Jefferson has lost many businesses over the years due to its economic struggles. Are there any that you particularly remember or miss?
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Blackburn's donut shop. I don't remember its exact name, though. It was just off the intersection of Lincolnway and Hwy 4, to the east. They had the best double chocolate donuts.
I remeber Lloyd Baller's hardware store. All the neat stuff like sports equipment and models was in the basement. If you wanted to go down there and look around, Lloyd's wife would follow you to make sure you didn't steal anything.
Baller's Hardware was across the alley north of where Wet Goods is now. Wet Gods used to be McCoy Paint. Saba's Bakery was on The square by Coast to Coast , and Blackburn's got their recipes from him, but never came close to matching him. Saba's real name (actually) was Saba Saba Saba. He used to smoke non-filtered cigarettes while he worked and would flip them onto the floor when finished. They would land spit side down and stick, with smoke rising till they burned out like some kind of flare. Tucker Pharmacy was a voice from the past, with a full blown soda fountain where you could get cherry phosphates, green rivers, and chocolate cokes. The B&E was another soda fountain, where the Hairem was or maybe still is, since I have'nt been home for years. Lyon's Sporting Goods, Leftie's Cigar Store, Seela Hardware, Phillip's Barber Shop, Ball Oil, Wallace's Standard (gas 24 cents a gallon), Jefferson Hotel, Bordenaro's Market, Deep Rock, Top Hat Lounge, O'Brien's & Blaess shoe stores, Crowley's, Northside Pool Hall, Hamilton Electric, Barrett Automotive, Wilson's Supermarket, Jefferson Creamery, Safeway, Rondo's Beauty Salon, Jefferson Music Store, Penny's, Woodruff Pharmacy, Big Bear, Dunn's Supermarket, Springer' s Feed, Strunk Automotive. Those are just some I can remember from the 60's and 70's when I lived there. I'm sure I've missed more than a few. As always, bbqKing
Hard to believe, but just one generation ago Jefferson boasted five grocery stores, four hardware stores, two men's clothing stores, four women's clothiers, two shoe stores, two jewelry stores, three pharmacies, and a Gibson's department store along with a Big Bear store. Theses are almost all gone, although the population apparently has not changed in size significantly.
The Northside Pool Hall. Wow! There's a memory, albeit a very faint one. I'm guessing back to the middle to late 60s. Was it on the square? My fuzzy memory places it on the southside of the square. I just remember being able to walk in the front, go through it and walk out the back.
Wow. Thanks for your sad listing, bbqking, I guess. My date got my first corsage from Fudges and my first ring from Charles'. That probably shows my age. I counted nearly 60 closed businesses from your posts. I still live here and would have had no idea there were that many.
Well, I've about had it with you guys again. First it was getting on me about my religion post and now I'm wasting my time on a National Holiday reading some kind of weepy crap about defunct businesses. Where's the nuts and bolts of this site? Why aren't we getting down on Carroll and Boone? Those guys have had business failures and problems, too. Just look at all the extra traffic SuperWalmart has brought to Carroll. You should ask what Carroll cops have to say about thaat. And Bigfoot sightings. I think that is guys from Perry. They don't even need a costume to hide in a freezer for two weeks. Just go down there and look around, you'll see.
Don't forget the roller skating rink that used to off the square. I went there once as a kid. I didn't care for those clamp-on style of skates.
Yes, Krieger's Flower Shop is still around. Not that I've been to Jefferson in years, but I still order flowers for my mother from them.
Since I brought it up, here's a point of interest. Call a local florist directly to order flowers (i.e., for your mother, etc.) instead of going through any 1-800-flowers type number. Those services skim all the profit from the order, leaving the local flower shops making next to nothing.
Jefferson also had a Place's Department store on the square. I recall buying a pair of shoes there for 8th grade basketball. I think they were $6. With a low price came no grip. I slid to a stop, not unlike one would on wet ice.
There also was a Dairy Sweet that served soft ice cream on the east side of town across the street and down from the A&W.
I might be wrong, but I think Gibson's turned into Pamida.
How about Hardee's? Last time I went by it was a sandwich shop owned by the Chinese restaurant in town. Funny...how are the owners of a Chinese restaurant in Jefferson, Iowa able to expand when others are going away? Just wondering...
The "Dairy Sweet" was located across from the public library and was run by the McPherson's. The "Dairy Queen" was located across from the A & W and was run by Roger Olhausen.
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Blackburn's donut shop. I don't remember its exact name, though. It was just off the intersection of Lincolnway and Hwy 4, to the east. They had the best double chocolate donuts.
I remeber Lloyd Baller's hardware store. All the neat stuff like sports equipment and models was in the basement. If you wanted to go down there and look around, Lloyd's wife would follow you to make sure you didn't steal anything.
