(Courtesy of Cathi Young Frazier)

Shirley Deppen Young and Carl L. Young Jr. owned the business from 1950-1953, but they rented the building. They were open from 10 AM to 11 PM and had one employee other than Shirley working there. I think her name was Julia Thomas. They did a lot of business from the mill across the street. The menu was soup, hotdogs, hamburgers, ice cream, milk shakes, and coffee. Mom said coffee was 5 cents a cup and she thinks hotdogs were 10 cents. They also had the fruit stand along side and sold apples and peaches when they were in season. Mom said they lived in a trailer behind the dairy bar so she was close to work and all of my sisters and brother were born during this time. She said she worked up to the day she had them and went back to work three days after they were born.

My dad finished his senior year of high school and played on all the teams and extra activities and she worked the dairy bar. This was all while they were 17 and 18 years of age. They sold the business when my dad was hired away from the silk mill in Beavertown and he and Davey Kline came down to York when Tioga hired them.”

(Who did they sell it to? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

The Opera House, also known as the P.O.S. of A. Hall, and later to become our town’s first firehall, had a basement kitchen and dining room on the south side. They often served delicious chicken and waffle suppers there. On coolish or cold evenings, the ambient smell of good home cooking permeated the atmosphere in there and made it all a most delightful dining experience.