back in the early sixties coincided with final exams and of course, the Indianapolis 500. Final exam week was the only time that we were free to come and go
during the day, and we typically went off campus for lunch if we had transportation (there weren't any restaurants close that I remember). We also took
transister radios to school to listen to the race broadcast.
Where did folks go for lunch? My buddies and I would go to Goff's in Wynnewood, and to a pizza place, also in Wynnewood. I think lots of kids favored Kip's Big Boy, at Kiest and Zang(s). Kip's was more socially desirable than Goff's, but Goff's had better food, including peppermint ice cream. I remember that I preferred Goff's, and often went on Friday or Saturday night with a girl friend, also a JFK girl, Penny Smith. She once asked if we could go to Kip's instead. We did. Next time I asked if she wanted to go to Kip's. "No," she said, "let's go to Goff's, the hamburgers are better, and they have peppermint ice cream."
I never experienced any of Mr. Goff's famous rudeness, but I knew a couple of guys who worked at the shop, and they said he was really hard on them. I think he spent more time at his shop on Lover's Lane, and interacted more with customers there. Some of his remarks were reputed to be really pithy, but unfortunately I can't remember what they were supposed to have been. Does anyone else remember any of this?
Dave McNeely
Where did folks go for lunch? My buddies and I would go to Goff's in Wynnewood, and to a pizza place, also in Wynnewood. I think lots of kids favored Kip's Big Boy, at Kiest and Zang(s). Kip's was more socially desirable than Goff's, but Goff's had better food, including peppermint ice cream. I remember that I preferred Goff's, and often went on Friday or Saturday night with a girl friend, also a JFK girl, Penny Smith. She once asked if we could go to Kip's instead. We did. Next time I asked if she wanted to go to Kip's. "No," she said, "let's go to Goff's, the hamburgers are better, and they have peppermint ice cream."
I never experienced any of Mr. Goff's famous rudeness, but I knew a couple of guys who worked at the shop, and they said he was really hard on them. I think he spent more time at his shop on Lover's Lane, and interacted more with customers there. Some of his remarks were reputed to be really pithy, but unfortunately I can't remember what they were supposed to have been. Does anyone else remember any of this?
Dave McNeely
