We moved to Euclid Avenue in 1955 which runs off Taylor Blvd near the point where it meets with Algonquin Parkway, Winkler Ave. and Rodman. On one corner of this intersection was Davis Bakery. Back in those days, our family had company real often. Sometimes we'd have donuts and/or a delicious pie from this bakery. Or sometimes they'd go to Krispy Kreme on 7th St. Rd. Davis Bakery also had a soda fountain and a juke box which seemed to play "Rockin' Robin" a lot. On another corner was Samuel's Auto Sales and nearby was the Ranch House...very popular hangout for the teens with small juke boxes right at the tables, car hops on roller skates and great food. Ward's Barber Shop was on the corner of Taylor and Rodman. Mr. Ward just recently retired after all these years of cutting hair. His business partner for years was a Mr. Frayser. On the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Utah Ave. was Bowles Grocery store owned by an older couple. They treated all the kids as if we were their own. Totally trusted us to go behind the counter and choose what penny candy we wanted to buy. Between Taylor Blvd. and Montana Avenue was a poultry house to which Mama would send us to get a fresh-killed chicken for our supper. I would hold my breath as long as I could cause it really smelled awful in there. Over on 7th St. Rd. was Arlan's Discount Store with a lot of good bargains. Across the road was Kiddie Land with all kinds of rides for the little ones. I attended Nannie Lee Frayser Elementary School on Larchmont Ave. Nearby was Doerhoeffer's Drugstore where we could buy the best cherry cokes from the soda fountain. Down the street was South Central Park where we spent many hours on the playground equipment and watching ball games. It had a swimming pool which became off-limits to us after my brother got hepatitis. Mama always thought it was because he swam in the pool. Some of the families on Euclid Avenue were Hogan, French, Sharber, Sheroan, Young, Garrett, Witt. Those were definitely different times. We played outside because we did well to have a TV for entertainment. The girls were tomboys and we played right along with the boys having bicycle races, playing cowboy and Indians, softball games, climbing trees and having sled races down the hill when it snowed. However, at times we did act like little girls clomping around in our mothers' old dresses swinging an oversized hang bag on our arm and trying to walk in high heels that was Lord only knows how many sizes too big. There were tea parties with dainty, little china tea sets and we played hop- scotch and Annie Over, London Bridge is Falling Down. There was an- other game whose name I can't recall where we threw a ball over the house to a kid that was waiting on the other side. That one wasn't a favorite of Mama's!! Back in those days, you didn't have just one set of parents. You had many for if you did something you shouldn't...they either corrected you themselves, told your parents or both. I do not ever remember my parents getting mad at a neighbor for telling them when one of us kids had done something wrong. They wanted to know!! Priscilla

Hi, Oh my. This message sounds as if I wrote it. We moved to Euclid Ave. when I was 6 mos. old and left there when I was a couple mos. shy of 11. Broke my heart and my sis wasn't happy either. We loved that old neighborhood. I sure do remember Davis's Donut Shop. It had the best pecan cookies I've ever tasted. Sis and I would get a cookie each and Mom would pick out a Kuka, uh I mean a kuchen. She liked cheese kuchen and sometimes a fruit one. Heaven! I remember the little restaurant in the back. Mom loved liver and onions. Yuck. But they cooked it to her liking. I loved the steps that curved around the front. I felt, for some reason, like a princess when I walked up them. It is so sad to see Sonic there now. I remember South Central Park and its pool. I'd go under the water and then I'd choke. Kept doing it, tho. Do you remember when a dairy freeze place opened and offered all children a small ice cream cone for free? The line was very, very long and we would not give up till we got our very tiny ice cream cone. Wow, the Ranch House. My sis and her future husband did a lot of their courting there. They'd walk up there from our house and sometimes they'd take me with them. I have been a vegetarian for about 40 years but I can still remember how a Ranchburger tasted. It is actually a fond memory. I remember Sam's Bar on the corner of Euclid and Taylor right close to where it becomes Winkler. Dad used to go up there once in awhile. He didn't drink but he liked the male company. I also went to Nannie Lee Frayser Elem. School. I had to leave when we moved, which was in late 1955. I hated that because I was shy but at least I knew the people there. I really, really, was scared of the "Visiting