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CENTRAL IOWA’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY
STONE’S
REVIVED
A SPECIAL
PUBLICATION
OF THE
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
• Mike Donahey: More by
Paul G. Norris Jr.
• Barb Scafferi: Favorite
table games.
• Historical Society:
Orpheum Theater

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in this issue — Mike Donahey
In the February, 2010
Past Times I promised
readers more editorial
writing by the late Paul G.
Norris Jr., from his book
“Memorable People of a
Half Century as a Country
Editor.” Norris served the
T-R 50 years, working as
a reporter, city editor and
finally, editor-in-chief. It
was from his editor-inchief
position that many of
his editorials in the book
are found.
Why bring Norris to
Past Times again?
Mention of him in one
column and the display of
a few samples of his writing,
as done in February,
does not do his talents
and insight justice.
Primarily, I find his writing
style to be a model for
any reporter – it is brief,
concise, crisp copy, wellreasoned
with no wasted
words or embellishments.
Additionally, there is
much history here, obviously
fitting for Past
Times.
Norris began his career
as a sports reporter, a job
he said, prepared him
well for writing editorials.
1008 South 12th Avenue
P.O. Box 534
“Because often sports
writing involves opinion, a
taboo in objective reporting,”
wrote Norris in the
book.
Norris wrote about
many in his editorials.
They were business people,
common citizens,
civic leaders, educators,
entrepreneurs, farmers,
local elected officials town
“characters” and others.
They were not all Marshalltownians
either.
There are references to
citizens in several Marshall
County towns as
well as non-Iowans.
Here is more of Norris.
Returns Title to County
“Congratulations to
Marlene Wiseman of
Gilman for bringing the
Iowa State 4-H baby beef
championship back to
Marshall County! It doesn’t
seem possible that it
has been 20 years our
farm young people have
won this honor for Marshall
exhibitors were
known as the ones to
beat all through the 1920s
and 1930s. By coincidence,
‘From Other
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Commercial • Industrial • Residential
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Times’ (our historical feature
on the editorial page)
next week will recall that
this honor came to the
county both 25 and 40
years ago. May Marlene’s
triumph inspire a new
series of champs among
our 4-H youngsters. (page
136)
An Aviation Pioneer
The sudden death of
Harry Niederhauser is
indeed a big loss for Marshalltown.
Though seldom
in the public eye himself,
he contributed much to
the development of aviation
in this area (along
with his equally air-minded
brothers) through
many lean years of the air
age in this community. To
lose his experience and
advice just when the airport
modernization he
sought so long is about to
be realized – though far
from retirement age, even
as a flier – makes his loss
even greater. Although
his guidance is gone we
can and should build for
the future on his vision.
(page 138)
Telephone
BUS. 641-752-4672
Recognized Nationally
“Congratulations to
E.A. (Al) Goes on his
election to head the
world’s largest organizations
of collection agencies!
The frequency that
state and national honors
are coming to local people
indicates its becoming
a custom if there’s a big
job to be done – get
someone from Marshalltown
to do it.” (page 151)
Long Impartial Service
Retirement of Frank
Lyons of St. Anthony after
his 17 years of commendable
public service on the
County Board of Education
suggests a Marshalltown
candidate might be
the most logical successor.
Lyons has served
both city and county constituents
impartially and
well as a member at
large. The city already
has one district representative
in Mrs. Orville Thusrton,
but there is no rule
against electing another
at large. In fact, Lyons
lives in the same school
district (West Marshall) as
does F.C. Brown, who
represents the State Center
district and who is also
retiring after six years of
service on the board.
(page 176)
Look for more of Norris’
“Memorable People”
in future Past Times.
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Reporter Mike Donahey is a
columnist for the Times-Republican.
The views expressed in this
column are personal views of the
writer and don’t necessarily reflect
the views of the T-R.
