JamesK
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Post by JamesK on Aug 20, 2005 13:03:59 GMT -5
James K. I think it was Jim Shelton who had the noon-day show from the circle. Or it could have been Jack Morrow. He was also a WIBC dee-jay at the time Bill Baker was with the station. Hi Gregg....It could have been Jim Shelton that had Pick-A-Pocket, on the circle, in the late 40's or 50's. That name is familiar to me for that time period...JamesK
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Post by EC on Sept 2, 2005 20:40:19 GMT -5
This post is for the visitors of this board that live out of town. This information is from the Looking Back column that’s a daily feature in The Republic (formerly The Evening Republican.)
August 26, 1955 - Ed Sullivan, popular host of the Toast of the Town Revue, was booked as one of the top attractions for the Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce Auditorium Series.
August 28, 1955 - Local Barbers Union No. 557 approved a proposal to raise the price of haircuts for adults to $1.25.
September 2, 1955 - A gasoline price war, which began along major highways in southern Indiana, spread to Columbus with local motorists paying two cents less per gallon that they had paid the week before. The price of regular gasoline dropped from 28.0 cents per gallon to 26.0 cents.
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Post by railyard on Sept 3, 2005 10:55:02 GMT -5
After reading EC's posting, I had to comment on one thing that he mentioned and tell a little story, too. In EC's posting, he mentions having the milk delivered to the house and shaking the bottle to mix the cream back in. About three weeks ago, I went to work and got into a conversation with three other guys in the office. Bare in mind that none of the four of us was born before about 1965. This will be important in a minute... We all decided that we were thirsty. We went to the building's break room and each bought one of those little cartons of milk (for those who used to listen to WCSI in the morning for the school lunch menu, that would be "one half pint of milk", sorry, I can't type in a southern accent ) As each of us retrieved our carton of milk from the machine, the first thing that each person did was to give the carton a good shaking. I noticed it when I did it and then watched to see if others did it also. Sure enough, all four of us did. I mentioned that I cannot remember a time when milk was not homogenized and neither could any of them. However, everyone of us had been engrained with this habit somewhere along the way. Strange how the human mind works Brian
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Margo CHS Class of 55
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Post by Margo CHS Class of 55 on Sept 15, 2005 14:19:09 GMT -5
Brian, Well, you stirred up another memory for me, also. I still do the same thing. Whether from a vending machine or at a cooler. Amazing how we retain old habits , isn't it Now, if they would just bring back Root Beer in the frosted mugs ? Plastic or paper just does not give the same flavor... Margo' 55 ( who worked at Becker's all through High School for 25 cents an hr plus tips. )
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Post by EC on Sept 29, 2005 12:08:33 GMT -5
On April 5, 2005, I posted the following: I remember, The first spray-on starch. The first soft marshmallow in a jar. Pennant brand syrup. All were produced by Union Starch & Refining Company, a local company.
In today’s local paper, Mr. Harry McCawley includes a story about aerosol starch spray. His article lists the brand name of the starch as REDDI STARCH.
His story also says that Union Starch, or at least the Reddi Starch brand was bought by the Simoniz Company of Chicago. Simoniz went bankrupt in the early 1960's. He then says that Union Starch was sold to Miles Laboratory in 1966. The article states that Union Starch was founded just after 1900.
EC
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Margo CHS Class of 55
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Post by Margo CHS Class of 55 on Sept 29, 2005 14:05:26 GMT -5
I remember this company well !! They hired me before I graduated from High School in 1955. I worked with Edna Hawley in the printing department, and also sorted mail. Pennant Syrup was another of our products. I surely remember the Marshmallow Creme as we ran many promotions on that product, also. I went from 25 cents an hr at the Root Beer Stand to an incredible $3.75 hr to start !! My father was sick with Cancer and that salary was all that support our family, during this time. Mother stayed home to nurse him, and the younger sisters were still in school.
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Post by David Sechrest on Oct 7, 2005 10:57:33 GMT -5
EC and I have been sharing some thoughts regarding the first "mall" in Columbus. If I can take the liberty of speaking for EC, as well as myself, we have determined the 25th Street Shopping Center was the first strip mall in Columbus.
Now, I'm not so sure of that.
I recently paid a visit to East Columbus, and checked out the buildings on State Street, west of the corner of State and Hege. There's a small strip mall located on that particular corner.
Without any documentation, I now believe that this area could possibly have been Columbus' first strip mall.
I am very familiar with this area of town, considering that it was my stomping ground back in my younger days. I cannot remember what was in the building farthest west, but on the corner was a clothes shop. At some point in time, I think I remember a shoe store around there somewhere, but I could be confusing it with the clothing store.
Was the old Army Surplus in that corner building? Something tells me it was.
If you drive around back of the building complex, you will note that most of the structure is made up of concrete block, but then, note the building farthest west. You will see an old brick structure jutting out from the top. It appears that this part was the original building, and the rest was built around this structure.
I have a picture of the A & E grocery in the west buildling, but I'm not sure of when the A & E occupied this spot. I don't remember it from my own childhool (1960's), which probably places the picture being taken sometime in the 1950's.
With EC's help, I think we have come to the conclusion that the Kroger Store (where Aldi's is today) moved into that area around 1956.
