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Jimmy Z 2 posts Apr 15, 2008 8:01 PM	Does any one remember Sisari's Cashba Lounge And Cafeteria? It was at 101 East Stewart, across the street from NCR. It was owned by my cousin Catherine and her husband John Sisari back in the 1950's & 60's. Catherine died of cancer in 1975. John died in 1981. They had an adopted daughter, April. Does anyone know where April is today?
driver62 70 posts Apr 16, 2008 5:16 AM	Madge - The Submarine House has been there as long as I can remember and it's still going strong. They have great subs. The AM-PM market use to be a 7-11, I think. There's been a mini-mart at that location ever since I moved to Dayton. Bulldug - Yep, I remember Hoot Gibson's station at the corner of Philadelphia and Salem. If I recall correctly, the big hat on the car was red. There's a pharmacy there now, either CVS or Walgreens. The phone company building is still there and is still in use. Last Edited by on Apr 16, 2008 5:19 AM
Martha Hardcastle 3 posts Apr 16, 2008 4:59 PM	My dad, a 1927 graduate of Fairview, attended school at the old "Tower," mentioned as later a firehouse and now a priority board center. That's why the yearbook was called "The Tower" and they once had the insignia on their class rings. I have his.
Martha Hardcastle 4 posts Apr 16, 2008 5:48 PM	Bars before my time: The Forum on Siebenthaler and a place called the Green Onion? on Free Pike, perhaps? I did go to The Keyhole a few times. It was a big dare when I was in high school (Northmont '76, Cornell Heights Class of '72" to go to "The World," a gay bar on Main Street. I did go with friends to Studio One - I think it was the old Suttmillers. The Stage Door must be one of the oldest gay bars in Dayton - wonder what the history of that is? My late associate Ron Guy loved to take straight girls to gay bars. There was one place that was a private club on Salem Avenue north of Fussnecker's. I can't remember exactly where it was. My friends and I bought alcohol underage at the W&W Carryout on Gettysburg. There was another place where kids got caught all the time over by the Davue Building on Salem . . . The House of Spirits. I would also try to dress "professionally" and a la American Graffiti, I would buy some incidental "adult" items like lighter fluid, etc. and wear my friend Pam Hershey's Rike's badge. I would carry no purse - just a cash envelope like I had just cashed my check at the bank - and buy beer at Rinks. Of course, we had to chill it. I found out after I made my fake ID that all I really had to do was confidently show my ID to a clerk and they never even really read the age - or they didn't care. The penalties were nothing then, and few of us got caught.
Martha Hardcastle 5 posts Apr 16, 2008 5:49 PM	BTW, you can buy Fairview Bulldogs and Meadowdale Lions alumni gear at the Walgreens at Main and Turner. I got a Fairview sweatshirt even though I graduated from Northmont because my daddy was a Bulldog!
BullDug 9 posts Apr 16, 2008 7:32 PM	Martha - I graduated from both Fairviews as did my father. In my day the yearbook had changed to "Tower of Memories" and the school newspaper was "Tower News". Both my ring and his have the tower also. driver - Submarine House is still in business? That makes my day. I rarely get back to Dayton and the last time I did I saw that the Huber Heights location was gone. I assumed they all were. Next time I'm back I gotta get one of those subs! Last Edited by on Apr 16, 2008 7:43 PM
Martha Hardcastle 7 posts Apr 18, 2008 11:22 PM	I don't know about Hoagie's but the Submarine House lives! There is one on Main Street in Clayton (formerly Randolph Township) just north of Dog Leg/Westbrook. I worked at Goldenrod on Main Street and on South Dixie, and National Record Mart (NRM) at Northwest Plaza, Salem Mall and Dayton Mall and for a few minutes at Headquaters in New Carlisle. If anybody wants to contact me my email is Mothra@woh.rr.com and my Myspace is www.myspace.com/elizabethkey I am just so thankful to have this incredible resource!
