Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[corpsman]

Wife seems to think it's a blade sharpening business now, wants to know if you ever got far enough west to know Cootie's @ 37th & Portland.

By the way, it was mentioned about a small mom & pop Grocery Store located west of Independence on S.W. 36th st.....Remembered it but curiosity made me go and see for sure if it was still there. And yes, it's still there but it's a Saw and knife Sharpening place..... No more grocery store....

Wife says "woooohoooo,I was right!" BTW, did you notice the John Adams makeover?

[Generals64]

Wife says "woooohoooo,I was right!" BTW, did you notice the John Adams makeover?

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Couldn't help but notice it...It is on a dead end from that Building to the South. I went to John Adams in the first grade. Got my first paddling there...in the first grade....Then on to the new elementary School Chester A. Arthur...They sent us to Herronville until the 2nd semester at Arthur. the building wasn't finished but when it was we were there. By the way...No buses and no one was tardy...or absent unless they were really sick.....Went by Arthur Today also...still looks the same.....got my 2nd through don't know how many "Paddlings" at Arthur......Carltonskeepers best friend was right there with me......

[Hammondjam]

I'm new to this thread. Just found it. I'm a Grant graduate from '75 and I lived a stones throw from the Country Club Apartments(back when it was THE place to live for single folks). Used to go to the Across the Street restaurant for the long, curly fries and to the little Tastee Freeze place near where Southwest Ford used to be. On Saturday nights, my teenaged neighbor would haul me along with her to Grant Square for the dances in front of Woolworths. Thunder Creek was my playground all the way from Peen 44 Lanes to the turtle infested pond on Hillcrest Golf Course. Speaking of Penn 44, I went there not too long ago and treated myself to a grill burger. Still the greatest burger except for maybe the burgers at the old Rexhall Drug at 55th and Penn. I once got put on the hot seat by Joe Dodson when he found out I played piano and organ. Had to play a few songs in front of a packed Friday night crowd of "old folks" at the restaurant.

Sure glad I found this thread. Been reading some great memories!

[sam greenroyd]

I'm new to this thread. Just found it. I'm a Grant graduate from '75 and I lived a stones throw from the Country Club Apartments(back when it was THE place to live for single folks). Used to go to the Across the Street restaurant for the long, curly fries and to the little Tastee Freeze place near where Southwest Ford used to be. On Saturday nights, my teenaged neighbor would haul me along with her to Grant Square for the dances in front of Woolworths. Thunder Creek was my playground all the way from Peen 44 Lanes to the turtle infested pond on Hillcrest Golf Course. Speaking of Penn 44, I went there not too long ago and treated myself to a grill burger. Still the greatest burger except for maybe the burgers at the old Rexhall Drug at 55th and Penn. I once got put on the hot seat by Joe Dodson when he found out I played piano and organ. Had to play a few songs in front of a packed Friday night crowd of "old folks" at the restaurant.

Sure glad I found this thread. Been reading some great memories!

The Joe Dodson story was funny, I still see joe from time to time just seen him last week.

[Generals64]

The Joe Dodson story was funny, I still see joe from time to time just seen him last week.

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Is Joe (the Dad) still alive???..

[sam greenroyd]

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Is Joe (the Dad) still alive???..

still alive and doing fine, his wife is also still doing fine

[Generals64]

still alive and doing fine, his wife is also still doing fine

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I used to manage that TG&Y on 59th st. He was quite a guy.....I asked him one time for the secret recipe on his green beans.....He scratched his head and said we just squeeze lemon juice on each batch.....Try it.....it's great....

[corpsman]

Seems like he had an ivy plant right next to the cash register. Used to ask little ones to touch it. Imagine their surprise when a nearby light would come on. Wife recollects as to how good their pies were.

[Generals64]

Seems like he had an ivy plant right next to the cash register. Used to ask little ones to touch it. Imagine their surprise when a nearby light would come on. Wife recollects as to how good their pies were.

