JeffN
146 posts
Jul 26, 2008
2:21 PM
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AZ: You grew up right in my neighborhood then! I was Class of '79 at Stebbins.
The Page Manor Elementary you attended is now a big daycare center, I think, with the new school sittting in behind it (on the spot which used to house the old Spin-Kemp baseball fields where I played little league!)
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JohnC
21 posts
Jul 27, 2008
4:47 PM
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Some of my favorite movie memories are of the Dabel. I remember my mom taking me there to see James Garner in "Grand Prix", a great Formula 1 racing movie. Dabel was the only theatre in Dayton to show it in 70mm "Cinerama" widescreen. I also saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" and James Bond "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" there. Great memories of one of the great Dayton theatres to be sure. I can also remember going to see "Bonnie and Clyde" with Faye Dunaway at the Lowes downtown across from the Victory and next door to Rikes. As I recall, the Victory was one of the only walk-in theatres in Dayton that showed almost exclusively family movies like the Disney films back in the 60's.
Any of you guys ( or gals) ever venture south of Dayton to Suicide Hillin Kettering at Community Golf Course? Best snow fun entertainment in Dayton and always good for a bloody nose or dislocated shoulder. Right across the road was the (in)famous Witches Tower. The popular urban legend was that a guy and his girlfriend in their teens were making out there during a thunderstorm when lightning struck the tower and a ball of lightning travelled down the stone steps killing them both. Last I knew, it was still there, but the door was now blocked by a very sturdy wrought iron gate and heavy padlock. I think it was actually built back in the Civil War days as a watch tower overlooking the valley that is now Community Golf Course.
Anybody remember the Haunted Houses around town at Halloween that Dr. Creep from channel 22 used to hang out at? The Creeper also used to host annual Dungeons and Dragons tournaments for charity at The Tin Soldier in Kettering and Hobbies International in Moraine. He used to drive an old 60's Cadillac hearse that had "Dr. Creep's Mobile Mortuary" painted on the side. Barry Hobart who was the genius beneath the Dr. Creep makeup also worked for awhile as a security guard at the Dixie Bowl Bowling Alley in Moraine.
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tlturbo
13 posts
Jul 28, 2008
7:37 AM
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JohnC
Yep, I used to sled at Suicide Hill at Hills & Dales Golf Course occasionally but my most "unfond" memory of there was one nice summer evening "entertaining" a female companion with some wine, etc on the golf green at the top of the hill. After watching us for an hour, a security guard came out and ran us off. At least he got a good show but that ended a good relationship. Oh well, those were the days. ALso got in trouble riding snowmobiles around the golf course at night when there was snow.
And as of 2 years ago when I drove through there, the tower was still there.
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Steve K
22 posts
Jul 28, 2008
10:37 AM
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The "Witch's Tower" at Hills and Dales was built by the WPA according to most accounts, definitely not Civil War Era.... It may have been part of John H. Patterson's landscaping efforts, one story says Frederick Law Olmsted designed it. I think they finally closed it to keep everybody from peeing in it. I've never been able to confirm the story about it being struck by lightning with kids inside.
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Steve K
23 posts
Jul 30, 2008
8:39 AM
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I almost forgot... there's a picture of the Witch's tower from a year or so ago here....
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/o/o/Steven-D-Koons/PHOTO/0099photo.html
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maxed out
27 posts
Aug 08, 2008
2:44 AM
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"What famous people have you actually met or spoke to in the Dayton area"?
1. Johnny Bench at Kings Island
2. Past Governor John Gilligan at John Bryan State Park
3. Pres. Richard Nixon in Xenia after the tornado
That's it for me.
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driver62
92 posts
Aug 10, 2008
11:05 AM
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daytongrl - I remember Sutmillers very well. The wife and I saw Lou Rawls there once. That was back in the day when there were several supper clubs around and they booked big name talent.
Also spent several evenings at the Tropics right up Main from Sutmillers.
I know North Dayton well as I worked on Troy St. for 17 years right next door to Furst Florists.
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Curt Dalton
52 posts
Aug 17, 2008
8:22 PM
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Hi,
I see that there was a mention of the old tower at Hills and Dales Park. I thought that I'd share my research in this area for those who want to know the story behind the legend. I will be posting this on the site as well.