driver62 71 posts Apr 19, 2008 6:45 AM	Jeff - There is one Hoagie's Pizza House listed in the phone book. It's at 6128 N. Dixie. I'm not sure of the exact location but it has a Vandalia phone number so it's pretty far north. You wouldn't recognize N. Dixie out that way now. It's all 4 lane road and is really built up with fast food places, a Wal-Mart, etc. Martha - Was the Village Inn Pizza located on Siebenthaler close to Bowlero Lanes or was it located on Salem? If Siebenthaler, we use to stop there for pizza and beer after bowling on Fridays. I seem to recall the Forum. Didn't they spell it FORVM? I guess they wanted it to sound Greek. Last Edited by on Apr 19, 2008 7:01 AM
Martha Hardcastle 8 posts Apr 19, 2008 5:18 PM	Yes, the Village Inn was just west of the movie theater - what was it called? Cinema North, perhaps? And yes, FORVM! Wow, you are good! I remember a rather rowdy place on North Dixie called Scalley's - it's so hard to remember which bar was which name - so many bars, so little time, haha. I used to go to the Fireside Tavern a lot - now it's called Chances Are, and Doober's was on the other side of Salem and a bit south of there. Those places were fun. TJ's in Englewood was happenin' for a while, too.
driver62 73 posts Apr 20, 2008 6:05 AM	The Cinema North has been closed for many years but the building still stands. Martha - Was the Fireside in the little shopping center on Salem where Emhoff's Furniture was located and where Rex is? It's across Salem from Maria Joseph Center. If so, I've been there too. Last Edited by on Apr 20, 2008 6:07 AM
southparkerik 4 posts Apr 20, 2008 4:48 PM	golden rod music was originaly next to the grub steak they took over the space and the golden rod moved one block up main into a old used car place next to the building that was cassidys harley davidson when i was growing up on forest ave.an for a breif moment the golden rod moved into andys hobby shop store after it closed.heres another short lived record store the enchanted forest at n.main & forest they painted the sidewalks green and got in trouble with the city.also bullfrogs records in kettering.i also have memories of realy good food at kuntz cafeteria
BullDug 11 posts Apr 21, 2008 10:46 AM	Hara shows that I went to: Neil Diamond, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Jefferson Airplane, Black Sabbath, Jesus Christ Superstar. There was also the occasional rock show at UD Arena. I saw Chicago there. Bullfrog Records mutated into Armadillo Records at some point, didn't it?
Martha Hardcastle 9 posts Apr 21, 2008 12:05 PM	Yes, Goldenrod moved up from the Grub Steak - it might have been when Goldman's bought them - they also bought the Mayor's Records (they were downtown and in the Salem Mall - maybe Dayton Mall too) and they bought the Forest - from Tom Weiser, I think. My phone number was CR7-4123 or Crestwood 74123. Wow. Yes, the Fireside was between Rex and Emhoff's. Emhoff's is now Dayton Center Courts (tennis). Now my memory is really starting to jog - wasn't Cinema North originally called Fox Northwest? Also, my mom, Anna Mae Hardcastle taught at Belle Haven Elementary School from about 1961 to 1976. She taught second and then first grades there. Her best friend was Mary Lou O'Grosky, who was also a second grade teacher. They traded classes so much that a lot of kids don't remember which teacher they had! I have to admit the Meadowdale website rocks out. I wonder if the Fairview one is still up - when you opened it up, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" played in the background. Awesome! With my background, sometimes I feel like a Bullbolt or a Thunderdog! I think I like Thunderdog better. That would be a good name for those of us who emigrated from Fairview to Northmont! I have no idea how many shows I saw at Hara - I have a lot of ticket stubs. Everything from Paul Revere and the Raiders in 1970 to the Grateful Dead in 1981 or so - Neil Young, The Beach Boys, Charlie Daniels - there's a picture of me in the WTUE Newsletter with Tom (Eastridge) Carroll and the band Blackfoot on my Myspace under "pics" and then under the album "I used to be a babe." It's www.myspace.com/elizabethkey. Also a picture of my Cornell Heights beanie!
