[milwaukee-electric] Re: Oldest Custard Stand

[Don L. Leistikow]

Gary S and list;    'Gillies'... was an early Custard Stand but, as I
recall, not quite as early as Clark's on Bluemound Road.        

Paul Gilles opened a bit later than Clark's. Where the 'Gillies' name
came from,  I do not know.  I have thought that 'Gillies' was simply a
moniiker or abstraction used by later, young patrons.                                 

A check of Wauwatosa Building Permits, could settle that question.
Growing up in the 68th and Bluemound area in the 1930's,  my memories
lean toward Clark's, as the first Custard Stand.  I think that Leon's
and Gilles, opened a bit later.  

Did a lot of local travel on TMER&L's Route 10, Wells~Downer 500 Class
Streetcars, back then.  Caught onto the Local Rapid Transit Line about
1940 and then used that service, almost exclusively. 

Don L.