Childhood Memories of OKC

[Prunepicker]

Here's an ad when The Jeanery went bankrupt. There were six
stores.

[boscorama]

That's wonderful!!!! The ads, I mean. Those movie theatres, woo hoo! The Jeanery ad is great. I forgot all about callling them BELLS. Thank you.

[Prunepicker]

That's wonderful!!!! The ads, I mean. Those movie theatres, woo hoo!
The Jeanery ad is great. I forgot all about callling them BELLS.
Thank you.

I believe bell bottoms and leisure suits caused cancer of the brain.

[MikeOKC]

I believe bell bottoms and leisure suits caused cancer of the brain.

No, Prune, I think it was the other way around!

[Prunepicker]

No, Prune, I think it was the other way around!

Too funny!

[BoPeep]

Del Rancho!! I worked at the Del Rancho in Moore, it was my first job as soon as I turned sixteen. One of the owners at the time was Tom Jones who was later killed when his stunt plane went down during the OKC airshow that used to be held at Will Rogers airport. I couldn't wait to turn sixteen so I could go to work there, I still have a menu (circa 1977) with all of my notes written on it. Great memories!

[janeyring]

Oh, my gosh. My two brothers and I loved Foreman Scotty and Danny Williams. Don't remember Bob Jenny. Ho Ho The Clown kind of rings a bell. I loved Superman and Leave It To Beaver. I still watch reruns of Beaver in the mornings. I remember O'Mealies, Coit's, and Del Rancho. Used to go to Wedgewood Amusement Park but not often--couldn't afford it. Went to Frontier City when my uncle would take us. I had a highschool teacher (Oklahoma History) that played one of the gun fighters at Frontier City. Never heard of the two games you won.
J. R.

[ljbab728]

I remember Del Rancho too because I ate there today.

[janeyring]

Was Del Rancho the place that served Hickory Burgers? They were delicious.
Janey Reynolds Ring

[ljbab728]

Was Del Rancho the place that served Hickory Burgers? They were delicious.
Janey Reynolds Ring

They do have a hickory burger on the menu but their specialty is the Steak Sandwich Supreme.

[BlackmoreRulz]

There was a place in Del City called Adam's Rib that had a great Hickory Burger. It was on 29th just east of Sunnylane.

[Jim Kyle]

Was Del Rancho the place that served Hickory Burgers? They were delicious.

That could have been Charcoal Oven, on NW Expressway between Villa and May. Or it might have been Dolores, on NE 23 just east of the RR underpass.

Just saw an ad on TV last night that Del Rancho has opened a new location near NW 50 and MacArthur!

[corpsman]

Just how long has Charcoal oven been in existence? I remember playing youth baseball in Enid in 1959, and when we would play an OKC team we would usually go to Charcoal Oven post game to eat.

That could have been Charcoal Oven, on NW Expressway between Villa and May. Or it might have been Dolores, on NE 23 just east of the RR underpass.

Just saw an ad on TV last night that Del Rancho has opened a new location near NW 50 and MacArthur!

[Prunepicker]

Just how long has Charcoal oven been in existence? I remember
playing youth baseball in Enid in 1959, and when we would play
an OKC team we would usually go to Charcoal Oven post game
to eat.

I believe it was 1958 but I'm not sure. It wasn't there when we
moved here in 1957.

[ljbab728]

Just saw an ad on TV last night that Del Rancho has opened a new location near NW 50 and MacArthur!

Yes, Jim. That's where I ate on Saturday. It used to be a Sonic.

[Jim Kyle]

I thought I remembered a Sonic in about that location, just a bit north of the NW corner of the intersection. I don't get down that way a lot any more...

