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Miami Springs Rexall Drug Store on the Circle in Miami Springs - 65th Anniversary on October 15, 2011

45 Curtiss Parkway, Miami Springs, Florida view map


Photo courtesy of Gary Licko. Jeff Levine advises that this photo was taken by Ernie Skog of Ernie's Studio and Camera Center.

This was a typical Rexall Drug Store in the 40's and 50's but this one still exists. It has been owned and operated by the John Stadnik family since 1946. They also had a drug store and luncheonette in the Miami International Airport terminal opposite Concourse F (previously Concourse 3) for decades and I bought many reasonably priced employee discounted take out breakfasts and lunches there throughout the 1970's and 80's while working for the airport. The waitresses I remember working that counter were Dottie, Helen Lyall and a little short one whose name I can't remember now.

October 20, 2011: from The Miami Herald:

Miami Springs Pharmacy celebrates 65 years

Remembering when: Carol Stadnik Dodgen (c), owner of Miami Springs Pharmacy, chats with longtime customers Martha Funderburk (l) and Karen Ingle (r) when the old drug store celebrated its 65th birthday last Saturday.

BY WALLACE CLARK
RIVER CITIES GAZETTE

The oldest business in the city celebrated its 65th birthday last Saturday, Oct. 15. Pharmacist John Stadnik opened Stadnik’s Miami Springs Pharmacy in 1946, soon after he returned home at the end of World War II, in which he served as an officer.

“This place has been quite an accomplishment, a dream,” said Stadnik’s daughter, Carol Stadnik Dodgen, who now operates the business. “I wish Dad had been here. He celebrated the 50th and 55th.”

John Stadnik died in 2004.

Many people remember Stadnik as a gentleman who always dressed in a suit and tie. He was well respected as a consummate businessman, in Miami Springs and throughout the county and state.

He and his first wife (long deceased) had five children, three of whom — Kathy, Carol and Leroy — still live in the Springs. John married a second time and was predeceased by his beloved Zanny.

Last year, Carol Dodgen resurrected the soda fountain and luncheonette, which was there at the beginning. “I named it Johnny’s in honor of my father,” said Dodgen.

Dodgen isn’t old enough to have been around when John Stadnik had his grand opening, but Martha Funderburk, 86, attended with her husband. Funderburk moved to Miami Springs in 1946, shortly before the drug store (as many people still call it) opened. She also recalls going to the grand opening of the Circle Theatre (now long gone) down the block.

Funderburk was on hand Saturday for lunch. “I wouldn’t miss this,” she said. “My family (four children) and I have been coming here since it opened.”

Also showing up for the 65th birthday commemoration was regular customer Karen Ingle, 68. “My family moved here in 1946 and I’ve been coming here all my life.”

Ingle remembers when she was in elementary school and Stadnik’s had a “Most Popular Kid Contest.” Prizes were a bicycle and a doll set.

“I won the bicycle and I cried because I wanted the doll set,” said Ingle. “My mother had to go out and buy me a doll.”

Ingle recalls long ago when her grandfather had a medical condition so painful that only cobra venom would bring relief.

“John Stadnik would go to the Serpentarium (long gone), get the venom, bring it to my grandfather and only charge $5. You could call John at home long after closing and he would make up whatever you needed and bring it by.”

Ingle remembers that during a long-ago flood John Stadnik would deliver medicine and groceries in a rowboat to those in need.

“You’re not a customer here, you’re family,” said Ingle. “They’re always there to help and comfort. This place is the backbone of Miami Springs. It would be a shame if it ever closed.”

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/21/2459854/miami-springs-pharmacy-celebrates.html#ixzz1bTmvWYDW

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December 2010: now open - Johnny's Soda Fountain & Luncheonette inside the drug store. The Soda Fountain is named after and dedicated to John "Johnny" Stadnik, 1917-2004. "Now you'all can come in for ice cream!" Visit their website at: http://www.miamispringspharmacy.com

For a view from the north after the Flood of 1947 see http://www.pbase.com/image/80163461


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Don Boyd27-Apr-2011 17:44
Thank you to all the Springs kids who have written in with your comments. Your memories are important for future generations to read and understand how life was for us in the 50's, 60's and 70's.

