue Archives: "Hessville area, new dime store on southwest corner of Martha St. and Kennedy Ave., 1951?" Not only is the date incorrect, but so is the location.
Ken |
09-05-2010
( Reply#: 6067 ) |
seejay2 |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
I concur. We moved to Hessville (6600 block of Arizona) when I was 5, in 1954. I remember the 5/10 opening when I was a bit older...Cj
Whoops! I guess I was wrong. First time ever!...Cj |
09-05-2010
( Reply#: 6068 ) |
wvcogs |
Hill's doesn't show up in the directory until 1956. Could anyone be thinking about its grand opening?
Ken |
09-06-2010
( Reply#: 6069 ) |
TestPattern |
I did a search on "Hessville" "Dime Store" and found a link to an April 1989 Post Tribune article about closing of the dime store. It was an interview with the owner, Bob Coomes. It states the dime store was opened in 1953. However, as someone else pointed out, was the dime store first possibly located in the two-story building to the south of the "New, Larger" location shown in the photo? The Post article does not contribute any further details to the history of the store.
The 1954 City Directory would sure appear to nail the location and year. Over years of doing historical research, documentation always wins out over memories.
The 1952 directory shows the First Christian Church at that corner. Then they built their new church at the northeast corner of Martha and Alabama. I did some checking but can't determine when the new church was built. I did find that Sandy Snyder's father became its minister in 1958.
I thought I had a vague recollection of the church being on Kennedy, but the "actual" dates indicate my memory must be in error, I would have been too young to remember that.
I'm just dazed and confused - not unusual.
I thought the time frame was later.
Does anyone remember what the warehouse building was directly east of the "new" dime store. It had a large overhead truck door off Martha, and a loading dock off the alley. There was a sign on the Martha Street side, that was broken out for years. I lived almost directly across the alley from it. It shows in the photo of the "new" dime store.
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
Speaking of incorrect dates, here is the title of the 5 & 10¢ Store photo in the Purdue Archives: "Hessville area, new dime store on southwest corner of Martha St. and Kennedy Ave., 1951?" Not only is the date incorrect, but so is the location.
Ken
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09-12-2010
( Reply#: 6075 ) |
Jim Plummer |
I remember buying the extended play 45 Davy Crockett goes to Congress at the dime store. The display was on an endcap. I think that would have been 1955. |
12-02-2011
( Reply#: 7540 ) |
wvcogs |
Here's an interesting photo of the 5 & 10 from inside Hill's Hammond Times Agency. This appeared on the two-page spread that introduced the advertising section of the 1960 Morton Top Hat yearbook.
Someone who has access to The Hammond Times microfilm copies should be able to determine the exact date of this photo by finding the headline shown on the paper in the rack: "Cuba Rips U.S. Anew After Pilots Caught." The photo would have been taken during cold weather 1959-60.
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/Hammond/Kennedy1960.jpg[/img]
Ken |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7541 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
KEN--
Yes, I've been planning to do this for the past couple of years.
Recently, I checked through some historical references for the '59-60
fall-winter to see when the Commies in Cuba were in an uproar over
our spy planes, to try to pin-point this date. Some day when I have
ABSOLUTELY nothing to do, I'll check the library microfilms; last time I was there,
the fast-forward/rewind mechanism on the film viewer wasn't working, so you had to
sit there and twirl the reels with your fingers. Much fun.
Larry |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7550 ) |
Little Stevie |
In the above photo inside Hill's, the guy on the right, could he possibly be Richard Fleming?
He lived on the 6900 block of Baring. His mother, Lilly, worked at Woodmar Jewelers on the boulevard. Had a younger sister, Linda. He became a pharmacist. If it's him, that is. Sure looks like I remember him.
LS |
12-03-2011
( Reply#: 7555 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by Little Stevie
In the above photo inside Hill's, the guy on the right, could he possibly be Richard Fleming?
LS
Yes it is Rich Fleming. I saw him at our 50th year reunion last year. He still lives in the area.
