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. . . and this has something to do with downtown car dealers
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Steve
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Here's an article from DMN dated 04/26/2009 . . .
Steve Blow: Doctors, Real and Bonehead, Agree: Bust A Gut Laughing
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Merry Christmas!
And if you didn't get me anything, that's OK. You're not a Bonehead.
I was lucky enough to attend the Bonehead Club of Dallas on Friday, which was the traditional end-of-April Christmas party.
I'll loan you
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Peterk Wrote:
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> Wow! I can't believe that people are still posting
> here
You did! Glad to hear from you Peterk
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matthew stephenson Wrote:
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> I was always told he was a local guy - but what
> did he die of? Something that took him "before his
> time," IIRC.
Upon graduation with a degree in speech and drama, he married Margaret Helen in 1956, and they moved to Dallas, Texas. His acting business took off when he worked as a mid-d
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altozwei Wrote:
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> I remember the A.Harris shopping center well. We
> used to do a lot of shopping there when I was
> growing up. Baker's Shoes was my mom's favorite
> shoe store and we always had lunch at the
> Walgreen's lunch counter.
> Lochwood was a shopping center that I knew about
> but never visited. My mo
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Ralph F. Black Wrote:
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> Which is more annoying, the spam messages or the
> messages complaining about the spam messages? It
> appears the number is about the same.
> Ralph
Ralph, I'm inclined to agree with you on that point . . . however, I agree with Wayne, too much history here, and we were very lucky to get it back t
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Bill Strouse Wrote:
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> Fred, That is the one (sign) that I remember,
> was there for many, many years as a Pearl
> advertisement, maybe in earlier years it may have
> been another beer but can not recall for
> sure.......I miss Baby Doe's....Bill Strouse
Seems like it was Hamm's Beer for a while too . . . or which
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rojinks Wrote:
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> i tried to reply but had no luck wondering if any
> one remembers when twin wells glof course was
> called knollwood
This DMN article dated 10/02/1960 states "River Hills opened as a public course and since has changed the name to Knollwood Golf Club."
Other smaller articles dated around this perio
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bug Wrote:
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> Excellent article.
>
> Wonder where that huge plantation-type stone
> mansion is/was?
The only "mansion" I remember was the one on the northwest corner of Hampton & Camp Wisdom.
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Came across this article in the DMN dated 09/21/1963 entitled 'Hampton: Road with a Split Personality'
Hope you can view the link, if so, use the zoom feature to read the article . . . lots of memories
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matthew stephenson Wrote:
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> About all I can contribute here is Sanger Bros.
> and A. Harris and Son were gobbled up by Federated
> Department Stores, a group that was buying out a
> lot of local and regional stand-alone and chain
> stores in the late fifties-early sixties. I
> believe they got our two local chains in
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awh Wrote:
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> So I have diligently been reporting these idiots!
> And just the get the moderators attention here's
> what I've been putting in the "report".
>
> SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SP
> AM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM
> !!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!SPAM!!!!S
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sharkins Wrote:
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> Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam;
> Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam;
> Lovely Spam, the wonderful Spam!
> Lovely Spam, the wonderful Spam!
>
> /monty python bit
Now, for a wee bit of Spam humor . . .
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Have you checked out the Texas Historical Commission website? They have a section devoted to cemeteries.
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Steve
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paul brancato Wrote:
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> Steve, that's where it was. The building still
> stands, although I can't recall what's in it now.
> Maybe a church or mortuary. And something has been
> built in the parking lot facing Kiest.
> Paul
Yes Paul, looking at Google maps, it's the Faith Fellowship Church right behind the McDonald's o
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Fred Ragsdale Wrote:
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> rojinks Wrote:
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> > bill it came to me it was atlantic something
> maybe
> > not mills
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> Seems that in the '60s, Spartan Discount Stores
> merged with Atlantic Mills and the stores were
> renamed Spartan-Atlant
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GREAT STUFF . . . Thanks for posting
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matthew stephenson Wrote:
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> I believe H.L. Green's (if this was the store
> across Elm from the Palace Theatre) had a lunch
> counter. Clearer heads affirm or deny, please.
Yes, it did . . .
"The W.A. Green department store moved into the tower space formerly occupied by Titche-Goettinger, while the H.L. Green Var
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Seems like there was a Ben Franklin or Motts in the Polk Terrace shopping center at Camp Wisdom & Polk.
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Bill Strouse Wrote:
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> Joey Chitwood and the Fair Park Race Track, now
> there is another good story.........I saw a couple
> of races there but can not remember too much about
> them........Bill Strouse
Here's a link to a DMN article dated 03/24/1947 about a Joie Chitwood visit to Fair Park . . .
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Westcliff Mall construction began in Feb. 1963.
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Steve
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No. 12 was at the A. Harris Shopping Center in Oak Cliff. Opened 01/17/1956. Largest at that time (20,000 sq. ft.). Even had a TV for the kids to watch as the moms shopped.
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Yes . . . a plexiglass cage . . . watched them while Mom shopped.
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A DMN archive article dated 12/13/1972 speaks of Jim Dean sitting atop a 83 ft. 5 x 7 canvas and plexiglass enclosure located near Central & Forest. I don't know if you can access this, but here's the link:
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owls63 Wrote:
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> THIS SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TALL TEXAS
> TALES, THIS TIME FROM HARRY ASS BLVD CAR LOTS
Please turn off your Caps Lock and be mindfil your language
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b holston Wrote:
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> that would be Duel, Dennis Weaver/
I remember when that story was published in Playboy . . . only read the articles ya' know
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bill76249 Wrote:
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> I started my career at Wyatt Food Store #15 on Elm
> st. in Denton Texas in 1958. Does anyone have any
> photos of this Store or any employees?
I have lived in Denton:
1953-1956
1956-1967 (Oak Cliff)
and back to Denton 1967 to present.
I remember the store as my Mom shopped there when we lived over on
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Steve Wrote:
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> Wayne Pritchett Wrote:
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> > I have been reporting them every time I see
> them.
> > May the rotten bastards rot in hell. I'm going
> to
> > try and stay around awhile longer.
> >
> > WP
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> I'm hanging
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