This article appeared in the (Xenia) Daily Gazette Thursday, May 18, 1967. This incident apparently led to the permanent closing of what is sometimes referred to as the “Witches’ Tower” or “Frankenstein’s Castle” located at Hills and Dales Park.
Bellbrook Girl Thought Killed by Lightning Bolt
BELLBROOK — A 16-year-old Bellbrook High School sophomore was instantly killed and her 17-year-old male companion, a junior at the school, seriously burned, apparently victims of a bolt of lightning during a severe electrical storm Wednesday night in Kettering.
Kettering Police identified the dead girl as Peggy Ann Harmeson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harmeson Jr. of 4243 Whites Dr. The injured boy is Ronald Kevin Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stevens of 4125 Nedra Dr.
He was listed in fair condition this morning at Kettering Memorial Hospital where he is receiving treatment for burns.
Kettering Police said they received a report at 8:03 p.m. that someone was injured at the Lookout tower in Hills and Dales Park. The tower stands high on a wooded hill on the east side of Patterson Blvd. in the southeast end of the park and is used for observation.
Police found the Stevens boy lying at the foot of the stairs. He had been burned on his chest and face. The Harmeson girl was found nine steps up the tower dead. She had been burned extensively on the face and chest area, police said.
"The best we can tell is sometime around 7:30 there was a bad lightning storm here and apparently a bolt of lightning hit the tower. A ball of fire may have hit at the door and rolled up the stairs. They were no doubt on their way down and she was in front and got the full force,"
police said.
Police said the tower is made of stone. There is a metal gate on the front.
Apparently the couple was out driving, decided to visit the observation tower and were caught in the storm. Police said they were not sure of all the details because the boy had not been able to remember exactly what happened.
"The boy was pretty incoherent. He didn't know anything. He thought he had gone home," police said.
The Montgomery County coroner's office said this morning that it had not yet ruled on the cause of death. However, Kettering Police said it no doubt would be ruled accidental death by lightning.
REQUIEM MASS for Miss Harmeson will be held Saturday morning at Church of the Incarnation, Centerville, with Rev. Raymond C. Kallaher in charge. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Dayton. Friends may call at the R.L. Ullmer & Son Kettering Chapel, 4100 Benfield Dr., Friday from 3 to" 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
She is survived by her parents; her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Blanche Harmeson of Dayton; two sisters, Nancy Kay and Susan Marie, and two brothers, Mark Timothy and Stephen Roy.
She was active in the Girl Scouts and was a member of Senior Troop 771 of Bellbrook.
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bigbob
9 posts
Aug 19, 2008
8:01 AM
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Does anyone remember roller skating at forest park. I think it was called Frankies. Boy did i have fun there when i was about 13.
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driver62
93 posts
Aug 19, 2008
8:59 AM
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bigbob - I remember the skating rink also. If we're talking about the same one, it was located on Nottingham across from Forest Park.
It stood empty for years and was finally torn down. A church now sits on the site.
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driver62
94 posts
Aug 19, 2008
9:07 AM
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Turbo - Was the Parkmore located at Main and Nottingham?
The place was a Frisch's for many years. After they closed down, a Tex-Mex place opened up there but they closed because of several shootings.
If it's the same place, the building is still standing but it's empty.
Right across the street, a Ponderosa was there for many years but it's a Rite-Aid now.
At least, Northtown shopping center is still around.
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tlturbo
15 posts
Aug 19, 2008
12:19 PM
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Driver - I don't know the name of the street - it has been WAY too long, BUT the Parkmore was a heavy car hangout in the late 60's. It was on E side of N Main St at the SW corner of the Forest Park Mall. There was a side street going between Parkmore and the Skating Rink. There is still a Cassano's Pizza across Main from it. Not sure the building is still there or not - I only get up there once a year.
OK, just looked at a map and YES, it appears that Nottingham was the road that ran between Parkmore and the skating rink.
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driver62
95 posts
Aug 20, 2008
6:40 AM
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I don't remember the Parkmore as I was still in the military back in the late 60's and didn't move to Dayton until 1972. It was always a Frisch's to me.
The building I'm talking about is on the NW corner of Main and Nottingham. The SW corner has a beer drive-thru that's been there as long as I can remember.
Isn't it amazing what we can remember from 40 years ago?