Wayne, you were close on the Italian restaurant's name but it was Quinty's, not Quincy's, and it was owned by the father of a good friend of mine whose name was Quinton Ciolfi, thus Quinty's. I'm still in touch with his sons and in fact the younger son Eddie lives on the other side of the lake from me. The older son, Quinton "Pete" is up in Titusville.

Don
Wayne Baggett 27-Apr-2011 16:36
My parents owned Barry's Cleaner's on the circle across from the Food Palace. We lived in the back of the building. Barry's is still in business today in a building across the driveway that used to be a VW/Porsche dealership. I worked at the Food Palace after school while attending Miami Jackson High from 1958-61. I spent my lunch or dinner break at Quincy's Italian restaurant across the street. I can still smell the fresh bread and see the red & white plaid tablechoths. I have many more fond memories, but it would fill volumes. This website is quite a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I didn't realize what a magical time and place in we all grew up in. My how times have changed.
Kathy Woolington 17-May-2010 20:58
I'm another person who lives in the Orlando area who grew up in Miami Springs. We should start a Facebook page. I remember the Circle Theater behind the drugstore. I saw the movie "Around the World in 80 Days" there. It was my first "grown up" movie. My dentist office was on a street behind the drug store but I can't remember his name, this was in the 1950's. Does anyone remember this dentist? He was great, very gentle and had sugar-free gum and lollipops. I knocked out my 2 front teeth in 1957 when I was 7 yrs old and he put them back in. It was still a new procedure then and I was his first. I also remember seeing Santa Claus at the "Big Circle", I still have that picture. If anyone wants to see what the area looks like now you can Google Earth it and get street views. It's great!
Joanne 24-Sep-2009 01:28
Thanks for all the great pictures...brings back many memories...my first job was at the Circle Theater, Mr Ovidio ran the place and I loved sitting in the box selling the tickets. My best friend was Carol Stadnik, so onto Stadnik's for summer work...loved it there....Cathy, Leroy, DeDe and Jay lived and breathed there...then there was Paramex owned by Uncle Hank ... Olga Stadnik owned the gift shop it was called "The House of Friendship"....Glad those days are far in the past.....
cindi 17-Jun-2009 05:04
thanks for the great "now" picture-it's fun to see those railings i used to swing around waiting for my mom who was shopping in the store, i remember coming out of the movies on saturday morning and pausing at the corner to stare at the miniature porcelain animals on display then head for the drug store-does anyone remember what the name of the corner trinket shop was? around 1970?
KEN ERWIN 11-Dec-2008 18:39
O.K. THIS PICTURE OF PLACES ON THE CIRCLE REALLY BRINGS MEMS. THE CIRCLE THEA. AND THE ESSEX THEA. EVERY SAT. I WOULD BE THERE ALL DAY LONG . IN THESE PLACES MY FIRST EXPLOITS OF HOW BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ARE . FRENCH KISSING , HOLDING HANDS , AND WHATEVER YOU COULD GET YOUR HANDS ON . ( THE OLD SAYING OF ROMAN HANDS AND RUSSIAN FINGERS ) GOD WHAT A BLAST . DAYS TO BE REMB. KEN E.
onna (Bigelow) Hudson 16-Feb-2008 21:59
Having grown up in Miami Springs in the 1950's, the Miami Springs drug store on the circle was the hang out for many of us, Marilyn Stone, Nadine Todd, Warren Corbin, Bob Mashburn and many others. Today is so much different than it was back then, it's really hard to believe the changes!!
Guest 04-Feb-2008 19:23
Typo below. Bill Randolph. Does anyone remember the Clothes Closet across the street from Stadnik's. The very personable owner murdered his girlfriend and placed her body in a steel drum which he dumped in the canal. If I remember correctly, a woman was killed near the Circle in the early 1940s by a pack of dogs. The Springs used to be crisscrossed by canals which were filled in after they became stagnant and a breeding area for mosquitos.
Guest 02-Feb-2008 01:35