Contact Mike Donahey at 641-
753-6611 or mdonahey@timesrepublican.com
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• Columnists

do you remember? — Barb Scafferi
“It is not whether you
win or lose, It’s how you
play the game.”
“Win without bragging,
lose without squealing.”
“It doesn’t matter
whether you win or lose,
As long as you win.”
LIFE AND THE PUR-
SUIT OF PARCHEESI
When you grow up on
the farm (back in the day
when I grew up on the
farm), your recreation was
limited due to the constraints
of the time (e.g.,
one car in the family;
World War II was on so no
unnecessary trips to town
were made) so our games
were often “board games.”
I remember when a friend
of my parents came to visit
and brought his sameage-as-me
son with him.
Jim and I played Chinese
checkers and I was winning.
He bounced the
board, dislodging marbles
and sneered; “Now I
guess we don’t know who
was winning.” I believe I
used the word “cheater”
among some other flowery
language. My sister Bev
and I played Tiddly Winks
or Ball ‘n Jacks. Joan
Wickersham (my neighbor
up the road) and I played
countless games of
Monopoly. I played traditional
checkers with my
grandfather. Somewhere
along the way, we
acquired a Parcheesi
game. I was intrigued by
the name and enjoyed the
game which I played
many, many times with my
father and also with my
sister when she got little
older (around age 6).
Does anyone play
Parcheesi anymore?
My sister and I have
had some great games of
Password with our adult
children. Two other oftplayed
games are Scrabble
and Scattergories.
Scattergories has also
presented us with three
new species of birds: the
“Moon-Breasted Thrushpecker,”
the “Speckled
Freckle Beak,” and the
“Dim-Witted Dapple
Duster.” Watch for them in
a tree near you.
CORNER GROCERY
STORE
Contact Barb
Scafferi at 709
E. South St.
On the southwest corner
of Center and South
Street was a Mom & Pop
store called Scheidings.
Now it is the Sewing Center.
In the mid-to-late
1980’s, for a brief time, it
was a charming little
restaurant/tea-room. What
was it called? Who managed
it?
LITTLE BLUE BOOK
My sister Bev
unearthed a little bluecover
book inscribed with
my great-grandfather’s
name: Mr. J. D. Wilcox,
New Providence, Hardin
County, Iowa. The book is
entitled, “LETTERS TO A
YOUNGER BROTHER on
various subjects-Relating
to the Virtues and Vices,
Duties and Dangers of
Youth.” It is dated 1838.
The language in the book
is quite charming. For
example, in a chapter on
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Here is the barn dance gang; Don Gatrelle, Dick Talbot, Frank Brees, Red Burns,
Maurice Roseburrough, Lenora Jacobs, Al Schrock, Tommy Thompson and
emcee Ray Bennett.
“Evil Speaking” (think:
gossip), it says:
“In general, the less
you talk about absent persons,
the better. Especially,
the less you speak
of their faults, the better.
Some are in a hurry to
repeat everything they
hear about the misdeeds
of their acquaintances.
This shows a low and
depraved temper. We
may slander, even by
speaking the truth; and if
we loved our neighbor as
ourselves, we should conceal
his frailties, just as
we always try to conceal
our own. The character of
a slanderer is justly
abhorred.”
This timeless good
advice should be heeded
by all—especially to the
person who anonymously
posted a note to the
Times-Republican recently
regarding the cost of
the scissors for the cutting
of the ribbon at the
Orpheum Theatre Center:
A “$5,000+ cost for scissors”?
Really?? Check
the facts. There’s a fine
line between libel and free
speech.
TEA TIME
In the early or mid-
1990’s, there was a “tea
room” in the old St. Clair
Krieger building. Who ran
it? What was it called?
How long was it in business?
1230 ON YOUR DIAL
People who have lived
in the area for many years
will remember the KFJB
“Red Rooster” coffee
commercial early in the
morning. Mid-morning
would be “Help Your
Neighbor” wherein local
folk would share recipes
or sell/trade various
items. There would also
be announcements for
meetings and events.
