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JRH_1948

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  1. I remember that there was a Stroud Motor Co. downtown but that is about all. No pix, sorry.
  2. I remember one of the kids in my neighorhood ran home and told his parents that he heard God telling everyone to buy a Pontiac. He was crying because his father only bought Fords and he was afraid they were all going to hell. I remember a lot of skywriting too. I don't remember what they were selling. ISTR DeMontrond Buick used a speaker plane sometimes. In 1964, I was dating a girl whose father was Service Manager at DeMondtrond.
  3. I never knew about a shop on N. Shepherd. David and I ran around together and spent a quite a few Saturdays at the Yale shop rebuilding an old James motercycle. I think I would have heard about a 2nd shop. OTOH, they may have moved there after I left Houston...or may have been on N. Shepherd before moving to 6th & Yale. Yes, the call was a 52 Ford, sectioned down the middle.
  4. Google maps shows 6th and Yale Paint & Body at 6th and Yale (of all places). When I lived in Houston, this was Satterwhite's Garage (I went to school with the owner's son). The car on the pole went up in the mid-50's so if it is still there, that car has been sitting on that pole for over 50 years.
  5. So as not to exclude anyone, pic is attached
  6. LOL! I think I have the same pic. If the kid has his left arm in a sling, that would be me. I had a bad accident with a picket fence while roller skating and it took over 150 stitches to close the wound. The weather center may have recorded a trace in 1958, but I distinctly remember 4 inches on our picnic table. And the pics I have of 1949 (attached) look like 6 inches or more on the ground. In fact, my mother's note says 5-6 inches. Also, she dates the snowfall as Jan 31 - Feb 1, not Jan 30.
  7. As I recall, I was in 7th grade at Hamilton Jr. High. (When I was at Love, I had Mrs. Tillinghast for 5th Grade and Mrs. Bernard for 6th.) I recall it snowing 2 or 3 years earlier as well. It was about 4 inches but melted quickly. And somewhere I have some real neat pix of the show in 1949, That was a pretty big one.
  8. I remember it. The "Juanita Weidner" referenced in the story was my cousin.
  9. I was born in Houston in 1948, grew up in the Heights and Timbergrove before we moved to Dallas in 1965. These are some of the places I remember: Hamburger House. (2 locations in the Heights, 1 was on 11th a few blocks east of Heights Blvd. I think the other was on 20th) Prince's Hamburgers on N. Shepherd @ 14th? Pig Stand on N.Shepherd Kaphan's (once a year on my parent's anniversary) Christie's on S.Main (Fired Shrimp!!!) Albritton's Cafeteria Clear Creek Inn in Kemah Doyle's Delicatessan on 34th near Waltrip High. (still the best pizza I ever had) John's Shephard Drive BBQ. (He closed every year to go to the World Series) The Enchanted Cup. (A coffe house on Westheimer) Rettig's Ice Cream Shops Somebody mentioned J&J Barbecue on Herkimer and 11th. The BBQ was good and one year we had them smoke a turkey for us. Some idiot used pine!!. Have you ever had a turkey that tasted like Pine-Sol?
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