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Re: Conquest of Three Forks - 5 weeks ago
Further to the comment by Dave Lewis, the book in question might not be "reference only" in all libraries although I have to admit it sounds like it might have that status. But I live in Georgia and have obtained several books of interest via Inter Library Loan (ILL) including some that are scarce. One of them came from a LSU library in Baton Rouge.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Broasted Chicken in 1940s Dallas? - 2 months ago
I 'm not certain I remember broasted chicken in the Dallas area but if I did it would have been in North Dallas in the late fidties. I sure had it later in Georgia and Alabama. It wasn't really roasted or broiled or fried but kind of in between. Maybe chickenwas supposed to have a longer edible life in a hot case than fried chicken and possibly it required fewer skills to prepare. I think I aby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: La Reunion Colony - 3 months ago
I'd like to add my encourgement to the suggestion made byjilkat25 above. La Reunion is not something I know much about beyond what I've read on this message board. Another possibility would be to find someone in the History Department at SMU to help with th e project. At the least I hope a digital record can be made of the documents in the hands of your family and that made available on a websby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: startup airlines from lovefield - 3 months ago
The original Braniff company took over something called Long & Harmon which probably or at least may have started at Love. That particular operation is ancestral to American Airlines. The second Braniff company which was the one that lasted longest and is generally remembered as Braniff Airways and later Braniff International took over an operation named Bowen in 1935. I think Bowen's HQ wby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: The "Haunted House" at Stevens Golf Course - 3 months ago
So far as the house on Miramar is concerned I knew a man once who had been at a party there in early forties, I think. Probably a debutant party. Seems like a saw a Life Magazine spread on that palce once, during its heyday. Must have been a bound copy in a library, But the Miramar place and so on have been discussed on this message board before.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Miniature Golf Courses - 3 months ago
Sure agree about "Wee St. Andrews." Did not remember the sawdust.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Ice Storm 1978/79 - 3 months ago
I moved from Dallas before the winters of 1979 and 1983 but remember 1949 which old man from dallas mentions above. My maternal grandfather died in January and was buried on the 31st of that month. He lived in a small town in Western Oklahoma just a few miles from Rainy Mountain which Scott Momaday records that his people, the Kiowa, said was the location of the most extreme weather of any plby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: charles chips - 3 months ago
Were they available at the grocery also? Or some other brand? I remember my mother - in - law, who had four children, buying potato chips in cans because they so liked sandwiches and chips for a meal. that it was an economy measure. "economy" was exonomy. And the sandwiches you mentioned below were also a favorite of my in-laws. Then they told us about nitrates and so on.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: YMCA Camp South of Lancaster - 3 months ago
After I posted I got to thinking I perhap should have asked Dallas Cop for a comment also - maybe he was called to chase kids away?by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: YMCA Camp South of Lancaster - 3 months ago
Stories about the nudist colony remind me of a tale I heard repeatedly as a teenager, but across town. It was about one of the large properties in North Dallas, and I can't be more exact today than to say probably inside the area bordered by Royal Lane, Preston Road, NW Hiway, and Midway. But there was a private drive, sometimes unsecured, that took you the residence and a pool and fountainby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Drive Through Wild Animal Park - 3 months ago
The place I visited was undoubtedly Lion Country. Thanks for the help. But WStewart described our experience with the animals more precisely than I did, even though at the other park.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Drive Through Wild Animal Park - 3 months ago
We were no longer living in Dallas but we came back one time and with two young children visited a wild animal drive through park. Don't remember the name. Not sure where it was located or if there were two such parks in the metro area. I mostly remember we were in my mother's car and all the little primates scrambling over the car left a lot of tracks and really made a mess. Hope someone wiby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: migration/diaspora - 3 months ago
If I remember correctly, the segregated era at Forest Avenue HS ended only when enrollment dropped well below the average of DISD highschools, even though ninth graders had been moved there to better utilize classrooms. I am not sure that Forest ever had a feeder junior high like some of the other schools. The last students at Forest requested that the mascot, Lions, and colors - green and whitby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Circa 1970 Dallas Car Bombing - 4 months ago
I think he was part of the Binion crowd. There was a gambler named Fletcher. I've seen him described as an honest fader. Dallas Cop, any stories about him?by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: El Fenix Recipes???? - 4 months ago
