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Soda Fountain Drinks
In Ice Cream Headache, Billy stops in at the Supreme Dairy Bar for a milkshake. While the owner of the dairy bar, Ray, is making the milkshake, Ray thinks back to when he was a child and went to the soda fountain at Adkins’ Drug Store with his father and sister for malts and ice [...]
by Jeffrey on May 17, 2013 in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley






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