MAN ON THE STREET IN M-TOWN & THE DONUT MACHINE!

      A classmate of mine, Donna Ingram,  from high school days, was talking the other day and one thing led to another and  we ended up talking about  Kresge's in Marshalltown on the corner of Main and Center when we were growing up in the 1950's and early 1960's.

      Several things came to mind like the long lunch counter there with cherry cokes, Dale Smith of KFJB Radio as "Man on The Street" at noon broadcast from Kresge's, and one important item that I really remembered and that was the donut machine that stood up front. It always fascinated me with the dough plopping out and then going around in hot oil and then spitting them out hot and ready to go!

      A ways back in the store I also remember a machine that had hot nuts of all kinds and I always was buying a small sack of cashews for 25 cents. Nothing better. Donna also remembered several things that were "girl" related that was sold in the store. Surprise! Surprise! I didn't remember those things but just the donuts and cashews! That's no surprise.