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Date Posted: 12:48:19 03/06/03 Thu
Author: Randy
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 162.114.211.143
Subject: Re: Great memories, Bill! Thanks!
In reply to: Jonathan E. Wright (Class of 1971) 's message, "Great memories, Bill! Thanks!" on 10:04:17 02/11/03 Tue

>Bill:
>What class were you in?
>Thanks so much for your recollections! Wow---I feel as
>though I only scratched the surface compared to what
>you remember! I do remember the store at the corner of
>Beech St. and Charles was Miller's---that's the store
>I frequented the most, since it was right on the way
>as I walked from my house on Ranch Road to Poage
>Elementary School. It was run by an elderly couple
>named Miller (of course, anyone over 40 was elderly
>those days!), and it sold about all the basics. I
>remember Mrs. Miller wasn't the friendliest lady
>around--she was strictly business, it seemed---but
>nice nonetheless. I have no idea what her and her
>husbands first names were, though. I enjoyed your
>memories of Dairy Cheer also. That was quite the place
>when I was growing up---kinda of a state-of-the-art
>restaurant second only to BBF (downtown at 12th and
>Winchester. BBF stood for "Burger Boy Food-a-Rama").
>Dairy Cheer had great food and a nice (though echoey)
>dining room and was always a great place for the
>family to stop for evening ice cream treats.
>Bill, where exactly did you live? Did you attend
>Poage?
>Thanks again for your reminiscing. Indeed---those were
>the days!

The market at the Beech Street and 13th Street was also run by a family named Miller and was called Miller's Market. used to buy a 5 cent bag of Snyder's in the 60's.

>
>--Jonathan Wright (Class of 1971)

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Re: Great memories, Bill! Thanks! -- David Daniels, 04:52:43 08/21/03 Thu