RickD
23 posts
May 24, 2009
10:12 AM
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Phone numbers: The first phone no. I memorized for grade school in mid 1950's was " OR-3380." just 6 numbers. OR for Oregon. I lived at 1958 Kipling Dr. near Salem and Hillcrest and Fairport Elem. school. It was later changed to CR7-3380 (Crestview) when the area went to 7 numbers. The last one I recall is 277-8622. I don't remember why the last 4 got changed but it just didn't seem right at the time. It might have been when we got a private line instead of a party line. When we would call someone long distance we would use a watch to keep it under 3 minutes. One price for the first 3 minutes and more for each additional minute.
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redrover98
10 posts
May 25, 2009
4:26 PM
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Several memories...
First of all, I can't believe that no one else used to go to Oak Day Beach Club. Come on... where are you?
Second, I remember going to a charity basketball game in about 1969 between the Cincinnati Reds and the news media. It was in a relatively small gym. I got autographs from Pete Rose, Jimmy Stewart, and Johnny Bench.
Help me with this...in about 1969, I was with my next door neighbor and his dad shopping in south Dayton and we drove by a restaurant where Buddy Rich was playing. For some strange reason I remember it as a Lum's or a Pizza Hut neither of which has entertainment. Where was it?
Here is the big one...My family drove to Crosley Field to see the Red's play in a doubleheader. This was a big deal back then, because you could see 2 games in one day. It was raining as we pulled into the parking lot. We got to the ballpark and sat in the car for what seemed an eternity. Finally, we got word that the games were called on account of rain. All that way for nothing. To make matters worse, just as we began to leave, the sun came out. I was extremely disappointed, but that's the way the ball bounces. Here is the part I am not sure about...To the best of my knowledge, the dates was July 20th, 1969. My consolation was that although, I missed two ball games, I got to watch man walk on the moon for the first time later that same day!
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SeeDavid
239 posts
May 26, 2009
9:07 AM
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Didn't Buddy Rich play at Suttmiller's on Main Street? Do you remember the highway overpass nearby?
~Cindi
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JohnC
76 posts
May 27, 2009
5:14 AM
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The space program was always a very big deal for me as a kid. I could recite the name of all the astronauts by heart. I remember exactly where I was on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong said those famous words"Houston-Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed". I was with my family at the Salem Mall and I was walking through the TV department at Rikes at just that precise momnet. It's like a moment frozen in time. I'll never forget it.
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tlturbo
107 posts
May 27, 2009
5:57 AM
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I remember too. It was a Sunday night and that meant DIAMONDCLUB $2 to get in and all the beer you could drink. I watched it on the overhead TV that was near the front door in the bar side over the little hockey puck slid bowling game (anyone remember that?)
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driver62
176 posts
May 27, 2009
8:17 AM
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About the only thing I remember about the Diamond Club was it was dark in there. It was like walking into a coal mine.
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jimmymac
1 post
May 27, 2009
11:27 AM
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Gene Barry's intro lyrics.
Hey Gene lets take a ride.
We like our music on the Barry side.
Hey Mr Barry here we go.
We like our music fast and slow.
On the Barry go round.
"signoff" the old clock on the wall say's its time to fall out of here.
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Pushall
3 posts
May 28, 2009
5:38 AM
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There has been a Denny's across the street from the Fairgrounds for a very long time, but I doubt that it was there in the 70's. It is still there.
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Steve K
61 posts
May 28, 2009
8:04 AM
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We used to go to Dominic's for steak and eggs about 2-3am back in the very early 1970's... and I'm fairly sure that Denny's was there in the late 1970's... at least sometime after 1975...
Used to go to the White Tower at 3rd and Patterson for breakfast at 3am a lot too...
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driver62
178 posts
May 28, 2009
9:30 AM
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There was a White Tower at Main and Patterson. Would that be the place you're thinking of? The building is still there and I think it's called The Breakfast Club or something like that.
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DebCB
2 posts
May 28, 2009
10:16 AM
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driver62
The place I remember is gone now. It was torn down to make the parking lot for Miami Valley Hospital.