Around 11 a.m., would be
the call-in quiz show with
questions about movies
or movie stars. The prize
for the winner was two
free passes to a local theater.
During the 1980’s, I
won quite a number of
those free passes. After
the ten o’clock evening
news, was Byron Gosden’s
“Tick-Tock Clock”
game show (this was during
the early 1950’s). I
called and wrote in—
became friends with By
Gosden—which later
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Stone’s Restaurant
By MIKE DONAHEY
TIMES-REPUBLICAN
“Under the Viaduct ...
Down by the Vinegar
Works.”
Marshalltownians and
many Central Iowans
know the slogan, created
about 94 years ago, as
directions to Stone’s
Restaurant at 508 S.
Third Ave.
According to the Continuing
History of Marshall
County, Iowa 1997,
the phrase was created
Revived
by Anna and George
Stone, the second generation
owners and managers
of the eatery which
is a Marshalltown landmark.
Necessity is the mother
of invention and the
wording was created to
offset the 1916 opening
of the the Third Avenue
viaduct. Automobile traffic
was now above the
restaurant and the
Stones wanted to promote
the business to
drivers and to local residents.
Additionally, the
number of passenger
trains were decreasing.
The trains, with hungry
crews and passengers,
along with others in a
bustling railroad district
with freight houses,
depots, machine shops
and roundhouses, were a
critical part of the restaurant’s
customer base.
“The Stones were
known among train crews
for their thick roast beef
and ham sandwiches and
quarters of pie, each of
which cost 10 cents. Pint
jars of coffee with cream
sold for five cents. Sometimes
orders were
telegraphed ahead so
food world be ready
when the trainmen
arrived,” according to the
Continuing History book.
The viaduct opening
would be only one of
many challenges to face
the business in the years
to come.
Now made of concrete
instead of iron, four lanes
instead of two and carrying
much, much, more
traffic, the viaduct is still
above Stone’s Restaurant.
Northbound drivers
can easily see the
Stone’s sign, located on
the eatery’s roof, day or
night. However, the Vinegar
Works, originally
located one block east of
the restaurant and the
passenger trains is long
gone. The railroad depot,
a remaining symbol of
passenger train history,
burned to the ground a
number of years ago.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Shown is a one cent postcard
depicting Stone’s dining
room and the restaurant
viewed near the Third
Avenue viaduct from the
collection of Marshalltown’s
Jay Carollo. “Under the
Viaduct...Down by the Vinegar
Works “
in the card’s upper right was
a tag line created by the
Stone family to familiarize
customers with its location
after the viaduct was
installed. While the viaduct’s
location obstructed the
restaurant’s exposure, it
also brought significant
automobile traffic from the
Lincoln Highway, later
named Highway 30.
The Iowa Central, Great
Western and Chicago
and North Western Rail
Road Companies, once
cornerstones of the railroad
district, eventually
merged with other railroads
and are gone. Yet
there is still a railroad
presence. Mile long
freight and coal trains still
rumble past Stone’s
Restaurant, where customers
sitting in the dining
room can leisurely
watch the east and westbound
Union Pacific Rail

Road trains go by.
Opened in 1887 by
Canadian Ebson Weed
Stone, the restaurant, like
any business 123 years of
age, has weathered shifting
customer bases, a
Great Depression, numerous
economic downturns,
two World Wars, viaduct
construction and other
challenges. According to
local historian Dorothy
Apgar, it has not been
open continuously for 123
years.
Most recently, it had
been closed for two years
before Steve Badger, a
local businessman, purchased
it, remodeled and
reopened it August 31,
2009.
Badger, with no restaurant
management experience,
said keeping the
restaurant’s heritage alive
was an important part in
his decision to re-open the
business. He also said
that heritage alone could
not carry the restaurant
and it would have to make
a profit.
According to Badger,
much of the restaurant’s
success since are byproducts
of loyalty from
employees and customers.
