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Generals64 04-17-2009, 06:48 PM Hollie's is the first place I saw my Dad drink a beer. Yes. A beer and rings. He may have salted both.
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Of course he did......
papaOU 04-17-2009, 09:28 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Of course he did......
Never salted my beer!! Takes up too much room..............:tiphat:
grantgeneral78 04-18-2009, 05:52 AM Do you remember National Hot Dog Day at DQ?
YES i DO PICKER WE MADE SURE WE ATTENDED THAT great FUNCTION
MonkeyBiz6903 04-18-2009, 12:31 PM Hollie's long time caphop "Rosie" now works at Cattlemen's.
Generals64 04-18-2009, 09:45 PM Hollie's long time caphop "Rosie" now works at Cattlemen's.
Get Back......How old is she Now....or, should we ask?????
Prunepicker 04-18-2009, 10:09 PM Get Back... How old is she Now... or, should we ask?
I'll remember that the next time Prunette and I go. I wonder if SoonerGirl26
knows this. She said something about going there with some girl friends after
Op'ry show. It' be cool if Rosie was their waitress.
Maybe she was one of the hops that would take the beer back to the kitchen
after looking at us. I don't ever remember getting away with ordering beer
at Hollie's.
Steve 04-18-2009, 11:17 PM Yes, the building is still there. It was about 1/2 a block west of Classen on
the south side of the street.
Nope, not there anymore. Got torn down to make way for a Walgreens a few years ago. The only original Beverly's building I know of still standing is at NW 12 and Walker downtown.
papaOU 04-18-2009, 11:39 PM Nope, not there anymore. Got torn down to make way for a Walgreens a few years ago. The only original Beverly's building I know of still standing is at NW 12 and Walker downtown.
Is the building occupied or vacant? Never knew a Beverly's there.
Steve 04-18-2009, 11:40 PM The building is now home to 1492 New World Cuisine. Very nice renovation was done a couple years ago. It's in MidTown.
Prunepicker 04-19-2009, 07:27 AM Nope, not there anymore. Got torn down to make way for a Walgreens a few
years ago. The only original Beverly's building I know of still standing is at NW
12 and Walker downtown.
Bummer. I thought the restaurant was still there.
The one on NW12th & Walker is what I remember most. Dad and I would walk
there from his shop for breakfast.
MonkeyBiz6903 04-19-2009, 04:01 PM Get Back......How old is she Now....or, should we ask?????
Im fraid to ask her that question. Cattlemen's owner Dick Stubbs, ran Hollies for atleast 5 years. He told me a funny story of giving a jewish guy BBQ PORK. After they ran out of the bbq beef, all the time this jewish guy was saying was the best beef he had ever eatten.:omg:
papaOU 04-20-2009, 12:03 AM Im fraid to ask her that question. Cattlemen's owner Dick Stubbs, ran Hollies for atleast 5 years. He told me a funny story of giving a jewish guy BBQ PORK. After they ran out of the bbq beef, all the time this jewish guy was saying was the best beef he had ever eatten.:omg:
So what's your point?? How in the heck did he know the guy was jewish in the first place? Did he see.............never mind.
Generals64 04-20-2009, 08:15 PM So what's your point?? How in the heck did he know the guy was jewish in the first place? Did he see.............never mind.
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ChildHood Memories???Hmmmmm...I remember the old men with the team of mules that would come by the house to plow our gardens...Or, how about the door to door salesmen????Can anyone rrmember some of the things that they tried to sell???? Fuller Brush???How about the door to door Carpet Salesmen????many more childhood things went on but, remember not every mom was a full time working mom back then....
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ChildHood Memories???Hmmmmm...I remember the old men with the team of mules that would come by the house to plow our gardens...Or, how about the door to door salesmen????Can anyone rrmember some of the things that they tried to sell???? Fuller Brush???How about the door to door Carpet Salesmen????many more childhood things went on but, remember not every mom was a full time working mom back then....