Ken's Lounge, the happening place in the early '60s. Hanging out with Billy Rabdolph, hoping that we'd get lucky. RIP, Billy.
Guest 22-Jan-2008 01:13
This is just a follow up foot note of LSU medical school which opened its doors in
1931....Sorry about that Dr.Tommy..
He always liked having it written "JUST SO"...
UUnlce 22-Jan-2008 00:55
Dearest Judy,
I too can remember that dear Dr Thompson very well.
Yes indeed he graduated from Auburn but recieved his medical practice teaching from LSU in 1937.
as a matter of fact it was the first graduating class of LSU.
He also was a FAA Flight Surgeon/AreoSpace Medicine.
As far as I am concerned to this very day he'll never be replaced.
He had such a nice home out there on Ludlam Dr.
It was between Starling Ave to the northside,Redbird Ave to the south side and on the east side of the house where the old "pony shed" once was Miami Springs Ave.
I can close my eyes to this very moment and tell you in detail how everything was in
his yard and the rather poolside area.
It was almost like a mini resort per say.
Some have mentioned that the house was modeled after the house from the movie
"Family Trap" starring Hailey Mills and Brian Keith, Maureen O'Hara.
Not likely though because I can vividly remember the house being contructed after
the Korean conflct in 1954.
If you go by there now the house and everthing that was a part of the property is gone....
He had 20 mango trees of two varities in the front yard. Fabulous indeed !
Gigi 11-Jan-2008 23:53
1979 - ? HUNTERS LOUNGE and HOLLIMANS
I was 18, just out of High School, and spreading my wings! Although I lived in Hialeah,
Miami Springs was where I always was. My High School Boyfriend of 2 years went to Miami Springs High School. I knew Dedi and Leroy Stadnik (they were the same age group)
I also have seen many a movie at the Circle Theather. Thank you for bringing back
fond memories.
Natures Exotic Beauty Photography08-Jan-2008 12:39
William, do you remember Mrs Reviere's son Andrew and did you know her daughter Dodi??
Lucky Cole
william h. moore 22-Dec-2007 17:16
In 1965 I was an usher at the Circle theater and lunch and supper were always at Stadnik's. I grew up with Johnnie Stadnik, a courageous and great hearted kid. I was raised in Miami Springs and graduated from HHS in 1965. I was in Florence Reviere's class in the sixth grade with Ted Hendricks and other great folks. My dad was a pilot with National Airlines. I still dream of Miami Springs! Great web site!!!
---Bill Moore
JJack 07-Dec-2007 06:27
I was born in 1929 and raised in Miami Springs. Our home was the seventh one there. Used to sit on the wall of the circle with my buddies and tell the tourist how to get to Hialeah Park. Many, many years later (1954) while on leave from the military I met my future wife in Stadnik's drug store. My brother attended a log cabin one-room school house in west Miami Springs and I attended the first regular school in Miami Springs, The Miami Springs Elementary School, Principal, Era Mae Furr.
gail 01-Dec-2007 07:46
wow what a great memory from the 70's the circle theater watching the Kung -Fu movies with my boyfriend. Thanks for the memories!!!!
Debbie 26-Oct-2007 03:11
What a floodgate of memories. So glad to know that something still stands from my childhood. I am a graduate of MSSH, Debbie Cicirelli, class of 69. Grew up in MS and VA Gardens. Rexall Drugs, Circle Theater, Food Palace are huge parts of many fond memories. I even remember the Easter Egg hunts that used to be held here.
For those of us who "hung out" here, it was indeed a very special time and era.
On that note, if any one is dealing with elderly/aging parents, please take a look at a project of mine that might be a financial help. www.veteranaid.org I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. debburak@comcast.net
Thanks for the time and effort in putting this all together. This has been an awesome trip down memory lane!
Ray23-Oct-2007 02:24
I think I just realized I can add a picture to this page now that I have registered on the site. Let's see if this works. Stadnik's in 2007:

