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Date Posted: 23:02:33 07/11/03 Fri
Author: Bill Hughes
Author Host/IP: dhcp9564171.columbus.rr.com / 24.95.64.171
Subject: Re: 29th & Blackburn
In reply to: Bill Van Bibber 's message, "29th & Blackburn" on 19:41:31 03/05/03 Wed

Wasn't there an old drive-in called The Stadium Drive-In that stood at the corner behind the Standard Oil station?
Now THAT'S taking the Way-Back machine on a trip, eh?
>Since we have pretty well dissected Beech St and its
>small grocery stores, how about starting on the old #3
>Fire Station and the stores around it on 29th &
>Blackburn?
>Here is a starter. Ashland Fire Dept was on Blackburn
>where 29th intersected. On one corner was a 2 story
>store building that at one time (way back) was Spot
>Bolners store where the best bar-b-ques I ever ate
>were served up.
>Dick Wellman (54) live upstairs over the store, which
>later was a laundramat. Janet Stallard (54) lived next
>door to the Fire Station. Gene Blevins, among others,
>owned the Ashland Oil Station on the other corner.
>This station had a little raised sidewalk between the
>drive way entrances and that is where the boys stood
>to thumb down to the old High School on Lexington Ave.
>Then, folk would just stop and pick us up. No
>questions, no worries, ah what a time!! Mr & Mrs Whitt
>had a grocery store with a Barber Shop attached. Mr
>Whitt was a barber and when his son, Pokey (Garland
>Eugene) came up, he was the barber.
>Across the street was a Std Oil Station next to the
>Fire Station where Deb Riffe, a Firefighter, and Miles
>Strother, worked for C&O ran the station. Outside
>grease rack, 2 pumps (only had regular and ethyl at
>that time)
>Some one else fill in some more of the blanks.
>WOW! this goes back a spell. Dick Wellman sent me a
>picture of him, Miles Strother and me standing in
>front of the filling station.
>Come on...

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Replies:

Re: 29th & Blackburn -- Wallace (Gene) Bess, 23:31:55 02/13/04 Fri

Re: 29th & Blackburn -- Bill Van Bibber, 12:05:48 02/14/04 Sat

Re: 29th & Blackburn -- Dennis Ferguson, 22:43:54 06/24/04 Thu