From Kym Gram

I have been enjoying those Moline Memories. When I get time, maybe over the week-end, I will try to find pictures for you.

Here are a few memories that came to my mind I don't care if you put this on your site. Maybe it will jog others memories too,

• PX restaurant on 23rd ave.
• Cozy Corner by Coolidge
• Omar man
• Fuller brush man
• Snow cone truck
• Parades on 23rd Ave in the summer.
• All the fun things to do with parks and rec. at Roosevelt in the summer.
• Bible School @ Roosevelt.
• Winning Miss Roosevelt and losing at Miss Playground. I still have my ribbon, it no longer goes around my chest!
• Royal American Shows
• Moline Pool and Riverside park
• You could walk everywhere and not worry about "bad" stuff happing to you.
• Dispatch paper boy. Ours was one of the Pulford boys.
• Starlight park
• There was also a drug store on 23rd Ave. that had a real soda fountain.
• My Mom's dress shop and beauty shop both on 23rd Ave.
• The record store where you could by a 45 for less then a dollar.
• The five and dime store.
• Shopping downtown Moline
• My favorite was Moline Library, there was just something comforting to about that building.
• First Christian Church Moline
• Varsity drive-in
• Going to the movies at the Paradise and one over on the Iowa side.
• Drive in movies or passion pits as my Mom called them!
• Growing up and loving it on 33rd street. 2417-33rd St to be exact
• The park size swing set my Dad built for the backyard.
• Playing kickball
• Looking for 4 leaf clovers in Karen Patronagio's backyard.
• Coolidge Jr. High and feeling like a dork.
• MHS and feeling like a bigger dork.