Ray23-Oct-2007 02:12
If anyone would like to do some then and now comparisons, I posted some pictures I took today: http://rayvaughan.com/stadnik.htm Feel free to take to add to this page. I got a couple that pretty much match up.

The first floor is all modern. But the pictures of the second floor may trigger some memories.

Ray
Lucky Cole 10-Oct-2007 16:02
Sandy, you can E-mail me at ( l_cole@earthlink.net) You can also read a little about where we live, if you Google (Lucky Cole Everglades Photographer). Please let me know how Roger is doing.
Lucky
Sandy Fields Becker 09-Oct-2007 20:59
I've enjoyed reading messages from old friends and reminiscing those wonderful childhood and teenage years. My parents moved to Miami Springs in 1946 where they raised their family of five children. What a wonderful place to grow up. I'm hoping to get in touch with Lucky Cole. We attended Miami Springs Elementary together. I'd love to find Eileen Fitzgibbons, I also live in the Orlando area.
Guest 09-Oct-2007 01:38
guest - Found out 10-07 via Gar (George) Schloetzer that Carrie had passed away in PA a few years ago. Gar is Carrie's little brother and Vagabond Acres - at 740 Westward Drive in Miami Springs was owned by his father. The large block long property was sold many years ago and several homes have been built there. Both the Sr. Schloetzers have passed on. Gar attended the first graduating class from Miami Spring High School and was a nationally recognized All American swimmer.
Eileen Fitzgibbons 06-Oct-2007 02:37
I worked there when I was 14...my first job. I could not figure out the cash register, But they were so nice to me. We used to go in thru the back door after going to the movies at the Circle theatre.
I grew up on Hunting Lodge Dr. The "Circle" was my hangout on Saturdays. I now live in Orlando, but will forever cherish the wonderful childhood I had in Miami springs.
Eileen Fitzgibbons
Guest 20-Sep-2007 04:09
Stadnick's Rexall Drugs soda fountain was a great place to hang out on the 50's. I have lost contact with my high childhood friend from Vagabond Acres - Carrie Schloetzer who used to bike there with me. I wish I knew where she is so we could talk about old times. Mimi Newton Boney - Georgetown Texas
Guest 29-Aug-2007 03:56
I'm a graduate of Miami Springs Senior High (Go Golden Hawks!!!) and it's nice to know that this stills stands just as in this picture. MiamiSprings is just across the canal from Okeechobee Road in Hialeah (where I grew up and lived for 35 years) and it was a regular and favorite hang-out for me and my friends. It's one of those places which still holds it's small town charm.
Guest 25-Aug-2007 15:03
This Rexall still exists almost exactly as in this picture. It is still owned and operated by the Stadnik family and I get my perscriptions filled there regularly. Great small-town service still exists in Miami!
Lucky Cole 22-Aug-2007 10:53
Lucky Cole
I grew up in Miami Springs, my folks moved there in 1951 to 212 Cherokee St. in to a house my Uncle Paul built. My beautiful cus Judy Walker and my old friend Gar Schloetzer already said everything to be said.
I just want to say hello to any of my old friends and let them know that I am alive and well, living in the Florida Everglades. You can Google me at (Lucky Cole Everglades Photographer) or go on my website at (www.naturesexoticbeauty.com) if you wish to catch up on the past 50 years.
Lucky Cole
l_cole@earthlink.net
866-479-0427
George (Gar) Schloetzer 20-Aug-2007 19:01
Hello everyone I remember all the great and wonderful time growing up and doing allot of things like running through small lakes at the Miami Springs Golf Course after a hurricane or being chased of the golf course while riding our bikes. And how many of you can remember spinning lids all over the place at Vagabond Acers at 740 Westward Dr. unfortunately one of my jobs was to pick up all those lids. I also remember the slower, friendlier, more realistic times. Who can remember swimming at the Miami Springs Pool and the Halloween Parties at Vagabond Acers and the water balloon fights.
Jeff 16-Jul-2007 02:55
This photo of Stadnik's was from the files of the late Ernie Skog of Ernie's Studio and Camera Center. Although his main store was in North Miami, it's possible the photo was shot by someone other than Ernie, as he had a satellite location at 313 Palm Avenue in Hialeah.

