Eddie's Soda Shop

06/11/2024

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04/27/2018

WHAT CAN ANYONE SAY AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, ABOUT "EDDIE'S" SODA SHOP? NOT SPEAKING FOR OTHERS, JUST MYSELF, EVERY TIME I GO PAST THAT CORNER AT THIRD & MAIN STREETS, I CAN ALMOST HEAR THE MUSIC COMING FROM THE JUKEBOX INSIDE. THE FOUR ACES, JOHNNY MATHIS, ELVIS PRESLEY, KAY FORTUNE, NAT KING COLE AND OTHERS. AND I CAN PICTURE THE OLD LAMP POST THAT STOOD DIRECTLY IN FRONT WHERE ALL "THE REALLY COOL GUYS " HUNG OUT, WAITING FOR A RIDE OR JUST CHECKIN' OUT THE GIRLS THAT WALKED BY.

BUSINESSES IN THAT BUILDING THAT WERE ESTABLISHED SINCE THEN, EVEN THE RAZING OF THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND TURNING IT INTO A COUNTY JUDICIAL BUILDING, WILL NEVER ERASE THOSE MEMORIES.

04/02/2018

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING EDDIE GOERLITZ'S BROTHER, GEORGE, AT ONE OF MY BOOK SIGNINGS. LATER, HE SENT ME THIS NOTE IN THE MAIL.

04/02/2018

I ALSO RECEIVED A VERY NICE NOTE IN THE MAIL FROM RAE GARRISON, ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, WHO TOLD ME ONCE THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE TOO MUCH POTENTIAL IN ME BECAUSE I GIGGLED TOO MUCH.

SORRY THIS HAS BEEN DAMAGED OVER TIME.

03/29/2018

I DEDICATE THIS GROUP PAGE TO SUSIE GOERLITZ AYLSWORTH FOR ALL OF HER HELP AND INTEREST IN MAKING MY FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK "SEE YOU AT EDDIE'S" POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE WAS FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE WITH CANCER, WHEN I CONTACTED HER WITH MY IDEAS, SHE DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM HER HOME IN CARMI, ILLINOIS, AND BROUGHT ME BOXES OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, MENUS FROM THE FORMER TEENAGE HANGOUT, NOTES HER FATHER HAD WRITTEN DOWN, AND ALL OF HER MEMORIES WRITTEN DOWN FOR ME ALSO.

03/29/2018

SUSIE GOERLITZ LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE FIRST AUTOGRAPH PARTY THAT WAS HELD IN MY HONOR AND SHE EVEN TALKED HER BROTHER, EDDIE, JR., WHO WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE RELUCTANT, TO BE THERE ALSO.

03/29/2018

03/28/2018

One of the neatest things about the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s in Boonville, was the the traditional "Snake Dance" from the old football field at Boonville High School up to and through "Eddie's" Soda Shop after a winning game.