Gone but not forgotten in San Antonio! (Houston, Dallas: educational, stainless steel)

[Willsatx]

Great picture wonder if anyone else has any other pictures of JFK in SA.

[Nostalgic]

Originally Posted by SAnativegirl

Here is the pic of my mother and JFK on November 21, 1963.

What a fantastic picture, SAnativegirl! Sure wish I could have seen JFK that day. I remember listening to his speech he made from Brooks AFB; we all sat on the gym floor at Rogers Jr. High to hear it. I was in the 8th grade.

[GWhopper]

Just found out there are two more restaurants joining the list of Gone But Not Forgotten in SA:

-Rio Mamba (Primo has some info on this)
-Boccones (on West ave. and Bitters) Can't say that I will miss them, their food didn't really appeal to me, but I will miss their Bambino Huey dessert.

[SAnativegirl]

Yes, I believe that's the building. We went to check it out a few years ago and I remember the parking lot across the street. What I meant to say is it's a photo studio now, not sure what it was back then. DH still trying to figure that out. Can anyone read the writing on the building? DH says his dad told him he landed at intl airport on NS, took Broadway South to Houston St., through downtwn, dont know name of street, down to Brooks AirForce Base, where his dad shook his hand, on to plane to Ft Worth.

[jorgito]

Awesome post Taco. I stayed up late this weekend and I read the whole thing.
Here is another article about Dr. Urratia that I read a few months ago.
Dr. Aureliano Urrutia's Gates, the forgotten San Antonio.

[Dwangle]

I just thought of something. How did the Limo get to San Antonio and where was it before? How did it get to Dallas? It is the same Limo isn't it? Did someone drive it up I35 to Dallas or was it possibly transported in an Air Force cargo plane?

[wCat]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I just thought of something. How did the Limo get to San Antonio and where was it before? How did it get to Dallas? It is the same Limo isn't it? Did someone drive it up I35 to Dallas or was it possibly transported in an Air Force cargo plane?

My guess would be the latter. Interesting question!

[Arturo Ramos]

wow! i remember this store! my family moved to terrell wells in 1969. when i would walk home after school, i would always stop at the store for a soda. the sign outside read Terrell Wells Grocery Store. It was situated in a large white 2 story brick building that had the words Terrell Wells Community Center in large red lettering painted on the south side of the building . it was right next to the vfw. the community center is gone now but the vfw is still there. across the street was the terrell wells barber shop where i would get my hair cut. i sure do miss that main street feeling on commercial.

Originally Posted by Nena1961

I think being sulfur fed was "before my time". I did go swimming there alot. Then I wonder - I remember getting really bad headaches and puking my guts out when I got home from the pool. I do know I am allergic to sulfa drugs . As for the old rock at the corner by Terrell Wells Junior High - The last name of the family that lived there was Berry. Mr. Berry had a little store on Commercial. If you leave the swimming pool and go to the red light at Commercial and Hutchins and go right, Mr. Berry's store was on the left. It was a long building (I think the VFW was there, too). Don't know if the building is still there. The Berry's had a daughter my age but for the life of me I can't remember her name. Older kids, too. My grandfather and Mr. Berry we pretty good friends. Pa would go up to the store and visit with him regularly. I would tag along. Had a treasure trove of 10 cent toys. Anyone remember the little red plastic bowl with a packet of powder you mixed with water then put the little squares of paper in and they "developed" into pictures? Or the wonderful glass bead necklaces you bought at Ben Franklin by Piggly Wiggly for 20 cents? Or (here's a good one you had to be there to know about it) the tree by the backstop at the rear of Vestal Elementary playground the had a big hollow area in the center? Or the Vestal Halloween carnivals?

[ged_782]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I just thought of something. How did the Limo get to San Antonio and where was it before? How did it get to Dallas? It is the same Limo isn't it? Did someone drive it up I35 to Dallas or was it possibly transported in an Air Force cargo plane?

These days the limo, along with other vehicles used in the motorcade, are indeed transported by an Air Force cargo plane.

I would assume it was done the same way in 1963.

[Taco-n-Beer]

Originally Posted by jorgito

Awesome post Taco. I stayed up late this weekend and I read the whole thing.
Here is another article about Dr. Urratia that I read a few months ago.
Dr. Aureliano Urrutia's Gates, the forgotten San Antonio.

I had run across that also. It's a great piece of San Antonio History