BullDug 12 posts Apr 21, 2008 6:00 PM	More music memories: Gilly's brought in some dynamite acts. At the north Main location I remember seeing Sun Ra and the Arkestra. That show was out-of-this-world! Later the club moved into a hotel downtown (on Ludlow I think). Saw Eddie Harris there. Are they still located near the bus station? Back when the original Victory Theater had been closed for a while it was re-opened as the Victoria Opera House. Batdorf & Rodney played there, also the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Elvis Costello (a few days before he got into a tussle in Columbus). I still remember the original radio promos for the Opera House. They spoofed a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial that said "What Dayton Wants - Dayton Gets. Signed, Kentucky Fried Chicken". The spoof changed it to "What Dayton Wants - Dayton Gets. Signed, Completely Fried Kentuckian." I think I still have that on tape somewhere.
marty56 1 post Apr 21, 2008 7:39 PM	to rainebowlady, i didn't grow up in the Victory apartments but grew up across the railroad tracks in patterson park. used to ride our skateboards on the circular drive in front of your apartments in the late 60's. many fond memories of san rae bakery,parkmoor chicken,dq,dorothy lane market, etc. when were you there??
Dan-O 6 posts Apr 22, 2008 5:46 AM	Martha, We had the same prefix that you did in our old telephone number - CR. I think it stood for Crestview, not Crestwood. (I just noticed that BullDug indicated that in one of his posts on the preceding page.) I can't believe that I still remember our old number (CR4-9982). I can remember a couple other old prefixes, which I think were called exchanges. BA (22), which was short for Baldwin, and CL (25), which, I think, was short for Clearwater. I believe that telephone numbers downtown had the BA exchange. Last Edited by on Apr 22, 2008 6:01 AM
southparkerik 5 posts Apr 22, 2008 4:14 PM	dan-o i went to van cleve from 68 till 74 one of my classmates was the actor rob lowe.more concerts at hara that i know of was david bowies ziggy stardust in 72 frank zappa early 70s ud shows elton john, boston,styx.if you like oldies music and your local check out wswo 101.5 & 97.7 fm they are great.
Dan-O 7 posts Apr 23, 2008 9:17 AM	southparkerik, That's pretty cool about Rob Lowe. I never knew that he lived in our part of town. I used to know his father, Chuck Lowe, who is an attorney here in Dayton.
southparkerik 6 posts Apr 24, 2008 5:01 PM	i think rob lived on homewood ave dan-o.just a few of my personal memories of n. main,whittmans bike shop in their basement across form stumps market near maplewood ave,the brown derby and upper crust at santa clara ave,going down to the varsity bowling alley, the chile king,russ's market and the red barn hamberger joint.moved away in 1976 to the burbs.good memories
redrover98 1 post Apr 24, 2008 8:23 PM	I have not lived in Dayton since I was eight years old (1969), but I have vivid memories of many places and events. Oak day Beach Club (the Clarks, Quinns, Georgie, great juke box, pretzel sticks, the train, penny toss, the slide, the twenty, Peggy Ogilvie, the Horvaths, rest period,foursquare,chicken fights, Greenbriar). Kramer's Vic Cassano's The Coin Shop in Belmont (downstairs) Belmont Bakery and Filled Fingers Burger Chef Clubhouse 22, Malcolm and Duffy the Dog The fire at Jack's Aquarium The Fire at "the barrel factory" The Drive in Movie "Herbie the Love Bug" Phil Donahue Johnny Gilbert Sunnyview Kindergarden sonic booms The Shopping News Mr Wood's Grocery Store Carl's Meat Market Hope this brings back some memories. Last Edited by on Apr 24, 2008 8:26 PM
Mark1957 2 posts Apr 25, 2008 8:25 AM	Hey Marty56, I grew up in Patterson Park in the 60's and knew a Marty on Broadview Bl. Is that you? Redrover98...I knew the Horvaths and swam for years at Oakday. I remember the news coverage of the barrel factory fire showing 55 gallon drums shooting off like roman candles...Did the Lammers family own that? Is Sunnyview Playschool, my alma mater, still around? Last Edited by on Apr 25, 2008 8:30 AM
Weeze 1 post Apr 25, 2008 7:06 PM	Does anyone remember the name of the Greek grocery store on North Main St, across for Penny Motors, that was open in 1965 and I think closed in 1966?
marty56 2 posts Apr 26, 2008 2:53 PM	mark57, yes i grew up on broadview blvd. you? i had forgotten all about the barrel factory fire,i too was a "graduate" of sunnyview, and the box of pretzel sticks at oakday were the best. anyone remember jung's donut shop? dot's market? the keg? moeller's dairy?
