Memories about growing up in:

You wouldn't be known as Linda? Really casting a long-shot now!

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I remember the Clovis A&W on the N/E corner of Clovis Ave, and 5th St. I don't remember the closing date, but in 1975, I went to Clark Jr. High and don't remember it being open then.

Was the Blackstone A&W previously a "Norm's Drive In"? This is going waayyyy back.

Don't think so. Norm's started in the Mayfair shopping center and then moved to the SW corner of Blackstone and Shaw, just north of the old Clawson Boats/Honda dealership...

Norm Christensen (RIP) initially struggled but eventually did just OK with his Norm's Drive-ins. Then he bought Clausen's Boats and shortly thereafter got the Honda Motorcycle franchise at Clausen's. That was a home run for Norm, but then he got the Honda car franchise, as well! After that he was pretty well set. He then bought a cattle ranch and the marina rights at Millerton, the marina rights at Folsom Lake near Sacramento, and a 105K acre cattle ranch in eastern Oregon. My brother married into the Christensen family and I always thought Norm -- with his entrepreneurial spirit -- and his sibs were an interesting bunch.