We had typing classes alongside Business economics!! Once I started earning a wage we used to go dancing to Discotheque's every weekend.. never missed... even on a Sunday night when I had to be up for work on a Monday, and I was never late for work. LOL..beggar off, Woolworth was not before your time, ..for that I would charge you double for an ice cream cone and an orange juice ..
Remember it! I worked in one as a prep guy and there I found my first love; open faced roast beef or turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes and a green veggie! And yeah, my first real girl friend was a waitress there also but the open faced sandwiches she served probably endeared me to her.
We didn't have a Woolworths with a lunch counter, but we had a Lauerman's Department Store that was set up just like that, with fountain drinks and soft-serve ice cream, with chocolate or butterscotch toppings. They sold food too but I don't think I ever ordered food there. Lauerman's closed its department store in Marinette, Wisconsin a long time ago but they now have another building, just selling furniture. Typing was an easy class because I already knew how to to type when I started it. Other than nagging me a little bit for not using my little fingers for anything other than the home keys, I did well in typing since my speed and accuracy were very good. I can remember when we had an ice chest. As I remember, it looked pretty much like a regular refrigerator, except that it had a compartment on the bottom that held a block of ice, as well as a place for the melting ice water to drain. The Amish in Smyrna, Maine have propane refrigerators.
We didn't have Woolworth's in our town either, but we had Murphy's and W. T. Grant stores that were very similar. Most of us went to the Rexall drug store for the soda fountain, but we occasionally went to the 5&10s to eat. For a long time, the more modern propane refrigerators were made in Sweden for the most part, but I remember Servel gas refrigerators from boyhood. Here are some of the modern gas frig models, and several are now made in the U.S.A. https://www.lehmans.com/category/gas-refrigerators-freezers
We had 'em in downtown Wheeling, W. Va. I rode 'em in the early 1940's before we moved to California in our 1928 Hudson Super Six. (Ours had side-mounted spares) Hal
Wee still have campfires in the backyard with s'mores with the grandkids, but we don't sleep out any longer.
I have never seen anything like that Nancy... I must show hubs, he may know of them.. he's very electronically minded, and even tho' he's only in his 50's I remember him telling me that even as a child he built a Crystal radio , albeit no-one used them by then ( the 70's) .just because he was fascinated with anything electrical.
Yes we did that! My girlfriend and I would play all night. But when I played with my cousin, she always wanted to win, so it was over quickly.
Wall mount match holder in the kitchen, near the stove, before pilot lights. Metal canister sets. Reminds me of my grandmother's house---no electricity, all gas, including lights.