you remember the Doughnut Shop right across from the Fire Dept. on South Poplar
you remember returning glass soda bottles for money at one of the many little grocery stores around town
you remember when they closed Locust in street and reopened it and closed it and reopened it
you knew the smell of fresh potato chips when you drove past Kas Potato Chip Factory
you knew who Jr. Patton was
you remember the Little Toot
you had family that worked for the Illinois Central Railroad
you've been blocked by a train on both one-ways
you remember the Plaza Lounge
you bought a T-Shirt at Hap's shirt shop
you partied with your friends at the 2 trees
you know what a wat-a-burger is
you know what number next years Halloween parade is
you've attended or been in a may-fete
you've inhaled the Rockwell factory smell
you know where Wamac is
your mom bought your clothes at Hutters
you can remember Gatsby's bar
you can remember walking out of Neon's when the sun was about to come up
you could remember traffic went both ways thru the underpass
you remember going to senior skip day at the lake
you remember where maroon trailer park was and whats in its place now
you can remember playing basketball at the old community center
you took swimming lessons at the old pool with the big fountain in the center
you know the number of the steam engine at fairview park
you've drank at the plaza lounge underage
you remember those funny looking stainless steel circles being across the road by the old dairy queen (what were these)
we had a Burger Chef and Jeff fast food restaurant
Washington School was a school not an apartment
we used to drag race on Shattuac road by the college
Paul Wright had your name in his black book
you remember Locust St. being closed off in front of the downtown stores then opened then closed then opened
you may have been to Peno's bar and gotten served when you were 15
you remember Sparky and Joan from the Grand Roller Rink
you walked from High School to Turners Cafe for lunch
you remember stumbling up and down the back door ramp at Jerry's Bigger Jigger
you've partied at the Pink House
there used to be a donut shop across from the volunteer fire department ( Ralph's haircut cove is located there now)
you cruised the strip and drank beer at the shopping center parking lot ( who had their beer and w$$d dumped out by the cops?) back in the day
you went to Shores Arcade and hung out
you still crave Pizzeria food (They had the best damn pizza in town)
you remember walking a block away from the high school smoking a cig and Mr. Horner caught you
the Langenfeld had the best damn fried chicken on their buffet
Cody's Tavern was right across the street from the Langenfeld Hotel
the Little Egypt Club had the pool table with the purple cloth (please tell me others have been in there-wait I can name a few that went it there with me)
you knew what the Cherry "lite up" on the La Tour's sign meant (well when we were high school age we thought we knew what it meant)
you remember snow days and going to Stover's Hill
you remember drinking at the House of Kai ( another wonderful place for us underage drinkers at the time)
you remember going to Linda's Pantry (Linda's Panties) after a good night of drinking. Mmmmm smell that bacon grease!
you knew how to drive right to rubber road and kotex curve
you shopped downtown at the La Boutique and Toppers
you chased down the little white snow cone station wagon
you know what a Carillon Tower is
you thought Coles Creek was a beach
you're not embarrassed to tell someone your an Orphan
you spent more time at the Foundation Park Bowl while in High School than you did at home
Jeff Carlin was your sports hero
someone in your immediate family worked for the Illinois Central Railroad
pulled up through the Block drive-thru and gotten a 12 pack for a road trip
you went to Joyce's for a haircut and she had the special magazine rack containing the newest edition of Play Boy
you remember drinking at the Dungeon
you thought the Poplar Place would never make it being located in a old house
you knew where the Terminal Tavern was that mysteriously burned down ( a great place for underage drinking)
you remember the Fairview Park Bowling Alley that had the bricks in front of it that spelled out Centralia (it was located where Wendy's is now)
you can remember Mother's Bakery
you remember 7 hill's road
you went to Toy Land for all your hobbie needs
you remember the AG grocery store was located where Country Bob's is now
you remember shopping downtown at JC Penny's
you remember going to Wilson's Drug Store right across from Altadonna's Standard Gas Station
you made the trip to South Town Market and Rosie greeted you at the door
you remember the famous Long John Silvers robbery
you remember the Fox Photo that was located on the mall parking lot
we had Straiths Yamaha, Ron Ricks Honda and before that Jasper's Harley Davidson
you can remember the smell of Kas Potato Chips cooking
you can remember what Candy Bar's were produced at the Old Candy Factory (think about what was painted on the side of the building)
you have bought Peanut Brittle from "Peanut Brittle Man" while he walked around at the shopping center and downtown
you've had a beer with juvenile and you know his real name
you would ride down to Ropers Bike shop on 16th street to get your bike worked on
you remember eating at the Wagon Wheel BBQ joint
you Fred Pierson taught you and your friends basketball at the community center
you remember going to shattuac road to watch a few "gear heads" drag race
you remember Friedman Brothers Furniture burning down
you remember driving by Bill-Rick Ford looking at the new cars in the octagon showroom
you remember the Star Gas Stations on both sides of town
you remember the unsolved death of Mr. Shakespear
you remember the old community center run by Howard Cooksey along with his secretary Amy
you remember partying at the rock
you remember driving thru the underpass in either direction
you know who Gary Gaetti is
you remember what Valley Steel was
you remember the Vineyard
you watch Hollywood Candy Factory burn down
you remember Wilsons Drug Store right across from Altadonnas Gas Station