Gone but not forgotten in San Antonio! (Seguin, La Feria: department stores, paid)

[SnappyBob]

My high school also had a smoking section but it was only for seniors. As usual I was a day late and a dollar short. When I got to be a senior they abolished the smoking area so I had to hide and smoke. I wound up getting caught and recieved a 2 day suspension. The following year, after I graduated, they reinstated it.

[mimimomx3]

Originally Posted by sapphire

Your high school yearbook had an ad for a nightclub? Wow, how times have changed! LOL--my high school had a smoking section, which was popular among teachers and most of the students!

Ha ha, my high school. a private girl's school, if you can believe it....had a smoking lounge for seniors and juniors back in the late 70s. Amazing.

[nativecat]

I remember the New West nightclub. I was there one night and saw that weird band "Flock of Seagulls" there. Does anybody remember the upside down shot you could get in the barber chair? Don't tell your kids about that one!
There is now a duplicate bridge club and an Ace hardware in that strip mall.
Did any of you guys do the scout trips to the McGuinnes? boy scout camp there on Military? I always wondered what went on in there.

[munerider]

I went to the Scout Camp in about '70. Just typical scouting stuff...archery, basketweaving, hiking trails through the woods, nature studies, arrow head making, and, of course, knots!

[sixtieskid]

Originally Posted by OneManOnBass

I remember the Kiddie City on Fredericksburg Rd. next to Spartan/Atlantic. I remember sometime around '68 or '69 when Duncan yo-yos were a hot item, some yo-yo champ came to that Kiddie City and put on a show followed by a contest for all of us kiddies.

I remember the Yo yo guy coming to San Antonio, but I saw him at Gulf Mart on Fred Rd. , which became K mart, and is now Gram Central Station night club. All the yo yo's back then were bright yellow or orange with flower stickers, lol.

[Willsatx]

Question what Did Gulf Mart sell? Were there only 2 in town? Fred Rd and broadway and 410?

[efrem1]

I remember the old Pete's Place on the county line on the way to Bandera (San Geronimo). Some of the structure was still standing when I went by there a few years ago. Any history about its demise? Actually, this is a bump from April

[tcs]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

Question what Did Gulf Mart sell? Were there only 2 in town? Fred Rd and broadway and 410?

Gulf Mart was a WAL*MART of sorts. Sold lots of stuff.

[Willsatx]

I was wondering because I do not remember them in town, what year did they close?

[940]

Found this pic of a Gulf Mart from a newspaper ad...also found some old pics of Woolco and TG&Y...













Irnag, were you the one asking about the Sinclair Dinosaurs at Wonderland?? I found this pic of the dinosaurs on display at an old Woolco in the early 60s...