Ken |
02-18-2012
( Reply#: 8094 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
Someone who has access to The Hammond Times microfilm copies should be able to determine the exact date of this photo by finding the headline shown on the paper in the rack: "Cuba Rips U.S. Anew After Pilots Caught." The photo would have been taken during cold weather 1959-60.
Ken
The Hammond Times with the headline "Cuba Rips U.S. Anew After Pilots Caught" was published on Tuesday, March 22, 1960. I found the paper on newspaperarchive.com. Since the Times was printed in the afternoon, the picture inside Hill's probably was taken on the following day, Wednesday, March 23, 1960. Oh, the price of the paper was 7 cents.
Right under that headline was another that said "10 Above Tonight."
Ken |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8097 ) |
Bill Bucko |
Thanks for the great detective work, Ken! As well as for the photos, that bring back many memories!
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8098 ) |
Tom J |
Ken:
Has NewspaperArchive.com added any editions of the Hammond Times in the last couple years? I used to be a member but I dropped out because there were big gaps in their coverage during the years I would have been most interested in. It seems like they didn't have anything from 1964 or 1965 and only hit or miss coverage in the years just before and just after those years.
Tomster
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8099 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
Ken:
Has NewspaperArchive.com added any editions of the Hammond Times in the last couple years? I used to be a member but I dropped out because there were big gaps in their coverage during the years I would have been most interested in. It seems like they didn't have anything from 1964 or 1965 and only hit or miss coverage in the years just before and just after those years.
Tomster
You're right Tom. There's a break from November 1963 to June 1966. The last paper in the file is December 30, 1966. The years before 1963 are fairly complete, but there are some missing editions. And the Sunday papers are not included.
Ken |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8101 ) |
Tom J |
I thought they had Sunday papers back when I was subscribed. Sounds like they have not added any editions of the Hammond Times since I dropped out. Bummer. I would renew my subscription in a heartbeat if they had filled in the gaps.
Tom |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8102 ) |
wvcogs |
The Times was printed on Sunday, but the Sunday papers were not included in newspaperarchives.com.
Ken |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8107 ) |
Tom J |
Oh, yeah, Ken, I KNOW the Times was printed on Sundays. I carried the Times for a couple years and I sure do remember those heavy bags full of Sunday papers!
I was thinking that when I was subscribed to NewspaperArchive.com I was seeing some Sunday Hammond Times editions, but I guess I am mistaken.
Tomster |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8108 ) |
wvcogs |
HERE IT IS... The front page of The Hammond Times for March 22, 1960, the paper in the rack in the picture shown above. I put it in as a link instead of putting the picture here since the file is so large.
Just click on the link below; then click on the thumbnail to show the larger image.
[url="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/High%20School%20Memories/March_22_1960.jpg"]The Hammond Times - March 22, 1960[/url]
Ken |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8109 ) |
wvcogs |
This full page ad is from The Hammond Times of March 22, 1960, the same one whose front page is posted above. Larry R suggested that I post it -- and I agree -- because of the really eye-catching artwork and to show something else that was in the paper that day.
Once again, I am posting a link instead of the image because of the size of the file.
[url="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/High%20School%20Memories/March_22_1960-7.jpg"]Red Cross[/url]
Ken
Thanks LR... |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8110 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
KEN--
THESE ARE REALLY COOL----THANKS FOR POSTING THEM (the quality is MUCH better than the xerox copies from the Hammond LIbrary's microfilms).
The FRONT PAGE is almost like stepping back into time right in the midst of the students in Hill's that day. I hope everyone will also check the full-page Red Cross ad from the same day's paper; you'd never see anything like that today; also, check the list of sponsors at the bottom (especially Lil' Stevie).
BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE: notice the picture on the upper right; ANOTHER plane crash of some sort. As I recently looked through the Times microfilms, I was STUNNED to find how many mechanical disasters were taking place back then; there seemed to be a major plane, train, or car crash every two weeks.
