Your teen age cruisin' hang outs
I was born and raised in a very small town. Not too much, really, for hangouts. So far as I know, the schools indoor facilities such as the gym were not open after hours for students unless you were part of some team, etc, or other school sanctioned activity. We had a couple of nice parks, and there is a nice baseball field and some other smaller fields and parks. But the "downtown drag......................"
Below the beach, which is to the right (east) of the downtown loop, below it. This looks like a loop and it was, when I was a kid. But now that is partially blocked off, and you go down along the left side of the photo, and the loop is blocked just past the boat ramp at the bottom
Downtown loop. Not very big. VERY screwed up nowadays. They have small shops, constricted, and diagonal parking along first avenue. They constructed a highway bypass N-S along the E side, so there is somewhat less traffic in town, but the "city fathers" have enacted a TERRIBLE "traffic pattern."
This used to be Haviland and Holzmer and it was several brands. Standard, I think, Enco, and I think Chevron. No idea what it is now, not a gas station
This used to be Tillberg's Chevron at Pine and Cedar. There was at LEAST THREE TIMES that someone forgot to turn off the pumps after closing!!!!
I believe this is where Don's drive in used to be, a favorite shake/ burger/ etc and also indoor seating.
Cochran's Chevron at 5th and Cedar
Used to be Hals Texaco, across from the Chevron above.
The winter before I left for the Navy, one night a friend and I were just cruisin around and started to count up area service stations, which included about a mile "out of town on the outskirts. We also ended up counting churches. I don't remember who "won" but there were, as I remember, about 20 of each.
I was born and raised in a very small town. Not too much, really, for hangouts. So far as I know, the schools indoor facilities such as the gym were not open after hours for students unless you were part of some team, etc, or other school sanctioned activity. We had a couple of nice parks, and there is a nice baseball field and some other smaller fields and parks. But the "downtown drag......................"
Below the beach, which is to the right (east) of the downtown loop, below it. This looks like a loop and it was, when I was a kid. But now that is partially blocked off, and you go down along the left side of the photo, and the loop is blocked just past the boat ramp at the bottom
Downtown loop. Not very big. VERY screwed up nowadays. They have small shops, constricted, and diagonal parking along first avenue. They constructed a highway bypass N-S along the E side, so there is somewhat less traffic in town, but the "city fathers" have enacted a TERRIBLE "traffic pattern."
This used to be Haviland and Holzmer and it was several brands. Standard, I think, Enco, and I think Chevron. No idea what it is now, not a gas station
This used to be Tillberg's Chevron at Pine and Cedar. There was at LEAST THREE TIMES that someone forgot to turn off the pumps after closing!!!!
I believe this is where Don's drive in used to be, a favorite shake/ burger/ etc and also indoor seating.
Cochran's Chevron at 5th and Cedar
Used to be Hals Texaco, across from the Chevron above.
The winter before I left for the Navy, one night a friend and I were just cruisin around and started to count up area service stations, which included about a mile "out of town on the outskirts. We also ended up counting churches. I don't remember who "won" but there were, as I remember, about 20 of each.
