This has been a great subject for me just to relive the town again.

As many of you know I grew up right in the middle of town and have lots of memories of what the street looked like and where things were and the changes that took place over the years.?? It would be fun to draw a chart of where things were that we remember as I am sure we all have different memories.?

I am going to start to the left of my house (you remember I lived in the old hotel) first there was the town hall and the bandstand where the band would play each Saturday night when the farmers would come to town to do their banking and their shopping.? Then was the barber shop which had several owners over the years ...then came Slusser's grocery store where the small loaves of wonder bread came from for yes 10 cents.? Then there was a great little passage way thru to camille Schultz back yard.? Camille lived upstairs in the building and her parents had the lamplighter restaurant downstairs with a player piano in the back room that was just grand.? It later?became Bud Powley's TV and appliance store.? Then there was vandersal jewelry store in this tiny little store front and perhaps next to that was a meat market at one time, I am still trying to think of the name ??? Oh yes it was Stahls.?? PS above the meat market was a cobbler and I loved going there and smelling the leather ...I wish I could think of his name, he was a very old man, help me out here someone,? was it Mr Arnold?? And then it was Bergs (Geneva ...?dry good store where they sold fabrics and notions.? I think next was goudy furniture and then bergs grocery store where the Norman Bergs lived above it.? And then perhaps was Brown's lunch were many of our memories were made hanging out after school.? Then was the post office and I always enjoyed looking at the wanted list and scaring myself thinking those people were most probably in the neighborhood.? Then I think was a residence and then the wonderful Wright's 5 & 10 where they had huge chunks of chocolate that was sold by the pound and sen sen's and blue waltz perfume.? The next building was perhaps the very poor Massey family living upstairs and another barber shop.? Dan Hostettler?did your dad have a?barber shop there?? Then there was an open space or a parking lot and then started?some residences and then was the school supply place which was run by pet palmer.? Oh?I could tell you some stories about pet palmer!?? I remember buying pencils and ink bottles and erasers, protractors and etc in that little place which always had a funky smell.? Perhaps the newspaper was printed in the back room?? ?Then on up the street was the home of Ceila Denbrook who was an upper classman.? Soon we are arriving at good old Dalton Grade School which was full of lots of memories too and that is another subject for later.

Tell me what you remember.............