The picture is of a Revell model of the steamboat Robert E. Lee but is not the actual one my dad built to show Al. When Al was done with the ideal of building the Showboat, the model came back to our house and set on the bookcase for years until my mother got tired of dusting it, and it was pitched.

Another thing I remember about the place, was the old projection booth was too small for all the movies that Al and Nate were buying, so my dad constructed a new wing on the North end of the booth, and doubled the size of the structure.

When I got to go there and spend the night if I didn't like the movie that was being played on the big screen, dad would fire up a little projector in the stored room and I would have my own private movie.

I graduate from Warren in 67 and will be turning 61 in a few days so I've seen a lot of changes on the Eastside. It is a shame to see it going down, so much for progress. I just read a book on the Eastside and I was a little disappointed that a lot of information on the Eastside in the 50's and 60's weren't even mention.

Like Dan Young Rambler, Robert's Drug store, Bell's and Shaw's Pharmacy, A&P, Pritchard Pratt and O'gradey bowling, Howard Johnson, Sky Harbor Airport, the National Drive-in, etc. etc. I could go on forever about all the neat stuff that was on the Eastside. Well, enough said what is the past is the past.

Rick Reeves
September, 2009