Used to that "cruising" on the Centerville, Iowa square. Brought back some memories. Jean, AZ Smile And The World Smiles Too -----Original Message----- From: iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancee Seifert Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:45 AM To: IADECATU@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] SQUARE.. From: Mom Wade Date: 5/17/2010 9:21:54 AM To: list Subject: [IADECATU] square I think I'm playing to an empty house!!! 99 times around the square without a pit stop--come on, you guys, that's funny stuff. Donna in OR www.iagenweb.org/Decatur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Hey Donna: I don't remember reading that - must have missed it; I agree it is funny.. Every town I lived in had a 'square' and we all cruised it.. My boyfriend at the time would put 25 cents worth of gas in his car and we'd ride around all Sunday afternoon... Now, try that today.... smile.. The 'empty house' you refer to - being the Decatur Co. List - seems to be on hiatus.. I, too, miss all the posts.. But, now I know where to get a tenderloin!! Nancee www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On May 17, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Jean wrote: > Used to that "cruising" on the Centerville, Iowa square. Brought back some > memories. > Jean, AZ Out-of-county report: "cruising the town square" in Lineville, IA (Wayne County) in the late '40s and early '50s was mostly done on foot, as I recall. Most of the cars/pickups were parked and the less spry folks would sit in their vehicles and "people watch" while throngs of pedestrians orbited the square and greeted each other. Rick, Merced, CA