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While in high school, on Friday and Saturday nights I remember cruising in my car up and down Shawntel Smith Blvd.. Through the Sonic parking lot at one end back to the Bulldog Carwash on the other and back again late into the night.
In addition, I worked at Simple Simon's Pizza and spent a majority of time there both on the clock and off. Many of my friends worked there or would come visit as it is one of only three dine-in restaurants in the budding metropolis known as Muldrow, Oklahoma.
I went to Muldrow High~School in the early 80's. At that time, each Friday and Saturday night, we would hang out with our group of friends by "circling town". We would drive the 2 mile strip by turning around at "The Beacon drive- in" on the east side of town and turning around again at "Ocee's drive -in" on the west side of town. We would do this from 7 to 10pm (curfew) . Anybody who was anyone would do this. We would watch for the people we had crushes on that week. We would look to see what girl was riding with what guy. We would make sure the boys we liked weren't riding with another girl and if they were we would be devastated and have to console each other. If our crush was riding alone or with a group of guys, we would wave at them and honk as we passed on the road. After a few rounds of this, eventually either the boys or us would pull into one of the drive-ins and wait hoping the other would pull in so we could talk. If they did pull into the drive-in that was great because that meant everyone else circling town would see us talking to each other.... which meant we must be pretty important if someone was talking to us!
The kid's don't circle town anymore. Years back, I'm not sure why.... maybe the business owners or police started cracking down on "circling". I remember after I had gotten married and became a "homebody", my husband and I were going home late one Saturday evening and the town was dead quiet. Not a teen in sight. No cars. No traffic. No life. I had no idea kid's weren't circling anymore. It's really a shame, too. Sure, we teens were probably a nuisance while we drove our weekly circle but at least our parents knew where we were and could be assured we weren't doing anything wrong. If our parents wanted to check-up on us and spy, all they had to do was to drive the strip and see us. Now, who knows what the kids are doing?
While in high school, on Friday and Saturday nights I remember cruising in my car up and down Shawntel Smith Blvd.. Through the Sonic parking lot at one end back to the Bulldog Carwash on the other and back again late into the night.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I worked at Simple Simon's Pizza and spent a majority of time there both on the clock and off. Many of my friends worked there or would come visit as it is one of only three dine-in restaurants in the budding metropolis known as Muldrow, Oklahoma.
-Dylan Medeiros, Class of 2007
I went to Muldrow High~School in the early 80's. At that time, each Friday and Saturday night, we would hang out with our group of friends by "circling town". We would drive the 2 mile strip by turning around at "The Beacon drive- in" on the east side of town and turning around again at "Ocee's drive -in" on the west side of town. We would do this from 7 to 10pm (curfew) . Anybody who was anyone would do this. We would watch for the people we had crushes on that week. We would look to see what girl was riding with what guy. We would make sure the boys we liked weren't riding with another girl and if they were we would be devastated and have to console each other. If our crush was riding alone or with a group of guys, we would wave at them and honk as we passed on the road. After a few rounds of this, eventually either the boys or us would pull into one of the drive-ins and wait hoping the other would pull in so we could talk. If they did pull into the drive-in that was great because that meant everyone else circling town would see us talking to each other.... which meant we must be pretty important if someone was talking to us!
ReplyDeleteThe kid's don't circle town anymore. Years back, I'm not sure why.... maybe the business owners or police started cracking down on "circling". I remember after I had gotten married and became a "homebody", my husband and I were going home late one Saturday evening and the town was dead quiet. Not a teen in sight. No cars. No traffic. No life. I had no idea kid's weren't circling anymore. It's really a shame, too. Sure, we teens were probably a nuisance while we drove our weekly circle but at least our parents knew where we were and could be assured we weren't doing anything wrong. If our parents wanted to check-up on us and spy, all they had to do was to drive the strip and see us. Now, who knows what the kids are doing?
-Anon., Class of 1983