Thanks to both,
he is fast approaching his
first anniversary as owner.
Another important
anniversary is taking
place.
“This year is the 100th
anniversary of the business
being located at 508
S. Third Ave.,” said Badger.
“It is the oldest wood
frame commercial building
in Marshalltown.”
While standing in the
building’s entrance, he
pointed to the area outside
the front door, now
part of the restaurant’s
parking lot and shaded by
the viaduct.
“It was once known as
Station Street,” he said.
“Carriages, which had
stopped at the train depot
to pick up passengers,
would drive by here on the
way to the Pilgrim Hotel,
located up at Third
Avenue and Main
Streets.” That motivated
the family to set up boarding
rooms upstairs in this
building.”
The viaduct not only
brought local customers
and Central Iowans close
to the door, it connected
Stone’s Restaurant to the
historic Lincoln Highway,
the first transcontinental
highway across the United
States.
“Stone’s received
nationwide attention when
Duncan Hines, a famous
restaurant connoisseur,
included Stone’s in his
book ‘Adventures in Good
Eating.’ Anna put up a
large neon sign on the
restaurant’s roof to make
sure motorists found the
historic place and she
maintained her customer
base in spite of rationing
in World War II and the
rerouting of Highway 30
(formerly the Lincoln Highway)
south of the city,”
according to the Continuing
History book.
Anna was not only
responsible for the sign,
also a local landmark, but
for the restaurant’s most
famous dessert, the “mile
high lemon chiffon pie.”
She passed her knowledge
on to Queenie Wier,
a Stone’s employee who
became a notable pastry
cook. Weir worked for the
Stones more than 20
years, then set up a home
based business specializing
in pastries. She retired
in 1984 and moved to
Florida to live with a sister.
Another long-time
employee with 38 years of
service was Marshalltown’s
Elaine Furneau.
She worked under Anna,
became head waitress
and then managed the
business for the family
corporation. She has been
employed as a hostess by
the Tremont On Main, a
Marshalltown restaurant,
since departing Stone’s
Restaurant.
“I think Steve is doing
just fine,” she said. “After
all, it’s had a great reputation
since 1887.”
Local historians Apgar
and Barb Scafferi also
commended Badger for
his efforts.
“Stone’s was a big part
of my life while growing
up,” Scafferi said. “I
remember eating cinnamon
rolls there with my
friend, Helen. There is a
great deal of history connected
with the restaurant.
The author of
“Showboat,” signed the
register there as did Duncan
Hines. I haven’t had
the chance to go back,
but I’ve heard good comments
about the way
Steve remodeled it and
the tenderloin sandwiches
they serve.”
Apgar had reciprocal
comments.
“I admire Steve for reopening
understanding it
is a risk and the business
must carry itself,” she
said. “I have gone back
and do feel at home.”
Badger said employees
have made a major
contribution to the restaurant’s
success since its
re-opening.
“They are extremely
loyal and dedicated to
Stone’s and seeing that is
successful,” he said.
“That to me is a tremendous
reward in doing it, is
my relationship with these
employees.”
He also cited the many
loyal customers who have
returned and their stories
about the restaurant.
“It seems like everybody
that comes here has
a story about their prior
relationship with us that
goes back even into the
1930s,” he said. “We
have one couple who still
come for lunch who have
celebrated 72 out of 74
wedding anniversary’s
here and they have the
longevity record for going
back. We had a guest
who had not been here
T-R PHOTO BY MIKE DONAHEY
Glen Barritt, near left, of Marshalltown, Shane Strand, far left, of Granger and Craig Hawkins of of Laurel are shown having lunch at
Stone’s Restaurant recently. A dish of the restaurant’s trademark cornbread is seen in the table’s middle. Fittingly, the business was once
called Stone’s Lunch Room
for 70 years and came
back for lunch. That’s the
heritage of Stone’s and
the importance of
Stone’s.”
