MooPig Recipe Department :: "Mack Eplen's in Abilene"

Abilene Businesses that are Gone but not Forgotten
Mashed Martial Articles by Pat Darnell  |  Jan 26, 2015  |  Bryan TX

This is a little followup on a recent post in MOM2POP about a chili cook-off many years ago in Flatonia, TX.

The Internet seems chuck full of recipes. MooPig is a big eater, and connoisseur of FOOD. We have even been accused of being "sleep-eaters," lurking about the refrigerator in the middle of the night.


P.Terry's Burger Stand: "OUR INSPIRATION:  THE INSPIRATION FOR THE STAND HAD COME YEARS EARLIER IN ABILENE, TEXAS WHERE PATRICK [not me] GREW UP. THERE WAS AN ICONIC BURGER STAND CALLED MACK EPLEN'S WITH ITS GOOGIE ARCHITECTURE, HAND-PAINTED MENU AND GIANT SIGN SELLING GREAT HAMBURGERS, FRIES and SHAKES AT AFFORDABLE PRICES."
'via Blog this'

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_______________________Reference
http://www.pterrys.com/mobile/about/
http://www.mrt.com/entertainment/food/article_287eb93d-fb41-5a4e-8ee3-6500e5f838e9.html
http://koolfmabilene.com/abilene-businesses-that-are-gone-but-not-forgotten-jones-top-six/
http://mom2pop.blogspot.com/2015/01/texas-tennessee-coalition-chili-formula.html

What is Mother?

12:30 PM Greeting by Reverend Byron Miller

12:35 PM Psalm 121 by Rev Miller

12:40 PM Lord's Prayer by Assembled in Unison

12:45 PM Eulogy for Mom by Patrick Darnell

12:50 PM Reflections -- by Hunter Paniagua
-- by David Darnell
-- by Bernadine Foster

1:00 PM Sermonette by Rev Miller

1:10 PM Closing Prayer

In Loving Memory

Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell

Born

December 3, 1926

Entered into rest

April 19, 2013

Houston, Texas

Celebration of Life Services

The Chapel of SouthPark Funeral Home

12:30 PM

April 24, 2013

Officiating 

Reverend Byron Miller

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A Eulogy for Mom

Some of you know Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell as your coworker. Others know her as your party planner. Some know her as their dance partner. The board of Directors knew her as that fastidious worker. You might have caught her style as she walked the runway at the Country Place style show. Maybe you see her in her yard. You might see her praying with her church circle. Many know her as your top secret confidante. Many, many know her as that ravishing beauty. I don't often use the word ravishing, but in Mom's case she is.

But you see, Jerre Jean Hynds Darnell is my Mother!

She bore me, she named me with her heart of hearts husband, and she raised me.

My brother and sisters know of what I speak.

Most important to me is that Mom always speaks the truth. Jerre Darnell always tells the truth. That is her way. The truth isn't always the most popular thing we want to hear. Sometimes when she said those truths, it would make me want to run and hide. And she always stuck to her guns. If you fidgeted, she tells you to sit tight. If you tried to pull her away from her important task, she tells you to hold your horses.

When conversations become nonsensical, Mom relies on her maternal wisdom. Her truth statements have become pearls in her children's, grandchildren's, and great-grandchildren's lives. Mom's wisdom, you see, comes back to her.

Mom and her steadfast friend, Robert, are blessed with long lives, 67 years of which they have been husband and wife.

What is Mother --
what is Mother,
without her house
and her child?

Her babies are born
and grown in her domicile

Many houses
Mom has known
Many seeds she has sown,

Where she settled
she made it her own.

As years gathered numbers
some ideals are put to rest
her children, now with children,
are wiser, never alone, at best,
for Mother journeys with us ...

See all their bright little faces
Hear their falsetto voices,
... full of trust, truth, and whim,
Creating such a din.

Thank you all for coming.

MooPig's Dry, Moist, Liquor-by-the-Drink County Report :: "Zeeland's Vitale's Pizza"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | July 9, 2011 | Bryan TX

Zeeland approves expansion plans for Vitale's Pizza | MLive.com: 

"... Said Ryan Snyder, who co-owns the pizzeria with his wife, Maria... "Business has grown since Vitale’s began serving alcohol in November 2007, one year after voters rescinded a long-standing ban on such sales within the city limits. While it has contributed to the growth, alcohol sales account for no more than 30 percent of the pizzeria’s sales, he said." Vitale's is in the Batts Plaza, 59 W. Washington Ave, in Zeeland, MI -- formerly a dry township.

In Michigan -- " ... Hudsonville voted to allow alcohol sales on November 6, 2007, ending its run as the last dry city in Michigan. Hudsonville's vote follows the precedent of voters in both Zeeland, and Allendale Charter Township, choosing to overturn their bans on alcohol sales to adults age 21 and older in recent years. ("City chooses booze to spark growth". Muskegon Chronicle (Muskegon, MI). November 7, 2007. Retrieved July 9, 2011) ...."

What does it mean a dry county where there is a ban on alcohol?
[...LISTS...]

EXCERPT  |  " ... A dry county is one whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages in some form. There are hundreds of dry counties across the United States. About 18,000,000 people live in the 10% of the area of the US that is dry. (Hanson, David J, PhD. 1997 - 2007. [LINK] Dry Counties)

" ... Following the repeal of national Prohibition in 1933, a large proportion of the population continued to support prohibition. Some states chose to maintain their own prohibition and others permitted local jurisdictions (especially counties) to decide whether or not to continue prohibition within their borders. The latter is called local option. (ibid. LINK)

For instance:
" ... Of Texas' 254 counties, 74 are completely dry and many of the rest are moist. The patchwork of laws can be confusing, even to residents. In some counties, only 4 percent beer is legal. In others, beverages that are 14 percent or less alcohol are legal. In some "dry" areas, you can get a mixed drink by paying to join a "private club," and in some "wet" areas you still need a club membership to get liquor-by-the-drink, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. (ibid) ... "

SUMMARY
Liquor licence to sell to aged 21 adults or over boosts sales in small Mom2Pop business in Zeeland, Michigan.


____________Reference
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2011/07/zeeland_approves_expansion_pla.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oak_business_review+%28Oakland+Business+Review+-+MLive.com%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dry_communities_by_U.S._state#cite_note-MuskegonChronicle-65

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