Neodesha High School
in 1963
With Standard Refinery in Background
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1963
Summer days at the swimming pool
Summer evenings at the tennis courts
Swimming under the steps at the city pool
Buying a Dilly bar at the Dairy Queen and finding a dime taped to the stick
Green River drinks
Mrs. Snoor's hamburgers
The Klock Theatre with sparkles in the sidewalk and giant neon clocks
Saturday matinees for 15 cents
Listening to WHB and WLS on the radio at night
Watching Neodesha play Fredonia for the bell at the old field
Watching the World Series in the old gym on a tiny TV set on the stage
Dances each noon with a Wurlitzer 45 juke box with neon all over it
Miss McCune's ruler across the knuckles
Washing the car at the new 25¢ car wash
Buying a big green watermelon at the Ice Plant by the tracks
The smell of the alfalfa plant at ADM in the summer
The Christmas Parade
The big star at Christmas on the Standard Oil Refinery stack
The old silver star Christmas decorations down Main Street
Jim Noels as our police chief with Johnny Fenner
Having a little light in the intersections so the police would know they were
needed
Ma Bates Drug Store
The old city library upstairs
Bert Ally's antique cars
Otis Perry Chevrolet
Lorbeer Chrysler-Plymouth
Self Service Grocery with the feed store across the street
Drag races, baby moons, glass paks, 8-Tracks
Eating hamburgers late at night at the metal diner across from Lorbeer's car lot
Counting the sirens to tell where the fire was at
Picnic's at Waterworks Park
Getting our first color TV
The Polar Bear Cleaners
The Pepsi Bottling Plant
The Pool Hall
Taking a sled to grade school when it snowed and finding it was still there
later
Having dad pull all of us on sleds around the block behind the car when it
snowed
The Stock Car Race Track
Getting my hair cut by Mutt Shipley and reading ancient comic books there
and, of course, dragging Main
AND THESE ADDED BY DOUG REECE
The rumble of trains through the town at night
Fishing with a cane pole near Fall River Dam
The smell of burning leaves at curbside in the fall
Polio shots at the High School Gym
Thousands of dimes scotch-taped to the Main Street sidewalks for the March of Dimes
The brick streets
Enormous Dutch Elm trees
Doctor Stevenson making house calls
My dog Lassie following me each day to Central Elementary
Ringing the steeple bell at the old Christian Church
FROM RICH LOVETT, CLASS OF1964
Trips to the ice plant next to the railroad tracks and feeling that wonderful, cold ice room on a hot day.
The nickel Coke machine at Ben Franklin's.
Penny candy at the bakery (Ray's Bakery) next to the Green Lantern on 4th Street.
Crossing guard duty at South School and wearing that canvas sash with the shiny badge on it.
Lunch tickets.
FROM DAN HOOBLER, CLASS OF 1963
FROM MARILYN SMITH GRAHAM, CLASS OF 1963
These added by Becky
Bodley Moar
She left Neodesha with her family when she was 10 in 1961:
Bodley Hardware on Main Street across from Bates Drugs. Very popular hangout for
men to 'chew the fat' My Daddy owned it.
The little wrought iron tables and chairs in the children's section of the
library
City Park and the long scary slide and the Girl Scout Little House.
Sledding in Snake Park.
The candy store catty corner from Central School. Sorry I can't remember the
name.
Having to save 25 cents each week for the new Methodist Church building.
Having to skip a matinee at the Klock to go to choir practice on Saturday
afternoons.
The circus that came to town and set up down by the river park.
Dr. Stevenson gave you a candy stick after each visit. Imagine that happening
now!
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