Hi, Does anyone remember a little hot dog stand on a side street downtown? We used to stop after school and have one or two hot dogs, (or coney dogs), and a bag of kitchen cooked potato chips. Only Emos in Peoria has coney dogs that tasted that good! Remember going to Hechts for all the "in" clothes? Not that most of us could afford them. And I remember the thrill of going with my Grandmother to Knepps on the corner of the square. To me, it seemed huge, with the department store bells ringing and the second floor! Wow. And do I ever miss the old John Dean School and beautiful Miss Thixtun who taught first grade. Miss Tostenrud taught 3rd grade, and I believe Miss O'neil taught second or fourth grade. And best of all, I remember the noon whistle blowing at International Harvester. A reassuring sound if ever there was one. It meant lunchtime and all the world was safe. Judi Goodwin

I have a 1954 Canton City Directory and it lists E & M Hot Dog Stand managed by a Mrs. Ernesto Groppel at 61 N. First Ave. That would have been just a couple of doors to the south of the bus station at First Ave & Chestnut. My classmates remember it as having the best chili-dogs and tamales. There was also a Canton Chili Stand at 147 E Elm street but was not viewed highly by classmates (CHS 57). I still go regularly for coney dogs at Cranwill's south of Pekin on the way to Manito. They were previously an A&W facility but have dropped the franchise. The coney dogs taste just like I remember the coney dogs at the A&W south of Canton at the edge of town on route 78. Max ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: [ILFULTON] Canton, IL Memories > Hi, > Does anyone remember a little hot dog stand on a side street downtown? > We used to stop after school and have one or two hot dogs, (or coney dogs), > and a bag of kitchen cooked potato chips. Only Emos in Peoria has coney dogs > that tasted that good! > Remember going to Hechts for all the "in" clothes? Not that most of us > could afford them. And I remember the thrill of going with my Grandmother to > Knepps on the corner of the square. To me, it seemed huge, with the > department store bells ringing and the second floor! Wow. And do I ever miss > the old John Dean School and beautiful Miss Thixtun who taught first grade. > Miss Tostenrud taught 3rd grade, and I believe Miss O'neil taught second or > fourth grade. > And best of all, I remember the noon whistle blowing at International > Harvester. A reassuring sound if ever there was one. It meant lunchtime and > all the world was safe. > Judi Goodwin > > > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== > To UNsubscribe from the mailing list in MAIL MODE send a message to: > [email protected] > Put ONLY the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body (Turn off any signature files) > >