The foot Xray machine that my little brother and I played in was the one at the big Sears store at 8th (?) and Broadway. Some years after that when the bad news came out about the possible damage to the DNA of children from using them, my mother worried forever about it. A trip to that Sears store in the 1940s was a major journey for us - - all the way from 12th and Hill where we lived in the government project housing! When we went in the back door of the Sears store from the parking lot, the aroma of the hot nuts counter on the right wall was just overpowering. Dad got us to behave by promising us some hot cashews when we left if we had been good while he and Mom shopped. I don't remember a single time when we did not behave in THAT store! We bought a quarter's worth of warm cashews and my brother and I had to split the little sack - - probably about a cup full. We ate them in the back seat of the car on the way home, and we always argued about who was eating the most and who got the last one. I can smell them right now, even though that was 60 years ago. Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------- And do we remember what stores had these magical devices? I recall there was one at Bach's (childrens shoes and clothing) on the South side of Chestnut between 3rd & 4th, next to the Strand Theater, and maybe there was one at Kaufmann's. Probably were all over town. I too have wondered what happened that I did not become wealthy, famous and good looking, not to mention Jill St. John. It was the shoes (as the old Air Jordan commercials said)!!!! Walker K. McCulloch

I remember that and the candy counter. The store was never the same after they changed the parking lot. We also lived in the projects and I can remember my mother learning to drive there after the war. Much later I worked in that Sears putting the first computer tickets on clothing. The machine that printed the tickets were huge and always broke down. Dottie -----Original Message----- From: kyjeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kyjeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mplamkin@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:10 PM To: kyjeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYJEFFER] Xray Machines in Sears store The foot Xray machine that my little brother and I played in was the one at the big Sears store at 8th (?) and Broadway. Some years after that when the bad news came out about the possible damage to the DNA of children from using them, my mother worried forever about it. A trip to that Sears store in the 1940s was a major journey for us - - all the way from 12th and Hill where we lived in the government project housing! When we went in the back door of the Sears store from the parking lot, the aroma of the hot nuts counter on the right wall was just overpowering. Dad got us to behave by promising us some hot cashews when we left if we had been good while he and Mom shopped. I don't remember a single time when we did not behave in THAT store! We bought a quarter's worth of warm cashews and my brother and I had to split the little sack - - probably about a cup full. We ate them in the back seat of the car on the way home, and we always argued about who was eating the most and who got the last one. I can smell them right now, even though that was 60 years ago. Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------- And do we remember what stores had these magical devices? I recall there was one at Bach's (childrens shoes and clothing) on the South side of Chestnut between 3rd & 4th, next to the Strand Theater, and maybe there was one at Kaufmann's. Probably were all over town. I too have wondered what happened that I did not become wealthy, famous and good looking, not to mention Jill St. John. It was the shoes (as the old Air Jordan commercials said)!!!! Walker K. McCulloch ------------------------------- 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