....hey what about the free milk shake or malt from Skillerns with your purchase of your school supplies??  My brother used to get hand-packed ice cream from Skillerns soda fountain.  He would eat one or two pints at a time.  My mother warned him that he shouldn't do that....his reply....why, they don't weigh much!....Ahh, the memories.....

I remember the Morris store having the pulley originally....I think Levines moved in after Morris moved out.  I do remember the xray machine at both stores and the store I can't remember the name of as they sold Buster Brown shoes!  They also had a location in later years right around the corner from me in Garland.  Can anyone remember the name of that store in Cedar Crest?  I remember my mother letting me ride to Charlie's BBQ with our yard man to get lunch for all of us.  If we saw that picture today, we'd call Child Protective Services!!   HOORAY!!!  I just remembered the name of that store.....The Young Texan!!!  Man oh man....the lights are still on and someone's home!!!! 

I lived on Bowling Green and we would walk to the Crest Theater on Saturdays for the matinee.  After the movie was over I would go to Skillerns for a banana split, then walk home.  Glen Grounds and Darrell Grounds lived next door to me and we would walk to the Crest Shopping Center.  A couple of years ago, I came home from downtown Dallas and ended up in front of the old shopping center.  From what I remember the Dart Light Rail runs right in front of it.  I remember Levines and the machine that you put your feet in to see what size shoe you wore.  I guess it was an x-ray machine.  It was fun to see my feet in that green light.  Anyone remember that machine?

was that the store which had the machine that could xray our feet?  Was that Levines?  They had the little pully with the capsule to send messages and money up to the office.

Ada...what about the store near the movie theatre where they sold really cool clothes for kids and Buster Brown shoes?  What was the name of that store???   My mother shopped there for me a lot.  It was there for years, and the man that ran it ended up at the Dad & Lad stores....ok....reboot again!

I remember, Toni, and Levines and the Western Auto store by the Crest Theater.  There was also a Griffs at Lancaster and Kiest.  The bowling alley at the LK shopping center.  I know we've gone over all of these places, but I like to refresh my memory....or is that reboot?

Who knew... Sally is a C&W music fan!  I was brought up on C&W, good stuff!  And it does have some of the Best & Funniest lyrics in music!!  Nice to hear from you Sally, hope you are well.

And Dr. Chester was my sunday school teacher ( I think?).  He believed in evolution-- Presbyterian--remember it as part of a lesson on Genesis.  BTW, I am jealous of all Dallasites.  THis weekend many of Texas' best known (young) country western singers are at the so-called Mardi Gras celebration somewhere in Fair Park-- so jealous.  Roger Creager and Aaron Watson etc

Ada Ann Dr Hamby was our family dentist. Judy Hamby was a good friend at Tech. Always a big Holmes man. I think his son was the basketball coach at Holmes. Chester Clinic O MY