Nostalgia

When the 50th Round Lake High School Reunion committee began to organize, of course, emails were sent and one by one people began to respond.

One of the fun things that happened is an email that grew and grew entitled Nostalgia. Our classmates began remembering the Round Lake that used to be. Interestingly, it wasn't all about High School, but mostly about the places and roads and landmarks around Round Lake. So what follows is a taste of how we all remembered the late 50's in Round Lake.

Enjoy.

• How about
  Molidor Chevrolet?
  The James Brothers Hardware Store?
  Bendall's Dime Store (I think)?
  Professional Wrestling in Round Lake Park?
  Jordan's Shoe Store?
  The Civil Defense Observation Tower on Grub Hill Road (Bravo-November-Five-Two-Black)?
  The Round Lake Dairy and Ice House?
  Indian Hill?
• MB Outlet
  Rudolph's Outlet (I know that was Grayslake!)
  Ardens Furniture
  T&J Confectionery
  When the First State Bank of Round Lake wason the corner in town!
  Napoli's Pizza
• Heppner Manufacturing>> St. Joseph's Parish>> Fireman Days>> Busse Chevrolet>> Trio Lumber>> Boy Scouts at the Men's Club in the Beach>> AvonHowlands grocery>> Hill Top Bakery>> Avon Hardware>> Wally Halla's Standard Station> Artimasses Pool and roller rink>> National food store>> Smeltzers (great Cherry Coke)>> Robin Hood Supermarket>> A & W>> Jordan's Shoes>> Korner Kitchen (Good Fries)>> Bruces Pharmacy>> Piggley Wiggly>> Shanty Pizza (The best delivered pizza when the parents were gone)>> Pink Fink>> Beloits>> Bastez Dime store (great for Penney candy)>> Molidors Service station (Great bottle of coke for a nickel)>> Sigmeyers (16oz of RC Cola)>> Western Auto>>Vicker's Service Station>
• Busy Bee>> Genualdi's>> Tony's Farm Inn>> Surfside>> Bendall's>> Ed's Grocery>> Lindgren's Shoe Store>> S & S Apparel>> Indian Hill Social Club>> Holm's Food Store> Lydia's Bakery>> Lee's Apparel>> Dr. Goshgarian's>> Dr. Camile's (ouch)>> Dr. Brundza's>> Dr. Salna's
• The Skip Inn
• Hill Top bakery (sorry, just had to say it again)
• The Beach of course and the raft
• Drug store in the park,
• A lunch counter, drug items, cosmetics.
• Tony's PizzaT
• he Volunteer Fire Man's Days
• All the carnivals!
• Milwaukee Road Depot
• Evening in Paris perfume

This list goes on and on and on. There are a few others, but I'll add them in another post. Have fun at our reunion. Know I would love to be there.

Sandy Jo