A few questions/observations about the HILL's pic:
1.) Do you think the pic was actually taken on March 23rd? (not that it makes any difference now). The Times was delivered in the late afternoon, right? So maybe the papers on the rack in Hill's were fresh off the press, or a day old.
2.) Were YOU involved with the taking of this pic for the Mortonite, or had you graduated the previous year? (I forget and am too lazy to look it up elsewhere on Sheptalk).
3.) Interesting that the weather predicts 10 degrees for the low that night, and the temperature box at the bottom left shows that the high for the day was 30 degrees. Those darn' kids in the photo (both inside and out) sure weren't dressed for that kind of cold; no hats, gloves, scarves---nothin'!
4.) Check the metal awning/ridge above the windows on the 5&10 Store across the street in the color-Hill's photo and compare it with the Purdue Archives B&W photo above; the 1960 (Hill's) photo shows what looks like a string of light bulbs (?) running along it.
5.) MARCH 22, 1960---that would be 4 days after my mother, Mike, and I watched the network premiere of the TWILIGHT ZONE episode "Long Live Walter Jameson"---where actor Kevin McCarthy turns to dust during the last two minutes; scared the $%!*&@ out of me.
Larry
PS--How do we get in touch with Rich Fleming and let him know he's a current STAR of Sheptalk? |
02-19-2012
( Reply#: 8111 ) |
Little Stevie |
What an ad!
Great sponsorship too!
Here's a clip of an awards dinner I posted for the 1960 Pepsi-Cola "Salesman of the Year"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPiMmfaQIg&feature=related
You might recognise my uncles, John & Fritz Surowiec, from the "Magoun Ave. Memories" thread.
LS |
02-20-2012
( Reply#: 8112 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by Little Stevie
Here's a clip of an awards dinner I posted for the 1960 Pepsi-Cola "Salesman of the Year"
LS
Of course, any dedicated salesman would be drinking Pepsi-Cola at his awards dinner!!
Ken |
02-20-2012
( Reply#: 8113 ) |
wvcogs |
I couldn't find the thread, but at one point we were trying to find a picture of the Wachala School of Music sign that would have been visible on the side of the two story building next to the Hessville 5¢ & 10¢ store after the dime store was demolished. Unfortunately, by the time anyone got a picture of the sign, it had been covered by an ugly yellow sign for the current business.
Well, Jim Zacny recently found a picture at the Local History Room of the Hammond Public Library of the side of that two story building just after the Hessville 5¢ & 10¢ store was torn down, and he posted that picture to the Facebook Planet Hammond page where he is an administrator. I hope he doesn't mind that I am pulling that photo and posting it to Sheptalk.
This is an appropriate thread for the picture since the building can be seen in every photo of the five and dime that we have on this page.
It's also sad to see that pile of trash in the foreground that once was the Hessville 5¢ & 10¢.
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/High%20School%20Memories/Wachala-2.jpg[/img] |
02-20-2012
( Reply#: 8114 ) |
TestPattern |
quote:
Originally posted by HassoBenSoba
KEN--
A few questions/observations about the HILL's pic:
1.) Do you think the pic was actually taken on March 23rd? (not that it makes any difference now). The Times was delivered in the late afternoon, right? So maybe the papers on the rack in Hill's were fresh off the press, or a day old.
Larry
We lived about a block away from Hill's and a daily trip there to buy a Hammond Times was part of our routine. Hill's typically had received the newspapers and had them in the rack by the door by 3 PM. My dad finished work at 3:30 and was home at 3:50, and expected the newspaper when he got home.
Why have home delivery when you had kids to get the nespaper for you.
I checked on the Daugherty Merchandise Mart whose sign was painted on the wall next to the Wachala sign. In the 1939 directory, Hessville Electrical Appliances occupied the store. George P. Daughtery variety store was listed in the 1948 & 1952 directories, but not the 1954 directory.
I remember there were residential apartments on the second floor of that building. There was even a gospel style Baptist Church that had rented space in the building at some point. |
02-20-2012
( Reply#: 8120 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
In the March, 1960 HILL'S photo above, there's this neat-looking storefront right next to the 5&10 Store across the street.