Mark1957 3 posts Apr 27, 2008 5:15 PM	Hey Marty, Is it Mc......h? Yorkshire Pl. then Hampshire Rd. I think we played together back in the day. Hoarce Mann? Does the keg = the pony keg? I carried the Journal Herald newspaper, 6 days a week, at 4am. A group of us paperboys would meet Saturday mornings at Jung's after finishing at about 0530 and eat donuts while sitting on the curb. Some of us were in the youth bowling league at Poelking Lanes, so it was off to league at 9am. Last Edited by on Apr 28, 2008 3:28 PM
driver62 74 posts Apr 29, 2008 6:13 AM	If Icelandia was located at the corner of Siebenthaler and Klepinger, then I remember it. There's a strip mall with a Kroger store there now. There also was a skating rink on Nottingham Rd just off Main St by Forest Park Plaza and another one at the corner of Helena and Stanley Ave. The one on Nottingham was torn down and a chuch was built on the land. The other one on Helena was an electronics assembly place once but I think the building is empty now. Last Edited by on Apr 29, 2008 6:18 AM
Becky73 1 post Apr 29, 2008 7:36 PM	Hey everyone! Ran across this site after a friend sent me here. All of your posts took me down memory lane - a place I will spend a lot of time since my 35th Meadowdale High school class reunion is this year. Forest Park plaza brings back many memories. Lets see- Liberal supermarket competing with the Krogers on the other end, the Top Value store where my olive green luggage came from my Senior year, the drug store - Rexalls?, the jewelry store, JC Penney, Murpheys and Kressees competing for my money to buy frosted lipstick, the photography studio where many a Senior picture was taken and the dance hangout I was never cool enough to go to - The Lions Den or the She or the.... name changed more often then Liz Taylors. Main Street was the highway of life - Parkmoor ( has what no one else has got - Dixie Fried chicken thats what ), Frishes, Flints with the neon star sign, Shearers Ice Cream which just closed ( tears*** ) Cassanos, Elder Beerman and the library which was my haunt when not at Good Samaritan Hospital. Now there is a place I have many memories of... before the huge white monster building. I was a candystriper there as a teenager as well as being born there and having heart surgery there in 1959. I knew the place like the back of my hand - the convent - where beer was delivered regularly, the catacombs of the sub basement where the mail room and storage was, all the old wards. I think the buildings originally has Spanish style architecture - all gone now. There was a huge staircase in the front - so not handicap accessible, a gift shop where I worked a lot, all in the entrance. And REAL nuns - in long habits, doing real jobs like EKG tech, nurse, administrator - all scary. Well, enough - I loved reading all the posts. Live in the Cincinnati area now.
marty56 3 posts Apr 29, 2008 9:36 PM	Heh Mark1957 Is it Mark Gra...f? It's been a while. Are you still in Dayton?Shoot me an e-mail, mcflyfsh@aol.com, love to hear from you. Last Edited by on May 01, 2008 5:17 PM
Sonny 1 post May 02, 2008 8:55 PM	I remember " Icelandia " on Seibenthaler Ave very well . I played in a local rock band there many times . The name of our band was " The Stone Generation " . How about " Marions Pizza " on North Main Street ? I went to Colonel White High School and now live in Tucson , Arizona and will be moving back to Dayton in the next few months . Dayton was an excellent City to grow up in . I have nothing but Great Memories from my childhood and still have friends to this very day from Grade School ( Van Cleve ) and High school . Great web site ! Keep it going .................... Sonny Last Edited by on May 02, 2008 9:11 PM
msabo 9 posts May 03, 2008 10:38 PM	Wow the barrel factory fire brought back memories! It was in 1970 in think. I remember my dad drove us down there to see it. We only lived a few miles away. The barrel factory was at Patterson and Grange Hall. Man that was wild seeing barrels on fire shoot 100 feet in the air. There was a Sohio station across the street. I remember its sign melted in the fire. But we all thought the gas tanks would go up in flames, but they didn’t. Looking back, it probably wasn’t smart to be that close to the fire and breath all those toxic fumes. JeffN, did the Fairborn skating rink have hardwood floor and you skated around a center seating area? We used to go to Fairborn on the weekends. My dad liked sporting goods store there. I think it was called Earhart’s.
southparkerik 8 posts May 06, 2008 4:19 PM	this is sad but they tore van cleve down a couple of years ago,vacant/blighted lot they could have at least saved the autitorium for the neighborhood.they wanted to tear julianne h.s. down but it looks liked they have saved that building.e.j. brown is gone new school being built,col. white h.s. is closed going to a new building with a new name.
