Long ago on independence square (Kansas City, Lee's Summit: payment, Thai, premium)

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Dwilson kc

Mad Anthonie

Would like to see the old photos of 23rd and Kiger. My wife lived in the house where Drenon's Jewelry nows stands and her grandmother and family owned everything on the southwest corner for years. It was a Phillips 66 station connected to the Queen City Feed store next to Kay's restaurant. The house my wife's grandma lived in started out sitting on that corner as a tavern. Later it was moved to the next lot south on Lee's Summit Road. After she sold the land to HyVee she moved out of that area. The house was again moved across 23rd to again become a feed store. That location was near where the Starbucks is located now. I've always said it is the most traveled house in Independence.

Welcome to the best and busiest thread in the KC area! Hopefully you'll stick around and help us fill in the gaps of our collective memories.

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Take a look at the first two photos at post number 305, page 31, presented by Mad Anthonie. Those buildings in the photo went in sometime around 1959-60 on the northeast corner of 23rd and Kiger. Prior to that time, the station and hardware and grocery store were directly across from Queen City Feed on the northwest corner of 23rd.

I would be interested in seeing if Mad has any photos of Queen City Feed, also. I ate at the restaurant many times. You might remember John Brown, who owned all the property on those north corners and lived in a house on 23rd just a few hundred feet west of the intersection.

Sorry gents, to the best of my recollection I have exactly zero shots of the old feed store, or anything on that corner. My Beloved would also love to see the old buildings, as she grew up only a few blocks from there. Perhaps someday while going through the several thousand slides and pix from her collection we'll find something.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by Dwilson kc

Mad Anthonie

Would like to see the old photos of 23rd and Kiger. My wife lived in the house where Drenon's Jewelry nows stands and her grandmother and family owned everything on the southwest corner for years. It was a Phillips 66 station connected to the Queen City Feed store next to Kay's restaurant. The house my wife's grandma lived in started out sitting on that corner as a tavern. Later it was moved to the next lot south on Lee's Summit Road. After she sold the land to HyVee she moved out of that area. The house was again moved across 23rd to again become a feed store. That location was near where the Starbucks is located now. I've always said it is the most traveled house in Independence.

Welcome! What do you go by? Everyone here calls me Doc. Don't forget the slot car track and liquor store that was also on that corner.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by Dwilson kc

Mad Anthonie

Would like to see the old photos of 23rd and Kiger. My wife lived in the house where Drenon's Jewelry nows stands and her grandmother and family owned everything on the southwest corner for years. It was a Phillips 66 station connected to the Queen City Feed store next to Kay's restaurant. The house my wife's grandma lived in started out sitting on that corner as a tavern. Later it was moved to the next lot south on Lee's Summit Road. After she sold the land to HyVee she moved out of that area. The house was again moved across 23rd to again become a feed store. That location was near where the Starbucks is located now. I've always said it is the most traveled house in Independence.

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Stan Calvert





Stan Calvert- The way I remember him

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by Dwilson kc

Mad Anthonie

Would like to see the old photos of 23rd and Kiger. My wife lived in the house where Drenon's Jewelry nows stands and her grandmother and family owned everything on the southwest corner for years. It was a Phillips 66 station connected to the Queen City Feed store next to Kay's restaurant. The house my wife's grandma lived in started out sitting on that corner as a tavern. Later it was moved to the next lot south on Lee's Summit Road. After she sold the land to HyVee she moved out of that area. The house was again moved across 23rd to again become a feed store. That location was near where the Starbucks is located now. I've always said it is the most traveled house in Independence.

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Welcome to the best and busiest thread in the KC area! Hopefully you'll stick around and help us fill in the gaps of our collective memories.



Sorry gents, to the best of my recollection I have exactly zero shots of the old feed store, or anything on that corner. My Beloved would also love to see the old buildings, as she grew up only a few blocks from there. Perhaps someday while going through the several thousand slides
and pix from her collection we'll find something.

I'd like to see some too, Mad. My childhood neighbor and buddy worked at Kay's, and my Dad used to take my brother and I to the slot car track. As far as that goes, it'd be pretty cool to have photos of all four corners!

[WCHS'59]

When in high school, I was on a very slim budget even though I worked part time.

When I needed a "new" tire, I would go behind Stan's DX where he piled all the old tires that he took off of his customer's cars to install new ones. I would pick out the best old tire I could find for exactly $1 and he would put it on my car for maybe 50 cents.

This was in the days before you had to pay a fee for recycling the old tires. I dont know what he did with all the old tires he had, but every so often they would disappear and the pile would start growing again.

Tires back in the fifties and sixties did not last a long time. I remember buying a new 67 Ford and I recall failing a safety inspection on an Army post because the tread was really worn down on my back two tires. It was early 1968 and the car had 17,000 miles on it. I had to buy two new tires before the car would pass.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

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Tires back in the fifties and sixties did not last a long time. I remember buying a new 67 Ford and I recall failing a safety inspection on an Army post because the tread was really worn down on my back two tires. It was early 1968 and the car had 17,000 miles on it. I had to buy two new tires before the car would pass.

You don't suppose all those burnouts had any effect on the rear tires, do you?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

You don't suppose all those burnouts had any effect on the rear tires, do you?

Chuckle.

I was past that sort of thing by this time in my life. This was the first new car I had ever purchased. It was a Ford Fairlane 500XL, two door hardtop with air, bucket seats, automatic on the floor, a console, am-fm with one speaker, power steering, power brakes, and tubeless tires. I thought I was uptown.

I paid $2,950 and did not have a trade in. Some folks could not believe a Ford could cost that much. My payments were around $90 a month for three years. That was a lot of money. My folks were paying $108 a month for their new home in Glendale Gardens on 35th Street.

By this time, I think Fairlane was a model unto itself and was smaller than the regular Ford. I think the regular Ford was a Galaxy and was a different car.


As I recall, even premium tires were lucky to get 25,000 miles, if that, back then. This was before radials and then steel radials came into vogue.


And in 1967, we were not that far removed from having to use inner tubes. I had owned only two cars, a 53 and 58 Ford, prior to that time and both required inner tubes.


I also seem to recall that the manufacturers back then put the cheapest possible tires on their cars, whereas now the quality is rather good.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

You might enjoy these:


Stan Calvert


Stan Calvert- The way I remember him

Great pics, service stations/repair shops from the good ol days. About the only place you could find what you needed for sparkplugs or belts, etc. was Western Auto. Well, I guess we had Sears and Wards too. Those mom n pop owned stations were hit and miss when the car needed maintenance/repair.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

We have a WINNER!!!!



Mr. Bostian was a successful business man in Independence in the 1880s-90s. In 1900 he became the Postmaster for Indep., a position he retired from in 1913.

I'm not sure which of the Fletchers lived there, perhaps you do?

1930 602 N. Delaware: Bostian, Lawrence (Salesman, Bostian Motors, 121 S. Main); Louise (teacher); Margaret ("wid Wm")

614 N. Delaware: Laura Fletcher

Kenneth V. Bostian (Mary) 709 Van Horn Rd.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

We have a WINNER!!!!



Mr. Bostian was a successful business man in Independence in the 1880s-90s. In 1900 he became the Postmaster for Indep., a position he retired from in 1913.

I'm not sure which of the Fletchers lived there, perhaps you do?

No. 18 on the Walking Tour:

18. Bostian House
602 North Delaware (Private)

An 1887 frame Queen Anne that was built by W.T. Cooper and was home to Maria J. Fletcher, a widow who took in boarder. The house was sold to the Bostonian Family in 1905.

So just who were these "Fletchers"? Political/business family?