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Re: Stark County stuff (life as it existed east of the Wayne County line)
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Hi John, Pat & All: ? Guess I will chime in here as I haven't talked for a while.? I never heard of the tabu to cross the Wayne County line into Stark County as I did it all the time.? I rarely went to Wooster except for the dentist (ugh-which I hated to do).? Before we leave Wooster though and Freedlanders.? Just an interesting note relating to my life a bit, Stanley Gault, who Chuck M. mentioned was the last owner of Freedlanders and made the decision to close it is somebody who I have met and was in my family by marriage!? After my Mom and Dad were divorced my Dad, Ralph Fahrney, remarried a daughter of C.Randall Kurtz (who had a Heating & Air Conditioning Co. in Canal Fulton).? Daddy ended up working for Randall as a sheetmetal worker.??His younger daughter's?name was Mary Kurtz and, of couse, was my step-Mom, and she had a beautiful older sister name Flo.? Flo married Stanley
Gault.? They were often at family gatherings and you couldn't find two nicer people than Stan and Flo.? In fact, I have a step-sister named Flo, who was named after her Aunt Flo.? This was the time when Stan was big in G.E. and went all the way to the top.? They even named a highway for him in Louisville, KY-where they lived. ? Now on to Massillon,?guess cause it was closer and we went there all the time to shop for groceries, just about everything.? It sure has changed these days.? John, thanks for all the memories - you still have a good memory for sure. ? "Sugar" Bowl -is what you are trying to think of.? One of my first horrible office jobs was one on Tremont St. and I would go to the Sugarbowl to have lunch.? They had the best chili and hot fudge cashew sundaes. ? Brady's was awesome food - ate there a lot
? Town & Country Buffet --- I believe before Town & Country Buffet it was formerly Linway Restaurant (or Linway Restaurant was right next to it).? My Mom was the main Order cook?at Linway?for several years.? She just told me this morning that she really had wanted to be a waitress there, but got stuck being the cook and was good at it.? She quit at one point after working there for quite a while, got hired at Brady's to be a waitress and the owner came over to her house and said she just had to come back to Linway and offered to pay her double.? She did go back.? She also was a short order cook at Gray's Drug store in Massillon at their lunch counter for a while. ? Now I have a question regarding Town & Country -previously it was a pretty nice Night Club and well known stars in the 50's came there -does anybody remember the name of it?? Was it
Tropicana?? They had a marquee that listed the stars and think I remember seeing Eddie Fisher's name on it and Sally Rand (the burlesque Fan Dancer) ? How about the beautiful Polynesian restaurant along road into Canton ---Bali Hi.? I loved that restaurant and went there during my early working years - probably early 1960's. ? Pat, I also remember the Darling Shop and how about Lindy's - I bought a coat with a racoon collar there that I thought was the most beautiful coat - I felt like a movie star when I wore it! ? How about Heagy's Candies in Canton - think they are still operating. ? There was another small Bar-b-que place in Canton before you got to the busy part of downtown on the left on a little side street called "Spicers Bar-b-que"? They had hams that were put on spits and were bar-b-qued that
way - they put a homemade relish on their sandwiches that was to die for.? I often try to think about re-creating that recipe and opening my own restaurant where it would be served on all kinds of sandwiches.? Anybody ever heard of Spicers or remember it?? It was near where I started going to church at about age 14-15 (Canton Christian Tabernacle) and sort of near somewhat of a park and the McKinley Monument, if I remember correctly. ? Remember the Super Center in Massillon - one of the biggest grocery and first discount stores around.? My brother-in-law, Bobby Harris, was the Produce Mgr. at Super Center for years.? You know I married a Massillon guy...Russ Harris, a graduate of Wahsington High (Home of the?Washington Tigers).? He worked as Youth Dir. at Massillon YMCA when I met him and then went on to work at the Canton YMCA as Physical Dir. where Dr. Kenneth Cooper met him and hired him to
be on the ground floor of starting the Aerobics Center in Dallas.? ?We lived in Massillon in the early years of our marriage till we moved to Dallas in 1971.? - So that's why I have a lot of memories and my life had to do more with Massillon and Canton too. ? Speaking of grocery stores, I can remember now maybe 8 or 9 going to the A&P grocery store in Massillon and they had a new "amazing wonder" - at their store - a seeing-eye door that opened on its own accord when you stepped into its pathway.? That was something to me back then - now? - we have come a long way baby! ? and YES I was born at Massillon City Hospital - have a lot of memories there - good and bad.??Four of my children were born there, the first daughter and first son who were stillborn, and then two of my 3 living children (Natalie & Steve) were born there as well. Valerie was born in Baylor
Hospital in Dallas.? I rarely think of her as a native Texan though.? ? How about?the W.T. Grant store just down over the viaduct - I remember it well as Elsie Slabach got one of her first jobs there.? Also out of high school, I got a job at Griscom-Russell Co. - anybody remember that name?? I worked in the Personnel Dept. (now called HR depts) for W.J. Keen, who was also a Mayor of Massillon.? I loved working there! ? McDonalds, yes I remember 15 cent hamburgers and also PDQ Hamburgers pretty close to them in Canton also.? They had 15 cent hamburgers too! ? Pizza - I liked Your Pizza Shop, but frequented another one called Pelosi's that I thought was just as good or better and maybe a bit cheaper. ? How about Roberta's on a side street in Massillon (can't remember name of street) - they would put melted butter on their hot
french fries - good and lots of calories.? My sister, Cheryl worked there for a while. ? I've ?got to close.? I'm going back home to Dalton on Aug. 28th and be there through Sept. 10th - anybody else going to be there at that time - that we could get together???? It seems all the ones that chat on this group are out of towners and the local ones aren't involved.? I plan on going to the Wayne County Fair, which I think is even better than the Texas State Fair.? I might be a bit prejudiced!? You think? ? Hope everybody is having a great Summer! ? Linda Fahrney/Freeland ? ? ? ? jhdouglas59 wrote:
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