eating contest at Chester's 40 flavors

[tejas]

William (Book o' Virtues) Bennett was Sec'y of Education and the first Drug
Czar.

Harumph!

Ted Samsel

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frances Morey" <Frances_Morey@excite.com>
To: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>;
<austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: eating contest at Chester's 40 flavors


> You are right on, Mike, and next door was the famous Bevo's Westside
> Taproom, which I thought of as the neighborhood bank because I lived on W.
> 23 and Rio Grande and it was the closest place I could cash checks to go
> spend money elsewhere. That guy, Bennet, who became a Surgeon General
under
> one of the more conservative presidents, I believe, was one of the people
> who hung out there.
> Frances
>
>
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 13:46:46 -0600, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>
> >  shelton wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Billy Jim Strong mentions the Green Monster eating contest between
the
> >  > DAILY TEXAN team and the RANGER team.  I remember it well, having
been
> >  > present at the event, although thankfully not as a contestant.
> >  >
> >  > There was an ice cream parlor on the corner of 24th and (Rio Grande?)
> >  > which had 36 flavors of ice cream (This shop has been immortalized by
> >  > Lieuen Adkins in his poem "Willie and the 36 Flavors).
> >
> >  As I remember the name of the store was Chester's 40 Flavors
> >  it was on 24th at or near Rio Grande.
> >
> >  Chester was a character, he wanted my sister-in-law (to be)
> >  to paint a portrait of him but in the nude. The 40 flavors
> >  were all different colors but all tasted the same -- nasty.
> >  They may not have been WW II Army surplus but the syrup for
> >  Chester-Cola was, it came in big drums with US Army markings on
> >  them. I tried Chester-Cola once: unbelievable.
> >
> >  Chester's girlfriend, a hairdresser lived in the same rooming
> >  house as my sister-in-law, also on 24th. This was an old frame
> >  house with a beauty parlour on the first floor. Anybody
> >  else remember? Carolyn, you remember all this doncha?
> >
>
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