Now you folks have got me thinkin' back. Good thread, this! I just told Carol about the drugstore on the north-east corner of Briar and Broadway where, when we were flush, we'd stop in there and order a cherry Coke to go from their soda fountain. The pharmacist always put on a special hat when he stepped behind that soda fountain. The cherry was syrup that was dispensed into the Coke---no ice. A very few mixing swirls with a spoon, and a paper top with a pull tab was inserted into the top of the paper cup. We would pull up just a bit on the pull tab and that allowed us to suck the stiff in very small amounts so the drink'd last all the way home.

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