JeffN 130 posts May 07, 2008 11:21 AM	masabo .. that's the rink I was thinking of. We had some good times there.
JeffN 131 posts May 07, 2008 11:23 AM	I was in Dayton earlier this week and read about the passing of Omar Williams. What a sad day for Daytonians. Omar Williams, Si Burick, Ritter Collett, Hal McCoy ... those are the guys who inspired me to begin a career in sports journalism. Omar will definitely be missed.
Amvet17 1 post May 09, 2008 10:23 AM	Great web site, Bill...thanks so much. I was born in Dayton, Good Sam Hosptal in 1955, lived on Genessee Ave off of Gettysburg Ave for a couple of years then moved North to the Bethel Township area between Huber Heights and Tipp City until 1972 when we relocated again to Englewood. Went to Bethel Bees School from grades 1-10, then last two years at Northmont where I graduated. Went to college at Wright State. Joined the Air Force and retired and now live in SC. Always go back to visit folks who now live in Hillsboro, but Dayton always pulls at my heart. Got to visit briefly last Fall. Headed up to Englewood and drove past the Salem Mall. I remember when it first opened around the 1964 timeframe...we loved to go there and just walk around. The Salem Mall was the first in the Dayton area I believe, then came others like the bigger Dayton Mall, Springfield Mall, etc. I remember going on the Uncle Orie show...yeah, he seemed a lot nicer on TV. He came out to meet us before the show and I remember him sternly telling us no profanity or funny faces. He had a lanky side kick named Ferdy Fusbuget or something like that....he succeeded Orie later on his own show called Ken and Don, I think. Not sure who Don was, but Ken was the old Ferdie guy. One thing I love about going back to Dayton is Mikesells Potato chips. Nothing else like 'em anywhere. And, you can't get 'em anywhere else but around the greater Dayton area. Somebody might want to talk to the Mikesells folks about modern day distribution....love to to be able to get some down here. Hara Arena, home of the old Dayton Gems, concerts, and just about everthing else big. Saw many icecapades there and circuses. Saw Deep Purple, through the pot smoke up in the nose bleed section. 3.2 beer was available for 18 year olds....I don't believe 16 was ever a legal drinking age anywhere, even in Ohio back then, but who knows. I certainly remember turning 18 in '73 and buying beer for myself, Stroh's and Pabst were favs, but occasionally could get some older guys to buy stronger stuff like Genessee Cream ALe and Shoenling LKs. Loved to go to the Drive Ins....remember when streaking was big in 1974. There was always some naked, drunk guy running through the drive in and everyone would turn their lights on. What a hoot! The She in the Forest Park area was a great place to hang out in the early 70s. They had a great dance floor with lights, and I remember a real drummer set up to play along with the music for effect. Pitchers of beer and air hockey and everyone had a car with the rear end jacked up with air shocks. I had a '68 Old Cutlass with bucket seats and a console shift. In 1972 I got a job working at Imperial Foodtown Stores in Englewood, part of a grocery chain around Dayton and owned by local business men. Great place to work and gave me the bucks to do just about everything, buy a car and even get through college. Went to work at Rikes in 1978 and yes, I remember Downtown Dayton days. You could get all the free cigarettes you could stuff in a bag not to mention other goodies. Probably couldn't get away with that today, and I know that Rike's is long gone. Even in 1978, the glory years of downtown retail had passed. Last thing...CLubhouse 22. My friends and I would watch often after school and loved SPeed Racer, not because it was cool, but because it was so silly. Now they're making a new movie....reportedly, no better than the old TV show, Does anyone remember watching old cartoons/shows like Clutch Cargo, Diver Dan (Skipper Ryle), Old Batty Hatty from Old Cincinnati, Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonderdog? Last Edited by on May 09, 2008 10:27 AM
Mark1957 4 posts May 10, 2008 8:32 AM	I remember Clutch Cargo...animated stills with moving mouths..what a hoot. Remember Cecil the sea sick sea serpent...."another Bob Clampet cartoon"? Wasn't much on Sunday mornings. How 'bout Uncle Orie and the big jar of pennies....you could keep all you could hold in your hand and still get your hand out of the jar. Or the contestant who could whistle first after eating saltine crackers?
