mincooper's Blog

I remember when Westroads was the only building which is now the Galleria.

When we lived in north stl. I used to shing shoes on 14th street when I was in 5th grade.... I made great money and I was pretty good at it.... But then again shoes were made from real leather back then........

Anybody remember Plaidland......

I remember

Jack's or Better and the peanut shells on the floor (i think that was the name)and the funny wavy mirrors in it.

PJ's on Manchester, in Des Peres the big gathering spot on Thanksgiving Eve.

the soda fountain at Woolworth's West County

i worked at woolworths when i was 15,(those were the days you could lie about your age)
Arlens was on lemay ferry. went there when i lived in south county, early 70's.
imperial club, for all of us that could not go for more then a few days with out dancing.
velvet freeze with the giant cone. wow great memories

Stephens Drug Store - Page and Ferguson
Airway Drive In - St. Charles Rock Road
Another drive in on the Rock Road but can't remember the name. It is now small stores such as Big Lots.
In the Delmar Loop the Varsity and Tivoli Theaters actually showed current movies.
Commerce Bank in the loop was a grocery store.
Ben Franklin on Grand
Woolworths on Grand and Olive
Woolworths Downtown
Dillards
Famous Bar on Chippewa
2 lb. box of hand made double dipped chocolate covered cherries at Globes on Cheeroke St. $1.98
Spring Ave at Lindell and Spring now St. Louis U.
First Xrated Drive in at Kingsland and St. Charles Rock Rd.

I'm suprised that nobody had mentioned Hodges Roller Rink.....

I found Plaidland..... Gotta love google......
The E. F. MacDonald Company
List of Deals
(1968) $4,200,000 6% convertible subordinated debentures, due June 1, 1987; 75,000 shares common stock (par value 33 1/3% per share)
Company History (up to time of the last deal listed)
E.F. MacDonald was established in 1922 by Elton F. MacDonald. The company was incorporated in Ohio in 1947, and in May 1961 it was reincorporated in Delaware. The company was engaged in the business of creating and managing incentive programs to increase sales for its clients. These included developing sales objectives for sales personnel.

In 1961 the company expanded its incentive services by entering into the business of licensing and administering the MacDonald Plaid Stamp Plan. The Plaid Stamps that E.F. MacDonald distributed were trading stamps issued to customers at grocery stores, drug stores, dry cleaners, service stations, and other establishments based on their purchases. The largest store chain distributing Plaid Stamps was the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P). These stamps were redeemable for merchandise at stamp redemption outlets owned by E.F. MacDonald. The Plaid Stamp program proved to be very successful. By 1968 E.F. MacDonald had a network of approximately 675 redemption centers, including approximately 175 Plaidland redemption stores. In the year ending January 28, 1968, the company distributed ten million gift catalogs and issued merchandise for trading stamps that had an estimated retail value of over $72 million.

Besides the Plaid Stamp business, E.F. MacDonald

Hodges was located in north county.... I forget theexact address but I remember it was by a Katz drug store......

Wow I found this site called St Louis Memories..... There are 6 chapters total.....
Go to this site.............

http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/memories2
001-2003.htm

Hemburger's (not spelling it right tried to google) in South County on Lindbergh the bakery! they were so good. No longer there.

South Twin Drive In on Lemay Ferry where Dierburgs shopping center is now


And Mr. Softy Ice Cream Truck

Down's Pool and Downs Roller Rink that used to be on the 8600 block of S. Broadway. I hung out there!

The poll is a night club now and the rink is called Ron's Roller World I Think