This image is from my former collection and circa 1955-56; and is now part of historian Seth Bramson's archive...
Ken Bowes 03-Jul-2007 16:56
Ken Bowes 21-Jun-2007 20:50
I worked for several years for John Stadnik, delivering vetrinary supplies to Hialeah Race Track. His vet supply business was quite large with one of the most popular products delivered being cases of Geritol (about 66 proof as I recall). When the flood ocurred, it literally filled the circle to the top, as the circle itself was much lower than the surrounding streets and had a huge wall around it. My mother owned the fabric store next to Stadniks and we lived about 300 yards up Curtiss Parkway in the apartments...they were still there about 8 years ago when I last visited. My other great career choices around the circle included filling jelly donuts at the bakery and stock boy at the big grocery. We currently divide our time between Dunwoody (Atlanta) GA and Longboat Key FL. Your site it wonderful!
Guest 11-Jun-2007 12:03
Forgot to give my email address for the comment below.
Patricia Delahanty Stephens
patds@bellsouth.net
Guest 11-Jun-2007 11:59
My grandfather (WilliamCole) built a house across from Triangle Park bandstand in Hialeah in the 1920's just across the canal from Miami Springs. His son (Irv Cole, my Uncle) lived there when I visited them. I vividly remember this old Rexall Drug store there. Brings back all kind of memories. I spent many afternoons playing in the park and climbing the trees. My Aunt Ann used to buy meat from Henry Milander as he was just up the street from their house. That was when you bought meat every day and it was fresh. He used to be the Mayor of Hialeah also. My grandfather was a fireman in Hialeah and also a carpenter having helped to build Hialeah race track. He also built his house there. I remember a boy named Barney that lived next door to them that I played with. This was about 1943. My cousins names were Rhoda, Russell and George Cole. Rhoda was a beauty queen and taught the stewardesses of EAL poise. Russell was a Fireman and Fire Inspector for the City of Hialeah when he retired. My Mother was Ruth Cole Delahanty then. Later she married Thomas Hooe who was an inspector for EA.L.
This site has really brought back memories. When my Mother married Tom, we moved to West Miami and I went to Sylvania Heights Elem and then Kinloch Park Middle School. I grad from Lindsey Hopkins Vocational School in 1956. I got married in 1959 on Bird Road at Russell Brown's Motel and Store in their home. Russell Brown was an old friend of the family. Wonder what happened to them. Understand that their place has been replaced. It was just down the road from Tropical Park Race track then. I also spent lots of time at the Skating Rink and Bird Bowl on Bird Road. Lots of fun times back then. No problem with crime.
Does anyone remember the drag races held at the Homestead Tomatoe fields. We were there one night when the whole night was lit up with police cars that raided it. Cars took off thru the fields running from the law.
Patricia Delahanty Stephens
Guest 29-May-2007 16:43
The shoe store was Landau's, and Ken's Chinese Resturant and Lounge was on the corner where Hollmans is. There also was a toy store on the circle. There was a "gang" that was called circle gang that hung out infront of the drug store they wore leather jackets and their hair was slicked back into ducktails
Larry Cothron 27-May-2007 15:11
Judy. I remember Florence Reveire the reading teacher with the famous movie star son. I beleave the year was 1970 when I was in 5 grade.
Also remember my dad taking me and my brothers down the circle to the old barber shop,always a fun time lol. My mom would take us to buy shoes from the old couple that owned the shoe store at the circle. Lots of memories ,thanks.
Dave Burkett 26-May-2007 00:10
As far as I know This can not be substantiated. From old stories I remember Hearing in the 60's, My Grandfather James Albert Burkett helped Glen Curtis Build an airplane on the seconed floor of the drugstore. Later the plane was taken out onto the roof of the building to the south, lowered to the ground and towed to where Miami international is now.
My Grandfather went on a test flight with Mr. Curtis in the very same plane.

Thank you fore sharing these picturs. David M. Burkett
Mrfixit331@aol.com
Guest 25-May-2007 06:40
Hello Judy, I remember Milanders butcher shop. Henry Milander was the Mayor of Hialeah when I lived on 3rd street in 1947/48 and many's the time my Mom sent me there for "Lean loin pork chops". Being 11 years old at the time I thought that was the name of the chops she wanted and it was a long time before I realized what exactly Lean ment. Hubbards Cupbord was there then too, the Catholic Church had Mass in the old downtown movie house, Rustic Rollar Rink was indoors only,Jimmy Goodlet was the City Clerk and I babysat his daughters. It was a great time to grow up in a great place!!
Nancy Ellen Stewart Smith 17-May-2007 12:46
Hi, Judy Walker, Remember me? I lived down the street from you on the corner in the green house. I forget the address, but it was the 1500 block. Boy, did you bring back memories with all those names and places. I remember your mom and dad. Your mom was a real beauty. Vi was her name, I think.

