Vintage With A History

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.