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Mikey
13 posts
May 28, 2009
12:40 PM
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My kids loved the Oak-Day Beach Club on Irving Ave. not far from Kramer's. Is Kramer's still there? They could walk to it in five minutes from our house on Schantz Ave. in Oakwood (the Oak in Oak-Day.) My favorite memory as a kid maybe 10 or 11, was a woman of ample proportions diving into the pool and coming up without a suit. Perhaps that is why pools no longer have diving boards!
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Mikey, Gatlinburg, TN
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SeeDavid
240 posts
May 30, 2009
7:45 AM
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DebCb and Driver 62 - (Driver you will remember now where and what it was across from) the Valley ER on Wyoming (0ld Wyoming and below the fairgrounds on the E side of Main)...it was called the "STEAK and EGG" ..it looked like a White Tower building. It was open 24 hours. The reason I know so well is because I spent many moons in Miami Valley as a teen as did my Mom. My Dad spent many "moons" in the Steak and Egg, eating 3 meals a day,and especially in the middle of the night. They tore it down in the 90's (had a different name then, but no one could make it work after the Steak and Egg). I hope this brings it back to mind. Your question did to me. Good talks with my Daddy there.
I miss him. I miss having Wyoming Street now!!! It's a maze down there, and don't mention the GIANT new hospital I don't think there is anything of the old hospital left except for the "house" is there? Was just in there. (Thanks Keugene for visiting, ps). ~cindi
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CatG
1 post
May 31, 2009
1:46 PM
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Hello all! I grew up in Kettering & moved away in 1989. I still get back fairly regularly. On my last visit my parents were trying to remember the following, which I have no recollection of. I was hoping some of you would be able to clarify :)
In Kettering on Stroop Rd, where the Kettering Pool used to be & also Putt Putt Miniature golf there is currently a warehouse drive-thru in the large bldg just (east?) of where their parking lot was.
Apparently in the 60s this large building was a roller skating rink. My Dad vaguely remembers going skating there but Mom does not. It was before my time so I have no recollection. Can any of you tell me anything about this rink that used to be? I would be thankful if you could. I read through several pages of this thread & found one reference to the Kettering Skating Rink but that is all I can see.
I am looking forward to learning more about this, hopefully! Thanks!!
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Marck1957
30 posts
Jun 01, 2009
6:57 AM
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CatG...Was it Rollandia, or Skateworld Of Kettering? Neither one matches the location you describe, but it is all I can come up with.
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JohnC
77 posts
Jun 01, 2009
9:03 AM
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CatG and Marck1957-
Sounds like the place you're describing is the old Putt Putt on Stroop. There used to be a large skating rink almost next door. The last time I was down that way, it was a big beer drive through. Just around the corner is the Cassano's I used to go to.
Funny trivia thing for you folks still in Buckeye land: There are no Drive Through Beer places here in Texas. It's a concept that I guess never caught on here. Seems unusual since the weather is nice for most of the year. Many of the cities and counties here are "dry" which means you have to go over to the next city or county to get wine and brewskies. I doubt that would go over well in places like Kettering, Miamisburg, and West Carrollton...
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CatG
2 posts
Jun 01, 2009
10:44 AM
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Marck1957 & JohnC...
No, it wasn't either of those places. This building I am talking is the same building as the beer drive-thru. But, according to my parents friend, this same building used to house a rollerskating rink...sometime in the mid 1960s. It was before skateworld came along.
My Dad remembers skating there, too. We are just trying to figure out what it was, when is was open, etc.
Thanks!
Oh...no beer drive-thru's in Los Angeles, CA either. In fact, I think the only place I have seen them is in OH.
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copierman
4 posts
Jun 03, 2009
8:48 AM
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There was a ice skating and roller skating rink where the beer warehouse is located on Stroop Road in Kettering.
It started out as a roller skating then turned into a ice skating rink. I believe it was called Ice World.
It was owned by the Snyder family who had Putt Putt and the pool. The pool was then leased out to the City of Kettering in the early 70's. and they operated it until about 1989 or 90.