Milk delivered on your doorstep. The morning paper being there before daylight and was on your porch. The paper carrier coming to your house once a month to collect in person. Jewel Tea.
andy157 04-21-2009, 04:39 AM Nope, not there anymore. Got torn down to make way for a Walgreens a few years ago. The only original Beverly's building I know of still standing is at NW 12 and Walker downtown.How about the Jimmy's Egg at N.W. 16th and May? I thought that was once a Beverly's.
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ChildHood Memories???Hmmmmm...I remember the old men with the team of mules that would come by the house to plow our gardens...Or, how about the door to door salesmen????Can anyone rrmember some of the things that they tried to sell???? Fuller Brush???How about the door to door Carpet Salesmen????many more childhood things went on but, remember not every mom was a full time working mom back then....
Do you remember the guy who came by to clean out yalls' "two holer" outhouse? Well, he's the same guy who delivered us our commodity cheese!! That was some goooood cheese! I remember selling Knack shoes "door to door." Didn't you try selling Avon for a while? Remember when you set up your lemonade stand and I set up a kool-aid stand and ran you out of business the first week-end?
USG '60 04-21-2009, 07:38 AM It certainly was.
Prunepicker 04-21-2009, 11:04 AM How about the Jimmy's Egg at N.W. 16th and May? I thought that was once
a Beverly's.
You're absolutely right! It became Jimmy's Egg, I believe his first location, in
the late 70's @ 77-78. The menu, at that time, had about 30 omelets, and
you could special order your own.
Was there a Beverley's on the south side? I don't remember one.
westsidesooner 04-21-2009, 11:52 AM Milk delivered on your doorstep. The morning paper being there before daylight and was on your porch. The paper carrier coming to your house once a month to collect in person. Jewel Tea.
Life was good huh. Although now it seems kinda gross. Milk sitting on your doorstep on a hot August morning. Let alone the "desperate housewife" visions. Think the milkmen had some stories to tell? :omg: And whatever happened to the paper being put on the porch.....Thats one of the reasons I dont have it delivered anymore. I was getting more exercise walking down to the street to retrieve my paper than my paperboy was from throwing it 3' from the curb
Prunepicker 04-21-2009, 12:05 PM And whatever happened to the paper being put on the porch... Thats one of
the reasons I dont have it delivered anymore. I was getting more exercise
walking down to the street to retrieve my paper than my paperboy was from
throwing it 3' from the curb
I remember when the Journal was first delivered. HB Atkinson instructed the
paperboys to put the paper between the screen and the door the first week
or so. That was so the paper would fall into the doorway and the resident
would pick it up and not think twice about going for the other paper on the
porch.
papaOU 04-21-2009, 12:53 PM You're absolutely right! It became Jimmy's Egg, I believe his first location, in
the late 70's @ 77-78. The menu, at that time, had about 30 omelets, and
you could special order your own.
Was there a Beverley's on the south side? I don't remember one.
Yes!! 29th and May. Same shopping center TG&Y and Griders were. Beverley's access was off of 29th. Had an uncle who worked there after his stint in the Air Force.
SOUTHSIDE GIRL 04-21-2009, 01:55 PM Yes, and they would serve a hugh bowl of ice cream for dessert.
papaOU 04-21-2009, 04:03 PM Yes!! 29th and May. Same shopping center TG&Y and Griders were. Beverley's access was off of 29th. Had an uncle who worked there after his stint in the Air Force.
E-Z Pawn is in the bldg now.
grantgeneral78 04-21-2009, 08:55 PM thats right I remember eating there...was good from what I can remember ..no food poisoning anyways.
:chef:
papaOU 04-21-2009, 09:30 PM thats right I remember eating there...was good from what I can remember ..no food poisoning anyways.
:chef:
It later became a steak house. Don't know the name but I only ate there when it was Beverley's. :hungry:
Anyone know how it came to be called "Chicken in the Rough"?
Go ahead! Take a guess.
