Dominating the page is the huge ad for Gulf gasoline and its Summer Formula No-Nox.
It's funny thinking how on just about every major corner in Lorain County there used to be a national brand service station, including Sunoco, Shell, Sohio, Gulf, Sinclair, etc. Back then, people really cared about what they put in their gas tanks. Now, many of the major brands have abandoned the smaller markets. We still have a fair number of the major brands in the Lorain area, but we also have a lot of the lesser known goofy ones (such as Raceway).
But are there still Gulf stations around here? Using the online station locator, I discovered there's only one station within a fifty mile radius of Vermilion – on State Road in Cleveland.
Elsewhere in the page, we have a little slice of cheesecake in the form of the ad for the Miss Lorain County pageant, held at Lorain County El Rey Grotto park on State Route 568. That park sure hosted a lot of social events and picnics over the years.
Remember the huge sign on the fence facing the highway? It looked like this (below).
I kind of miss seeing that sign when I drive by there. Today the former El Rey Grotto park is home to Vaughn's Auto Repair and 24 Hour Towing.
At the Showboat in Downtown Lorain, famous Mercury recording stars The Crew Cuts were appearing, "direct from Cleveland's Skyway Lounge."
Here they are performing their big hit, "Sh-Boom." I had no idea they were a Canadian group.
According to this Wiki entry, the Crew Cuts' version of Sh-Boom was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for nine weeks during August and September 1954.
At the air conditioned Dreamland Theatre, MGM's Executive Suite was the main feature.
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Marilyn Monroe was the bomb but I also think Deborah Kerr was hot.Her classic hit "From Here To Eternity" was playing at the Tower Drive In on Rte 57.Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for his performance as did Donna Reed for hers.But Deborah Kerr is forever immortalized laying on the beach with Lancaster while the tide rushes upon them.They got along so well that they even had a fling during the filming of the movie.
THEM! would have been a great picture to see at the Palace; I still enjoy seeing it.
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Growing up near a beach, even as a kid I knew the Kerr/Lancaster horizontal beach clutch was bogus. I mean, unless you're into some serious chafing 'cause that sand gets into all the nooks and crannies!
THEM! gave my kid nightmares. He still hates ants, even after an additional quarter-century.
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To be honest, when I finally got to see FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, I was somewhat underwhelmed.
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Dad was especially disparaging of such wartime movies: "Silly nonsense," was a commonly used phrase.
As were many hits in the 1950s, the Crew Cuts' record of "Sh-Boom" was a cover of an R&B hit, this one by the Chords (which actually also did well in the pop market).
I looked up that Zenith Royal-T Transistor hearing aid.I guess you had to walk around with a big ole transistor radio looking thing hanging around your neck and people would talk into the radio.Then a earphone was plugged into your ear about the size of a half dollar with wires going from it to the radio.Sort of like a 1980s version of a Sony Walkman.
Worked at the Tivoli playing River of no return. We gave out the famous MM calendar to the first 500 ticket buyers at one of her films.It may have been RONR I dont recall .Wish I kept one. Also saw Them at the Palace.
Anon:
I had a hi skool librarian who wore one on his shirt pocket with the earpiece in his right ear. Mean Kids (not me) used to bring 9-volt batteries and spark them to raise interference.
Actually loving that Gulf Oil ad - from a time when Men wore proper uniforms to pump gas.
Mike - I loved the uniforms. I had them from Sohio, Standard and Shell, all with an embroidered name.
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