The Ice Skating rink was closed in the 70's.
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dal
1 post
Jun 03, 2009
10:16 AM
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Speaking of NCR. Does anyone remember the Christmas party they would have every year? A great meal and all of the kids would get a really nice present.
Added: I remember these from the sixties.
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tlturbo
109 posts
Jun 03, 2009
1:16 PM
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Jeff,
There was a roller skating rink just behind the Skyborn Drive-in outside Fairborn. It was off the road that went by the gate into the SAC area of the base where the B-52's were parked.
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driver62
180 posts
Jun 03, 2009
1:33 PM
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I may have asked this before but does anyone remember a skating rink at the corner of Helena and Stanley? It was across from Kettering Fields and only a block or two from Parkside Homes. It was right beside Island Park.
I have one other question that's been driving me nuts. There used to be a dairy on Salem just north of Gettysbug and across from the old Shoppers Fair. The building is still there but does anyone remember the name of it? I hate it when I can't remember these things.
Last Edited by on Jun 03, 2009 2:48 PM
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Mikey
15 posts
Jun 03, 2009
5:00 PM
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The rink was "Skateland" just east of Island Park on Helena St at the Stanley Ave intersection. Ollie Green played the Hammond organ. On Friday night, the music and skate noise was broadcast live on (WONE or WING) I think that earlier (or later - can't remember which) Skateland was located downtown near the SW corner of Fourth and Ludlow on the second floor.
The dairy was Royal Crest Dairy. I still have a Royal Crest milk crate that I sit on while working on car brakes. Brakes don't last very long here in the mountains. Every trip to town involves a 2000 foot drive down the mountain using low gear and brakes.
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Mikey, Gatlinburg, TN
Last Edited by on Jun 03, 2009 5:04 PM
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southparkerik
20 posts
Jun 03, 2009
6:04 PM
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what year did skateland on helena st.close? not old enough to say i was was ever there,the building is still there i wonder if the wood rink floor is still there hidden.the one downtown was open as recently as the mid 90s.it may still be.
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Mikey
16 posts
Jun 03, 2009
7:37 PM
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Skateland closed/moved in the late 60s or early 70s, that's the best I can do but someone else on the board probably knows the exact date. Skateland was clean, safe and affordable. If the Saturday afternoon movies at the Dale (Riverdale) theater weren't to my liking, I would skate instead. I walked to both places from my grandparents house on Pointview Ave. The building was taken over by some type of electronics manufacturer.
The Dale (Riverdale) Theater was a cut above other neighborhood theaters. My father said that when he was eight, his teacher walked the class from E.J. Brown School to the then Riverdale to see "The Jazz Singer." So the house was equipped for experimental sound - quite a cut above the average neighborhood house. The Riverdale also had a real theater organ, A Page organ made in Lima. I may have had the Dale console in my house in Oakwood. I had installed a small, four rank instrument made of scavenged parts in my basement "music room." Since Pages were not common, I probably did have it. The only remaining Page organs of which I am aware are in Ft. Wayne and Avalon on Catalina Island. They were mechanically imperfect, but musically wonderful.
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Mikey, Gatlinburg, TN
Last Edited by on Jun 10, 2009 7:35 AM
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SeeDavid
251 posts
Jun 03, 2009
7:43 PM
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driver62: There is a small cafe type restaurant at Main and Patterson called the Breakfast Club. It has been that for about 12 years or more. Dave ate there not too long ago. Right on the island (boulevard) perhaps S. of the over pass...?? Am I right? ~Cindi
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SeeDavid
252 posts
Jun 03, 2009
7:51 PM
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2 Cents about "THE CASH" Sad, Sad, Sad. Graduate of the NCR Auditorium, Maxed Out and I used to go to DPL's family Christmas parties there, too. So many Dads worked there...families and friends. It is practically what made Dayton, huh?
We will miss you old friend, Mr. Patterson, thanks for the memories, Col. Deeds, also and the others, thank you for the memories of jobs, help during the Flood, (read the books on here), the help in the building of the Dams, the assistance to all who needed help, our memories of Old River, the original hand held calculator, and so many other things.