I remember so well going to Stadnik's RexalI Drugs after school and hanging out at the soda fountain. And I would never miss a Saturday at the Circle Theater. I now live in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Mimi Newton 16-May-2007 13:19
Mimi Newton(Boney) Sun City, Georgetown, Texas - billandmimi@suddenlink.net. The Newton family moved in to a brand new FHA approved home at 801 Westward Drive in the early 40's on.......right across from what became Schloetzer's Nursery which encompassed the entire side of the Westward Dr. block!....My best friend early on was Patsy Marquis on Sunset Drive who died early in life. George S. built a pool and we children pulled weeds for .25cents an hour and were sometimes invited to swim in that wonderful pool with the "imported" sand beach surrounding it. I remember Cherry cokes at the Stadnik soda fountain......the place to be after school.
Don Boyd06-May-2007 13:11
Thank you Judy for my valuable and treasured memories of great times in the past. I appreciate your posting them here. Please feel free to add more when you think of them - I can never remember everything at once. Best regards, Don
Judy Walker McGuirt 06-May-2007 09:33
My Dad was a "Pioneer Builder" in Miami Springs who moved us to 1642 Westward Drive in 1947...when I was age 2. In 1949 we "survived" flooding as Westward Drive had a canal/river in the middle where grass and trees are now. We collected mail at the post office which was located across from Stadnik's Rexall (no home delivery in those days with "WANTED" posters on the walls-and I can remember "rowing" into the post office with Daddy to collect mail. Dr Clyde T. Thompson was our family Doctor and to this day I consider him the best diagnostician and "cure all" - as physicians should be. He was a graduate of Auburn University and had "war eagles" symbols on the ceiling above his examining tables... In 1954, my Mom opened Charmette Modeling Academy at 101 Westward and branched out to schools in Bay Harbor and Miami Beach. In the 60's she won a contract to train "Ground Hostesses" for Eastern Airlines...and years later was at my daughter's graduation when she earned her wings as a Flight Attendant for Continental Airlines in 2001!All seemed to come full-circle as my Dad was a training pilot during World War II and his last tour of duty was at Kendall at the conclusion of WW II. He was hired by Eastern at the conclusion of WWII but because he was "color-blind" could not pass the physical exam to fly commercially. My Elementary school years were at Miami Springs Elem. with Florence Reveire being my most remembered teacher. Her oldest son, Andrew Prine, frequently visited our 5th grade class and was adored by all. Her son Tex(as) was a classmate and really neat guy who I think is now Principal of MS Senior High. In high school we had a Kelly's on LeJeune Road south of 36th Street) that served some of the best chili dogs and chocolate shakes EVER. I graduated from Everglades School for Girls, class of 1963, with Sue Hammond - as in Dixie Lily Grits-think we all remember the big grinding wheel in Hialeah. AND How could we forget Rustic Roller Rink - and HOURS of skating on those perfectly-finished wood floors. Anyone remember Milander's Meat Market? How about the BEST hamburger's ever at HUBBARD'S CUBBARD?????
Recently became a grandmother and would love to take Morgan Gail to see all this area has to offer but fear most has gone......BUT not her Great-Grand-Dad's legacy of Miami Springs---he even developed the "Bass Lakes"area of Miami Springs....I recently realized that his phone number - now maintained by current wife- is likely one of the oldest in the area as has been in existence since '47....I can remember as a child it changed from "8" to "88" to "888" to "305 - 888"----Can even rememebr when we had two "party lines" and found it necessary to wait for service....AND can vividly remember when the "bridges" across Westward Drive had bridge crossings and lights ....Does anyone also remember the plant nursery and big expanse of land surrounding the property on Westward and Sunset? Ted Hendricks lived across the street from same....AND Who can remember driving around our belovedCIRCLE ??One Friday night, with nothing more productive to do , we drove around it 200-plus times with the sunroof of my '61 VW pulled back and waving an American flag to be
in support of the VietNam War.................AND.. DOES ANYONE IN MS REMEMBER RUSTY CALLEY????????????????? Yea, right, My Lai Massacre....etc....Somehow he became a member of "us" - went to Miami Edison and then Gordon Military in Goergia...and working at FEC Railroad in Medley...Heard I was one of the only "old friends" in touch with him after all the dust settled and he was incarcerated....Who remembers Going to Miami International Airport to "people watch" in the terminal or to SOuth BEach (currently referred to as "SO BE") to people watch all the old people at the old hotels????? INDEED; "These Were The Days" My Friends....