Also at Southgate was a

Mr. Quick hamburger stand. <<<<<<

That building still exists, though you'd hardly recognize it now. Mr. Quick's had cool neon.
There was another one on Oracle Road near Amphi High School. I never went there because that's where the hoods hung out. Sometimes I went to Wienerschnitzel, which is still there since the 1960s.
In the '60s, the main hamburger stand chains were Burger Chef and Sandy's. A hamburger, french fries and a milkshake were 15 cents each -- total of 45 cents. When I was in junior high, I heard that Lucky Wishbone sold hamburgers for a quarter, and I couldn't believe they could charge such a high price.
You know the Boondocks Lounge on First Avenue north of Fort Lowell? The back part of it used to be a Burger Chef, and they added on to the front. Another hamburger joint in that area was the Triple BBB drive-in at First Avenue and Roger Road. That building still exists too -- they added on to the front of it, and it became a large liquor store.



Kerry

lanniemalaha wrote:

When I was running wild with a hot rod heart in the late 1950s,and
early 60s.
The illegals were held on the Mt Lemmon Highway right at the base of
the mountains.
Strip faced south, of course because we could see for MILES that a
car was coming. Everyone stood still, sat in their cars waiting for
the oncoming vehicle to get close enough to tell if it was another
racer or Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Back in the late '60's, I had a '64 Jaguar XK-E roadster. A couple of friends had XK-E Coupes. Nearly every Saturday night we would drag race each other on that stretch of the Catalina highway at some point in time.

We never got caught and the top speed was only around 145 MPH but at three abreast on a two lane, it was exciting (and dangerous and stupid).

Thankfully we all matured and survived the period.

Someone mentioned Johnnies on Craycroft at Speedway. One night a couple of guys unloaded a fuelie dragster off the trailer at Johnnies and ran it to Swan. By the time the cops showed up, they were long gone and nobody knew anything! ;-)

And yes, Johnnies and KTKT was our Mel's Drive-in and soundtrack as someone else mentioned.

George Cohn

--- In vanishingtucson@..., Gerald Hughes
<gerald.hughes@...> wrote:

Mother higgans was indeed a real place. It was the juvenile faciliy
for Tucson, and was located on the West side of I-10 , near Congress.
In those days, the only choices were Mother Higgins, or Fort Grant.
It was named after a woman who took Juveniles onto her ranch as an
alternative to Ft Grant.

Isn't the building still there? It is a County Health Dept branch, red
brick building?

BP

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@...> wrote:

Does anyone remember Hidden House Ice Cream tucked away on Speedway
near Tucson Blvd or Country Club?

Bob

The Hidden House that I remember was on the North side of Broadway, just East of Tucson
Blvd.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ldjscott1" <ldjscott1@...> wrote:

From the later 60's I recall a small old shopping center on the corner
of maybe Grant and Campbell or Ft. Lowell? Unfortunately, I don't seem
to remember exactly which streets. It had a couple little art shops and
a silversmith and a Mexican restaurant. Ted De Grazia had done art work
all over the inside walls of the restaurant. Can anyone help me with
the location or name? I think I remember hearing it was the oldest
shopping center in Tucson. Thanks.

De Grazia's was on the South East corner of Campbell and Prince. The restaurant was located
where his studio stood at one time.

Mother higgans was indeed a real place. It was the juvenile faciliy for Tucson, and was located on the West side of I-10 , near Congress. In those days, the only choices were Mother Higgins, or Fort Grant. It was named after a woman who took Juveniles onto her ranch as an alternative to Ft Grant.

what exactly was Mother Higgins...?
was it a real place or is it just urban legend???

many of my older friends (50s ish) reference this
place - but I don't know if they are playing with me or not...




--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" <jimz2@...> wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too; three
that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of Speedway and
Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very first
traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at night
with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother Higgin's
for juvenile traffic court.

There was aRexall Drugstore on the corner of 22nd st. and south 6th ave
and also on on the corner of congress and 5th ave, it had a soda
fountain and the best ice cream sodas, always went there after the
movies at the Paramount theater
--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@...> wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" jimz2@ wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It

got

me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too; three
that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of Speedway and
Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood

gliders

and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very first
traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at night
with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother

Higgin's

for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east end. It
had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

When I was running wild with a hot rod heart in the late 1950s,and
early 60s.
The illegals were held on the Mt Lemmon Highway right at the base of
the mountains.
Strip faced south, of course because we could see for MILES that a
car was coming. Everyone stood still, sat in their cars waiting for
the oncoming vehicle to get close enough to tell if it was another
racer or Pima County Sheriff's Department.
If it was the cops, everyone would scatter through the surrounding
desert and the cops went crazy trying to catch even one car.
Eventually they got smart and came with lots of backup......and no
one dared tried to run.
Yep.........I got caught driving my 1927 T roadster........but only
got a warning.....................likely 'cause I was a girl.