Thanks for teaching many of us how to make real change without having it made for us. We are all better people to have come from this town of great beginnings. We will miss you NCR....your friends and kids, grandkids, and great grandkids of your "family"...we children of the 50's, 60's and 70's.
Add or tell me to delete if you guys don't like this. It comes from the heart, not from anywhere else.
***EDIT*** 060409 ...Please look at left Books/Booklets and see what John Patterson wrote about making "Dayton a Model City" in 1896.
~Cindi
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southparkerik
21 posts
Jun 03, 2009
8:15 PM
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the breakfast club changed their name to the brunch club.i think,there parking lot is always full..main & patterson blvd.at u.s.35 it was of course as we all remember at one time one of the newest white towers ever to be built 24 hours a day the other newer one i remember was a at n.main and great miami blvd.near i-75.my parents were night owls i was lucky to have been from coast to coast with them on vacations and it was hard to find anything open in the middle of the night anywhere other than truck stops.here in dayton from my memorie white tower was one of the only places open
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southparkerik
23 posts
Jun 06, 2009
8:50 PM
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do i remember this right king kwiks carry outs(late 70s) had a spokesman.i think his name was jerry cohen ran a ad agency in cincy.not to forget emmet royer & toby and his son at bha(i still here the jingle in my head when i think about it,they are still there as a store),buddy's carpets was always a fun commercial and dave hidy who still keeps that local wacky tv fun there.
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southparkerik
24 posts
Jun 09, 2009
10:19 PM
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hey this is for somebody who mentioned gene "by golly" berry's end of show outro there's a link to a high quality clip on wikiipedia. wing-am. go to links on the bottom of that page
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JohnC
79 posts
Jun 12, 2009
9:48 AM
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I saw Kirkie back in 2008 at the WCHS '73 35th reunion and he's doing great. Living large in Florida and looks the same except for the snow white hair. Still puts away the scotch and sodas like a twenty year old...
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lethamc
1 post
Jun 13, 2009
5:37 PM
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I remember a gallaghers drugstore on main st in downtown, i worked there in 1958&59
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southparkerik
27 posts
Jun 13, 2009
7:33 PM
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i have read a lot of memories here about red barn hamburger restaurants i grew up a couple of blocks away from the one on n.main st.i liked there food better than mcdonalds.just found a web site www.barnbuster.net wow i knew the chain started in the dayton area but i had no idea that there was 400 hundred from coast to coast + canada and australia.the coolest thing on this site is the sections called "barns gone by" great pictures.
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southparkerik
28 posts
Jun 14, 2009
6:06 PM
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becky73 i lived on forest ave. went to van cleve,longfellow and e.j. brown before my family moved to the burbs.the other red barns i rembember were on brown st. and one on salem ave.across from the kon tiki cinema.and i think there was one somewhere in xenia.the one on n.main is stiil a restaurant called the burgermaster.
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southparkerik
29 posts
Jun 16, 2009
12:30 AM
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question? n.main & helena st. mom and pop market(wood shelves,butcher counter,fresh meat,vegitables,all the staples,candy)coke a cola signs on the front of the store.there was a drug store there too on the other side of helena at main i have no names just memories of of them.
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Jeff
5 posts
Jun 16, 2009
4:53 AM
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Cindi:
I saw Buddy Rich play at Suttmillers in 1972 (I've played drums since I was 10 and he was my idol). My bandmate Tim Hagans from Meadowdale HS (now a world renowned jazz trumpeter) was there with me.
I also worked as a valet at Suttmillers; my slacker experiences there taught me to never let a valet touch my own car.
Also for the Frank Zappa fans: I saw him in concert with Robin Trower. His lyrics (and subject matter) have always baffled me, but Zappa's music was incredibly complex and he was an amazing guitarist.
My annual holiday trips to Dayton (I'm in FL) may be numbered. My parents just moved to TN, so no more Christmas trips to OH to see the folks.
