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Here in Racine, Wisconsin, are shops selling what is called Chicago Popcorn.
I've eaten it, but don't know what is so extraordinary or spectacular about
it. Of coursle, they also sell catfish to satisfy the black population.
On the Oregon coast, it is taffy shops--who'se got the best, etc.
<p>Cecil Houk wrote:
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<font face="Arial">Sweet Home in
the 1940's</font> <font face="Arial">We may never know what made Mrs.
Shockley's popcorn taste so good, but we will never forget that it did.</font> <font face="Arial">A
little hole in the wall on Main Street, just east of 12th Ave., was where
we bought her delicacies. She also</font><font face="Arial">bred
and sold cocker spaniel dogs.</font> <font face="Arial">My first dog
was "Skippy", named after Skippy peannutbutter, came from Mrs. Shockley.
I will never forget the day that Skippy was killed by a hit and run driver
in front of out house on HWY 20 at Foster, OR.</font> <font face="Arial">For
fear of flames from the Manear family I will not relate the "tail" of Pedro
(one of Skippy's pups given to the Virgil Manear family), except to say
that I saw Virgil slam the door on Pedro's tail.</font> <font face="Arial">What
the heck. All of those popcorn shops in Chicago don't come close
to what Mrs. Shockley sold in the good old days!!</font> <font face="Arial">Cecil</font> <font face="Arial">Cecil
Houk, ET1 USN Ret.</font>
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