[janeyring]

Thank you for responding, Jim. I do remember the Charcoal Oven on NW Expressway. I ate there a couple of times. I just remember the Hickory Burger was great--wherever it was.
Janey Reynolds Ring

[janeyring]

Thank you for responding, ljbab. Wish I had a Hickory Burger right now.
Janey Reynolds Ring

[UncleCyrus]

And, that Sound Warehouse that was on 39th and MacArthur started out on 10th and MacArthur. I helped move that store to the 39th location and then went to work at the corporate headquarters (Bromo Distributors)

Do you remember which building the Sound Warehouse was in on 10th? When did it move to 39th St.?

[Pete]

Do you remember which building the Sound Warehouse was in on 10th? When did it move to 39th St.?

It was in what was then called the Cedar City Shopping Center, just north of 10th on the east side of MacArthur. I think it's a bingo hall now.


That Sound Warehouse opened in May of 1976 but moved not long thereafter to 39th & MacArthur; I believe around 1978 and certainly no later that 1979.

You may remember that also in Cedar City was Jimmie Jo's Old Spaghetti Warehouse.

[bluedogok]

Pete has the location right, it was in a building that fronted MacArthur next to the parking lot for Quicksilvers. I think that one was store 105, fifth store in the chain. The number stayed with it when it moved down to 38th & MacArthur.

I think that I still remember these.....
101 - 23rd & Walker
102 - 74th & Penn
103 - May & Grand (the store that I worked at)
104 - Air Depot
105 - NW 39th & MacArthur
106 - Norman (Lindsay St.)
107 - NW Expressway & Rockwell (moved up NW Expressway later)

401 - the buttons location at NW 63rd & May

I think Tulsa stores were 200 series and other markets followed the same sort of numbering system. At the time the Dallas stores were owned by someone other than the Dan & Kay Moran but later merged a few years after Dan's death,

[BlackmoreRulz]

The 74th & Penn location was originally on 59th just east of Blackwelder circa 1973 or so

[UncleCyrus]

Pete has the location right, it was in a building that fronted MacArthur next to the parking lot for Quicksilvers. I think that one was store 105, fifth store in the chain. The number stayed with it when it moved down to 38th & MacArthur.

I think that I still remember these.....
101 - 23rd & Walker
102 - 74th & Penn
103 - May & Grand (the store that I worked at)
104 - Air Depot
105 - NW 39th & MacArthur
106 - Norman (Lindsay St.)
107 - NW Expressway & Rockwell (moved up NW Expressway later)

401 - the buttons location at NW 63rd & May

I think Tulsa stores were 200 series and other markets followed the same sort of numbering system. At the time the Dallas stores were owned by someone other than the Dan & Kay Moran but later merged a few years after Dan's death,

Hey, you remember the store numbers as well as I do. I probably can even remember the phone numbers for most of them. I think I worked at or filled in at almost all of them at various times. I still miss those days sometimes.

[bluedogok]

The 74th & Penn location was originally on 59th just east of Blackwelder circa 1973 or so

The locations listed were as of 83-84 when I worked there, the only locations that I knew of back then was MacArthur and May locations because those are the ones that we went to. There might have been several that moved around that I have no idea of the previous location.

Since the advent of cell phones my phone number memory is pretty poor, since I don't have to actually remember the number. I have to look up numbers all the time on my phone, it is easy to remember my parents number since they have had it since 1965.

[purpledice42]

Walking back and forth between grandma at 3300 NW 42nd and Independence and granparents on 4805 Independence.
Playing at Stars and Stripes park.
TG&Y.
My grandpa's barber shop on 63rd and May.
Coits root beer ice cold mugs!!
And raising the flag for more at Casa Bonita on 39th Expressway and spending the little coins or dollars in the gift shop before leaving.
Oh! And gazing at the twinkling lights of the TV and radio stations towers out there on the NE side and no matter where we went, knowing
we were almost home when we could see them. (Imagine the coincidence of my brother having died in 95 while working for a company that
erects those towers )
Lady Classen cafeteria, rofl! Going there with my grandma and then working there a few months in 87 or 88 maybe.