THE OLD SQUARE IN MTV
123 s. 10th St., MTV. Law Offices of Neubauer and Overstreet. That's Scott's new address after he occupied two other law offices all on the Square in MTV.

And when I found this picture entitled Candy Store Checkers, it made me think. You see that's where my parents met. At the Candy Kitchen on the Square in MTV. (Is it any wonder I have a sweet tooth?)

The Candy Kitchen was located where the beautiful Register-News Building now sits. What the heck is the deal with all the strand steel buildings in MTV? It used to be called the King City. It should now be call Pole Barn City. I know, the RN bricked a facade, but it's still tacky.

But I digress. I don't know that the Candy Kitchen looked much like the one in the picture, but that's where my folks met. For much of their adult life, they owned and operated the Red and White Grocery on S. 10th St. It was near Bullock Garages and the old WG Motors, currently a carpet store, but still South 10th and not far from where they met and from where their grandson practices law. (I think it's ok to practice law, but I don't want my MD practicing medicine.) When Dad left the grocery store he worked at The Wooden Indian/The Mt. Vernon Tobacco Company one block off the Square and current law office of Kent Renshaw.

For most of my wife's working years, she either resided at the County Courthouse on the Square or on the top floor of the Susan Shop, also on 10th Street.

The proximity or irony continues. For my working years, I went four blocks southeast and worked on South 6th Street. The MTV water tower, visible from the Square marked my work location.

Is a picture worth 1,000 words? Well, I didn't write that many, but it got this old boy reminiscing about the Square and its importance to us still today.