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  1. Ashikaga
    Excellent photo of the Pegasus logo. It reminds me of the Goodyear blimp logo of the flying shoe.
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    I remember one place we lived at we had to share a party line with our next door neighbors. We got along with them pretty good, so it wasn't too bad.
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    Yes, places where you buy gasoline are all changing, with all of the mergers, their name change before you know it.
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    When I was a kid, I remember my mother buying groceries at Weingarten's. That store gave out BIG BONUS trading stamps. I don't know if any of you remember those. Are there any stores at all left that give out trading stamps? I remember in Houston, our neighbor bought her groceries at A&P, and that store gave out PLAID trading stamps.
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    Speaking of gasoline, I don't know about in Houston, but over here back in the 1950s and the 1960s I remember these stations that had a sign of a hand with a pointing finger and the word "GAS" inside of the hand. There was no name brand. You'd simply choose between Regular & Ethyl (and the sign on the side of the pumps always said "CONTAINS LEAD"). Does anyone out there remember such stations?
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    Funny you should mention Sinclair. Back during my Houston years (1962-64) we went out one night. Naturally, I, as a little kid fell asleep in the back seat of the car. When I woke and sat up, I was confronted by a big green dinosaur! Man was I scared! It took me a few minutes to learn that it was a cartoon painted logo of a dinosaur on an oil storage tank at a refinery. I'm not certain, but I think that the refinery was in Pasadena.
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    That insurance company called GEICO is the acronym for "Government Employees Insurance Company."
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    Yes, I live 100 miles east. In order for me to visit Houston, I have to have both money and patience to bear the rude and crazy drivers on the freeways.
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    Wasn't there some way those broken RITZ could have been recycled? When I was in college, I worked as a security guard for a turkey processing plant. No part of the turkeys were thrown away, even cancers. They were put in a big steel box container labeled "Condemned Poultry Parts" and shipped across town to a dog food plant where they were made into meals for man's best friend. No, I've never heard of Gebhardt's Potted Chili Meat. It sounds good.
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    Wow! How is it that all of you on this forum are able to come up with and post relevant items immediately? I posted NABISCO not even five minutes ago.
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    I remember going to Busch Gardens when I was 12 (I'm now 47). I remember the exotic birds, and the tour of the brewery. I know that the Budweiser brewery is still where Interstates 10 & 610 intersect, but is Busch Gardens still in operation?
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    I think that I also remember a NABISCO plant somewhere in Houston. I remember learning that it stood for NAtional BIScuit COmpany. I don't have any Fritos and bean dip in the cabinet. But I have some RITZ crackers and potted meat. That made me remember NABISCO. But the plant that I remember might not have been in Houston. Maybe someone out there can set me straight. Now, to spread the potted meat on the RITZ!
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    On "Hee-Haw," I think that most people will remember "Junior Sample's Used Cars." He would always say: "The number to call is BR-549."
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    As probably most of you now know, I lived in Houston from 1962-64, which was over 40 years ago. Here's the stores that I remember from back then. These were in the then Gulfgate Shopping City: Weingarten's, Sakowitz, Joske's, Newberry's, and an underground bowling alley. Next to Gulfgate on Woodridge I remember Globe Department Store. Down where Telephone Road intersects Reveille there was a supermarket called Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger).
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    I don't remember commercials for the Monterey House, much less a jingle. Like I said, the only one left over here is on 11th Street in Beaumont.
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    Yes, back then men made it a point to put on suits when they were having their picture taken.
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    Last week someone on this forum told me that if I had stayed in Houston that I probably would have attended Milby High School. I graduated from high school in Beaumont in 1976. I attended Kindergarten at Park Place Elementary School from 1963-64. Is there anyone out there who graduated from Milby in 1976 who might have also been in that class with me at Park Place Elementary?
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    Now it's mostly city directories that list a person's name, address, phone number and occupation. Nowadays, many people are opting-out of having anything about themselves listed in either the telephone or in the city directory because of identity theft. I, personally, have no problem with my name being listed in the telephone book because of Caller ID. If someone calls that I don't want to talk to, I simply don't answer my telephone. But I would have my number non-published (not just unlisted) if Caller ID had not been invented.
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    Yes, it was a driving range. I can remember sitting near the window in the restaurant and looking outside and seeing people hitting golf balls. On the other side of Monterey House, just across the street, was a grocery store called Henke & Pillot (now called Kroger).
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    Thanks. I remember a show that used to come on TV called "Chico and the Man." In one episode, Chico said that there was a new restaurant in town that served both Mexican and Soul food. He said that the name of it was. "CASA YO' MAMA." Chet Cuccia
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    When places like Gulfgate are demolished, I wonder what is done with the remaining debris? I would think that some steel could be recycled. Maybe the remains ended up where they planned to take the remains of the old Baytown-LaPorte Tunnel: out in the Gulf of Mexico made into a reef. Chet Cuccia
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    Thank you. Like I said, I left there 41 years ago. Chet Cuccia
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    Thank you. Once again, my memories of over 40 years ago are still accurate! Chet Cuccia
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    Now I've just remembered something else from my years (1962-64) in Houston. I remember going to Sunday School at Park Place Methodist Church (I attended Kindergarten at Park Place Elementary School). If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't Park Place Methodist Church on Interstate 45 (Gulf Freeway)? If I'm right, is it still there? Chet Cuccia
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    Hey, I'm 47! I lived in Houston from 1962-64. There's a lot of stuff that I can remember. The people on this forum are very helpful. They have been able to verify if something that I think that I remember is right or wrong. I lived on # 8 West Court Drive. It was a white house on the corner of that street and Galveston Road just down from where Park Place Boulevard dead ends into Galveston Road. Since you were in Houston back when I was there, is there anything that you personally would remember about the area where I lived? Chet Cuccia
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