Hasty Tasty
Moline
Stories set here
- Radio, Sock Hops, and Teenage DaysBarbara recalls listening to KSTT—1170 AM and WLS—890, cruising Rock Island's One-Ways with girlfriends, Maid Rite sandwiches, and Whitey’s ice cream, where her mother always chose a strawberry cone. Her teen memories include sock hops, poodle skirts, crinolines, cinch belts, saddle shoes, Capezios, and curling irons heated on the gas stove. She remembers ten-cent fries after McDonalds opened during junior high, lunchtime dancing at Coolidge Jr. High, homecoming floats, 4-H and the County Fair, baby-sitting, work at Turnstyle and the Hasty Tasty, ironing even pillowcases, pizza's growing popularity, televised basketball tournaments, and hearing about the first man going into space over the school intercom.
- Friends Turn Herman Away from RevengeAt about seventeen, Bernard and his best friend Herman Nelson became caught in the rivalry between Moline and East Moline guys after getting East Moline girlfriends. Herman confronted rivals at the Chocolate Shop and was beaten in the alley. After retrieving a .22 pistol, he intended to return and shoot the man he blamed for his broken nose. Bernard, Sig Eckburg, Jerry Edlund, and Bill Adams persuaded him to go to the hospital instead by warning that his nose might heal crooked. They never returned to the Chocolate Shop, and Herman dropped the girlfriend, but rivals continued looking for them at the Hasty Tasty. One night they hid under Herman's car to avoid being caught.
Events here
Teen years
Nighttime dishwashing at the Hasty Tasty
Barbara worked nights as a dishwasher.
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