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I remember playing pool at Bixbee's pool hall and the day Allison took the phone call and set up my first date with Judy Sylvester (we just know when to stop)

I remember David Rhoades being the first and most honest teacher I've ever had. And I remember the Love Song of J. Alfred Proofrock (sp)

I remember the night Allison got wise with a couple older guys from out of town and we got a gun in our face.

I remember endless games of basketball with Bob Shenk in the alley behind his house.

I remember when Hornberger died and I remember when Corky Englehaup died of tularemia.

I remember the guys that set fire to the lone pine" on the way out to Lone Star.

I remember playing in the steam tunnels and inside Hoch Auditorium with Bob Morgan.

I remember Hardwoods, Rexall, the round corner, and Green Mountain sodas at Kay's Pharmacy

I remember being downtown for shopping on Thursday nights and ice cream and ice cold water in dixie cups at the Velvet Freeze.

I remember the "Catacombs" (later the Ratskeller) in the basement near the old Jayhawk theatre. And a twist contest with Dede Allen. I remember getting shopping on Thursday nights with my mother and going to Keltz's Army and Navy Store. And the shoe store that always had there shoes out in front on the sidewalk. And the drug counter at Woolworth's and shopping down the street at the Kresge's (sp)

And I stopping in at Earl's pizza that was cut in little squares. And working at the TeePee's and stopping in at Judy Sylvester's house (two blocks down Tennessee from my house) in the Model A. Don't know how I could convince myself that her parents didn't know that I stopped by ate at night (the Model A was not the quietest)

And I remember taking Randy Allen out for his first beer when he turned 18 and the pleasure I got making (and trying to make) Dede's father laugh.

I remember cruising the square in lots of different cars but one of the coolest was Omar Buck's. One of which was a 1951 "chopped and channeled" maroon Mercury. I remember riding in that car with Buck with Allison and going way too fast on the way to Perry. And I rememeber the night Jack died. I remember Bob Morgan at my bedside with the news the next morning. I remember that Jack wanted me to go out with him after work (at the Teepee's) that night and I turned him down because I wanted to go out with Judy Sylvester instead. Fateful choice and, like many of us, think about him often and what might have been.

And his Uncle who was a cop..that came in handy a couple of times. And I remember Jack working at his father's (Allison's Flowers) shop/greenhouse. And his older brother Bob who was in college and quite a bit older, cooler and didn't want to have too much to do with us. And I remember the Jackman's who lived adjacent to Allison and the Jackman clan (especially Judy Jackman and her Thunderbird). And Summer nights.

And wasn't it Bell's Music on Mass where they had the listening booths to play the latest 45's.

I also remember Drake's Bakery, but also a grocery store down in the Granada area of Mass. Long before the A & P. Remember a wooden turnstile and they had those pinching tongs that got the boxes of cereal from the top shelves.

When I got out of the Navy in 68 I used to go down there regularly just to talk with Mrs Grant.

And I remember "Shorty" Alphonso Retlick (who pushed the grocery cart around downtown picking up cardboard.

Yes, it was Bells. I used to work with a lady Debbie Alexander who was the daughter of the owners of Drake's. Her maiden name was Drake.. I checked with my sister who thinks there was a grocery store across the street from the Granada and a little bit north on Mass.

I must be losing it, because I don't remember you playing on the Scottish Rites because Bob Duver, Mike Garrett and I played for them. You must have been on the team that went undefeated during the regular season. Steve Edmonds, Mike Sheets and Jerry Morton were on that team with us. That was probably in 1954 or '55.

I will always remember the smell of Grants Pet Shop. It now is a home for someone. I wonder if it still smells like a pet store. Yikes! I hope not!

I remember going in to the Raney's at Hillcrest even though I spent much of my non-car years in the old part of town. You had to go into the Hillcrest Raney's in the mornings just to see and talk with Poncho Zieske (Annie's father) which was always a treat.

Past Kay's Pharmacy on the same side of the street but a little farther north was a candy (wholesale as I recall) distributor. Can't recall the name.

I remember the night Allison and I scared the hell out of Johnny Mull. We were doing the "gun with the blanks" thing (running in front of a car, the person with the gun with blanks would shoot, the runner would fall down, the car would come to a screeching stop and we would all head for the hills) and decided to visit Johnny Mull who,when we arrived, was taking a bath. We burst into the bathroom and yelled something to the effect "You can't mess around with my girl" (or some such nonsense) and the let go with three or four rounds. Never seen anyone jump straight up to their feet with out bending their knees.

And I remember the old farmhouse that a bunch of girls found for a part in the summer of 1960. Scene of my first date with my child bride of almost 45 years. Lots of fun until somebody torched it.

Chas

I remember Poncho. My first date in Junior High was with Annie Zieske. Poncho gave us a ride to a dance at LJHS. All the way there, he was making sexual innuendos. It was very embarrassing to Annie and me. He was quite a character!
The candy store was Cokers. I believe they were the parents of Paul Coker, artist for Mad Magazine.
Jeez, playing with real guns. I lived a sheltered life.