Over 130 MORE Things Only People From Stockbridge Would Know
Thanks to the tremendous response on my last post about "40 Things Only People From Stockbridge Would Know", here are over 130 MORE things only Stockbridge people may get, know, understand, remember or never forget. Stockbridge has a lot under it's belt...and I'm sure there's plenty more to come.
Thanks to everyone who added their own "things" from last time...I used some of 'em below!
AVON THEATER
BIG TIME CANDY BAR
BLUE POPSICLES WERE CALLED “CONFECTIONARY”-FLAVORED (at Wilde's grocery)
BOB BOYD ANNOUNCING DURING AN ASSEMBLY THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS SHOT
BOWLING ALLEY'S 50-CENT BURGERS
BURNING LEAVES IN THE STREET
BUS RIDES TO PORTAGE LAKE
C.G. LANTIS & SONS
CAMP-OUTS IN MACARTHUR'S WOODS
CAPTURE THE FLAG
CARMEL COLE
CASKEY FURNITURE
CHUM GUM (1 cent for 3 pieces)
CIRCLE OF BRICK BENCHES NEAR FLAGPOLE AT OLD HIGH SCHOOL
CIVIL WAR CANNON AT THE BOTTOM OF NICHOLS LAKE
CLIMBING ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROOF LOOKING FOR LOST SUPER BALLS
CLIMBING THE WATER TOWER
COAKLEY'S
COBB & SCHREER
COLLINS BROS.
CONTROVERSY ABOUT PUTTING A BAR IN THE NEW D&D LANES
COP PULLS OVER 2 STUDENTS, SUSPECTING UNDERAGE DRINKING.
COP ASKS DRIVER, “WHAT'S YOUR NAME?”
DRIVER: “TOM COLLINS”
COP TO PASSENGER: “WHAT'S YOUR NAME?”
PASSENGER: “TIM BOOS.”
D&C WAREHOUSE
DOC BECKWITH
DOC PORSZOLT
DOC WEDDON
DON ASQUITH'S “ZOMBIE” MOPED
DON MURRAY & HIS SAXOPHONE
DOWNTOWN DRINKING FOUNTAINS
DR. CULVER'S HOUSE
DRIVER'S ED WITH MR. BARRY (he loved to jam on that brake)
DUANE CLARK CRYING WHEN HE RESIGNED FROM THE SCHOOL
DUANE “SNAKEBITE” MAYER
FELPAUSCH FOOD CENTER
FISHING IN THE CREEK NEAR THE CHURCH OF GOD
5-CENT CANDY BARS
FLATTENING COINS ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS
FRAN TARKENTON SPEAKING AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
FRAN'S DRESS SHOP
GARNETT'S FLOWER SHOP
GASOLINE & PROPANE DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE
GETTING A MIGRANT WORKER TO BUY BOOZE FOR US
GETTING APPLES OFF LESTER PROBST'S APPLE TREE
GOING TO LANTIS' TO WATCH “WIZARD OF OZ” ON COLOR TV
GORDON NAWROCK'S DISLIKE FOR BOYS WITH LONG HAIR
GRAIN ELEVATOR
GRASSERS
GREENHOUSE, CORNER OF M106 & BROGAN
HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTESTS IN THE “NEW GYM”
HALLOWEEN “SPOOK HOUSE” THROUGH THE LOCKER ROOMS AT OLD HIGH SCHOOL
HICKORY RIDGE'S BROWN GALLON MILK BOTTLES
HIGH SCHOOL HOOTENANNIES
HOME EC HOUSE
HONKING YOUR HORN OUT OF THE ALLEY FROM THE BACK OF SPAT'S TO MAIN ST.
