My Trails into the Past

To come up with a person to write about each week, I do an “everywhere” search in RootsMagic for the themed word. This week, service came up in hundreds of events for funeral services, military service, and even social services as written on state vital records. However, I did find this ad for John V. “Vir” Quigley’s restaurant Quig’s. [1] What makes this ad meet the theme is the fact there was fountain service, where milkshakes, sodas, and floats were sold, and drive-in curb service with a large parking lot. Other ads found include these two: At left: Napa Journal, 17 July 1949; at right: The Mid-Week Shopping News, 3 Sep 1947 His fountain café was located on Main Street at Lincoln in Napa, California. It’s gone today and newer buildings are in its place. In fact, I found two notices in the newspaper where he tried to sell the business in 1954 and 1956. [2] He moved to Redding sometime between those years as his obituary in 1959 stated he had lived in Shasta County for five years. [3...