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clamper
75 posts
Feb 18, 2015
6:57 PM
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Went to Fairmont East HS (class of 70) and later worked at The Shed on Brown St. I remember it was next to a Red Barn restaurant and across the street from a music hall where I fell in love with the psychedelic sound. Cant remember the name though
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tjster63
1 post
Feb 27, 2015
7:15 AM
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Recently moved back to Bellbrook and am enjoying the posts I have history in roller skating in the 50's & 60's. My dad opened Skyborn Skateland in 1955 and in the year that he was there, we had sock hops, skate shows and competitions, Then he opened Skatemore arena on 4th st downtown in 57. from there he operated BeaverVu from 62 to 64, And Stu Self was our organist/entertainer there. From there he moved on to Huber Heights where Marty Bevis was our organist. !966 saw Dad, Mom ,& little brother Ron, moving to Fl. to pursue owning his own skating rink, which he accomplished in Panama City in 1969. I graduated from Beavercreek in 63 and began my careers at Dayton Tire as a district sales manager in 1966, yes I was only 21. My wife Donna went to Colonel White and yes, we met at Skatemore, she spent her summers at Phillips aquatic club and cruising north main st with Glen Greenwood and friends whenever I wasn't around.
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newsnot
534 posts
Feb 27, 2015
7:57 AM
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tjster63
Welcome to Dayton History
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tjster63
2 posts
Feb 27, 2015
9:18 AM
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tlturbo, saw your posts from back in 09, don't know if your still around but I grew up on New Germany Trebein rd in a log home that used to be the halfway house between Dayton & Yellow Springs. It is gone now, due to a fire and the land that it sat on is gone as they excavated, filled the valley above Beaver Valley rd. and are building condos there
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Danny Allen
2 posts
Mar 02, 2015
6:54 PM
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How about Sweet Daddy Siki, used to "rassel" on Omar's show and at the Hobart Arena. Sweet Daddy is 74 and playing in a band in Toronto.
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missinthen
26 posts
Mar 02, 2015
8:03 PM
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Many many fond memories in the mid to late 60’s and early 70’s for me.
I was 10 years old in 1965, and I wouldn’t trade growing up in those times for anything in the world.
It’s wasn’t perfect of course not, but nothing is or will be, but I believe that there was a sense of ‘newness’ optimism back then... especially from the early 60’s until about mid to late 70’s, when slowly things began to change. I truly believe that the introduction of robotics in manufacturing was the very tip of a very big iceberg that many of us are trying to navigate around in the frozen waters to this very day.
I recall a bustling Downtown Dayton , in the 60’s, early 70’s especially on Downtown Dayton Days, my absolute favorite .
I recall :
Lakeside Amusement Park ( red candy apples, the spook house ( and the fat lady ) and the Merry Go Round
... the bookmobile
…. Concord City and the popcorn of course…. The Bargain Barn …. Shoppers Fair
…a bustling Salem Ave, going to the brand new Arbys on Salem ( the roast beef sandwiches were nothing like they are today… doesn’t even come close )
….Tasty Bird
… Miracle Lane Shopping Center…. There was a five and dime, store there, anyone remember the name?
… Downtown Stores
Rikes Kumler …. Elder-Beermans—Lerners..Thal’s … McCroys.. H.L.Greene… The Joy Shop…
Wilikies … Arcade ‘coffee shop’… Frishes… Mayors Records… Baker Shoes…. Gidding-Jenny..The Met ( Metropolitan )
… West Side
…. Golden Point ( loved the onion rings !!
… Churches…
Rubinstein’s ( on West Third , furniture store )
I recall listening to my transistor radio to Kirke on WING Radio, listening to the new Beatle Song.
Looking forward to staying up on Friday nights and looking at The Twilight Zone ( and being scared to Death !! )….. my sister and I thinking we were cool when we’d watch the Al Schottelkotte News from Cincinnati , because anything from Cincinnati was considered ‘big city’ compared to Dayton ! ( after all the Beatles played there at Crosley Field! ) Note : it was very rare that ‘the Al Shottlekotte News would even ‘come in’, because of course the distance, but we’d fiddle with the ‘rabbit ears’ ( with aluminum foil ) on the black and white TV until we could see ‘something ‘ through the snow.
