Subject: Re: Yo Yo's
From: eljay1@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Jun 02 2009 - 18:18:57 CDT
Re: Shoe Stores. Still have ten toes, but I'll bet the toenails have an elevated radium content to this day! My dad could be pretty smart at times back then, and he never let us get on those things. We had to distract him, then sneak on. Usually at Wurzburg's or Herpolsheimer's. Remember the rickety train ride at Christmas time in Herp's?
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The shoe store in Burton Heights had one of those things too.? I used to play
> with it all the time and still have ten toes.
> Bob
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> From: Monette Park
> To: Ottawa Alumni '59
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> Never was any damned good at yo yo's either. I sure do remember those hand
> carved ones, wish I had one now. Does anyone remember the x-ray machine to
> measure feet at Herpolsheimers (sp) or Wurzburgs sp)? It was a Buster Brown
> Shoes ad thing I think. It's amazing that we all survived considering our being
> used as guineu pigs for flouride ( I, unfortunately was in the control group
> that didn't get it), shots given at school, the barrels of apples ( ooo, those
> rotten ones at the bottom) and then "regular x-rays on our feet. But hey, we
> had GREAT junk food. Those chili dogs were to die for! Would love one now.
> Monette
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