Boy, did
#20 bring back memories!! You have the advantage of inserting your
editorial comments along the way. I'll save my interjections about Tabo,
Arnold/Central and our public school education for the issue after you include
the attached one.
Gene
Boyer:
Well I finaly got a date to talk to
the Dr. in Tulsa. Aug.23 then we will set a date for surgery. Will keep you
posted .
Need a little help on lexington.
What was the name of the dept. store on the corner of 12th & Main? A lumber
yard I believe was across the street. Also the name of whatever was on the
corner of 12th & Franklin, some kind of a tin shop or blacksmith. I want to
write to Susan on a couple of things. Remember the frozen food locker close to
Walker drug store, there was a vacant lot between
them?
Roger and Sue Cousins '55
Wilmot:
Cox's was the name of the store at 12th and Main, right
across the street from Russell's Lumber Yard. Gene Vialle had a grocery store on
the corner of 11th and Franklin and right next to it was the Frozen Food Locker
where Jack Salyer worked.Then there was a large vacant lot, then the phone
company and then Walkers' Drug Store. I can't remember what was on the corner.
On the South corner of 11th and Franklin was Wingates,'
then Franklin Cleaners, then something, then the Bus Station and on the other
corner was Winklers Furniture Store. On the other side of the street was the
fire station, City Hall and the jail. I am not certain, but I think it was
Paynes' Shoe Repair Shop.
Barbara (Tabb) Jarman has a pretty good memory of a lot
of things in Lexington as they used to be. By the way, do you remember the
little duck pin bowling alley they opened in the building next to the open lot
where we played baseball? When that closed, remember the Henry J Dealership they
put in there? If I remember correctly, I think Mike Malos' dad had something to
do with it. That's where Pat Stephenson has his boat dealership now, and he
parks his boats all over what used to be our baseball lot. He also bought my
folks' old place, tore it down, and parks boats there.
And now some "snail mail"
!
This entry arrived by mail from Mrs. Beverly Ann Kelly
Gray:
In the
1930s and 40s our old bridge was very nice and kept up. On the dome of the
bridge were all colors of lights, like a Christmas tree. These lights went
across the top of the domes and down the
sides.
About the
latter part of 40s and 50s they couldn't get enough men to replace the lights
because they didn't want to climb that high to change the light bulbs. The
Lexington people were so proud of this bridge.
The bridge could be seen for a great
distance.
My
grandmother's only son, Arthur Patrick Rogers, was one of the "sand
hogs." They went below the water to put the piers in. This story my
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Rogers, told many times.
There was a bus line called the
Manley Bus Line that went from our bus station to Excelsior Springs and back. It
was an old school bus that was painted a drab color. I rode on it many times to
visit my Aunt Grace in Excelsior Springs.
And
so we come to the end of another stroll down Memory Lane. Do keep 'em coming,
folks. You'd be surprised at how hungry people are for news from those who live
and love in our hometown.
Your devoted scribe,
Susan