GJ,, The Moline DQ references in this article, Mildred's ice creamery, was owned and operated by my grandfather and grandmother, CR and Mildred Medd. The store was across the street from Wheelocks Drug store and four doors up from present day Casey's! He first DQ store in Moline was opened by CR Medd in 1941 on 4 th Ave, This store set the standard for the famous flat top DQ store design. Medd's , Duke's, and Noble's were names spoken ofmoften during the early years, not much on McCollughs! The Medd brothers, Dick, Ralph, Ronnie, all from Moline, designed and have the patent on the Blizzard DQ machine and in particular the mixing blade. international DQ found out about the candied malts being made at the Moline DQ's when the brothers took the candied malt mixing machine to the St Louis, Mo. DQ convention in the mid 1970. IDQ signed agreements with the Medd brothers for the rights to use the machine, now being built by Duke and Sons, East Moline. Also, the first mint Dilly Bar came from a Moline DQ store in 1977/1978. Moline has history!
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ReplyDeleteThe Moline DQ references in this article, Mildred's ice creamery, was owned and operated by my grandfather and grandmother, CR and Mildred Medd. The store was across the street from Wheelocks Drug store and four doors up from present day Casey's! He first DQ store in Moline was opened by CR Medd in 1941 on 4 th Ave, This store set the standard for the famous flat top DQ store design. Medd's , Duke's, and Noble's were names spoken ofmoften during the early years, not much on McCollughs!
The Medd brothers, Dick, Ralph, Ronnie, all from Moline, designed and have the patent on the Blizzard DQ machine and in particular the mixing blade. international DQ found out about the candied malts being made at the Moline DQ's when the brothers took the candied malt mixing machine to the St Louis, Mo. DQ convention in the mid 1970. IDQ signed agreements with the Medd brothers for the rights to use the machine, now being built by Duke and Sons, East Moline. Also, the first mint Dilly Bar came from a Moline DQ store in 1977/1978. Moline has history!