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tlturbo
16 posts
Aug 20, 2008
7:44 AM
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Parkmore was on the NE corner - you could look over the back fence and down into the Forest Park Shopping Center parking lot. There was a Frisches over on Keowee just S of the bridge over the river. That was the cruise route - Parkmore, Fricshes and the Country Kitchen on Dorothy Lane. I left dayton Jan 72 so maybe it changed brands around then.
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driver62
96 posts
Aug 20, 2008
1:02 PM
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turbo - I know where you mean. When I moved here in 1972, it had already been torn down and a Ponderosa restuarant was on the site. The Frischs would have been directly across Main from the Parkmore.
I remember the Frischs on Keowee along with Roy Rogers and a place called the "Beef and Beer". They had good roast beef sandwiches and quite a few beers on tap. I ate lunch there several times.
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driver62
98 posts
Aug 21, 2008
6:09 AM
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Yep, the flea market is still at the Dixie on weekends. Remember the North Star a few blocks down the street? It's a shopping center now with Kroger as the main store.
The Melody 49 and the Skyborn are also still operating along with one in Springfield whose name I can't recall.
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tlturbo
17 posts
Aug 21, 2008
8:56 AM
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Was the North Star on Dixie just N of the Needmore intersection on the left? I remember going to one there but I don't remember another one up the road.
My main hangouts (depending on where the girl I was dating lived) were the Belmont (or Countyline Drive-In) and the one just off I-75 near the Mall on the way into Centerville. Occasionally went to the one near Stebbins but I can't remember the name of that one.
I heard the Skyborn turned into an Adult drive-in (like we needed help HA) but is now shut down. Is the skating rink next door still open? I remember going to a double screen drive-in once that might have been way out 3rd st??? Since I lived in Beavercreek, I usually was S or E of Dayton.
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driver62
99 posts
Aug 21, 2008
9:51 AM
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The North Star was at the SW corner of North Dixie and Needmore. The Dixie is a block or two north of Needmore.
The drive-in on I75 by the Dayton Mall was the Southland 75. The Southland 75 shopping center is there now.
The last I heard, the Skyborn was still open and now shows first run films. I have no idea if the skating rink is still there as I haven't been out that way in years.
The twin drive-in on west Third was the Sherwood Twin.
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rainebowlady
7 posts
Aug 21, 2008
9:56 AM
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The House of Magic on Brown Street. God, does that take me back.... It was so dark inside and reminded me of an episode of the Twilight Zone and real magic.
When I went to see Paul Revere and the Raiders at Hara Arena I paid $4 for the ticket - and thought that was expensive. Now I want to see David Byrne and Brian Eno at the Uptown in Kansas City and the ticket is $357!!!!!!
Anyone remember the Monkey House down Far Hills near Centerville? The man who raised monkeys in a strange round 2 story structure? I had my photo taken there before it was torn down.
I was born in Dayton in '52 and left in '70. What memories!!
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Bill77
21 posts
Aug 23, 2008
7:03 AM
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I have just finished posting some new links and photos from Dayton's past (mainly the 60s & 70s)on the Dayton Nostalgia page that you can view at:
http://mhs77.com/Nostalgia.html
I need to ask everybody a question. Does anyone remember the homeless person who lived downtown in the 70s that was not only visible on a daily basis but became somewhat of a celebrity in Dayton that everyone (including the homeless man himself) called "Rags?" He died in the late 70s or early 80s and the news of his death was on the front page of the Dayton Daily News. I actually found a photo of Rags but hesitate putting the photo on the Nostalgia Page of the website above. I am concerned about complaints. What do you think? Do any of you even remember Rags?
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JohnC
22 posts
Aug 24, 2008
7:38 AM
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Earl "Monkey" Miller's monkey house still exists. It was moved to a park next to the Centerville Library. It was fully restored when it was moved and there is a historical marker plaque next to it that tells the story.
As for "Rags", I remember seeing him daily when I worked for the phone company downtown. In my opinion, he's very much a part of Dayton History. I see no problem posting a picture of him.
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bigbob
12 posts
Aug 25, 2008
5:21 AM
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I remember Rags, I think a artist did a mural of him in a bank lobby downtown Dayton.
