I was watching a show on food network, "Diners, Drive-in's and Dives" and the other night saw something I had completely forgotten about that was around in my teen-age years. Yes, I was a teenager at one time ;D and this paticular soda fountain was making a "green-river". Remember those drinks? AND that reminds me also, how many have ordered a "pine float"?
Okay, I'll bite. Do you know what was in them or how to make them?
Whenever we visited Kansas we loved to get Green Rivers at the drug store. I'm not familiar with a pine float. I remember the Green Rivers being made with Green River Syrup (lime, I think)and soda water.
Pssstttt---Diane! Toothpick in a glass of water= Pinefloat! :D :D
I recall suicide cokes around 1956 or so.
The soda jerk would add a pinch of every flavor he had to the coke.
A pine float was a bobby soxer definition of a cheap date.
yes, a "pine float" was a toothpick in a glass of water. That's what you ordered when you were broke. And the green-river was lime, but Julie have no idea how they were made. Been too many years. There was some fizz to them, I remember. Sorry, Waldo, we called a cheap date just that, a cheap date.
Quote from: sixdogsmom on August 17, 2008, 02:59:49 PM
Pssstttt---Diane! Toothpick in a glass of water= Pinefloat! :D :D
LOL>.......I remember that......and yes, at one time I fell for it too.!!
Was always (maybe still am) slightly naive........." I was always Country when Country was not cool"
Thanks for the giggles.
There were always dairy's that sold "Frosty's", too......kind of like a frozen malt and when dad worked evenings, Mom and my brother and sister would always walk up there (seemed like a mile, there and back......forgot Mom didn't go too far from home and when I look back it was just about the distance from the Longton Housing to maybe the Methodist church...like 3 or 4 blocks....but that was our supper (she always fixed a big meal before dad went to work and could get by with a light supper and we kids just ATE that up.....Yum Yum.!!
A pine float...now that's cute! :laugh:
Here is a "Remember When.....
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I am guessing that Woolworth menu is from the late 40s to early 50s.
We had both Woolworth and Kresge dime stores in my hometown downtown and each had a counter diner.
As I recall they usually had a Blue Plate Special.
I can recall 15 cent pie slices but not the other food prices. Village Inn has pie slices for 3.00 to 3.50 and I will bet the size is much smaller that Woolworth had on hand.
Odd, there is no hamburger offering under the sandwich offerings.
No hot dog or grilled cheese either, no tea, and no price on the coffee.
there was probably no grill or way to cook a hamburger. Most of the sandwiches appear to be "cold". AND did you notice you could have ice cream on that slice of pie for 10 cents.?
The Woolworth store in Wichita in the 40's had that menu -- we always ate there and the sandwiches were wonderful and also had potato chips and a long wedge of dill pickle on the plate.
A Green River was made with lime syrup and carbonated water -- We served lots of those when I worked at Allen's Drug store in the late 40's. A small one was 10 cents and a large was 15.
thanks, Jo, from someone "in the know". I could remember that it was lime and had fizz, but that was about all. :D
My first job that paid better than baby sitting was at a Duckwalls and believe me they had one of the best counter in North Topeka at that time.
No, if we wanted hambugers we could get them at a little hole in the wall and we got 10 for $1.00 and boy were they good.....and most of the time they came with mustard and ketchup and dill pickles. They were not super size but, they were made with the whole cow and nothing was added.
Now for the luncheonette at Duckwalls........mostly they had nice club sandwiches and salads and just like the ad for the Woolworth stores ice cream and the real soda pop.........and nothing tasted as good as the soda pop from the tap. nothing.
My favorite salad at that time was a Ham salad served on lettuce and it came with cottage cheese, another was cottage cheese with peach halves and lettuce and I think I must have eaten at least one time the items on their menus.
I started out on the register and stocked shelves and really earned my pennies when we did inventory at end of year..
I think my favorite place to work was the candy counter.
Remember the bulk candy that you could get and they had me learn how to roast nuts and all kinds of them.....remember the fresh smell of roasting nuts when you would walk in? (hey, I think I ate my way through this store.......now I know what happened to get me fat......no will power......LOL
I worked there about a month or more and during that time I think I gained 5 pounds..........Just walking past the bin and helping myself to a piece here and a piece there.......I finally had to ask my boss to take me off that place, cause I couldn't afford to gain anymore weight..........LOL.......just think of a kid in a candy store and no one to tell him/her they could NOT have any. Oh, made 59 cents an hour....and felt rich
I earned my keep and boss kept me till I out grew the store and went to work at hosptial......that is another story...but, I think most of us city people grew up in a Five and Dime store and I still can smell the store when I walk into certain buildings.
Good memories, gang, very good.
Ok, I am not that old, but I am over 30 and getting closer to 35!! My first job was at Mary's Drive Inn in Severy. I worked for, ok Flo I need help here, was it Mary Signer??? She now lives right across the road from Merle Craig. Her name has slipped my mind. She was a wonderful lady to work for. I was only 12 when I started working. My grandma and her were good friends and she let me work early, that is before I was supposed to. I loved working out there, can't remember the prices but don't even start to compare to what they are now. The cheapest drinks and Ice Cream in town is at Batson's. But I remember when the highway came through there, and we always had tons of Boy Scouts!! I later worked at Toot's Drive in when I was in High School. I remember making lots and lots of Fudge Monkey's, Banana Splits, shakes, and you name it. I just had to put my 2 cents in!!!! :laugh:
Mary Buck - she and my mom were friends.
She was Mary Miller ( Ted and Dan's sister) Signer Buck. A wonderful lady.
When I worked for Mr. Allen I got paid $20.00 a week - after taxes I had $18.00. Went to work at 8 and worked until 6 then on Saturday went to work at 9 and worked until midnight. I thought $18.00 was big bucks at that time. I was married and 17 years old, so in essence, I don't think I was very smart, was I? lol lol lol
Quote from: Jo McDonald on August 18, 2008, 01:44:52 PM
She was Mary Miller ( Ted and Dan's sister) Signer Buck. A wonderful lady.
When I worked for Mr. Allen I got paid $20.00 a week - after taxes I had $18.00. Went to work at 8 and worked until 6 then on Saturday went to work at 9 and worked until midnight. I thought $18.00 was big bucks at that time. I was married and 17 years old, so in essence, I don't think I was very smart, was I? lol lol lol
I didn't know that she was Ted and Dan's sister. That is neat. She is a very nice lady. I loved working for her. I can't remember how much I got paid, but I do know that it was alot for a young girl back then.
Pam and Kelly both worked for Mary and Gene.
What I remember is the candy counter at Macy's and the Sunflower Room, also at Macy's...I loved that store!