PAWPAW'S MESSAGES TO MY GRANDSONS 57 - The Dairy Queen Ten Speed

 

PAWPAW'S  MESSAGES TO MY GRANDSONS 57


Pawpaw loves Bryson, Connor and Archer!


The Dairy Queen Ten Speed


   We lived in a green, two-story home on West Main Street. This was an ideal location when we could afford ice cream treats because two blocks east of us was the Varsity Isle ice cream shop and two blocks west of us was Dairy Queen.

One year, Dairy Queen had a contest. The prize was a ten speed European style bicycle painted with the Dairy Queen name and logo. Dairy Queen had a display in their lobby where free entry forms could be completed and placed in a dropbox.

   My Mom, Dad, little sister Susie and I all entered the contest. It was quite a happy surprise when Mom’s name was chosen from the box as the winner. A photographer from the local newspaper The Louisville Herald took Mom’s photograph too.




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