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I could swear there was a National Shirt Shop there

and I know there was a J R Riggings mens clothing store at the center. The display windows were extended out as in that good photo and were elevated up so that passerby's could get a good view of all the latest Disco style clothes! Ha, ha, ha, ha... Staying alive!

Oh man, now I can picture the Kinney Shoes windows with the 3 inch (Stacy Adam's) men's platform shoes. Torture but if you didn't own some, you were a sap. Try dancing in them. Killer

I found a couple of photos:

I too remember the Tommie Vaughn commercials. Funny how something sticks in your head after so many years. I also remember Richardson Chevrolet....."Richardson.....Chevrolet. Southwest Freeway at Hillcroft".

There was also another car ad that was somewhat annoying that had a little boy dressed in a devil's costume dancing on top of a car. I can't remember the dealership, but they sang "hot, hot, red hot deals, hottest deals in town". I'm losing it.

The Tommie Vaughn Ford commercials sounded like the commercials for Chuck Davis Chevrolet: low, evenly-stressed baritone/bass-voiced jingle singers. Do you remember that one, too?

Where was it located? (and welcome to the forum)

This one is in Toledo, Ohio. Was it a chain restaurant?

Good job, Filio!

That had to have been one of the stranger things that I have experienced. Here I am talking about the Henley/Corll case, and the boat-shed owner was standing in front of me.

When the guy walked in, Charlie introduced him as something Harriman (can't remember his first name). By chance, I have the book, "Mass Murder in Houston" which is all about the case.

The owner the cops first encountered was a Mrs. Meynier who lived on the road to the shed. Her daughter was married to W. C. Harriman who was the father or grandfather of the storage owner I met

BTW, I am going back today and give the book to Harriman.

Yes, I saw a show on the ID Network about the Corll-Henley murders. That was before cell phones. Henley said to his mother: "I killed Dean!" To say that Corll was sick would be a gross understatement. The fact that a man in his 30s would hang out with only teenagers should have raised someone's eyebrows even back then.

On 48 Hours (I think that was the show) it had a segment on Henley in prison. It said that he was a model prisoner. Does anyone know if he's ever come up for possible parole?

Thanks for the compliment, but I do admit I did look at least part of that up. I knew pretty much all about Lone Star, but I was surprised to learn about Pearl. I had thought Pabst bought out Pearl. No, it was the other way around. Pearl bought out Pabst and Pearl took the Pabst name (I guess because its the more recognizable).

I was in San Antonio when the Pearl Brewery closed. It was a big deal.

It just seems odd to farm out brewing an entire brand of beer (or actually several). I can see if they did it for a particular region - that's fairly common. Cheaper to do that than build a new brewery if the local guy has some extra capacity. Remember that gawdawful Billy Beer? It was made that way. Falls City made it in Kentucky and farmed it out to Pearl for the Texas market. But to farm out the whole brand is kinda weird.

Can you tell I used to collect beer cans as a kid? LOL!

I thought I saw somewhere that someone in Houston built a house made of beer cans. Was that you?

It's been many years since I've seen Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. I thought that it had bit the dust. And I was surprised that Schlitz was relegated to "generic" status years ago. I thought that 30-40 years ago Budweiser was #1 and Schlitz was #2.

Is Green's Bayou near Channelview?

It might be. Maybe someone will tell us. Someday I'd like to "make a loop" and drive through the Washburn Tunnel, then cross back over on the Lynchburg Ferry.

What's ridiculous is that it didn't sell at $900K - the reserve was $1 million, and the owner declined to sell it when it didn't meet reserve. He should've taken the $900K and laughed all the way to the bank, as I seriously doubt he'll get anything close to that kind of offer again.

I read that the casket that was obtained in Dallas for JFK cost $3950. That was a good chunk of change back in 1963 for a box to be buried in. I'm glad I've donated my body to medical research.