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We would have shopping center meetings there once a month and the lady that baked those pies would serve each of the men managers of the stores with a 1/4 of the pie.....I too can remember how great they were....

[CarltonsKeeper]

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We would have shopping center meetings there once a month and the lady that baked those pies would serve each of the men managers of the stores with a 1/4 of the pie.....I too can remember how great they were....

How much of the pie did the women managers get? Surely TY&Y didn't discriminate did they? You realize Wal-Mart has women managers and the word is they get equal shares of the PIE!!!! LMAO

[Hammondjam]

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I used to manage that TG&Y on 59th st. He was quite a guy.....I asked him one time for the secret recipe on his green beans.....He scratched his head and said we just squeeze lemon juice on each batch.....Try it.....it's great....

I LOVED that TG&Y store. I was only four blocks and a parking lot away so it was a routine stop for Duncan Yoyo string and other necessities. I can't explain it but the windup, rubberband powered balsa wood airplanes that came from that store always flew better and seemed to take a hit better. I liked the Family Center location but the little Hillcrest "dime store" was my favorite.

[Generals64]

How much of the pie did the women managers get? Surely TY&Y didn't discriminate did they? You realize Wal-Mart has women managers and the word is they get equal shares of the PIE!!!! LMAO

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at that time of History, there were NO TG&Y women Managers....You were probably playing soldier on the week-ends then.....PLEASE DON'T HOLLER AT ME LADIES I DIDN'T DO IT..

[Generals64]

I LOVED that TG&Y store. I was only four blocks and a parking lot away so it was a routine stop for Duncan Yoyo string and other necessities. I can't explain it but the windup, rubberband powered balsa wood airplanes that came from that store always flew better and seemed to take a hit better. I liked the Family Center location but the little Hillcrest "dime store" was my favorite.

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Me too!!!!!! I was the first to "sweep" that big store before any fixtures were ever set. (Big Deal) But, my memories are embedded deeply on TG&Y....I always enjoyed the 59th st. store. We (TG&Y) started unloading freight on June 4th, 1964....I was working at the Airline Store and 74th st.....I got married on June 4th, 1966.....My father-in-law thought it was "Cute" to tell my wife that I got both my loves on June 4th......She reminded me of that many times when I would would work 60 plus hours per week.........

[Hammondjam]

A manager at a former job of mine used to work at the TG&Y in Norman. He started out sweeping and cleaning windows but rose to the level of assistant manager. He loved that job. You can tell by the way his face changed when he talked about it. I never worked for the company but it must have been great for folks that were willing to work.

[TeriOKC]

I'm new to this thread. Just found it. I'm a Grant graduate from '75 and I lived a stones throw from the Country Club Apartments(back when it was THE place to live for single folks). Used to go to the Across the Street restaurant for the long, curly fries and to the little Tastee Freeze place near where Southwest Ford used to be. On Saturday nights, my teenaged neighbor would haul me along with her to Grant Square for the dances in front of Woolworths. Thunder Creek was my playground all the way from Peen 44 Lanes to the turtle infested pond on Hillcrest Golf Course. Speaking of Penn 44, I went there not too long ago and treated myself to a grill burger. Still the greatest burger except for maybe the burgers at the old Rexhall Drug at 55th and Penn. I once got put on the hot seat by Joe Dodson when he found out I played piano and organ. Had to play a few songs in front of a packed Friday night crowd of "old folks" at the restaurant.

Sure glad I found this thread. Been reading some great memories!

We probably have a lot of mutual friends, Hammond! My ex husband and his twin graduated with you in '75 and my current (and only other!) hubby graduated in '73.

[TeriOKC]

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Couldn't help but notice it...It is on a dead end from that Building to the South. I went to John Adams in the first grade. Got my first paddling there...in the first grade....Then on to the new elementary School Chester A. Arthur...They sent us to Herronville until the 2nd semester at Arthur. the building wasn't finished but when it was we were there. By the way...No buses and no one was tardy...or absent unless they were really sick.....Went by Arthur Today also...still looks the same.....got my 2nd through don't know how many "Paddlings" at Arthur......Carltonskeepers best friend was right there with me......