….Other T.V. Shows…. Perry Mason, Avengers…Ed Sullivan… Lassie.. That Girl… 77 Sunset Strip…
Julia…I Dream of Jennie… Fugitive …. Wagon Train… Tarzan..
I recall riding my bicycle all day on Saturday, until just about sunset… playing jacks, playing Tarzan … bar-b- que cooked on coals ( not a gas grill !!!! _
Sitting on the front porch with my grandfather on a hot August afternoon waiting for ( the Popsicle man in the orange truck ) to come down the street… Grandfather giving me a dime, and me buying an orange push up ( I thought a dime was a lot of money!!! )
Playing .. hide go seek at night ( or catching lightening bugs ) with neighborhood kids while the ‘old folks’ sat outside talking , smoking cigarettes , swatting mosquitos most of the night.
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yelp…. Wouldn’t trade growing up in those times for anything in the world..
Last Edited by missinthen on Mar 03, 2015 7:18 PM
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clamper
76 posts
Mar 03, 2015
2:40 PM
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Wow missinthen, you just sent my memory into overdrive.
I remember Molers Dairy, Schoenling Beer, Rikes Kettering, Woodman Lanes Bowling Alley, A&W Root Beer, Vic Cassano and Mom Donisi pizza, Frichs' Big Boy, Dabel, Victory and Belmont Theaters, Peoples Bank and of course WING. I remember the studio for Kirk had a plate glass window that overlooked the sidewalk and we would go down and wave at him, I also remember going downtown and seeing those elevators that came out of the sidewalk for deliveries. Better stop now before smoke starts coming out of my ears from all the cobwebs.
Last Edited by clamper on Mar 03, 2015 2:43 PM
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missinthen
27 posts
Mar 03, 2015
7:07 PM
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clamper...
I've convinced that at the end of the day, it's the memories ( especially the good ones of course ) that keeps us sane.
Keep the smoke coming out of your ears, clamper because you know what they say about smoke..
rock on ~~~~~
P. S. I remember A&W Root Beer too, Dabel, and Vic Cassano's . Cassano's Pizza nowdays is nothing like it was back in the day, don't you agree????
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Paula fishman
35 posts
Mar 04, 2015
6:36 AM
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missinthen, you just described MY childhood growing up in Upper Dayton View....born in 1953. Every summer was spent at College Hill Park. Morning, noon and night. We walked the 4-5 blocks to the park where activities were overseen by counselors. Now parents are being labeled " neglectful" if their child is not watched 24-7. I feel sorry for the kids growing up today
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Calhoun
352 posts
Mar 04, 2015
6:44 PM
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Paula-
I remember the same kind of thing during the summer, in my case in Kettering at Rolling Fields Elementary. Counselors (if you could call them that) led us in games, arts/crafts, reading, watching movies etc. I recall they were not much more than kids themselves, maybe college students at the oldest.
I've described this summer program to many people over the years, never had anyone remember or even hear of it. I'm sure it didn't cost anything to participate, I've often wondered in hindsight how the program was funded. Doubt anything similar could exist today, between funding issues and liability concerns, don't see any way such a program could ever get off the ground.
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PhilM
15 posts
Mar 04, 2015
7:16 PM
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I lived close to Belmont Elementary and it had summer counselors when I was in early grade school. I assume it was funded by the Dayton Parks and Recreation Department. I remember they had a pie eating contest every summer. I think the program was gone by the early 70s at the latest?
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missinthen
28 posts
Mar 04, 2015
9:38 PM
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Hey Paula.
