Today's edition of Flashback Friday involves roads and weddings. Once upon a time, the frontage roads of I-55N were actually two-way. The change to single-direction only frontage roads predictably caused some problems.
Meanwhile, this old wedding page from 1970 popped up while doing some research in the newspapers archives. What can we say? Granny was hot.
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Half of those women are likely dead or divorced.
For some real giggles, Look up the addresses of the Murrah High scholars on street view.
I remember that change to a one-way Frontage Road. Chaos for a while and it really was a bit inconvenient in some cases, especially if you didn't know the side streets, until they widened I-55 and built the overpass at Canton Mart. Can't say I necessarily remember all the restaurants mentioned. El Chico, check. Mr. Ed's Pizza, check. Company Store, not. Bonanza, not. Cork and Clever, yes, but not where. Pizza Hut and I-Hop, of course. Wilsons and Burger King, yes, but not Senji's, though I do remember that name.
Otherwise, I'm surprised I don't know a single of those women's names, but I bet my wife would.
I know Shirley Farrell. She and Mike live in Belhaven. Very much alive, I believe.
Wonder what the story is on Miss Cheryl Lynne Rowland? Neither married nor "affianced" (gotta love Mary Alice Bookhart), and a Delta beauty. Ah, a mystery girl.
No black women got married in Jackson in 1970?
Looking at that paper you would think no black people live in Jackson. Kinda like looking at the Northside Sun!
Bonanza was on the west side south of the Gulf Guaranty two-story building, its now part of that firm, This was the place where Callaway football players would have their pre-game mea. Cork and Clever was a restaurant in between the office and the rooms of what is now the Suite 8 west side, north of Beasley and north of Comcast building, Had the greatest cheese and beer soup in town.
4:27, Hederman . . . . . . .
Cork & Cleaver was in same parking lot where Luby's is.
4:27, you had to pay to get your picture in the paper for one thing.
Ive got to say that women seemed to keep themselves up a little better then than they do now. Can we not get rid of all this junk food and fast food that is destroying our health and causing obesity?
Actually, Cork & Cleaver was on the corner of Cedars of Lebanon and the Frontage Road, south of Blackwell Imports. It was where the Porsche dealership now sits. Steak & Ale was the one where Luby's now sits
One interesting result was that McDonalds built a second location off of Briarwood, in addition to the original location next to Maywood Mart. And boy, as a kid, I Loved Bonanza!
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