In the summer of 1963 I was 14 and got a work permit for my first job. It was working for Lu Marshall, I believe her name was, at the Light House (A & W Drive In). I was the inside person who cooked, fried, prepared the food and the "soda jerk" who got the drinks, ice cream, ect. and then assembled food and drink on the trays for the carhops to take out to the cars. I worked there for two summers. Many of my girlfriends (classmates) also were employed there and we had a blast those summers. Lots of boys to flirt with, and sometimes various bands that were playing at the Surf would come to eat or have a root beer.

One memory I have that is humorous "NOW" happened one night when I was left in charge. In the basement we had the extra refrigerator, freezer and storage. The carhops thought it would be "cool" to party while they were working and loaded the fridge with beer and didn't tell me. I kept noticing they were running down the side stairs to the basement and wondered why as I was the only one that ever went down there for supplies. When I found out what was going on I had a fit - I was left in charge and knew Lu would never trust me again. One of the girls had someone come get the beer. I was known as the "party pooper" for quite a while.

Some of the names I remember from working there were Barb Hanna Elting, Bev Sears Currier, Denny Currier, Denny Barlow, David Chaney and of course the Clear Lake Police who always got there coffee and root beer as per Lu's instructions.

The first time I came back to town and saw it had been torn down I actually cried. I have many great memories from those summers. Donna Lee Blau Eisenbacher. CLHS class of 1967.