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tlturbo
18 posts
Aug 25, 2008
5:56 AM
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Does anyone remember the guy on 3rd St? As you were heading toward downtown on 3rd St from where Linden came into it, he was a few blocks down on the left. Probably 20's-30's and maybe developmentally handicapped. He dressed like a young kid, usually wore a big bushy black afro wig. He sat on the front walk of his house, waved at all the cars and sometimes had a big squirt gun to shoot at the cars. This was about 69-71. Just another memory.
Terry
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driver62
101 posts
Aug 25, 2008
12:01 PM
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Would that have been the old Winters bank? They used to have a lot of paintings and displays there. If so, it would be the big black building downtown....at Second and Main maybe?
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DebRF
2 posts
Aug 25, 2008
3:18 PM
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I left Dayton in October of 1972 and moved to Michigan (kicking and screaming - ha! ha!). I loved growing up in Dayton. I went to Van Cleve Elementary; lived off of Main Street and remember all of the places so many of you have mentioned. I now live in TN and love it. I remember the Red Barn, Five-Oaks Pool (I think that was the name)and even trying on Cinderella's Slipper at Rikes. My oldest sister went to Kiser H.S. and use to go the Frisch's on the weekends and to a club called Little Mickey's when she was 18. I drove through the old neighborhood on my last trip up north and how sad to see our home torn up and the neighborhood destroyed. Regardless of the condition that home held many happy memories for me - especially since my dad has passed away and mom is 83!
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bigbob
14 posts
Aug 26, 2008
4:35 AM
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Does anyone remember Learch, he used to walk around the Salem Mall with a back pack and sell little foil packets of pot that i think was catnip.
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Marck1957
17 posts
Aug 31, 2008
7:52 PM
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WB8IMY...The road and the school got their name from a mill on the Stillwater River, called the Shoup Mill. It was on the river at the site that was Fridgedaire Park decades ago, off the current Shoup Mill/Needmore road, east of the river. It was a large structure and had a mill race (water supply) running to it from the Stillwater. The owners of the mill also had a covered bridge at the current site of the existing bridge. This was fairly common with mills, and the owners would charge a toll for the use of the bridge. This was before there were many public roadways, and crossing a river with no bridge was dangerous stuff. Near to the site of the mill was Frederick Pike, which was a privately built and managed toll road. People would pay to use the roads/bridges for the convenience of getting humans, animals, and goods easily, safely, and quickly transported. I'm not sure when the mill or the bridge were built, but on a guess I would say 1850-1860. I don't know what the mill was specifically used for, but it was typical to use them for sawing, grinding grains, and anything else that took a lot of energy. Many mills ground corn for whiskey production. This was all before electricity, and water was used as a power source. I don't know when the mill ceased production, but in any event I would guess that the 1913 flood severely damaged or destroyed the mill and the bridge. This is all that I have been able to learn about the Shoup Mill, and I would love to know more if anyone has some other history info about it. Additionally, the Wright Brothers "camped" at that location and there are some pictures of the area attributed to one of them (Orville?). I have some of these images and if you would like to see them, e-mail me at liveandlearn@woh.rr.com, and I will e-mail them to you.
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theo h
1 post
Sep 01, 2008
8:35 AM
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i grew up in waynesville. this is such a cool site!!! so many old memories!! i remember uncle al, schoenling all nite theatre with bob shreeve, southland 75 drive in, lesourdsvile lake, swimming at the pool in waynesville, the old fort drive-in,3.2 beer, working at goldman's bargain barn, steve kirk, paul dixon, ruth lyons, iwas at crosley field when pete rose was a rookie. i was in the audience for skipper ryle's show, also phil donahue. playing wiffle ball, and pitching till my arm felt like it would fall off, (we didn't do pitch counts in those days). partying on brown st. in dayton, alexanders, timothy's, the speakeasy etc. U.D. in the nit finals. they lost to ucla who had some kid named alcindor !
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WB8IMY
3 posts
Sep 05, 2008
9:20 PM
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Steve K:
I don't recall WA8RRK. I got started in ham radio in Dayton in 1971. Was a member of the Dayton Amateur Radio Club when they had a station at what was then the Dayton Museum of Natural History.
Mark1957:
Excellent info about Shoup Mill. Thanks much.
--Steve
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Peggy Gilbert
2 posts
Sep 06, 2008
12:22 AM
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titurbo
The guy on 3rd st. He was at that spot since back in the40's. It was at 3rd. and Jersy Sts. He is now on Smithville Rd. and Airway since back in the late 1980's.