Greysin1 2 posts May 10, 2008 5:51 PM	The "Egyptian" is still around guys - doing quite well on 3rd St. Here is a recent article http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/business/2008/03/04/ddn030508egyptian.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=59
laynel 1 post May 12, 2008 6:41 AM	Wow -- I just read all the posts and am swimming in a sea of nostalgia. I was born and raised in Dayton ... lived mostly in Dayton View on Oxford and Lexington Avenues near the intersection with Kumler -- went to Jefferson Elementary, bussed to Valerie Elementary in the late '60s, early '70s (remember bussing in Dayton?), graduated from Patterson Co-op in 1975 and went away to college. Left Dayton for good in 1979; return infrequently to visit family. I see some Dayton View memories but not many -- does anyone remember Evangelo's Pizza on Lexington Avenue by Rosedale? There was a small commercial strip there -- a drugstore, Kuntz's Bar and Grill, a drycleaner's and a market ... Rosedale Market, maybe? North on Rosedale there was a small commercial building with a Kosher butcher shop, and next door to that (on the corner of Rosedale and Oxford) there was a laundromat with a beauty salon in the basement. Catty-corner across N. Euclid from Jefferson School (on the corner of N. Euclid and Oxford), there was a carryout called Decker's Market. On the corner of Lexington and Catalpa there was a carryout called the Lexington Carryout (I think -- we used to just call it "the little store"). And on Superior Avenue and Kumler there was another corner store -- we seldom went there because it was run by "foreigners" (looking back, probably Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe or Germany), and they were hard to understand. I remember picnics in Princeton Park. I remember Gallagher's on Salem Avenue, and walking to Liberal's Market with our wagon to buy groceries (we were very poor and didn't have a car). Remember the bakery on Salem Avenue -- the east side of Salem, sort of catty-cornered from the firehouse on the corner of Salem and Oxford? Next to the funeral home, which later became the 5th district police hqs and then was torn down? I drove by there a couple of years ago when I was there visiting and was shocked to see all of that gone and a big postoffice there now. I remember Parkmoor on Salem Avenue, too. I remember when that McDonald's down there was built -- everyone was so excited because before that, you had to have a car to go to one in the suburbs! I still miss Rike's -- I still have some clothes I bought in their discount markdown place called Final Countdown. And I SERIOUSLY MISS their chocolate-covered strawberries! I remember the Arcade -- the place to get roasted peanuts and a little clothing shop called Tops to Bottoms (I got a dress there for my 10th birthday). Culp's Cafeteria. McCrory's -- the lunch counter where you could get a hot dog and a coke for 37 cents (35 cents plus 2 cents tax!). McCrory's basement, the synonym in our family for unbearably cheap and tacky stuff! The sit-down fountain area in McCrory's where you could get a hot-fudge sundae. They had balloons with prices in them and they would pop a balloon and you would pay whatever price was in the balloon! Further up in the arcade, Nobel's record store ... bins and bins of vinyl. All the wonderful stores downtown -- the Metropolitan, Thal's, Donenfeld's, Beerman's, Rike's, Billy Lewis, Gidding Jenny ... Thanks for the memories! I had a happy childhood and am delighted to relive some of my happiest times! Last Edited by on May 12, 2008 6:46 AM
driver62 75 posts May 12, 2008 8:34 AM	laynel - The area you grew up in is not a very safe area anymore. Shootings, drugs, etc. seem to be the norm there. I was last in the area of Catalpa and Rosedale a couple of years ago and there is nothing there but boarded up buildings. My brother use to live on Wilson Dr. between Oxford and Lexington back in the 70's but he moved to Kettering because of the increase in crime. Too bad the area has gone downhill so much as there are some nice homes there.
