I remember my Cousin Judy McDonald taking me to North Star Drive in when I would visit when I was little. I thought it was the neatest place. Now it's a car dealership I think. Allen -----Original Message----- From: tnscott-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tnscott-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dan Gibson Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:31 AM To: tnscott@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Scott County Museum Reading about "Flonnie's Drive-in" brought back so many memories. The drive in restaurant was a place where everyone went too from I think the the 50's on up. Any young couple on a date that lived in the southern part of Scott County (Robbins, Elgin, Brimstone, etc.) or the Huntsville, Norma, Straight Fork, Capitol Hill areas and of course some came down from Oneida would stop at Flonnies for hamburger, fries & coke. I remember Cherry Cokes were very popular. Back then there were car hops. There was also a jukebox on the outside under a small porch. The music came through a loud speaker connected to the building. It seems the jukebox belted out music all evening. I know I was there listening to the early songs of the Beatles. Back then Flonnie's Drive-In would be considered a typical 1950's drive-in restaurant. Over the years the place gradually changed I guess with the times and remained popular with the public. The drive-in was always located very close to the junction of Highway 27 & Highway 63. The lady (Flonnie) that owned and ran the place was my Dad's first cousin. Her maiden name was Washam. My Dad's name is Herstle Norman (Buck) Gibson. His mother, Maude Ethel (McCoy) Gibson and Flonnie's mother were sisters. For the life of me I can't think of Flonnie's married name or her husband's name right at the moment. Sometimes I think my "genealogy brain" shuts down for a few minutes every so often! he he Like I said the mention of Flonnie's Drive-In brought back some wonderful memories! Later, Dan Gibson >From: Allen Prunty <allen@alprunty.com> >Reply-To: tnscott@rootsweb.com >To: tnscott@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Scott County Museum >Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:10:56 -0400 > >Rae Smith wrote: > > > > I wish I could be there. Every Time I have tried to go it was > > closed. I am going to a retreat for women at the huge church on 63 > > in Huntsville next month. I am helping my cousin with her garage at > > Flonie's the Saturday of the 13 I think it is. Try to come by > > Stephen and anyone else who would like to make fun of my drooling > > over the icecream at Flonie's I can't have anymore...LOL > >Are you talking about Flonnies little restaurant in Helenwood? > >If so I may be there this weekend. > >Allen > >Scott County Mailing List >Rae Davis-Smith List Administrator >raedsmith@hotmail.com > >Scott County Message Board >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.coun >ties.scott/mb.ashx > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNSCOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ More photos; more messages; more storageget 5GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migratio n_HM_mini_2G_0507