Here are two memory stories from yesterday’s session that I learned while training to become a Docent at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum. I have been involved with the Museum for a number of years and never taken a docent training class until yesterday. We have one going on now and will have another sometime this fall. All sorts of odd and interesting facts come along. Here is just one of them: the story behind the exhibit.
There’s an old German cash register in the General Store that came from an old German Restaurant in Carmel Valley. The name will come next time I post about this. This cash register was designed for the German Pfennig and Marks. It sits on the counter of an old meat case from Millers Meat Market, an early store in Encinitas.
Question? If the cash register was designed for German money how did they use it with American money? It is very old. Make a trip to the San Dieguito Heritage Museum on your next outing and see for yourself. The Museum is at 450 Quail Gardens Dr. in Encinitas and is open Thursday through Sunday from 12 to 4.
It’s an eye opener to see the Brands that are still here today. I have special memories of Payday Candy bars. When I was 8 or 9 years old my parents had a tiny native plant nursery in Three Rivers up near the Sequoia National Park. Those were depression days and we sold anything we could to make a little money. Payday was the candy bar we had for sale. Payday was one of the earliest candy bars made and is still being sold today. They named it Payday because it happened to be payday in their little company on the day they picked a name for their new candy bar.
What is your earliest Candy Bar memory from your childhood and how long ago? How old were you? Is the candy bar still being sold today? Did you get an allowance and if you did how much went for candy?
Visit the old General Store at the San Dieguito Museum and enjoy all those old time memories.
-Evelyn Weidner, Loves the stories behind the History
San Dieguito Heritage Voices 