From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihps3!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxn!rosin
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: the last McDonalds
Article-I.D.: houxn.321
Posted: Mon Nov 29 09:42:10 1982
Received: Tue Nov 30 00:36:04 1982
References: pwa-b.39

(I saw an article in print on the first McDonalds on Wednesday or Friday last.
The following is based on my recollection only.)

The first McDonalds was opened about 30 years ago in suburban Chicago
(actually Des Plaines, IL as I recall) when Ray Crock bought the rights to
the name from some brothers in LA.  The outlet has undergone several
remodleings over the years, and it was recently replaced by a new, spiffy
McD's across the street.  The town would like to retain it as an historic
site, but McD's says it is so different from the old "red and whites" 
(remember???) and, since there are other red and whites still operating
that will be preserved, they chose merely to erect a plaque and close
the place down.

A personal note - back in 1959 or 1960 a highschool chum of mine, who had
spent 2 years reading comic books while in the US Army in Germany, got out of
Purdue with an MA in psychology.  He found a job as personnel manager for
a brand new hamburger chain - sort of a joke as far as his pals were concerned.,Last I heard, Jim was "vice president - innovation" for that chain - McDonalds.
The joke was on us!
	Bob Rosin, BTL, Lincroft, NJ, 201-576-3549, ...!houxi!hounx!rosin
	(that's "houxn", not "hounx")