HOSTESS FRUIT PIES JUST 15-CENTS
HOUSE SHARED BY RON DRISCOLL & JIM LAWRIE
HOWLETT HARDWARE
HY-FLASH
ICE SKATING ON POND NEAR FOOTBALL FIELD
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
JACK OWEN'S BAKERY IN MUNITH
JERRY 'SOOTY' SOUTHWELL
KEITH SAXON
KICK THE CAN
KORNER KITCHEN IN MUNITH
LINDBERG'S HARDWARE STORE
LIONS' CLUB MEETINGS DOWNTOWN
LLOYD SNIDER
MALCHO FORD
MAPLE FUDGE HANDED OUT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS BEFORE SUMMER VACATION
MARK HARTSUFF & HIS GUITAR
MIKE COLLINGS' BRASS KNUCKLES
MILK SHAKE CANDY BAR
MINT SMELL THROUGHOUT TOWN
MITTEER'S COAL YARD
MONSTER MOVIE BUBBLEGUM CARDS
MOTHER MAY I
MRS. ANDERSON'S HAIR BUN
MRS. MITTEER'S KINDERGARTEN
MRS. STREETS (3rd grade teacher) TRYING TO GET BOYS TO KISS HER GOODBYE
NELLIE STEPHENS
NESTLE'S TRIPLE-DECKER BAR
NEWSPAPERS DELIVERED AT SPAT'S FOR PAPERBOYS TO PICK UP
1985 TIME CAPSULE
1960 CENTENNIAL SHOW AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD
OL' LADY LANTIS YELLING AT KIDS CROSSING HER LAWN
OLD BANK (now Abbott & Fillmore agency)
OLD BARN BURIED IN THE HILL BETWEEN SMITH ELEMENTARY AND THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL
OLD CAR GRAVEYARD BEHIND SPADAFORE'S
OLD CAR GRAVEYARD WHERE THE CURRENT LIBRARY IS
ONE O'CLOCK AND THE GHOST AIN'T HERE
PANTHER QUEEN
PARTY LINES
PLUNGER & THE SUCTION CUPS
POLITICALLY INCORRECT JOCKEY STATUE ON LANTIS' FRONT LAWN, W. ELIZABETH ST. (wonder when they finally took it down?)
POP IN GLASS BOTTLES...tasted so much better
PRESCOTT'S LOCKER
PUTTING ON SHOWS IN SHELLENBARGER'S TV REPAIR BARN
REX'S WATCH REPAIR
ROWE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
SCHOOL CAFETERIA SLOPPY JOES
SEVEN-UP CANDY BAR
SLEDDING AT SACKRIDER HILL
SLEDDING IN PINCKNEY
SOFTBALL IN SHELLENBARGER'S BACK YARD
SOMEONE ALWAYS STEALING BABY JESUS OUT OF TOWN SQUARE NATIVITY SCENE
SPINNING RECORDS AT AFTER-GAME DANCES
SPOOKY HOUSE ON CORNER OF NEU & DEWEY ROADS; (later burned down by arsonist)
'SPUTNIK' BUBBLE GUM
STOCKBRIDGE LUMBER YARD
STOCKBRIDGE TOWN & COUNTRY
"STOCKTUCKY"
STUB OWEN'S BARBER SHOP
STUB OWENS' POND WITH HUGE SNAPPING TURTLE
SUMMERS WORKING AT SCHOONOVER'S POTATO FARM
SUNNY CREST FARM POTATOES
SWAMP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND MacARTHUR'S HOUSE
SWEETARTS (original; they've changed drastically since the 60's)
SWIMMING AT CLEAR LAKE
SWIMMING AT PLEASANT LAKE
THE “BURNED-UP HOUSE” IN FRONT OF SMITH ELEMENTARY
THE C.B. EXPERIMENT
THE 'CAT ON THE WALL' OF DANCER'S HOUSE, CORNER OF ELM & CLINTON
THE “LAND OF THE DEAD”
THOSE LAME PEANUT BUTTER CUPS AT GRADE SCHOOL CAFETERIA
TOWN COP NICKNAMED “BARNEY”
TOWN SQUARE FRIED CHICKEN FUND RAISER FOR PHIL HARRIS
TRACTORS DRIVEN THROUGH BACKYARDS SQUIRTING MOSQUITO REPELLENT
“TUCK YOUR SHIRT IN!” --- ANY FACULTY MEMBER
TURNEY'S RESTAURANT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CLINTON AND MAIN
“UL” PHONE NUMBER I.D.
UNADILLA STORE
URBAN LEGEND ABOUT MAN HANGING HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE CEMETERY
VIRGINIA PRICE
WILD CUCUMBER FIGHTS IN WOODS BEHIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WORKING AT BALDWIN'S SOD FARM
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP MEETINGS
As last time, feel free to add any others!