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Don Murdoch (1962)

John,  You're right about the Sporstman Club.  Our classmate, Dave Contreras, later owned it, after he left the police dept.

Justene Manchester (Lipphardt) (1963)

Denise, the Stork Shop was next to the State Theater.  Thanks for mentioning the TeriLee dolls.  I still have mine and my sister's.  Mine had blonde hair, my sister's had black hair and my friend, Carla had one with  auburn hair.  I love them.  There is a web site on these dolls.  My rubber bands did break.  Does anyone know of a doll doctor so I can get them fixed?  You are the first person I know that is familiar with these cute dolls.

JoAnn Kergel (Wirth) (1965)

Greg, Dan Wirth says he remembers Provosts being near his family furniture store and I remember Coey shoes.  Think they specialized in childrens shoes and had one of those evil x-ray machines for your feet.  Lots of businesses have come & gone from Main.  Does anyone remember using the listening rooms at the music shop to play 45's?  Always listened, never bought!

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

Hi JoAnn,

Yes, I remember those listening booths.  I evidently bought a 45 rpm record--or three. And, even managed to save a jacket.....or three!!!    Stop laughing Cheryl !!!!!  It's a disease, I tell you!!!!

Tim Tucker (1965)

Wally, duel Holley's on a Flathead V-8...Bill Haley knew how to cruise, and check out those "Baby Moons" !

Kathryn Jull (1961)

Greg - just to add to the confusion - #6 was originally Cooper's.  Sometime after they closed, Wirth's took over the space to enlarge their store as it is now.  #8 was Coeys - my aunt and uncle, Pearl and Art Hollar ran it for many years - was a full service shoe store.  #9 is where Gary Smith's father had his accounting business.  #18 was Sprouse Ritz on the corner, until they moved out to Purity Plaza.   #17 was the Hong Kong and my Dad would not allow us to eat there, because when he was doing plumbing he had to clean out the kitchen drain, there were rats nesting under the sunk -  We always had to go to Fong's  where Charlie was.   Before it was Fong's, it was a butchers shop.

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

Tim,

Wasn't three deuces more of the norm than two-fours in those days?  Now THAT rig would get "rubber in all four gears!!"

Tim Tucker (1965)

yeah, I guess Bill was more of a 50's guy.

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

I imagine if you put the pedal to the metal and dumped the clutch on that rig....you really WOULD ..."Shake, Rattle and Roll!!"

Theresa Eve (1964)

Denise DeMaria:  So glad you mention the TerriLee dolls and the Stork Shop.  I got my Madam Alexander doll there and Mother bought me the TerriLee for Christmas in the second grade, about 1952.  I first saw  TerriLee when I was at Nancy Sans' home, she had one.  I loved that doll.  Finally, I got a TerriLee for Christmas, all dressed in original clothes, and a pink formal and  white-rabbit shawl, which my Aunt June made for her. I was so happy - finally a TerriLee.  I have her now, all boxed with many original clothes and a brown old fashion dress, professionally made for her with white linen under garments, still a prize.

JoAnn and Dan:  Glad the Wirth Furniture Store remains as lovely as in the beginning of time.  Nice to see an original store still on the Main Street, with the same family.  I can see that they took Cooper's space next door.

Gail Smith (Maxwell) (1964)

Dan, thanks for all the info on the house at College and Oak.  Don, it will be interesting to see what you find out also.  Denise, that was a pretty funny story about Bobby, the shovel and the cab.  Would have loved to have seen the look on the driver's face!

JoAnn Kergel (Wirth) (1965)

Kathryn, you are right about Wirths' expanding.  I had forgotten that tidbit.  Dan's father wanted him to come in to the business back in the late 60's.  Dan was finishing 4 years with the Coast Guard, 1967-1971 & wasn't interested so his dad expanded with the money it would have taken to add a partner.  Dan's younger brother David came to work there in the mid 70's and now owns the store with his wife Kim.  There son Zack works with them.  So four generations later...

Dan Schroyer (1967)

craig...my redundancy ... single spinster ... noted.  and, confirms an aging process reality,  perhaps, i am embracing my own redundancy.  

Ken Hedrick (1960)

Ken Hedrick class of 60-- I have enjoyed the information on main street Woodland of years ago. I was born & raised in Woodland--Beamer school,Woodland High school. As a young kid I remember trucks going down main loaded with sugsr beets & picking them up as they fell off the trucks. And the old Porter Theater when the Sat. Movie was 35 cents which inclided popcorn. Also the soda fountain in the rear of the drug store in the old Porter building.  Keep up the good work!!!   KEN

Tim Tucker (1965)

Dan, a single spinster could also mean no more than one spinster or less than two or more spinsters. So technically you're correct.............I've got your back. :o)

Vern Larson (1960)

I have enjoyed reading the recent activity on this message forum. On Robert Cowing's post #1142, was a photo of the 3rd or 4th grade students at Dingle. One of the students was Pam Bentz. Does anybody know whatever became of Pam? I was taking piano lessons from her grandmother, Mrs Bentz, from about 1950 to 1954. Pam lived with her grandparents during that time.

Vern Larson, Class of 1960. 

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Does anyone remember Montgomery Ward?  I think it was on the south side of Main Street, somewhere west of the theater.

JoAnn Kergel (Wirth) (1965)

Janice, I remember Wards being right near the State to the east.  My dad bought work clothes there from time to time.  There was a open "second story" mezzanine where they sold womens clothing.  I remember thinking that they were very old fashion.

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

JoAnn,

Didn't Montgomery Ward have a vacuum tube system where they would send messages (maybe orders) upstairs?  The Bank of the West drive up window has a similar system today for deposits.
 

Theresa Eve (1964)

I remember Montgomery Wards, and those vacuum tubes for payments and bills,  and the upstairs.  Was JC Penney's also near Wards for awhile before moving across from the Nugget?  Mother made most of our clothes, so we never bought anything in those stores.   I recall one of the stores having a circular door, which one person at a time could enter, or was that the Bank of America.  

JoAnn Kergel (Wirth) (1965)

Wally & Teresa, Yes to the vacuum tubes.  Brites (sp) also had them.  Payment placed in one & sent up to an office.  Then your change was sent back.  I bet most people used cash-know my family did.  Our credit union & the Rite Aid drive ups use them today so they are still around.  I don't remember Penneys until the "mall" was completed.  Remember when Thrifty Drug went in?  I think they killed the 5 & dimes.  There was also a clothing store right in that Thrifty area.  Can't remember the name of it but it was around in the early 60's.  Did we have a Woolworths in Woodland?  Used to go to the one in Sacramento for lunch when we would school clothes shop.  As the Civil Rights Movement got in to full swing I always felt guilty about eating at Woolworths.  Especially having been in Little Rock the summer of 1963 and seeing segration in action.

William Perry White (1967)

#6 (513 Main) was Provost Men's Shop, co-owned by Charlie Provost and my father, Perry White. After it closed, Wirth expanded into that location.

Nita Keehn (1962)

Janice & Joanne, M Wards was my very first Job  when I was 16; I worked on the loading dock unloading trucks and opening crates AND then had to go up to the office and type letters fot the boss. This was a "summer" job so it was over a hundred during the day on the docks, but cool in the office. Also did one day of modeling winter coats when I was 17 and it was 104 that day.... there were 3 of us,Pam Linder, Franki Mathes, and myself ( and we made $6 an hour...(LOL) That was a huge amount of money/ hr for us.

Thanks for the fond memories, Nita

Tim Tucker (1965)

According to my (1948) R.L. Polk  Woodland City Directory, the following were the businesses located at the corresponding numbers Greg posted. # 1 & 2- Mc Kinney Dept. Store,  # 3- Cross Jewelers, # 4- H.S. Graeser Opthamologist, # 5- Porter Building entrance, # 6- Provost Men's Shop, # 7- Wirth Furniture & Upholstery, # 8- Coey's Shoe Store, # 9- De Maria's Men's Furnishings, # 10- J.G. Harling Jeweler, # 11- Lane Hershel Confectionery, # 12- City Meat Market, #13- J.F. Laurence Stationary, #14 Woodland Home & Auto Supply, # 15- Club Barber Shop, # 16- as( 537 Main St.) Sportsman's Club Liquors # 17- as ( 537 1/2 Main St.) Wing Fong Restaurant, # 18- Sprouse Ritz Co......This leaves the question ,what the heck was the store between what we all knew as the Hong Kong Cafe and the The Sportsman's Club in the year 1948 ???

Cynthia Bourn (Clark) (1968)

Tim, was that unknown store between Sportsman's Club and the Hong Kong Cafe the Army Navy Surplus store?