rainebowlady 6 posts May 12, 2008 3:48 PM	To Marty56 - I lived on San Rae from 1952 until 1960 when we moved to the country (which is now lah-tee-dah Kettering). I went to Orchard Park school and then St. Albert's. I loved those years on San Rae. Remember the railroad track in back of the apartments? We played there forever putting pennies and 50 cent pieces on the track for the train to flatten. There was a "secret" way we went to Jane Newcome park through a hole in the fence. Everything seemed like magic.
historymom 8 posts May 14, 2008 12:19 PM	Uncle Orrie may be a little far back for the 1979 grads to remember. I remember because we have a home movie from the Holiday at Home Parade in 1967 and Orrie and Ferdie are riding the top of the WHIO tv truck. I don't remember Orrie's real name, but Ferdie was Ken Hardin. After the Orrie show was off the air, they made the Ken and Don Show with Ken Hardin and someone named Don, of course. Then, they had the Charlie Goodtime Show, with Dave Eaton. Those shows were THE place to go if you were in the Cub Scouts or Brownies. They would tape the show during the afternoon on a weekday and then you could watch yourself on tv on Saturday morning. It was great fun! They had a segment where the camera would pan through each row of kids and you were supposed to way. They also gave away goodie bags to everyone at the end of the show. I also remember Joe Smith and Jo Corey on 22 Kiddoo. It was a show on the weekends on WKEF. Joe Smith then took over for Malcolm when he left Clubhouse 22. The gentleman who played Duffy the Dog is the manager of a Cassano's restaurant now. He owns the Duffy costume. What great memories!
Foo00 3 posts May 14, 2008 10:21 PM	I have a 1962 phonebook that lists the skating rink on Nottingham as "The Dayton Roller Drome" but it seems to me at one point it was called "Frankie's". Some of the other phone exchanges it has besides "CL" and "CR" are: AX,BA,UN,TR,TW,VI,TU, and UL although it doesn't say what any of them stand for. Also, a note to "historymom", my wife's Grandmother designed and made the Duffy the Dog costume along with Dr. Creep's. She was a contractor for a costume shop in the Oregon District that made costumes for the Kenley Players. My wife remembers Duffy being at her Grandmother's without his dog head on which made her run screaming out of the house. If you have a way for us to contact Duffy, please let us know at ftmckinley@usedbobbers.com
JeffN 132 posts May 15, 2008 10:10 AM	Duffy the Dog manages a pizza joint. How cool is that. I eat at Cassano's all the time when I'm in town ... which one does he work at?
southparkerik 9 posts May 15, 2008 3:41 PM	here's some more late 60s/early 70s rike's memories.going on field trips to see puppet shows and karate performers in their autitorium ,i think it was on the mezzanine level.also a place in the store called the mod shop.black lights, posters,hippie beads ect.the record dept. next to tv's on the 6th or 7th floor.and of course the best toy dept.in dayton.i also still have a duffy the dog t shirt Last Edited by on May 15, 2008 4:17 PM
Dan-O 8 posts May 16, 2008 7:34 AM	historymom, Uncle Orrie's real name was Joe Rockhold. Foo00, regarding the phone exchanges, CL was short for Clearwater, CR was short for Crestview, AX was short for Axminster, and BA was short for Baldwin. I can't remember what any of those other phone exchange abbreviations stood for.
redrover98 2 posts May 16, 2008 10:38 PM	I thought of a few more places with a little sentimental spot in my heart... These were in Belmont: The original Immaculate Conception Church on the corner of Smithville Road (tiny little building, pink on the outside) Gastineau's Five and Dime Frisch's Big Boy of course Burger Chef Buster Brown Shoe Store Other parts of town: Rossi Music store (my brother and sister took accordion lessens there) Somone else mentioned Moeller's Dairy. The best. You could get 64 flavors of ice cream there. (didn't they have a huge cow out front?) By the way...If anybody has any photographs of Oak-Day swimming pool during the 60's, I would appreciate it if you would get in touch with me...
laynel 2 posts May 19, 2008 5:00 AM	Yes, RedRover, Mohler's Dairy was on Smithville and they DID have a huge cow out front. They've turned the building into a store for blinds, I think ... or maybe it is a mailing/package store now. I can't remember. The cow was carted off to a farm, as I recall, and they used the land where it was located to build some little flat houses.
tippmindy 3 posts May 19, 2008 5:48 AM	Hi Foo00, the reason you may recall the Dayton Roller Dome being called Frankies is, that area use to be an amusement park called Frankie's Forest Park. I could be a little wrong on the name as I was young when they tore it down but I do remember the park and the racetrack there. This was my old stomping grounds. Every Sat. afternoon we would be at the Ames Theater with our free coupons that the business owners in Northtown Shopping Center would give us. Oh the memories..........