The 1961 Directory that Ken posted on the "Hessville Map" thread shows:
6803-07 Kennedy -- Hessville 5 & 10 Store
6809 Kennedy -- Missionary Baptist Church AND Mack Shoe Store
6811 Kennedy -- Balog and Brausch Boy's & Men's Clothes
I'm assuming that the storefront in the two-story building that you can clearly see is Balog & Brausch.
ALSO -- in the late spring of 1967 (at the end of my sophomore year at Noll, before switiching to Morton), a group of
artsy Noll students were re-modelling a second floor space in that same brick building to create a hippie-style coffee house;
they intended to call it "THE GLOT BOX", whatever the hell that was supposed to mean (my brother Mike
thought it was hilarious).
I recall stopping in on a few lovely spring evenings to chat and lend a hand with the work. The two folks I clearly recall
were Pauline Frechette (one of the talented Hammond family), and a funny, talented guy named Tim Burke. I have no idea
how their venture ever turned out.
HEY, KEN ---- CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 500TH POST!! YIPPEE!! Let's get out the lampshades and celebrate! [:D]
Larry |
02-22-2012
( Reply#: 8145 ) |
wvcogs |
Since Larry mentioned my 500th post should be celebrated, it seems appropriate for me to share a photo of those festivities, lampshade and all. And here it is -- one drink down and one to go. Surely Stevie will appreciate my choice of beverages.
Ken...
[img]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g268/wvcogs72/High%20School%20Memories/Lampshade-Web.jpg[/img] |
02-22-2012
( Reply#: 8146 ) |
Little Stevie |
Dr. Pepper
Eh . . .ok but "Choke on a COKE"?
No way Ken! No way!
Ya got me right through the heart.[V] |
02-23-2012
( Reply#: 8147 ) |
HassoBenSoba |
KEN....
Nice still-life; very well-done. Congrats again on your Sheptalk milestone.
I just got home from a very vigorous rehearsal, and I am DRY as can be; looking at the unopened bottle
of Dr. Pepper is more than I can stand at the moment.
------------------------------------------------
INCIDENTALLY...I wonder if you Hessville guys might remember the following:
It was early '62---50 years ago, as we were preparing to leave Magoun Ave and move to Hessville. My dad
would drive to Hill's on Friday evenings to pay some bills, and I would often go with him.
While he was at the Hill's service desk, he'd give me some change to play the SHOOTING
GALLERY in the back of the store.
AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME---early 1962---the shooting gallery at Hill's had a Western theme; behind the glass was a
DESERT PLAIN with cactus and mountains, etc. The figures that would pop up in the foreground were
western style bad-guys that you had to pick off. But every 15 seconds or so....an illuminated
INDIAN (oops...Native American) would DANCE ACROSS THE PURPLE NIGHT SKY in a big arch;
you'd have to nail him for extra points.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THIS? I don't know how long Hill's had this gallery before they changed to something
else, but that Indian in the purple sky made a HUGE impression on me; I was fascinated by it
and would tell Mike about it every time we got home.
In fact, a few years ago I wrote a piece of music (a complex, "modern" sort of work for 9 instruments),
which has something to do with Indian lore and the names that various tribes gave to the moon
in different months of the year. Anyway, in this one section, I wrote for a violin and harp playing
this very light, dancy, "skipping" stuff very high up on their instruments, that sounds like it's
rising up, then falling; next to it on the page I wrote: "That Indian's still dancing through the
night sky". Sort of an abstract tribute to that shooting gallery at Hill's that made such a big impression on me
in early '62.
LR |
02-23-2012
( Reply#: 8148 ) |
seejay2 |
I remember that gallery, Larry. But I made my bones on the one before it. It was a witch that blazed across the stage. If you kept hitting her just right, which was right before she exited the stage right or left and kept going back and forth fast enough, the little witch just kept going right-left-right-left and never could leave the scene. It was like running someone down between second and third base. The only way she got out of it was when you got tired of it and quit. All that for a thin dime!