The heritage applies to
the menu as well.
“Everything is homemade,”
Badger said.
Badger said their
breaded tenderloin, corn
bread, their hot beef
sandwich, which he called
the “best in town,” pan
fried chicken, pot roast
dinner and a chicken
casserole, a holdover
from the original Stone’s,
are some of the more traditional
and popular menu
items.
Stones is open 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, Friday from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday
from 4 to 9 p.m. and Sunday
from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m.
———
Reporter Contact:Contact Mike
Donahey at 641-753-6611 or mdonahey@timesrepublican.com
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Scafferi
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resulted in winning a prize
when the Ralph Zarnow
Orchestra was in town—
but that’s another story.
Tony Paglia gave me a
book about KFJB (no year
listed) which included a
“Week-Day Program
Schedule—Monday thru
Friday—6 a.m. to Midnight.”
Some of the programs
were: Bible Believers
Hour; Farm Flashes;
The Jerry Smith Show;
County Marshals Serenade;
Man on the Street
(at noon—Monday through
Friday—in the front of
Kresge’s 5¢ and 10¢
store); Tom Mix; The
Affairs of Peter Salem;
Carmen Cavallaro’s
Orchestra; The Family
Theater. Times change
and radio stations change.
TV came along and our
venue for news, music,
67764 0510
The Historical Society salutes
Pip Gordon, Director of the
Orpheum Theater Project and the
village of people who have worked
hundreds of hours over many
years to bring the project to
fruition. You were more than successful!
Retaining the feeling of
an original RKO Theater while providing
much needed meeting
room and classroom spaces was
significant. Appropriately, the addition
of the theater’s “black box,” will
provide multiple services to the
college and townspeople. It was a
brilliant endeavor from the planning
stages through construction.
Fittingly, the collection of memorable
entertainers with Iowa connections
who are admirably displayed
will provide all who see
them with a sense of Iowa pride!
Our “Third Thursday” in July was
presented at the Orpheum. I hadn’t
realized, until I was settled in
one of the comfortable theater
seats with a box of popcorn, how
much I had missed this simple act,
I, like many others present that
evening, had grown up attending
movies at the Orpheum at least
two or three times a month. Our
and drama programs
became something we
watched instead of “listened”
to. We’ve included
some photos and captions
from the booklet.
“KFJB’s News Director,
Bob Billman has been in
radio five years. Bob was
born on a farm in Marshall
County and has spent
most of his life in the community
well qualifying him
as a newsman who knows
the local picture.
Heard on Mid-day
News every day, Bob can
also claim service in the
news Department of station
WKBH in LaCross, WI
and announcing duties at
KYUM, Yuma, AZ.”
“Dale Smith came to
KFJB from Grundy Center,
Iowa as announcer. For a
year and a half, Dale has
been heard on many KFJB
programs. A football player
at Iowa State Teachers
College with a love for all
sports, Dale now keeps
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Program was presented by Layton
Zbornik a/k/a Jerry Martin, a former
DJ who grew up in Albia and
who holds the distinction of having
personally recorded the first Rock
and Roll record in Iowa. He
played beautifully on his guitar and
sang songs from the 50s and 60s
and the audience joined right in
with him. It was a fun evening!
August 19 is the date of the next
“Third Thursday.” It will be presented
by Shirley Price who will take
us on the journey of her restoration
of Iowa Township’s Ballad Cemetery,
It is listed as as a Pioneer
Central Iowa listeners upto-date
on the world of
sports. Navy vet of World
War II.”
CHEER UP
Lois Anderson asked
me if I had heard of a soft
drink called “Cheer Up.”
She had a
photo her
daughter
had sent to
her. Lois’
daughter
had bought
the bottle
back in the
1970’s at
Anne
Sweeney’s
“Den of
Antiquity”
(where the
Sewing Center
is now).
The photo
shows that it
came from
the Marshalltown
Bottling Works.