Later, someone got us permission to use part of a runway on DMAFB so
we all wouldn't kill ourselves on the highway.
But when the strip on DMAFB wasn't open, then we would go out to
Houghton Road and race illegally then.............deserted in those
years.
This is way many years the legal strip opened on Houghton just east
of the road......
Anyone out there remember dragging the Mt Lemmon Highway ?
Come on......date yourself ! I did !

Lannie







--- In vanishingtucson@..., "breckzone"
<patandshelby@...> wrote:

Hi - Well, I grew up with the street racing scene in Tucson also!

It

was mid 70's, I had just graduated from Catalina HS and bought

myself a

hot '68 Camaro, red, white vinyl top, red interior. Truth be told I
bought it from a little, old school teacher who only drove it to

school.

I raced Speedway most every weekend, and that was about the time

that

they had finished it out past Wilmot with 3 lanes both directions

which

was a perfect place to race! Smooth wide road! I can remember there
were groups of people with "like" cars who would park along

Speedway at

the closed business' parking lots and talk cars......'55, '56', '57
Chevys, '67, '68, '68 Camaros, etc. As a matter of fact, several
months ago I saw a picture in the Time Capsule section of the

newspaper

of cruisers on Speedway and I swear it's my car in the center lane!

Shelby


--- In vanishingtucson@..., cynder32az@ wrote:

Back in the early 70's it was on Tanque Verde by Sabino Canyon

Road.

There

were a lot of Deuce Coupes and 57 Chevy's and other fast cars. You

would race

your own car against whoever wanted to race theirs. Used to do

drive

thru's

at the Jack in the Box there near the corner. A big hang out.

In a message dated 8/10/2005 12:40:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard

Time,

c2s0naz@ writes:


Hi Carlos,Used to be two airstrips,one out by Vail
close to the castle and another one on Prince by the
freeway.





It takes all kinds of people to make up this world.....I am just

one....Redde

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@...> wrote:

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Marcia" <mjr20039@> wrote:

I seem to remember the Hidden House on Speedway just west of

Wilmot.

This is 1958ish.

MJ

I need to check a phone book to be sure. There may have been more

than

one location?? Its namesake was because it seemed to be an old house
that another business built up to to it, sort of hiding it.

BP

Yes. That's it. There probably was more than one. I'd be interested
to hear what you find out.

MJ

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Jim" <jimz2@...> wrote:

Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It got
me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too; three
that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of Speedway and
Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood gliders
and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very first
traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at night
with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother Higgin's
for juvenile traffic court.

There was one at Southgate Shopping Center at the very east end. It
had a fountain at the back of the store. Also at Southgate was a
Mr. Quick hamburger stand.

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "Marcia" <mjr20039@...> wrote:

I seem to remember the Hidden House on Speedway just west of Wilmot.

This is 1958ish.

MJ

I need to check a phone book to be sure. There may have been more than
one location?? Its namesake was because it seemed to be an old house
that another business built up to to it, sort of hiding it.

BP

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Someone had mentioned the Thrify Drug Store In Oxford Plaza and It got
me to thinking about all the other drug stores that used to be in
Tucson. I remember there were a lot of Rexall Drug stores too; three
that come to mind were the the one on the SE corner of Speedway and
Country Club, the SW corner of Broadway and Campbell (across the
street from Jerry's Ming House) and on the SW corner of 22nd and
Country Club.
I remember the last one specifically becaue me and my friend Dave
who lived near there used to go to the Rexall to by balsa wood gliders
and go fly them at RANDOLPH Park. In fact we both got out very first
traffic tickets for riding our bicycles back from the park at night
with no lights or reflectors on them and had to go to Mother Higgin's
for juvenile traffic court.

Buffum's at 134 S. Tucson Blvd.

This was the second location for Buffum's; I remember it originally
being on the north side of Broadway, between Euclid and Tyndall and
across the street from Monte Mansfield Ford

Sometime around 1968 thru 72 we were in highschool and the method of
racing on Speedway was as follows: You would stop at the light going
westbound on Speedway at Sway. When the light turned greed, get on it
and you got an extra benefit because it is DOWNHILL right there on
speedway. We would park our cars in the dirt lot on the north side of
Speedway west of Swan where that shopping center is now. That was all
desert back then. Back then I think the car of the day was a 64 Nova
or maybe a fixed up Chevy 2.

Capps

--- In vanishingtucson@..., "ZONA1953" <ZONA1953@...> wrote:

Does anyone remember Hidden House Ice Cream tucked away on Speedway
near Tucson Blvd or Country Club?

Bob

I remember it well. It was on the north east corner of Broadway and
Tucson Blvd. Had lots of good stuff there.

Anybody out there ever eat at the Polar Bar? How about the Penguin
Puddle on Campbell and Grant, and I wonder how many times I circled
Johnnies restaurant (22nd or Speedway). Reminds me of Mels drive in
from American Graffiti! Someone mentioned Frampton-Stone Cafeteria. My
parents would take me there once or twice a month. What a treat. I
don't know about anyone else but I still have trouble passing a Lucky
Wishbone. I would eat at the one on north Campbell (it was near my high
school) when my wallet would permit. That was in 1953, 54, and 55.