He is now 71 years old. His name is Tommy. As he has been ill of recent, he's not out as much. When i would ride the bus to work out on Irwin St. (Hunte- Wilde Corp.), back in the 60's most of the people on the bus just called him "Bus Stop Johnny". Those I spoke to always had nice things to say about him. It surely made me feel good as he is my cousin and is truly one of the kindest and dearest people you would ever want to meet.
I grew up in the east-end also, on Springfield St. it was a nice place to live when I was a kid. There are still many wonderful people who live there.
Do any of you out there remember the old Alhambra Theatre on 3rd. between Bell and Van Lear, or the Gallaghers between Huffman and Linden. There was also a Rexall Drug Store named Zieglers across from the old Winters Bank at 3rd, Linden & Springfield Sts.
Of downtown I remember best the Home Store (later became Beermans) Mr. Beerman was a shoe clerk at the home store when he started out. Elder and Johnstons, Kreesges, McCrorys, the Arcade and all of its wonderful shops, Elders like Rikes used to have the beautiful Christmas displays and the 50's 60's & 70's were a great time to be young in the Dayton area as I remember.
I remember going to the Little Mickey's on 3rd. st. across from the "Safety Bldg", in fact thats where I met my now deceased first husband. We also went to the 224 Club, and the Blazing Stump on 5th. St., the 224 was originally named the Satan Club but the community got together and insist it be changed. These were not bad places back in the 60's but they sure were lively.
Out on Main St. you had the Blue Ribbon Bar, Jack Torro's Riverdale Bar, The Green Arrow, and my favorite the Manor House. My husband had grown up in Riverdale so we mostly hung out in that neighborhood.
When we were first married we lived in the trailer park on Main St. just passed Forest Park Plaza, we shopped at the Liberals, J.C. Penneys & Western Auto stores.
I can still remember Frankies Forest Park, going to ride the rides and play games with my Mom, sisters & brothers when i was little. Then my oldest sister moved into the trailer park on Nottingham behind the amusement park, in the winter we would ride out there on the bus and walk through the closed up park and for some reason it always scared me. We also got to go to Lakeside over on Home Ave. and down to Lesourdsville lake I sure loved those old amusement parks.
Well thanks for listening, this site sure brought back some Wonderful old memmories!!!!
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tlturbo
19 posts
Sep 06, 2008
6:44 AM
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Peggy,
THANKS so much for the info on Tommy. I'm sorry to hear he is ill. PLEASE tell him the guy in the wild painted gold Corvette (from the Egyptian up the street at 3rd and Linden) that always waved at him (1968-72) still remembers him and says HELLO. It is soooo cool to learn something about him. Just one of those unconnected memories from way back and something you have always wondered about. I hope he has had a wonderful life.
I lived in Beavercreek (near Wright State) so I was usually on the Airways route into town. Before I drove, my mom would drop us kids off at the bus loop on 3rd and Smithville. I love reliving all these old memories. I have been trying to contact people from back in those days but it's tough finding them. I know where they lived but not what High School they would have gone to so Classmates isn't much help. I would love to track down some of my old car buddies (mostly vettes) that I hung with. That was my main passion (well maybe 2nd HA) from after High School (Beavercreek 65) until I moved to FL in 72.
Anyone know what happened to Downing Transmissions? I knew the son, Dan Downing.
Does anyone remember the name of the Tiki type Restaurant (I thought it was the Kon Tiki but someone said that was on Salem?)that was on the West side of N Main a few miles past White Allen Chevy? I dated a girl that lived across the little side street to the S of it until they tore that corner down.
I think I already asked, but when did they take out the boat ramp at Triangle park and stop boating and skiing there. When I was there 4th of July, I noticed the ramp appeared gone and there were no boats. I skied there a lot in the late 60's.
THEO - I sent many a night at Timothy's and the Shed on Brown St. but my main hangout was the Diamond Club or the Lions Den out on Wilmngton.
Speaking of Wilmongton, what ever happened to DESC - the Defense base out there?
I love all the memories that come up on here.
