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Michael H. Hart
If I recall I think it was Schiff's Shoe Store that had the foot X-Ray machine and sticking our shod feet in the stand up position and look down into the viewer to see the bones in our feet. I played with that thing so much . . . who knew.
There was one hobby shop in town and at first it was located off the downtown traffic circle beside the lawyer's offices. Then it moved several doors down from Giovanni's on Main St. We would spend so much time browsing in that store without buying much, we had to get on the owner's nerves. Probably thinking we would swipe something - we never did.
Fairborn's Jurassic Park was the cement plant quarry to the sides of Rt. 235. It was strictly "No Trespassing" but we would get in the danger zone by riding our bikes about halfway up the 235 steep hill - stop and check for no car traffic - then run like hell pushing our bikes up the narrow gauge railroad tracks that connected the quarry to the processing plant. We dodged plant personnel vehicles, sometimes hear blasting in the distance and found out Fairborn's police department had a pistol firing range out there. A young and dumb kick in not getting caught. It is now Oakes Quarry Park and open to the public.
Right in the middle of 14 year old passions for motor scooters was Earhart's Sporting Goods store just oblique across the street from Giovanni's. In the spring and summer there would be a lineup of sparkling bright Lambretta scooters parked right up to the sidewalk. We would loiter looking and dreaming at those motorized freedom machines.
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