Rick,
Was that the Coast-to-Coast Hardware store?
Baller's Hardware was across the alley north of where Wet Goods is now. Wet Gods used to be McCoy Paint. Saba's Bakery was on The square by Coast to Coast , and Blackburn's got their recipes from him, but never came close to matching him. Saba's real name (actually) was Saba Saba Saba. He used to smoke non-filtered cigarettes while he worked and would flip them onto the floor when finished. They would land spit side down and stick, with smoke rising till they burned out like some kind of flare. Tucker Pharmacy was a voice from the past, with a full blown soda fountain where you could get cherry phosphates, green rivers, and chocolate cokes. The B&E was another soda fountain, where the Hairem was or maybe still is, since I have'nt been home for years. Lyon's Sporting Goods, Leftie's Cigar Store, Seela Hardware, Phillip's Barber Shop, Ball Oil, Wallace's Standard (gas 24 cents a gallon), Jefferson Hotel, Bordenaro's Market, Deep Rock, Top Hat Lounge, O'Brien's & Blaess shoe stores, Crowley's, Northside Pool Hall, Hamilton Electric, Barrett Automotive, Wilson's Supermarket, Jefferson Creamery, Safeway, Rondo's Beauty Salon, Jefferson Music Store, Penny's, Woodruff Pharmacy, Big Bear, Dunn's Supermarket, Springer' s Feed, Strunk Automotive. Those are just some I can remember from the 60's and 70's when I lived there. I'm sure I've missed more than a few. As always, bbqKing
Hard to believe, but just one generation ago Jefferson boasted five grocery stores, four hardware stores, two men's clothing stores, four women's clothiers, two shoe stores, two jewelry stores, three pharmacies, and a Gibson's department store along with a Big Bear store. Theses are almost all gone, although the population apparently has not changed in size significantly.
The Northside Pool Hall. Wow! There's a memory, albeit a very faint one. I'm guessing back to the middle to late 60s. Was it on the square? My fuzzy memory places it on the southside of the square. I just remember being able to walk in the front, go through it and walk out the back.
.....Dunlop Implement, Charles' Jewelry, Fudges Flowers, Ryerson Furniture, Cudahy's, Cliff & Millies,Franey's Bowling Lanes, Redwood Restaurant & Lounge, Schaal's Truck Stop, Binns Equipment, Durlam Locker, Ace Pizza, Schoppe's Cafe, Milligan Lumber, Buzard Optometry, Durlam & Durlam Clothes .....
I'm not looking these up in some database, I'm dragging these out of my head.
.....Ideal Manufacturing, McCoy Press, Waple's Optometry, Teleen's Veterinary, Rohovit Cleaners, Montgomery Ward Catalog Store, Finneseth' Card & Toggery, Starlite Lounge, Ecklund Plumbing, Jack Harbaugh Body Shop, is Kriegar's Greenhouse still around?.....
Wow. Thanks for your sad listing, bbqking, I guess. My date got my first corsage from Fudges and my first ring from Charles'. That probably shows my age. I counted nearly 60 closed businesses from your posts. I still live here and would have had no idea there were that many.
Well, I've about had it with you guys again. First it was getting on me about my religion post and now I'm wasting my time on a National Holiday reading some kind of weepy crap about defunct businesses. Where's the nuts and bolts of this site? Why aren't we getting down on Carroll and Boone? Those guys have had business failures and problems, too. Just look at all the extra traffic SuperWalmart has brought to Carroll. You should ask what Carroll cops have to say about thaat. And Bigfoot sightings. I think that is guys from Perry. They don't even need a costume to hide in a freezer for two weeks. Just go down there and look around, you'll see.
Don't forget the roller skating rink that used to off the square. I went there once as a kid. I didn't care for those clamp-on style of skates.
Yes, Krieger's Flower Shop is still around. Not that I've been to Jefferson in years, but I still order flowers for my mother from them.
Since I brought it up, here's a point of interest. Call a local florist directly to order flowers (i.e., for your mother, etc.) instead of going through any 1-800-flowers type number. Those services skim all the profit from the order, leaving the local flower shops making next to nothing.
Jefferson also had a Place's Department store on the square. I recall buying a pair of shoes there for 8th grade basketball. I think they were $6. With a low price came no grip. I slid to a stop, not unlike one would on wet ice.
There also was a Dairy Sweet that served soft ice cream on the east side of town across the street and down from the A&W.
I might be wrong, but I think Gibson's turned into Pamida.
How about Hardee's? Last time I went by it was a sandwich shop owned by the Chinese restaurant in town. Funny...how are the owners of a Chinese restaurant in Jefferson, Iowa able to expand when others are going away? Just wondering...
The "Dairy Sweet" was located across from the public library and was run by the McPherson's. The "Dairy Queen" was located across from the A & W and was run by Roger Olhausen.
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