If you fly in to DFW there is an El Fenix not far West of the North exit. Its in Southlake I guess, or on the way. Eating there has several times been about the first thing my wife and I have done upon arriving in the Metroplex. As child I probably preferred El Chico although my future wife and I started earting at a convenient El Chico. Like others I'd like to see any available El Feniby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Back In The 50's On Deep Elm - 4 months ago
Anyone else remember a business on the south side of the street with no built up floor - just packed dirt. It was in a narrow space and maybe it was junk shop or second hand store. Maybe it had been stable or even a smith's shop once. The pawn shops were upscale by comparison. And I certainly agree that the tag Deep Elm and the usage Ellum were not new in the early fities when I first ventby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Brockles Restaurant - 4 months ago
Hellman's is okay when you can't get Duke's.by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: As We Say Goodbye - 4 months ago
Nothing I can do except repeat the nice greeting from those who have already posted. Happy New Yearby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: The Julie Bennell Variety Show - 5 months ago
BillB wrote:, in part: > > My mother has told me about the yellow coloring > packet that used to come with it. You had to mix > it in if you wanted it to look like butter. I > don't remember that. > I remember the oleo with a coloring packet but in Oklahoma City during the World War II years when we visited there, not Dallas. I was born in OKC in 1938 and lived inby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Bob White's Rosco White's BBQ - 5 months ago
Dave McNeely asked where in or or near Dallas was a cotton gin. Good question. I suppose Plano would have been closest to my school, University Park. I started school in 1943. I'm not certain where it was we visited, or the year but likely after the War because of the gasoline and tire rationing. I have a distinct memory of a class trip to a cotton gin. I remember bales of cotton andby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Bob White's Rosco White's BBQ - 5 months ago
To: careywhite - You can rest assured that we who post about your grandfather's places had a lot of fun in them, the Corral and the Easy Way in my case. Merry Christmas to you! In this thread the DP plant was mentioned. I suppose that the driveway for service and shipping was on Mockingbird, but I always considered that the facility faced east and so to Greenville. Can someone confirm ifby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Bob White's Rosco White's BBQ - 5 months ago
To: careywhite - You can rest assured that we who post about your grandfather's places had a lot of fun in them, the Corral and the Easy Way in my case. Merry Christmas to you! In this thread the DP plant was mentioned. I suppose that the driveway for service and shipping was on Mockingbird, but I always considered that the facility faced east and so to Greenville. Can someone confirm ifby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Telephone chat - 5 months ago
I don't recall it being termed the grapevine. Everyone I knew called it the "beep-beep."by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Love Field watchers - 5 months ago
I don't know what kind of aircraft are used later or today or if satellite technology has put an end to it (which seems likely) but B-17s were used to penetrate approaching tropical storms / hurricanes and report conditions for the weather forecasters. I remember seeing TV programs about that activity. My memory is that the parked B-17s were painted in the same scheme as the weather aircraftby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Big Tex 60th - 7 months ago
I don't know how old I was when I first visited the SFoT. I'm sure the early visits were with my parents when they attended the open air "Starlight Operetta" productions. We would eat at Parrino's, and if there was time I'd get to ride a couple of things on the Midway. Some times we early enough to spend some time in one of the museums or the aquarium. I generally went to sleep befoby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: Great Southwest International Airport - 7 months ago
Dave McNeely wrote, in part: "that is correct. TTA used to fly to little towns like Brownwood and Big Spring, as well as to the cities. That's why it got the moniker "Tree Tops Airways," because it hopped from town to town, and never got enough altitude to really be in the sky. I flew on it several times between Dallas and Big Spring visiting an uncle who lived there. The planesby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: hello and my apologies - 7 months ago
Sir, Are you still in Oklahoma? Or have I confused you with another?by vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: KBOX Radio - 9 months ago
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rojinks Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > i believe it was klif that ran the big teasure > > hunt > > > > KLIF did run a treasure hunt in 1956 for $50,000. > > It got found on the last day. > > I knew they guy who found it. Heby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: KBOX Radio - 9 months ago
BillB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rojinks Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > i believe it was klif that ran the big teasure > > hunt > > > > KLIF did run a treasure hunt in 1956 for $50,000. > > It got found on the last day. > > I knew they guy who found it. Heby vft_refectory - DHS Archives
Re: LAKEWOOD residents - 9 months ago
Mace is a spice. It is very dear if you buy it in a Kroger's or similar. Much cheaper if found on the spice shelf of a South Asian (Indian) grocer but read the article which the link gives you. Perhaps a more common ingredient in 19th Century British cookery. Was used in deviled meats / potted meats. It might well give a distinctive flavor to what otherwise looks like a sortby vft_refectory - DHS Archives