The other side indicates
CONTACT
RUSTY FELDMAN,
CLU, LUTCF
641-752-1400
that it is “a pleasing beverage—plus
Lithium and Vitamin
B,” and that it is “for
hospital, home and general
use.” My research fellow
(Jay Carollo) found that
“Cheer Up Soft Drink” was
produced by the Orange
Smile Syrup Company
which opened in the St.
Louis, Missouri area
around 1929. Cheer Up
was made until the early
1960’s. My questions are:
(1) How or when did the
Marshalltown Bottling
Works get production
rights? (2) If you imbibed
it, what did it taste like to
you?
DRUGGISTS – PART 2
Jay also found a listing
of “early Marshalltown
Druggists” to add to the
names that several of you
sent in last month. The list
included AW Hoy & Co.,
CJ Lander, McBride &
Will, Geo. P Powers, CA
Seely, HC Sieg, Sorensen
& Elder, and Woodard-
Cemetery. The program begins at
6:30 p.m. at the museum, 202 E.
Church St. See you there. The
museum received funds from the
Community Foundation and we
have already ordered equipment
that will enable us to present programs
using power point and a
digital camera to document Society
business. Our many thanks to
the Community Foundation!
The museum is open Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at other
times by appointment. Contact
Stephanie at 641-752-6664.
Marshall Co. – 752-3956
Tama Co. – 484-5950
Serving locally since 1971
Garey. The Beinert Drug
Company that Kenny Main
wrote about last month
was listed in the 1923 city
directory and was still listed
in 1937. Also in the
1923 listing was a druggist
I remember my mother
speaking of: Stepan Drug
at 2 East Main.
IN ADDITION
Summertime visitors
from Kansas have stopped
by making a total of six
states logged in.
Muriel W. F. enjoyed
the photo of Lowell’s
Beauty Salon in the July
issue as it pictured a sister
of one of her classmates:
Ronnie Parsons. His sister
was “Okal” Parsons. I
remember that name from
my LaMoille school days. I
always thought her name
was “Opal” but the alumni
list shows her as “Okal.”
ORPHEUM THEATRE
I hope you’ve had the
opportunity to see the new
Orpheum Theatre Center.
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Historical
moment
The phonograph, like the
motion picture, was first introduced
to Marshalltown at the
Tremont Hotel about 1895. It
was a small machine,
enclosed in a glass box, and
to hear the tunes, played from
the old cylinder wax records,
one had to apply earphones
to one’s ears. For a dime you
could listen to several numbers.
How about that?
It is beautifully done. I
received a letter from
Jeananne Pyle (from
Ohio) who had worked
with me in the concession
stand at the Odeon. “I
worked as a cashier at the
Orpheum Theatre in my
senior year. The assistant
manager was a ‘movie
star’ – looking type. I think
her name was Arlene. A
night I remember began
when we were running a
really popular movie and
were extremely busy.
Some guy with his family
gave me a $50 bill. Back
then that meant he had
money—at least to my
way of thinking. Come
closing time, Arlene counted
my drawer and I was
exactly $50 short! The
manager called me in and
accused me of taking it
and was going to search
me, when Arlene burst in
to his office waving the
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$50 bill! It had somehow
fallen behind the cash
drawer due to the number
of bills that night. You
know that manager never
did apologize to me!”
MORE FROM OUR
READERS
Regarding July issue:
country schools from
Keith Loney: “I went eight
grades to country schools,
the first was Timber Creek
Center School. The next
seven years to Linn Valley
#2, located along Highland
Acres Road, at the
intersection with 233rd
St., west of Wandering
Creek Golf Course. We
had two miles to walk to
school—1? miles were on
a dirt road. The Great
Western Rail went southwest
through Luray and
Melbourne and on to
Kansas City and we
walked the rails a lot
because of the mud
roads. The man that ran
the little rail car would give
us a ride to where we
would get off to go home.
