DO YOU REMEMBER DALLAS?
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JUST IN! The original, authentic Schedule of Senior Class Activities for May 1967.
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Flemister’s Delicatessen in Walnut Hill Village
The Rib BBQ on Lover’s Lane
H & H Grocery Store on Midway just south of Merrell Midway Pharmacy
Daddy-O’s
Rexall Drug at Webb Royal
Victor’s Shoes at Marsh and Forest
Park Forest Theatre at Marsh and Forest
Community Sewing Center at Inwood Village and Walnut Hill Village
The Mecca on Harry Hines lasted until August of 2012
Lou Ann’s on Greenville and The Studio Club in Preston Center
Kips Big Boy at Lemmon and Inwood, Hillcrest at Northwest and on Forest Lane
Ports O’ Call at the top of the Southland Life Center downtown
Starlight Skating Rink on Harry Hines
Gemini Drive-In Theater at Central and Forest where Jimmy Rabbit broadcast on KLIF at night
KBOX radio which turned from Top 40 to country music during our senior year
WBAP Channel 5, KRLD Channel 4, and KFJZ Channel 11 TV
Orange Julius at NorthPark and Marsh Lane at Walnut Hill
Pizza Pantry at Walnut Hill and Marsh
Sally B Sweet Shop in front of Tom Thumb
The Circle Theater
The Circle Bowling Lanes at the old Harry Hines Circle, Heart Bowling Lanes on Northwest and
the Cotton Bowling Palace at Inwood and Lemmon
The Preston Royal Theater
The Old Tom Thumb and A&P in Walnut Hill Village at Marsh and Northwest Hwy.
The original Tupinamba restaurant on Lover’s Lane, later on Northwest Hwy, then Middway Rd, then Inwood Rd and now Central Expressway.
Southern Kitchen on Northwest Highway
El Chico at Preston Royal and Inwood Village
The Beef and Bun in Walnut Hill Village
Turner Hardware at Webb’s Chapel and Royal
Melody Shops in Inwood Village and NorthPark
Skillerns Drug where you got a free Big Shake with school supplies; Skillerns became Ward’s
which eventually became Eckard Drugs and finally CVS
Cabel’s Minute Market
Sumpin’ Else on Channel 8 from NorthPark
Wyatt’s Grocery Stores
Lantrips Pharmacy
Bali Hi restaurant on Douglas near Preston Center
Cattlemans Steak House Downtown and in Preston Center
The old Jack ‘n the Box on Webb’s Chapel at Northwest Hwy
Gaston Cafeteria in Walnut Hill Village
Buster Brown Shoes
Officer Smiley Whitman
Icky Twerp on Slam Bang Theater
Goffs Hamburgers on Lovers and Forest Lanes
Fed Mart on Forest
Zuider Zee Seafood on Maple
House of Gong on Northwest Hwy at Lemmon
Fizzies
Pomac, Nugrape and TAB
Hannah’s Pies on Forest
Prince of Burgers on Lemmon
Delman Theater on Lemmon
Esquire Theater on Oak Lawn
Sound of Music released in 1965 played for over a year at the Inwood Theater
Crystal’s Hamburgers on Lemmon
Charlie and Harrigan, Charlie Van Dyke, Jimmy Rabbit and The Weird Beard on KLIF
Frankie Jolly on KBOX
Cobb Stadium between Harry Hines and Stemmons near Oak Lawn
Mister Burger on Harry Hines at Walnut Hill
The Railhead at Greenville and Park Lane
Don the Beachcomber on Greenville
Youngblood’s Chicken in Preston Center
Lobellos Burgers on Northwest Hwy in Preston Center
Salih’s Barbecue in Preston Center
Sanger Harris in Preston Center
Titches department store
The Majestic Theater downtown and The Palace where the pipe organ came up from under the floor between features
Sterling Jewelry and discount department store on Northwest Hwy east of Central
W T Grant in Walnut Hill Village
The military draft
Humble gas later named Enco and finally Exxon
Full-service gas stations
Transistor radios
Charlie cologne for women and English Leather for men
Milkmen
Lighthouse for the Blind, Fuller Brush and encyclopedia salesmen
32 cents a gallon gas and 10 cent cokes
The old Love Field terminal on Lemmon Ave.
Trans Texas Airlines
Scotty McKay’s Records on Marsh next to Tom Thumb
Russell Stover Candy at Marsh & Northwest Hwy
The Chessmen band – We usually called musical groups “combos”
J.C. Penney at Inwood Village
Neiman Marcus in Preston Center
Wyatt’s Cafeteria on Forest at Marsh
Colbert’s in Walnut Hill Village
Shakeys Pizza on Harry Hines with the kid’s side and the adult’s side
Braniff Airlines and their headquarters on Lemmon at Lover’s lane
La Tunisia in Exchange Park
Little Bit ‘O Sweden
Lucas B&B on Oak Lawn
Magic Pan at NorthPark
Spanish Village on Cedar Springs
77 Sunset Strip
Candid Camera
American Bandstand
Bonanza
Hootenanny
I’ve Got a Secret
Mr. Ed
Mission Impossible
Perry Mason
Warren Culbertson
Bobby Wygant
Luby’s Organ played by Ms. Inez
Metrical Cookies
Southern Kitchen
El Sorrento
Sanger Harris
Simon David
The Columbian Club
Vincents
Lou Lattimore on Lover’s Lane
Chateaubriand Restaurant
Peaches Records
We Did Not Have
McDonalds
Burger King
Wendy’s
Computers or Internet which meant no email or Facebook
Cell Phones – no T-Mobile or Sprint and Verizon was still named General Telephone
and served the suburbs
Cable TV
Any popular FM radio stations
Satellite TV
High Def TV
Toyotas, Hondas, Mazdas or Nissans (originally named Datsun)
Best Buy
Starbucks (most of us didn’t go near coffee in high school)
SUVs
Pantyhose
Walkmans
CDs or DVDs
Microwave Ovens
Portable hair dryers (guys didn’t even use them then anyway)
Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi or Diet Dr. Pepper
Cup holders in cars
GPS but we did have radar detectors
Compact fluorescent light bulbs
LEDs
Nikes, Adidas or Sketchers
Parents at our sporting events
Trips to Europe, Hawaii and the Caribbean for the band, drill team and other high school organizations
Supercuts
Nail salons
Pump your own gas
Digital Cameras
What Hasn’t Changed
Getting up late in the morning and home late at night (most of us have had teenagers)
Short skirts and blue jeans
Football and basketball games
Band and choir
Cheerleaders
Getting dumped by your girlfriend or boyfriend
Burgers and fries
Dates to the movie
Borrowing the car
Listening to music
Teen idols
Jolly Green Giant commercials