Also, I think it was Hills that had a big scale to weigh yourself. If you set the dial that pointed a hand to your correct weight before inserting the penny, you would get the penny back. Of course we knew how to defeat that thing as well, not that we needed the penny it was only a matter of beating out another machine...Cj |
02-23-2012
( Reply#: 8149 ) |
Roger D |
Wish I had that shooting gallery now. What a collectors item! |
02-23-2012
( Reply#: 8150 ) |
wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by HassoBenSoba
1.) Do you think the pic was actually taken on March 23rd? (not that it makes any difference now). The Times was delivered in the late afternoon, right? So maybe the papers on the rack in Hill's were fresh off the press, or a day old.
2.) Were YOU involved with the taking of this pic for the Mortonite, or had you graduated the previous year? (I forget and am too lazy to look it up elsewhere on Sheptalk).
Larry
1. For a couple reasons I believe this picture was taken on March 23 instead of March 22. First, it looks like no artificial lighting was used for the picture except for the lights in the store. Second, natural lighting appears to be morning light coming from a ENE direction. Check the highlights on the people in the picture and the light and shadows on some of the books in the rack.
2. I did participate in the taking of this picture. It was during my senior year at Morton and was for the Top Hat yearbook. A couple of us were always there, but Mr. Rasmussen was the one to press the button on these large color photos. It was taken on 4" x 5" Ektachrome transparency sheet film. We developed and printed all black and white film in the Photo Club darkroom, but color film was taken to Watland's for processing.
Ken |
02-23-2012
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S C Jones |
Ken,
Does the coke bottle have a city name on the bottom?
What is the octagonal thingy hanging at the window? |
02-23-2012
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wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by S C Jones
Ken,
Does the coke bottle have a city name on the bottom?
What is the octagonal thingy hanging at the window?
I got the Coke bottle at a local flea market. It's a Charleston, W.Va. bottle. Chances are it also could have been made in Charleston since there was an Owens-Illinois factory there. I remember that when I was a kid we got Cokes in those 6½ ounce bottles for 5¢. That empty bottle cost me 100 times as much, $5.00.
The octagonal thingy on the window is the bottom of a wind chime.
Ken |
02-23-2012
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HassoBenSoba |
KEN--
Right after my post last night, I had to run out to the local gas station for a nice cold Dr Pepper. Too bad all that's available
are plastic bottles (cans are even worse), which can't come close to matching that smooth, full flavor of DP
in a real glass bottle.
Larry |
02-23-2012
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wvcogs |
quote:
Originally posted by HassoBenSoba
KEN--
Right after my post last night, I had to run out to the local gas station for a nice cold Dr Pepper. Too bad all that's available are plastic bottles (cans are even worse), which can't come close to matching that smooth, full flavor of DP in a real glass bottle.
Larry
You're certainly right about the flavor of pop from glass bottles. Next time you go to Mexico be sure to bring back enough Pepsi and Dr. Pepper for all of us. They still use glass bottles and real sugar down there. Just look out for the water!!!
Ken... |
02-23-2012
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HassoBenSoba |
KEN--
Reminds me of summer nights in the late 90's when I was conducting opera productions in downtown Chicago. I'd end up a performance near exhaustion, get out of my sweat-drenched tuxedo, take a shower and head out into the humid night air, dying from thirst. Right next to the theater was this tiny Mexican dive/diner that was crawling with roaches; I NEVER would have eaten there. But they had the Mexican drink JARITOS--the fruit-flavored soda in glass bottles.
So I'd pay my $1, order a fruit punch or lemon-lime Jaritos, and watch the guy crack the cap off on the bottle opener mounted on the wall. When I finally had that thing in my hands, I knew that life would go on. Jaritos tasted (and hopefully still does) EXACTLY like the good old fruit-flavored bottled drinks from NEHI that we used to get in the summer during the '50's.
Larry |
