- No one stepped on the "M" on the floor inside the front doors? (they still don't.)
- We had to go to classes in "split shifts" while the new J-Wing was being built to accomodate all of us?
- After the Star Spangled Banner was played, not one of us made a sound until the color guard was all the way off the playing field, and then we cheered like crazy?
- Wharton Field House was "standing room only" for every Moline basketball game?
- Gas was 30 cents a gallon - and when you and your friends rode the ones you'd all pitch in a quarter to buy gas?
| Theaters: | Drive-In's: |
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The Illini ~ Moline The Paradise ~ Moline The Roxy ~ Moline The Rocket ~ Rock Island (later the Capri) The Fort ~ Rock Island (now Circa21) The Rialto ~ Rock Island The Strand ~ East Moline The Capitol ~ Davenport The RKO Orpheum ~ Davenport (now the Adler) |
The Coral ~ Coal Valley The Memri ~ Milan The Semri ~ Silvis The BelAir ~ Davenport The Oasis ~ Davenport? |
| The Fun Ones | The Healthy? Ones |
|---|---|
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Snirkles Candy Lipstick Grape Stix Red Dollars Wax Lips (and Mustaches) Lik-M-Aid Pixie Stix ValoMilk Snaps Nibs |
Fresh Sweet Corn Tomatoes Pork Tenderloins Milk from Baker's Dairy Whitey's Ice Cream Country Style Ice Cream Boetje's Mustard |
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The LeClaire Hotel Montgomery Elevator Building The New York Store Block and Kuhl The REC The Draught House Allendale Butterworth Center The Velie Mansion Goldsmith's Builders' Lumber The Coliseum Ballroom The Centennial Bridge The Bettendorf Bridge The Moline Masonic Temple |
The Mark South Park Mall Schlegall's Drug Eagle's Grocery Skateland Riverside Swimming Pool The Arsenal Clock Tower The Moline Public Library Giefmann's Grocery Why Pay More? (gas station) John Deere Commons Sam's Grocery / Bowling / Well's Fargo The John Deere Administration Building |
| The Fun Ones | The Fancy Ones |
|---|---|
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Adolph's Bishops Little King Maid Rite Yankee Doodle Pizza The Village Inn Jim's Rib Haven Frank's pizza Harris Pizza |
The Plantation Merando's The Cellar The Draw Bridge Ben's Gourmet House The Boar's Head Jumer's Velie's |
| Remember What was on TV in 1968? | |||
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Andy Griffith Beverly Hillbillies Bewitched Bonanza Bozo's Big Top Carol Burnett Show Daniel Boone Dean Martin Dragnet |
Ed Sullivan Family Affair The Flying Nun Gentle Ben Glen Campbell Gomer Pyle Green Acres Gunsmoke |
Here's Lucy High Chapparral I Spy Ironside Jackie Gleason Julia Laugh-in Lucy Show |
Mayberry, RFD Mission: Impossible Monkees My Three Sons Red Skelton The FBI The Virginian Walt Disney |