Dee65 6 posts May 19, 2008 3:46 PM	To Redrover98 or any anyone interested in Belmont. I don't "remember" Immaculate's original building but I was baptized there and it was a bowling alley before it was a Church. I don't know where exactly it was however, is the building still standing? Does anyone have any pics of Belmont in the early 60's. I know the school (Immaculate) looked much different originally. Also, of course Burger Chef, Jack's Aquarium's fire, the Dabel Theater with a parking lot across the street. (I think it is Autozone or something now.) Also, although not technically in Belmont, does anyone remember the Wooden Shoe restaurant where Frickers is now on Woodman Drive, or the cement mixing facility across the street. How about Rinks, is anyone ever going to do anything with that whole site?
Amvet17 2 posts May 21, 2008 9:10 AM	To Mark1957, yes I remember Cecil...I think it was Beanie and Cecil. Saturday morning cartoons were great, and I'm thinking way back when you could enjoy Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger and Bullet, Pat Brady and Nellie Bell. Remember Sky King and the Flying W ranch? Mighty Mouse, and "Here I come, to save the day." Kids have so many options for sneakers these days, but back in the 50s and 60s, you were nothing without your PF Flyers, or Red Ball jets. Forest Park was a thriving shopping center back in the 1960s and I loved to go to the Five and Dime Store there, I think it was Woolworth's. They had a JC Penny's there and typically that was where my mom bought my clothes. Dayton had so much of everything...my favorite period was during the early 1970s when the Reds were known as the Big Red Machine....what a team. Anytime we had an opportunity to head to Cincinnati for a home game, we would. One time, on the way back heading back to Dayton, Johnny Bench passed us in his Lincoln Continental with a pretty nice looking squeeze at his side--he had a phone in his car and was talking on it, something different in those days. We went wild. Speaking of Reds games, in those days you could sit up in the upper deck for a few bucks--baseball was still a poor man's sport. I had an opportunity to visit the year the began dismantling Riverfront...I couldn't believe it because it seemed like yesterady when they built it to replace Crosley. That was 1970 the year Cinci hosted the All Star Game and Rose creamed Ray Fosse in that enfamous end of game collision at home plate. Seeing Riverfront being taken down was, for me, very sad...so many great memories. From Dayton, you had Kings Island, LaSourdsville, Coney Island (where I rode my first big roller coaster). The Ohio river and the Cinci Zoo, incidently, still one of the best. Ohio had some of the absolute best county fairs, and I know, because I've lived all over the country, Ohio has the best. I remember going to the Montgomery and Miami County fairs in particular...the first time I rode the Zipper--what a ride! No way I would get on that thing today, but when you're 12 or 13, you'll ride anything. I remember going to the Frost Top and getting a frosty mug of rootbeer and a footlong...boy that was a treat. Another place I loved to go to was the Air Force museum, still a great attraction even today. I remember hiking around Wright Field then going to the museum when I was with the scouts.
Steve K 2 posts May 21, 2008 9:28 AM	Remember when wrestler, Don Eagle, did promotional stuff for Moler's Dairy? He lived behind us on the East Side... his kid's used to get mohawk haircuts the last day of school every year.
kaisermom 10 posts May 21, 2008 5:37 PM	Amvet17, Thanks for sharing our memories! I loved them. I, too, remember when the Reds won the World Series. What a great year. I still recall the radio station playing over and over "I'm on the top of the world" in reference to their win. Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion, Those were the days! I went to a couple of games at Crosley field myself, too. Once when I was very little I got to talk to Joe Nuxhall, and my parents never let me forget that. I always look at that empty spot in the field there, and imagine Crosley Field. And I can;t believe they imploded Riverfront. I think the Cincinnati skyline is perfectly boring without it. Summers always meant baseball, and if we weren't going to a game, my Dad was listening to one on AM radio. Joe Nuxhall and Marty Brennaman. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks! Loved your post!

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