But something in my mind's eye tells me that the strip mall on State Street preceded this one.
George? EC? Nanc? Any others out there that remember this State Street strip mall prior to the 25th Street Shopping Center?
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Post by David Sechrest on Oct 7, 2005 11:04:35 GMT -5
I don't know if I've posted this picture on the message board, or somewhere on the website, but anyway, if I have, here it is again: If you drive around the back of this building today, you can still see the old brick from the original building. Now I wonder what was in this building before A & E...
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Post by Gregg on Oct 7, 2005 12:18:54 GMT -5
Would the row of shops across 16th Street from, and just to the west of the Nugent home, qualify as a strip mall? They are probably nearly the same age as the shops on State Street.
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Post by Margo CHS Class of 55 on Oct 7, 2005 14:05:57 GMT -5
I had a message from Donna Sue Hunter White. She graduated in 1956 from CHS. Anyone here in that same class? Joe Hunter was her father and he sang with the Bethel Ambassadors..a wonderful Gospel Quartet from Bethel Baptist Church. Can anyone tell me how to access infromation on this group? They would have been singing during the late 40's and all of the 50's. Other members were Harold Huffman, and Floyd Stader. I can't think of the other gentleman's name. Would surely like any info on the group. Blessings, Margo
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 20:33:31 GMT -5
Margo, The 16th street mall was on my paper route and that would have been from late 1945 to 1949. It ran from the conner of 16th and union a drug store on that conner if my memory is correct east to Parkers grocery store on the east side of the alley. The state street mall goes back to 1953 that I know of, my wife's family moved to Hinman street that year and they shopped at the A-E grocery. A Mr. Rex Greathouse had the surplus and shoe repair store. I went on the Columbus Fire Dept. in 1958 and the A-E grocery delivered grocery's to all the fire stations for several years. George
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 21:25:00 GMT -5
Margo, Correction, the Parker grocery at that time was located at 16th and Washington , they later moved to the 16th street mall area.
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Post by David Sechrest on Oct 10, 2005 0:39:27 GMT -5
Would the row of shops across 16th Street from, and just to the west of the Nugent home, qualify as a strip mall? They are probably nearly the same age as the shops on State Street. Gregg, I don't know why it wouldn't. I'm taking some liberty here, possibly, with the definition of "strip mall," but in all actuality, I cannot think of any reason why it couldn't be classified as one. It may not be as large as the 25th Street shopping center, but yet, it does (or did) contain several businesses. Maybe it was built before the one on State Street...
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Post by EC on Oct 15, 2005 9:36:05 GMT -5
From the Looking Back column in today’s paper:
From 1955 - The Technicolor motion picture “Desert Sands” turned out to be the last feature at the Mode Theater as Tom Thompson, manager for Syndicate Theaters in Columbus, announced it was closing because Hollywood was not producing enough movies to keep the city’s three indoor and one drive-in theater supplied with quality films.
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Post by David Sechrest on Oct 16, 2005 2:49:11 GMT -5
From the Looking Back column in today’s paper: From 1955 - The Technicolor motion picture “Desert Sands” turned out to be the last feature at the Mode Theater as Tom Thompson, manager for Syndicate Theaters in Columbus, announced it was closing because Hollywood was not producing enough movies to keep the city’s three indoor and one drive-in theater supplied with quality films. I always wondered how a city the size of Columbus in the 1950's could support 3 theaters and a drive in. It makes more sense for the 1940's. No television, and radio as a major form of entertainment. But, the theater offered something more to the 1940's public. TV's beginnings in Columbus began in 1949. By the end of that year, there were two stations you could watch, if you had a TV set (channel 6 and channel 4). By 1954, channel 8 began it's broadcasting. I'm sure that TV played an important role in this. Hollywood hated TV when it first became popular. Some movie star's contracts forbid the actors to have anything to do with TV. The "Golden Age Of Hollywood" was on its decline and died in the 1950's, so the problems that faced the Mode were very real, indeed. I wonder why they decided to close the Mode instead of the Rio?
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Post by richard on Nov 2, 2005 9:45:47 GMT -5
Wilson School Letter Jr. High Letter
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Post by richard on Nov 11, 2005 17:01:35 GMT -5
Hello all, do you remember these?
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Post by richard on Nov 25, 2005 14:06:00 GMT -5
Has this strip disappeared totally or just in the Columbus paper?
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Post by marksix on Nov 25, 2005 19:14:26 GMT -5
The "Alley Oop" comic strip is still in syndication.Its been around for over 70 years.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2005 14:05:29 GMT -5
One of Southern Indiana's finest Drive-in estabishmemts with a seating capacity of 125. located 40 miles south of Indianapolis at Junction U.S.31 & 46 Columbus, Indiana At the BOB-O-Link you enjoy the friendly atmosohere where choice steaks are a specialty,and where air- conditioning and clean modern rest rooms are a must for your comfort. In the background to the right in the picture can be seen the BOB-O-LINK Jr.that had drive-up curb service.A stop there after a movie at the Columbus Drive-in and have one of their great cheeseburgers and listen to that great 50's music was a real pleasure. Would anyone know when the BOB-O-LINK opened?, I can remember it back to the late 1940's or early 1950.
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