Alumni Sandstorm ~ 01/16/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 Bombers sent stuff: Dick McCOY ('45), Jim RUSSELL ('58) Pete BEAULIEU ('62), Dwight CAREY ('68) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Barry BYRON ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Stephanie DAWSON ('60) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Gary TELFER ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jean SCHWINBERG ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich SNIDER ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lucinda BARR ('69) BOMBER LUNCH: Mostly '52ers, Noon, Sterling's GWWay (Fridays) BOMBER LUNCH: Girls of '54, 11:30, Rosy's (3rd Friday) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Dick McCOY ('45) To: Dick WIGHT ('52) Ganzel's has been there since I was an undergrad in '45 To: Mike CLOWES ('54) AKA, etc. I agree with your premise re: Nike deserting the U of Oregon. However, believe their colors are green and yellow not gold. -Dick McCOY (from the Tin Can class of 1945) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Jim RUSSELL ('58) To: Dick WIGHT ('52) Re: Ganzel's Barber Shop http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/015/150116-Map1949-Dwntwn.jpg Maren?s map of old downtown indicates that Ganzel's was located about where I remember it being in the mid to late '50s. However, my recollection (admittedly not so good these days) was that Ganzel's was a little deeper than wide. I wonder if the building on the map might not have held an additional business or two. I don't know what year that map represents, but I think Ernie's Typewriter (shown on the east side of GWWay) was occupied by Novotny's Gifts when we first came to Richland in 1949. [It's a 1949. -Maren] Cheers -Jim RUSSELL ('58) ~ Mountlake Terrace, WA **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62) To: Dick WIGHT ('52) My Dad always gave us our haircuts in the house basement, but on one occasion in 1955 we were sent on our bikes to the Ganzel's Barber Shop. It was located on the west side of "the mall" at the current location. It had been there from the beginning. I think price-creep had gone up to $1.25, and we were $.25 short. Had to make a round trip back to the house to get the extra quarter. As for prices, around that time the price at the nearby Theater also went up a dime to $.35 for the Saturday afternoon matinee (two westerns plus a cartoon and a Captain Blackhawk extra). Always a long line. We still got in but were short the dime we needed for a cylindrical box of chocolate Flicks (which I saw again recently at Bartell's Drugs for $1.25). Ernie's Typewriter Shop was a hobby shop in the mid-'50s. By the front window there was a converted gumball glass globe machine loaded with clear plastic eggs, each holding a small toy of some sort. I recall dropping in for several days with a bunch of pennies. The sign said a correct nickel, but the slot still only took pennies. The proprietor noticed the reason for our patronage after about a week. Re: From Maren's map http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/015/150116-Map1949-Dwntwn.jpg Does anyone remember this feature of Mickey's Shoe Repair? They also sold new shoes. I recall standing on a scale-size platform with a downward facing viewer at eye level. The prospective customer could see a new-fangled x-ray of how his/her feet fit into the new shoes. The image through the viewer was lemon green. No idea what the dose-per-visit was, certainly a whole lot more than with any dentist today. The Atomic City was at the forefront even in the care of soles. -Pete BEAULIEU ('62) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Dwight CAREY ('68) Re: Ganzlel's Great map!!! http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/15/150116-Map1949-Dwntwn.jpg I had completely forgotten there was a Thrifty Drug Store in the Downtown! That building's still there. Definitely do not remember the one building being a cafeteria ? had to have been before my time. It's still there. [Yes, before your time, Dwight... and even before my time. The Dorm Cafeteria... -Maren] http://richlandbombers.com/gallery/0000s/DormCafeteria.html Safeway's location is the 3 Margaritas restaurant now, I think ? must have been a smaller Safeway before it moved one more block over. Lockwood Street and McKenzie Street are no more?? We didn't get to travel very far when we were younger... limits by the parents, and everyone told each other if kids were out of their neighborhoods. -Dwight CAREY ('68) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ****************************************************************