Upper Dayton view? Yelp, I know it well. The houses were absolutely beautiful . I grew up off of Germantown St, an we thought people who lived in Upper Dayton View were rich. My aunt ( she had a car and my mother did not) ( but we all lived in the same house until I was 13)... My aunt would drive us through Upper Dayton View in Dec. to see all the pretty Christmas lights. And I agree with you about the changing role of parents and children in today's society. I cringe at the thought of not having been given freedom to play outside, like we did back in the day. My sister and I were allowed to go Downtown by ourselves back in the mid 60's.. ( I was 11 years old, my sister 13 ( She was born in 1953 too ).. I recall many Saturdays with my sister, riding the number 8 bus to downtown and visiting all those stores I've listed. I thought I was in heaven going to Rikes Kumler's Jr. Dept and seeing all those beautiful "mod'
clothes styled by the 60's look( like the baby doll ( empire waist dress , Yardley of London or Love Cosmetics ( at the cosmetic Dept )... ( Paula, do remember something called the Teen Board? Remember when Rikes would choose high school girls to serve on the Teen Board , I'm not sure what the chosen girls did, but I do recall that Rikes would have fashion shows and the Teen Board girls would model in the fashion shows.. I recall wishing so hard to be chosen for the Teen Board, but never did ;-(.... We couldn't afford Rikes or Elder Beerman ( my aunt and mother called Elder Beerman's .. Elders )... We could afford Elders a bit more, however, and perhaps Rikes when an clothing item was marked down... but even then Rikes prices were way out of our budgets )... but that still didn't stop my sister and I from wishing and drooling in Rikes Jr. Dept.. I recall one year, and my mother having a budget of 25.00 each to buy my sisters and I entire back to school clothes and I chose a wool jumper at Rikes. It was 25.00 ( which was a lot of money ) and I loved that jumper, but of course it was the only piece I had for that entire school year. So..From then on,back to school was either Lerners, or Joy Shop ( and in the lay away in August )...( I guess I had champagne taste on a beer budget :-)
But something I could afford were the new 16 magazine and especially Seventeen magazine and I'd get lost for hours looking Seventeen magazine, drooling over all the beautiful mod 60's clothes ( I've actually starting t to collect a few vintage Seventeen magazines and even now I spend hours looking through my magazines and wow ! it's like I'm right back there again in the 60's. I love the escape !
...I also recall ( on my sisters and I Downtown excursions ) waiting for the number 8 bus ( and in the winter time ) wishing the number 8 would hurry up and come as of course it got dark early in Dec and my sister and I were not allowed to be out after dark ( unless we were out playing in the neighborhood of course )...
I miss those times~~~~~~~~~~
Last Edited by missinthen on Mar 04, 2015 9:40 PM
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historybuff
288 posts
Mar 05, 2015
1:54 AM
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missinthen: You didn’t mention hopscotch on the neighborhood sidewalks, I’m sure you must have played that…….
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missinthen
29 posts
Mar 05, 2015
6:27 PM
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historybuff : hopscotch? Absolutely, played hopscotch with my sister and her friend Bonnie who lived a couple of doors down from us. I recall playing hopscotch in the summer on Saturday afternoons ( after the TV show Tarzan went off )... or we'd play Red Rover or maybe a game of jacks on Bonnie's front porch ( I still recall the feel of the porch's cool cement floor on my legs... and catching the jacks and ball in one swoop. ) Bonnie's older sisters and brothers were inside the house listening to the 4 Tops ( song : Can't help myself, Sugar Pie HoneyBunch ). We'd play Tarzan too, and pretend we were like Tarzan and jump off the roof of Bonnie's garage ( all the while yelling the Tarzan yell ) How Stupid is that??? On the school grounds ( when I was in Middle School ) just before school 'let out' for the summer, I recall we had Field Day and the entire day we'd play competitive games outside. I also recall at recess we'd play 4 square. Some of the girls played Tetherball, but I never did. I guess I didn't have the 'ummph' in my arms to hit the ball that hard..... My favorite time was summer vacation and it seemed to last forever and I loved it, however when Sept would come around, I was always ready to go back to school, I loved fall too.
Last Edited by missinthen on Mar 05, 2015 6:40 PM
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historybuff
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Mar 05, 2015
7:07 PM
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missinthen: TNX; great memories…………….
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