I also rode my horse to a
farm about three or four
city blocks from school.
My job was to take two to
three gallon pails of water
from the farm to school,
then bring them back to
the farm for the next day.
Mary Oetker mentioned
her sisters Helen and
Shirley Knoll. Shirley and
my wife Jeanette (Edel)
graduated from St.
Mary’s. Timber Creek #1
wasn’t located at Long
John Silvers but at 2110
South Center where Five
Star Real Estate is situated.
My aunt Erma Walkup
had her first teaching job
at that school. She walked
from the farm her parents,
Archie and May Walkup,
owned. They were my
grandparents and they
sold the farm that is now
the Marshalltown Center.
Additionally, Velma
Clemons called the T-R
regarding the impressive
history of Liberty Consolidated
School, located in
rural Marshall County.
Watch for more about the
school in an upcoming
Past Times supplement.
Jim and Betty Paglia of
California write: “Regarding
drugstores, there was
one on South Third
Avenue between Boone
and Nevada Streets on
the west side of Third
Avenue. It was run by
two brothers named Batty.
Therefore, it was named
Batty’s Drugstore. If memory
serves me, it was the
last or next to the last
building from the railroad
tracks. Other businesses
on the same side of the
street was a tavern called
the Carolina Inn, Soukups
Bakery, Fagen’s Confectionary,
and a restaurant
whose name escapes me.
It was south of the old
Wee Dug Inn. Two or
three of those buildings
are still standing.”
Pat Grabenbauer of
Marshalltown had some
memories that coincided
with Jim and Betty’s:
“Lovely story about your
Aunt Marie! I remember
Wolfe Drug Store (at 113
Main). I have the yellow
Kodak Film envelope containing
negatives from my
folks #2 Kodak Brownie
Camera that used film
#116. For my 13th birthday,
my folks purchased a
Kodak Brownie Flash Six-
20 camera and flashholder
from Wolfe Drug Store. I
still have both of these
cameras. There was also
Greger Drug located in the
Masonic Temple and
Mayer Drug (at 19 W.
Main)—later Emeis—and
still later was Hartlieps. My
Dad worked at Soukup’s
Acme Bakery on South
Third Avenue and there
was a drug store located in
that block, but I don’t recall
the name. I would go there
to get pop or a comic book
or magazine. All of the
PHOTO BY
BARBARA
WILCOX SCAF-
FERI
Bev Wilcox
Collins at
age 14.
Happy
70th, Little
Sister!
business places in that
area were said to be by
the ‘LEVEE.’ I also have a
‘Wooden Nickel’ from
Frontier Daze 1949. Frontier
Daze ran June 22, 23,
24, 25. The Wooden Nickel
was exchangeable in
trade in any store in Marshall
County and was
redeemable for face value
in United States coin until
12:00 noon CST, June 25,
1949 at any of the Marshall
County Banks or
Frontier Daze Headquarters
in Marshalltown, Ia.
Herbert Sloat was Wooden
Nickel Chairman and Ed
Diehl was in Finance Division
for the Frontier Daze,
Inc.”
70 IS THE NEW 50
This is the year that
many of the MHS 1958
Classmates are turning 70.
One of those is my sister
Bev Collins. In addition to
taking care of her own
family, she has worked diligently
with the Lion’s Club
Belgian Waffle event as
well as the Lion’s Club
Radio Auction on KFJB.
She is active with her MHS
Classmates of ’58 group.
She has an on-line Pizza
Book. She has prepared
pizza and barbecue (with
fresh cherry pie for
dessert) for our local version
of The View Marshalltown
discussion group.
She has done a seven –
layer dip and chips for our
annual “American Idol”
finale events. As a sister,
she is supportive and
always in my corner. Who
could ask for more?
“Happy Birthday, Little Sister.”
—“A win is a win is a
win.”
———
If you would like to send a
response or comment to me via
email, you may do so at doyourememberbarbara@hotmail.com
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