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I'm up by Austin now, is Zindlers still there? Mr. B's in Bellaire Korner Pantry Jepco Electronics and Teleradio are gone (Near Bellaire Post office) Custom HIFI on the strip center inside the loop just before the gas station, after the apartments, near Meyerland plaza Picadilly cafeteria Lew's record shop and I cry missing Westbury Square, what a wonderful place it was.

Henke and Pilot Don's Record store I worked at Handy Dan off Gessner, and later at one in Dallas

As the TV Radio commercial said "You Tellum, U-Tote-M" Yes, I remember U-Tote-M and the "Toot n Tellum" or Toot & Tellum near or on Bellaire, possible near Prince's hamburgers, which had the talking plywood animals on the fence, not the side of Bellaire that had A&W Rootbeer, but the side coming from the medical center. I recall getting pinched when my brother and I couldn't stop laughing about the "toot" part of the name.

OMG, I had forgotten the BonTon cleaners, we used those cleaners, they delivered in a wooden-sided panel truck/station wagon looking thing. My dad worked on Acadamy, you could see the Theater's tall sign from the Phone company parking lot. LOVED what went on in that balcony at the theater. ahhhh memories of youth lol

Thanks a bunch for the photos. We moved from First street to 4300 block of Lafayette (a 2-block long street, same as Maple) in the Southdale addition, in 1957, sold that house in about 1982 for $45,000.00 :s People used to ask why we wanted to live so far from Houston, dad worked on Bellaire Blvd and Acadamy at the Phone company, behind the theater, mom was a school crossing guard for Paul W. Horn, and later a columnist for the Bellaire Ttexan I recall when Beechnut was built, it was the busiest freeway we ever saw, kept us kids from walking to the Bayou to swim and picnic.

That old gym holds lots of memories. Elementry school Basketball games, Tumbling and Wrestling classes, etc went on there, I think Mr. Vic driscoll was in charge then. I sat outside when the Moving Sidewalks played and listened from out there, (mean ole woman with a yard stick kicked me out.) There were also weekly teen dances in Linkwood, off Braeswood, in about 1967, when my brother went, but I went to a James Bond movie instead and saw Casino Royale, If I recall correctly.