I never knew Jim Slinker that well, but when I saw the news about his death in Wednesday's Lamar Democrat, it brought to mind one of my best memories of my first stint at the Democrat, when it was a daily newspaper back in the summer of 1978.
Once or twice a week, I would drive east on 160 or 12th Street and pick up a couple of cheeseburgers at Slinker's Burger and Shake. Sometimes there would be a long wait, but it was worth it. Maybe I'm just one of those people you run into all the time who think everything was better back in the good old days, but I can't remember cheeseburgers tasting any better than they did at Slinker's.
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ReplyDeleteI grew up in Barton County, where I would spend the summers with my grandpa. I can still remember going to the Blue Top early in the morning and eating breakfast at one of the big, round tables. Jim Slinker would always be there, and I have clear memories of him and his sense of humor. Mr. Slinker was a good man, and I had many a burger at the restaurant he helped run that is now the ASCS office on 160 in Lamar. Now that my grandpa and those friends of his that I grew up around are gone, the world is a much lonelier place.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Barton County, where I would spend the summers with my grandpa. I can still remember going to the Blue Top early in the morning and eating breakfast at one of the big, round tables. Jim Slinker would always be there, and I have clear memories of him and his sense of humor. Mr. Slinker was a good man, and I had many a burger at the restaurant he helped run that is now the ASCS office on 160 in Lamar. Now that my grandpa and those friends of his that I grew up around are gone, the world is a much lonelier place.
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