Lauri101 04-22-2009, 03:06 AM It later became a steak house. Don't know the name but I only ate there when it was Beverley's. :hungry:
Anyone know how it came to be called "Chicken in the Rough"?
Go ahead! Take a guess.
The chicken was a lousy golfer?
andy157 04-22-2009, 03:51 AM It later became a steak house. Don't know the name but I only ate there when it was Beverley's. :hungry:
Anyone know how it came to be called "Chicken in the Rough"?
Go ahead! Take a guess.Beverly and his wife were moving to California. Along the way while traveling down a rough and bumpy road, Beverly hit a big bump in the road, this caused a basket of fried chicken his wife had fixed for them to eat along the way to be dumped out onto the floorboard of his car. His wife stated this is chicken in the rough. He turned the car around, stayed in Oklahoma, and the rest is history.
papaOU 04-22-2009, 02:51 PM Beverly and his wife were moving to California. Along the way while traveling down a rough and bumpy road, Beverly hit a big bump in the road, this caused a basket of fried chicken his wife had fixed for them to eat along the way to be dumped out onto the floorboard of his car. His wife stated this is chicken in the rough. He turned the car around, stayed in Oklahoma, and the rest is history.
Wemarkable! Got it.
Generals64 04-22-2009, 04:45 PM Do you remember the guy who came by to clean out yalls' "two holer" outhouse? Well, he's the same guy who delivered us our commodity cheese!! That was some goooood cheese! I remember selling Knack shoes "door to door." Didn't you try selling Avon for a while? Remember when you set up your lemonade stand and I set up a kool-aid stand and ran you out of business the first week-end?
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Yeah right.....I know you are giving me a hard time...But, I have a picture of my first Lemonade stand and Our mutual Friend (DP) is in it.....it's hanging on the wall.....made lots of money...probably 25 to 25 cents.....but it was ALL profit.....
papaOU 04-23-2009, 02:11 AM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah right.....I know you are giving me a hard time...But, I have a picture of my first Lemonade stand and Our mutual Friend (DP) is in it.....it's hanging on the wall.....made lots of money...probably 25 to 25 cents.....but it was ALL profit.....
Your mutual friend (DP) was in the Lemonade? How old were you?:bedtime:
Redskins/General 04-23-2009, 08:38 AM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah right.....I know you are giving me a hard time...But, I have a picture of my first Lemonade stand and Our mutual Friend (DP) is in it.....it's hanging on the wall.....made lots of money...probably 25 to 25 cents.....but it was ALL profit.....
You didn't mention the two holer or the cheese! That guy with the team of mules (LMAO) is still coming by and tilling up our garden!! Why won't you just admit that I put out a better product (kool-aid) than you? One taste of my Kool-Aid and you'll never go back to that lemonade swill, right??? I think you were my biggest customer!!
papaOU 04-27-2009, 01:48 AM Don't remember them after grade school but how about sonic booms. They rattled ever window in school????????????????
phinzup 04-28-2009, 03:35 PM How many of you ever went swimming at the "Paseo Plunge"?
Or went to the Oklahoma City "State Fair" at the old fairgrounds on Eastern?
Or went to the "Oklahoma Semi Centenial" at the "new" fairgrounds in 1957?
Or went to the drag strip at the new fairgrounds and watched "Big Daddy" Don Garlits race?
Or went to a Conway Twitty concert at Springlake?
Or went to Wedgewood to ride the Wilde Mouse?
Prunepicker 04-28-2009, 03:45 PM Your mutual friend (DP) was in the Lemonade? How old were you?:bedtime:
I can answer this one. Gen64 was REALLY old...
papaOU 04-28-2009, 04:59 PM How many of you ever went swimming at the "Paseo Plunge"?
Or went to the Oklahoma City "State Fair" at the old fairgrounds on Eastern?
Or went to the "Oklahoma Semi Centenial" at the "new" fairgrounds in 1957?
Or went to the drag strip at the new fairgrounds and watched "Big Daddy" Don Garlits race?
Or went to a Conway Twitty concert at Springlake?
Or went to Wedgewood to ride the Wilde Mouse?
Went to Wedgewood...................
Springlake was the best.............
They had a Wilde Mouse as well............
But the Big Dipper was THE RIDE..........spent many a day riding nothing but...........
Get on...Get off...Get back in line........
Springlake also had a great swimming pool............
grantgeneral78 04-29-2009, 11:27 AM Went to Wedgewood...................
Springlake was the best.............
They had a Wilde Mouse as well............
But the Big Dipper was THE RIDE..........spent many a day riding nothing but...........
Get on...Get off...Get back in line........
Springlake also had a great swimming pool............
I worked at Springlake, it was the best job I ever had.....sheesh now I miss the old place.
Generals64 04-29-2009, 12:14 PM How many of you ever went swimming at the "Paseo Plunge"?
Or went to the Oklahoma City "State Fair" at the old fairgrounds on Eastern?
Or went to the "Oklahoma Semi Centenial" at the "new" fairgrounds in 1957?
Or went to the drag strip at the new fairgrounds and watched "Big Daddy" Don Garlits race?
Or went to a Conway Twitty concert at Springlake?
Or went to Wedgewood to ride the Wilde Mouse?
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remember everything but the Paseo Plunge......The Semi-Centennial was really a neat time.....The Drag Strip at the Fairgrounds was there for qquite some time....The reason Conway Twitty moved to OKC was because people were so Friendly to him and his band....Isn't the Wild Mouse still in existence???Don't forget the Fun House at Springlake and the "Air Pocket" exposure the girls walked across at Springlake......
Prunepicker 04-29-2009, 12:38 PM ... Isn't the Wild Mouse still in existence?
Isn't it at Frontier City?
papaOU 04-29-2009, 01:51 PM I was at Springlake the final day of operation. I think it was 1971. One heck of a fight broke out at the only exit. Sad to say it was racial. One of the guys I was with was stabbed. Was not real serious but needed stitches. One of the black guys I went to CHHS got into my car for safety and I took him home. Sad memory.
Lauri101 04-29-2009, 05:25 PM I was at Springlake the final day of operation. I think it was 1971. One heck of a fight broke out at the only exit. Sad to say it was racial. One of the guys I was with was stabbed. Was not real serious but needed stitches. One of the black guys I went to CHHS got into my car for safety and I took him home. Sad memory.
We had our Senior Class outing at Springlake in 1973, so your date is off. I beleive it closed in 74 - Steve knows!
grantgeneral78 04-29-2009, 06:35 PM We had our Senior Class outing at Springlake in 1973, so your date is off. I beleive it closed in 74 - Steve knows!
DOWN goes PAPA.....DOWN goes PAPA....LOL
:kicking:
papaOU 04-29-2009, 09:45 PM DOWN goes PAPA.....DOWN goes PAPA....LOL
:kicking:
Just testing ya'................
Redskins/General 04-30-2009, 03:03 AM Anyone remember Wee-Woe who worked for the Capital Hill Beacon and walked the streets of Capital Hill! Call him Wee-Woe and he would chase you for blocks. Probably would have killed ya' if he caught you. He was a real tall man and carried a white newspaper bag over his shoulder most all the time.
Generals64 04-30-2009, 08:07 AM Anyone remember Wee-Woe who worked for the Capital Hill Beacon and walked the streets of Capital Hill! Call him Wee-Woe and he would chase you for blocks. Probably would have killed ya' if he caught you. He was a real tall man and carried a white newspaper bag over his shoulder most all the time.
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There goes my theory, I thought that was you....
USG '60 04-30-2009, 08:17 AM Wee Woe (his pronunciation of LeRoy) was a bit tamer when his mom was along. He was, in deed, a horse of a different color. Suave was never a word I heard associated with him.
Redskins/General 04-30-2009, 09:04 AM Wee Woe (his pronunciation of LeRoy) was a bit tamer when his mom was along. He was, in deed, a horse of a different color. Suave was never a word I heard associated with him.
I figured you would be the only one old enough to remember him!!
Redskins/General 04-30-2009, 09:05 AM Wee Woe (his pronunciation of LeRoy) was a bit tamer when his mom was along. He was, in deed, a horse of a different color. Suave was never a word I heard associated with him.
I do believe there is some blood relationship between Wee-Woe and Gen/64, brothers or something, not for sure!! LOL
papaOU 04-30-2009, 01:06 PM We had our Senior Class outing at Springlake in 1973, so your date is off. I beleive it closed in 74 - Steve knows!
You are correct!
The day I am referring to in 1971 sticks in my mind because it was Easter Sunday...........
I had a really horrible day with my hands..........
Stigmata.............
papaOU 04-30-2009, 01:21 PM Anyone remember Wee-Woe who worked for the Capital Hill Beacon and walked the streets of Capital Hill! Call him Wee-Woe and he would chase you for blocks. Probably would have killed ya' if he caught you. He was a real tall man and carried a white newspaper bag over his shoulder most all the time.
There were three people given that nick-name during the 60's and 70's.
One being a guy who would ride his bike along 29th and other busy streets pointing a car tires while say "flat tire! flat tire!"
He eventually was hit by a car.
Another guy on a bike was Mike. People would call him a girl or girl scout and he went wild. Even said he would expose himself any and everywhere to prove you wrong.
The third was a guy you did not want to mess with. A seven-footer. He would not get teased much. His dad was a cop/detective near seven feet tall and stocky.
Last guy is still around. Johnny Click! Humpback and dimwitted.
Redskins/General 05-01-2009, 10:30 AM There were three people given that nick-name during the 60's and 70's.
One being a guy who would ride his bike along 29th and other busy streets pointing a car tires while say "flat tire! flat tire!"
He eventually was hit by a car.
Another guy on a bike was Mike. People would call him a girl or girl scout and he went wild. Even said he would expose himself any and everywhere to prove you wrong.
The third was a guy you did not want to mess with. A seven-footer. He would not get teased much. His dad was a cop/detective near seven feet tall and stocky.
Last guy is still around. Johnny Click! Humpback and dimwitted.
This was like from 1956 to about 1961 era!!
papaOU 05-01-2009, 11:02 AM This was like from 1956 to about 1961 era!!
I didn't know that one............
There were several who congregated around.........
50th and S. Penn............
Still do................
zachtaylor alum 05-03-2009, 12:20 PM Don't remember them after grade school but how about sonic booms. They rattled ever window in school????????????????
Sure do. My dog knew when to expect them and looked up in the sky. Why was OKC chosen for these and did it harm any of us?
andy157 05-03-2009, 01:29 PM There were three people given that nick-name during the 60's and 70's.
One being a guy who would ride his bike along 29th and other busy streets pointing a car tires while say "flat tire! flat tire!"
He eventually was hit by a car.
Another guy on a bike was Mike. People would call him a girl or girl scout and he went wild. Even said he would expose himself any and everywhere to prove you wrong.
The third was a guy you did not want to mess with. A seven-footer. He would not get teased much. His dad was a cop/detective near seven feet tall and stocky.
Last guy is still around. Johnny Click! Humpback and dimwitted.That big cop you mentioned was Pat Patterson. He had a son named Mike who rode his bike everywhere he went.
Lauri101 05-03-2009, 01:38 PM Sure do. My dog knew when to expect them and looked up in the sky. Why was OKC chosen for these and did it harm any of us?
From Wikipedia - I never knew this:
Oklahoma City sonic boom tests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests)
First part - read more at link:
The Oklahoma City sonic boom tests, also known as Operation Bongo II, refer to a controversial experiment in which 1,253 sonic booms were carried out over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma over a period of six months in 1964. The experiment, which ran from February 3 through July 29, 1964 inclusive, intended to quantify the effects of transcontinental supersonic transport (SST) aircraft on a city. The program was managed by the Federal Aviation Administration, which enlisted the aid of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Air Force. Public opinion measurement was subcontracted to the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) of the University of Chicago.
It was not the first experiment, as tests had been done at Wallops Island, Virginia in 1958 and 1960, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in 1960 and 1961, and in St. Louis, Missouri in 1961 and 1962. However, none of these tests examined sociological and economic factors in any detail. The Oklahoma City experiments were vastly larger in scope, seeking to measure the boom's effect on structures and public attitude, and to develop standards for boom prediction and insurance data.
Oklahoma City was chosen, as the region's population was perceived to be relatively tolerant for such an experiment. The city had an economic dependency on the FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and Tinker Air Force Base, both of which were based there.
papaOU 05-03-2009, 02:15 PM that big cop you mentioned was pat patterson. He had a son named mike who rode his bike everywhere he went.
pat was a big man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:demonslay
THEY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL HILL LIBRARY. SOUTHWEST CORNER. I GREW-UP TWO BLOCKS WEST OF THEM. MIKE WAS A GOOD KID. I THINK HE WORKED AT TINKER
chhs kid ''73'' 05-10-2009, 12:16 PM How about, these places. Eddie's Pool Hall 24th just off walker, George's Pass Time between 4th & 5th so. Robinson, this was a old school pool/domino hall. They also had snooker and seemed to have the rules for about any game you play on a billard table. The old men that hung out there was serious about there games. There was a pool hall that a friend took me to,must have been early 72, before they accually torn down OKC. It was above The Kip's Big Boy I think main between Hudson & Robinson (?). Don't think it really had history it seemed to new, but they were opened late maybe all night. We went after we got off work at DQ on south walker across from Capitol Hill. Also remember when Coit's on western was Weber's. ''kid''
CarltonsKeeper 05-10-2009, 12:48 PM How about, these places. Eddie's Pool Hall 24th just off walker, George's Pass Time between 4th & 5th so. Robinson, this was a old school pool/domino hall. They also had snooker and seemed to have the rules for about any game you play on a billard table. The old men that hung out there was serious about there games. There was a pool hall that a friend took me to,must have been early 72, before they accually torn down OKC. It was above The Kip's Big Boy I think main between Hudson & Robinson (?). Don't think it really had history it seemed to new, but they were opened late maybe all night. We went after we got off work at DQ on south walker across from Capitol Hill. Also remember when Coit's on western was Weber's. ''kid''
How old are you? Weber's sold out to Coit's in 1953.......Read all of the Southside memories and we did quite a research on this subject!!
papaOU 05-10-2009, 03:48 PM How about, these places. Eddie's Pool Hall 24th just off walker, George's Pass Time between 4th & 5th so. Robinson, this was a old school pool/domino hall. They also had snooker and seemed to have the rules for about any game you play on a billard table. The old men that hung out there was serious about there games. There was a pool hall that a friend took me to,must have been early 72, before they accually torn down OKC. It was above The Kip's Big Boy I think main between Hudson & Robinson (?). Don't think it really had history it seemed to new, but they were opened late maybe all night. We went after we got off work at DQ on south walker across from Capitol Hill. Also remember when Coit's on western was Weber's. ''kid''
Geroge's Pass Time; been tryin' to think of that name for years.
until recently the bldg where Eddie's still had the sign on it. Wish I could have gotten that!!
papaOU 05-10-2009, 03:53 PM How old are you? Weber's sold out to Coit's in 1953.......Read all of the Southside memories and we did quite a research on this subject!!
I was born in '55 and for years my people called it Weber's. That's what I knew it as.
I think that is one of the problems when things like this comeup. If you or your family lived near or frequented these places you probably know it by the origional.
If not you know the modern.
Sounds good don't it!!!!!
USG '60 05-10-2009, 04:29 PM The sign still said Weber's in '58, and I believe even past '60. I still have the plastic spoon that says Stolen from Weber's Rootbeer Stand and I started driving in '58, so ...........
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