M n M’s Ice Cream Parlour
The M ‘n M Ice Cream Parlour. M n M stood for Mac & Marlyn. This quaint ice cream parlor was located along a sidewalk that went into Martin Bay from Beaver Crescent. It was known by several names and different times; the Cornerstore, the Malt Shop, the M & M’s Ice Cream Shoppe. It was in a residential area. It had black and white striped chairs, and big cones on the outside of the building. They featured banana split supremes, sundae supremes of all flavors, plain and old fashion milkshakes, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck sundaes, as well as hard and soft ice cream. If it was your birthday, you would get a free Sunday that looked like a mouse. The hot fudge sundaes were delicious as well as the coke floats. And then there were the fudge pops n chocolate covered bananas with peanuts. The Cornestore was known for its penny candy.
There was a pinball area in the back of the store. People had fun cheating the pinball machines with slugs and foreign coins that their parents collected. There were other shops around the Ice Cream Parlour. There was the ice cream shop, the pinball joint in back, a pizza place across the hall, and the delivery driver lived in the suite behind ice cream shop. The comic book store was beside it.
Some notable Thompsonites who worked there were Brenda Redman and Denise Boxell. (nee Toporosky)
It is now the Burntwood Baptist Church.
(information derived from former posts)
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