I didn't realize you were a fellow "Arthurite", Gen.

[CarltonsKeeper]

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at that time of History, there were NO TG&Y women Managers....You were probably playing soldier on the week-ends then.....PLEASE DON'T HOLLER AT ME LADIES I DIDN'T DO IT..

Clinton, Bush and myself were "On Guard" protecting you and your family where you could go to TG&Y and count the fishies in the aquariums!! LMAO P.S. We didn't discriminate against women either!!

[Hammondjam]

We probably have a lot of mutual friends, Hammond! My ex husband and his twin graduated with you in '75 and my current (and only other!) hubby graduated in '73.

Could be! I was somewhat of a loner during those days. Back in those days, there were the Jocks, the Soches(sp), the geeks and the freeks. I alternated between the latter two. Too skinny for football and too geeky for Student Council. I would sometimes hang out at lunch in one of the "soundproof" piano rooms on the southwest corner of the school and bang out some boogie woogie on occasion.

[Generals64]

I didn't realize you were a fellow "Arthurite", Gen.

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I went to Arthur with the first group of kids to go there. I was in the 2nd grade at the time. My Sister was a 5th grader and we (along with all the other kids) thought we owned that part of OKC. Did your sister (1963 Graduate) go to Arthur also? First principal was Mr. Lawter.....He was a bugler on the USS Oklahoma.....Wasn't on the ship when it was sunk...Then Mr. Hoggard then I was outta there.....The school hasn't changed a bit.....I can still remember "hitch hiking" up and down Independence to get to school or to the movies at Airline Shopping Center......Never a worry.....I'd have a stroke if one of my Grandsons tried that now.....

[Prunepicker]

Hey Gen64, Stewart's Barbershop was on S. Blackwelder. Was it close to
Lafayette Drive or Chestnut Drive? I'm thinking it was just south of Lafayette
Drive, @ S.W. 49th.

[gen70]

Hey Gen64, Stewart's Barbershop was on S. Blackwelder. Was it close to
Lafayette Drive or Chestnut Drive? I'm thinking it was just south of Lafayette
Drive, @ S.W. 49th.

It was at corner of 51st and Blackwelder in a little bus. strip. Right across the street from the elementary school on the e. side of Blackwelder.

[sam greenroyd]

It was at corner of 51st and Blackwelder in a little bus. strip. Right across the street from the elementary school on the e. side of Blackwelder.

Wasn't that where Rays BB-Q was ?

[gen70]

Wasn't that where Rays BB-Q was ?

10-Roger..

[Generals64]

Hey, this thread hasn't died yet....Trust me...there are more things to read to the newbies than they can ever imagine. Southside Memories??? I still remember going to the Northside for No reason at all...Just to say hey, we went to the Northside this evening....However, in my teenage years (prior to meeting the Love of my life) I did hang out at Bixler's...Maybe The Sugar Shak?? and tried to always go to the Tower theater....seemed to always have some good movies....Then, there was always Mr. Buck....Used to see the North Side kids (JM68) shopping at Buck's....All in all, we live in a pretty diverse Town..Right????...By the way anyone heard from Pennyquilts???? she moves back and then disappears.....

[corpsman]

Hey, this thread hasn't died yet....Trust me...there are more things to read to the newbies than they can ever imagine. Southside Memories??? I still remember going to the Northside for No reason at all...Just to say hey, we went to the Northside this evening....However, in my teenage years (prior to meeting the Love of my life) I did hang out at Bixler's...Maybe The Sugar Shak?? and tried to always go to the Tower theater....seemed to always have some good movies....Then, there was always Mr. Buck....Used to see the North Side kids (JM68) shopping at Buck's....All in all, we live in a pretty diverse Town..Right????...By the way anyone heard from Pennyquilts???? she moves back and then disappears.....

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