Teacher" who went to the homes and brought in absent kids if they didn't seem to be sick. That happened to me once. Some of the families I remember are Rouse, Bohannon, Masterson, Powers, Waxler or Wexler, Johnson, and Warren. I well remember Mr. Bowles and the grocery on the corner. We ran a bill, or account, and Mom would send us sometimes to get a few groceries and she'd give us a note and she'd tell Mr. Bowles to let us have a nickel's worth of the penny candy. If we bought a pencil, they'd sharpen it for us behind the counter. We loved Halloween in particular because we could go for a mile or more around, getting a tremendous amount of goodies, both homemade and bought. My sis and I would go with a small group of our friends. If we could get out before Mr. Bowles closed his store, he'd give us a "full size" candy bar which was something of a miracle to us, altho we each had a small mountain of stuff at the end of the nite. We lived upstairs in a white house, which was gray the last time I went by there. It was in the 900 block and still is. It was reputed to be haunted. I find that amusing how but back then it was definitely not funny! What memories. Thanks to everyone. Please get back with me, Priscilla, I'd like to talk about those days some more, tho it seems you were probably there after we were, but just barely! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Threesonsofpat@aol.com> To: <KYJEFFER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:43 AM Subject: [KYJEFFER] Bread, Milk and Fruit > > We moved to Euclid Avenue in 1955 which runs off Taylor Blvd near > the point where it meets with Algonquin Parkway, Winkler Ave. and > Rodman. On one corner of this intersection was Davis Bakery. Back > in those days, our family had company real often. Sometimes we'd > have donuts and/or a delicious pie from this bakery. Or sometimes > they'd go to Krispy Kreme on 7th St. Rd. Davis Bakery also had a > soda fountain and a juke box which seemed to play "Rockin' Robin" > a lot. > > On another corner was Samuel's Auto Sales and nearby was the > Ranch House...very popular hangout for the teens with small juke > boxes right at the tables, car hops on roller skates and great > food. Ward's Barber Shop was on the corner of Taylor and Rodman. > Mr. Ward just recently retired after all these years of cutting hair. > His business partner for years was a Mr. Frayser. > > On the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Utah Ave. was Bowles Grocery > store owned by an older couple. They treated all the kids as if we > were their own. Totally trusted us to go behind the counter and > choose what penny candy we wanted to buy. > > Between Taylor Blvd. and Montana Avenue was a poultry house to > which Mama would send us to get a fresh-killed chicken for our > supper. I would hold my breath as long as I could cause it really > smelled awful in there. > > Over on 7th St. Rd. was Arlan's Discount Store with a lot of good > bargains. Across the road was Kiddie Land with all kinds of rides > for the little ones. > > I attended Nannie Lee Frayser Elementary School on Larchmont > Ave. Nearby was Doerhoeffer's Drugstore where we could buy the > best cherry cokes from the soda fountain. Down the street was > South Central Park where we spent many hours on the playground > equipment and watching ball games. It had a swimming pool which > became off-limits to us after my brother got hepatitis. Mama always > thought it was because he swam in the pool. > > Some of the families on Euclid Avenue were Hogan, French, Sharber, > Sheroan, Young, Garrett, Witt. Those were definitely different times. > We played outside because we did well to have a TV for entertainment. > The girls were tomboys and we played right along with the boys having > bicycle races, playing cowboy and Indians, softball games, climbing > trees and having sled races down the hill when it snowed. However, at > times we did act like little girls clomping around in our mothers' old > dresses swinging an oversized hang bag on our arm and trying to walk > in high heels that was Lord only knows how many sizes too big. There > were tea parties with dainty, little china tea sets and we played hop- > scotch and Annie Over, London Bridge is Falling Down. There was an- > other game whose name I can't recall where we threw a ball over the > house to a kid that was waiting on the other side. That one wasn't a > favorite of Mama's!! > > Back in those days, you didn't have just one set of parents. You had > many for if you did something you shouldn't...they either corrected you > themselves, told your parents or both. I do not ever remember my > parents getting mad at a neighbor for telling them when one of us kids > had done something wrong. They wanted to know!! > > Priscilla > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >