Yesterday I showed you my old Malt Machine and I had several questions about it.
If you are as old as I am and lived in a small town you might remember that there were usually Soda Fountains in almost every drug store. I don't know the exact year, but around 1945-46-47 my parents owned the Soda Fountain in a drug store in a small town in Texas called White Settlement. If you are familiar with the Ft. Worth area, it is just west a ways. My mom ran the Soda Fountain and my dad worked at the Bomber Plant (Convair) making planes for the war. I remember the long counter with the shiny stools that twirled round and round.
Town was 1 block long and there was a grocery store called Hill & Macks, a post office, drug store and the school was across the street.
My sister and I use to walk across the street after school and do our homework in one of the 3 booths. I was in the 1st grade and I thought it was so cool. All of the kids use to come in with their nickel and get a coke.
I did some research online and found out that the Hamilton Beach Number Thirty was made in 1940. The Soda Fountain had 2 of these. When they sold it, my mom kept this one, two of the original malt glasses and one of the straw holders.
Thanks for joining me down memory lane. Don't forget to get your posts ready for Table Top Tuesday, I will have Mr. Linky up this evening.
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