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JohnC
23 posts
Sep 06, 2008
8:32 AM
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DESC was not actually a base. It stood for Defense Electronis Supply Center. It was a logistics warehouse supplying all branches of the military. I believe it has moved out of state (Kentucky? Indiana? Columbus?). I've been away from Dayton for the past twenty-two years and haven'y kept up as well as I might have liked.
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Bill77
25 posts
Sep 06, 2008
10:35 AM
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bigbob:
I think I remember the person you refered to as Learch. I think we referred to him as "Bear." He was at just about every concert at Hara Arena. He stood in the middle of the floor before the concert started, stoned out of his mind, and every few minutes would put his fist in the air and yell "YEAHHHH" in what was thought of as a "Bear" voice. The Hara Arena concerts were great because there was no reserved seating and the first ones there, when the doors were opened could run down and stand in front of the stage. The Cars, Doobie Brothers, Kiss, J Geils Band, Foghat, Jackson Browne, Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent and Kiss were just a few of the groups I saw play at Harah. I remember that not only the smell of potreally potent but the smoke itself got so thick it was at times hard to see the stage when you sat towards the back. I also saw Aerosmith, Boston and The Beach Boys at the University of Dayton.
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Peggy Gilbert
3 posts
Sep 07, 2008
12:01 AM
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titburo,
Thank you for the best wishes for Tommy.
Are you by any chance referring to Belmont Transmission that was owned by Virgil Downing? If so he retired several years ago and his son Curt or Kurt took it over for awhile and i think it is up for sale now. I live just up the street here in Belmont since 1967, my oldest daughter went to Belmont High with Curt. She graduated in 1981 but I think he might have been sooner than that.
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driver62
102 posts
Sep 07, 2008
4:58 AM
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Turbo - I think the restaurant on north Main you remember was the Tropics. It had a Polynesian decor and I believe the owner was George Rubin or something like that. One day he decided to close it without telling anyone. Employees came to work and it was locked up tight.
The Tropics was a supper club similar to Sutmillers with live entertainment. The building was torn down and a pharmacy was built. It closed down and a day care now uses the building.
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tlturbo
20 posts
Sep 07, 2008
6:45 AM
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Peggy,
The last I remember (about 1971) Downing Transmissions was down near where Smithville dead ended onto Springfield. I thought it was called Downing Transmissions and I know the son I ran around with was Dan. He had a blue LT-1 69(I think) vette. You were in Belmont about the same time I ran around there. Belmont Drive-In, Rikes Kettering, Country Kitchen (practically lived there HA HA), the theaters on Smithville and near the Kitchen, Village Inn and Lions Den on Wilmington. Was there a Bargain Barn on Woodman north of Patterson where you took the weird little Jog to continue to Dorthy Lane? At one time there was a slot car track place right there on Patterson at the jog. What happened to the large corporate Park (want to say Delco) that was across from Rikes Kettering? I dated several gals from Fairmont West (class of 69 I think) and most lived around the area of Rikes Kettering. I also lived at Coach & Four Apts out on Bigger. We thought we were cool because it had an indoor pool. What was the Pizza place next door to the Country Kitchen on Wilmington?
Yep, the Tropics was probably it. There was a little dead end street on the South side with a pharmacy on the street and a house behind it. The gal I knew lived there but I think it was torn down in the late 60's.
WOW - so many memories come flooding back everytime I'm on here.
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Steve K
28 posts
Sep 07, 2008
9:35 AM
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Turbo... I think the pizza place next to the Country Kitchen was Shakey's, although it was there later, might have been a different one early on. There's a chinese buffet in that spot these days, about a mile from where I live.
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driver62
103 posts
Sep 07, 2008
5:07 PM
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I remember a Shakeys way out on Far Hills back in the late 70's or early 80's. The kids loved going there but the pizza was lousy. Maybe that's why they went out of business.
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driver62
104 posts
Sep 07, 2008
5:10 PM
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Another Dayton eating place has shut down. The "Shuckin' Shack" on north Main closed and is now a private club. That place was there for many years.
The Northtown Bar at north Main and Nottingham used to be a friendly neighborhood bar but they are losing their booze license because of problems with the clientel. It used to be a nice place but it seems people now get into fights and carry a few guns in there. I used to stop by there but not anymore.
It seems something closes in Dayton every other week.
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Steve K
31 posts
Sep 13, 2008
7:27 AM
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WB8IMY.... just googled you.... guess your call's familiar because of the ARRL stuff you've written.... don't think we've ever met.
Shame the Shuckin' Shack is gone, I still have a wooden nickel good for a dozen oysters, guess I waited 25 years too long to cash it in . Spent a lot of time out there in the late 70's.
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JohnC
24 posts
Sep 14, 2008
9:18 AM
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Bill77-No big deal, but I believe it's Emmert Royer and not Emmit Royer at BHA. Just for the sake of accuracy and all...not trying to be a pain in the backside.
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Sunnybrook1959
2 posts
Sep 17, 2008
12:00 PM
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Back to the subject of The She in Forest Park Plaza... Drink and Drown night every Sun. $3 for all the beer you could drink in little plastic cups. Does anyone remember the name of the other bar in the same plaza... was it The Jammer??
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bigbob
22 posts
Sep 17, 2008
12:14 PM
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Sunny, How about Hula Balu.
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Sunnybrook1959
4 posts
Sep 17, 2008
12:53 PM
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BB... maybe that was the name of it at one time. This would have been in the late 70's very early 80's.
Do you remember a store called Rinks?? How about Gold Circle, which I think became The Dixie Electric Company later. On Woodman.
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bigbob
23 posts
Sep 18, 2008
3:05 AM
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I remember Dixie Electric Co. It was a Disco with a huge dance floor with awesom lights.
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ken44
1 post
Sep 18, 2008
8:46 PM
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I remember in 1962 my father would get me up at 5 a.m. to catch a bus to Cincinnati at 6 a.m to look for a job. He would give me $2 each day for lunch. In Cincinnati we had the Gayety Burlesque Theater, but I was afraid that someone would report me to my father so I didn't go into the Gayety. Instead, I would save up the $2 that my father gave me and every month, I would take the old Ohio Bus Line($4 roundtrip ticket) to Dayton and go to the Mayfair Burlesque($2 ticket). I'm glad that I did because burlesque was on the way out even then. I remember the bump and grind band, the stupid skits and the "girls". They had not been girls for a very long time. I remember one whose name was Madonna. No, not the singer. The comics were rauchy for those days, and this Madonna was usually part of the comic jokes. Six months later, I did get a temporary job in a restaurant, which lasted two weeks. But I do believe that the Mayfair Theater will be a part of my memories and education for the rest of my life. There's nothing like it today.
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maxed out
28 posts
Sep 19, 2008
1:01 PM
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I've been racking my brain... What was the other department store, I think near the Belmont Drive-in.? I might be totally off the wall, wasn't there a Maxam's??? I don't know where that came from.
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tlturbo
22 posts
Sep 22, 2008
7:12 AM
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I asked the same thing in a post above. On the East side of Woodman, North of Patterson, there was a Hasty Tasty or something similar and just North of that was a large big box store of some kind. There was also one on the SW corner of Woodman and Burkhart. There was also a similar store on the West side of Xenia juat as you headed out 35 that sponsored the wrestling and roller derby shows.
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Peggy Gilbert
4 posts
Sep 22, 2008
9:19 PM
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There was a Maxim's (not sure about the spelling) in the building on Woodman that later housed Rink's. In 1962 both my sister & step sister worked for Maxim's at that location. Gold Circle was in the building that now houses Value city. Ontarios building is now housing Big Lots on Wilmington. Do you remember the book about the Girl on the Volkswagon Floor? She was found in the Ontario's parking lot on June 14,1968. I remember it well as it was the headline in the Journal Herald that morning, and that was the morning I had just given birth to one of my daughters.
I think that building also housed a Fazio's grocery store at one time. I don't remember any large stores near the Belmont Drive in and I've lived here in Belmont for 41 years. Thanks for listening.
Last Edited by on Sep 22, 2008 9:32 PM
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maxed out
29 posts
Sep 23, 2008
1:02 PM
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Thank you, Thank you Peggy, I thought I was losing my mind.So there was a Maxims.. I also remember a store in Springfield called Century on Leffels Lane.
I also remember when my daughter was very young .It was beggars night on Halloween and there was a big scare about people putting bad things in the candy and authorities advised parents taking their kids out for trick or treat. That had to be around 81 or 82. We drove from Xenia to the only big toy store around. The one next to the Salem Mall. We let her pick out any toys she wanted since she couldn't dress up and do the trick or treat thing.
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