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 IN THE SUMMER OF 1966, AFTER GRADUATING FROM PARSONS JUNIOR COLLEGE, JOHNNY LINDEN WORKED IN THE FIRST PIZZA RESTAURANT TO OPEN THAT SUMMER IN HIS HOME TOWN IN PARSONS KANSAS. THAT FALL HE TRANSFERED TO KANSAS STATE COLLEGE IN PITTSBURG, KANSAS. WHILE GETTING A SCHOOL TEACHING DEGREE, HE WORKED FOR A YEAR AT THE PIZZA PALACE, A COLLEGE HANG OUT, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COLLEGE. HE LOVED WORKING IN THE PIZZA BUSINESS. HOWEVER, AFTER GRADUATION, HE AND HIS WIFE BARBARA TOLMAN LINDEN MOVED TO COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS WHERE HE TAUGHT WOODWORKING AND WAS ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH. BARBARA'S SISTER CATHIE TOLMAN WAS 1967 FOOTBALL QUEEN AT PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER ONE YEAR COUNCIL GROVE CLOSED THEIR WOODWORKING CLASSES, AND HE MOVED TO SALINA, KANSAS TO TEACH SCHOOL, AND WENT TO WORK FOR PIZZA HUT. BARBARA FOUND SALINA MORE EXCITING THAN JOHNNY AND MOVED ON TO OTHER INTERESTS. ONE JUNE NIGHT IN 1971, HE WAITED ON A TABLE AT PIZZA HUT AND MET SANDY SOLDAN, WHO SOON BECAME SANDY LINDEN. IN HIS 3rd YEAR OF TEACHING INDUSTRIAL ARTS WOODWORKING, METALS AND DRAFTING AT ST. JOHN'S MILITARY SCHOOL, HE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, AND RAN THE PIZZA HUT ALL BY HIMSELF FOR LUNCH FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 5 PM. WHEN PIZZA HUT BOUGHT NEW OVENS, HE BOUGHT THEIR OLD OVENS FOR $100 AND DECIDED TO OPEN HIS OWN PIZZA PARLOR. AFTER THREE YEARS OF SCHOOL TEACHING, HIS LOVE FOR THE PIZZA BUSINESS, WAS MUCH GREATER THAN HIS LOVE FOR TEACHING SCHOOL, SO HE PACKED UP HIS MOBLE HOME, MOTOR CYCLE TRAILER, WIFE SANDY, TWO CONVERTIBLES, PUT THE TOPS DOWN, AND HEADED FOR NEVADA, MISSOURI. AT THE TIME, NEVADA WAS WITHOUT A PIZZA BUSINESS. SO AFTER 6 WEEKS OF REMODELING, DOING MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION HIMSELF, HE OPENED J & S PIZZA PALACE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SQUARE ON JULY 9th 1972. AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE WANTED TO OPEN A SECOND LOCATION IN HIS HOMETOWN. BUT PARSONS KANSAS WAS GOING THRU URBAN RENEWAL, AND HAD JUST ABOUT TORN DOWN EVERY VACANT BUILDING IN TOWN. SO THE IDEA CAME TO HIM TO MOVE TO HIS SECOND FAVORITE TOWN TO VISIT, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. SO ON OCTOBER 14th 1974, AFTER 3 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY BY HIMSELF, HE OPENED J & S PIZZA PALACE #2, 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM HIS FAVORITE AUNT AND UNCLE, VIOLA & WALTER MEZGER, IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. YOU MIGHT KNOW THEIR DAUGHTER, CAROLYN LANE AND FAMILY SAM LANE, TAMMY AND KRISTIN. ON AUGUST 1, 1976, HE OPENED UP J & S PIZZA PALACE # 3 IN TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. IN THE FALL OF 1979, MUSKOGEE'S J & S PIZZA WAS CLOSED WHEN THE FIRST LINDENLOFT PIZZA OPENED WITH SEATING FOR 225 PEOPLE WITH $10,000 WORTH OF ELECTRIC TRAINS ON DISPLAY THAT RAN AROUND THE BIG DINNING ROOM BETWEEN DOWNSTAIRS AND THE UPPER LEVEL OR LOFT, WITH A BIG SKYLIGHT VIEW OF THE STARS, A BIG FIREPLACE ROOM AND GAME ROOM UNTIL 4-2-88. ON NOVEMBER 1, 2007, LINDENLOFT PIZZA #2 OPENED IN MUSKOGEE, ACROSS FROM THE CIVIC CENTER UNTIL 3 AM WITH DELIVERY IN A 14 MILE RADIS OF DOWNTOWN. IT WAS SOLD ON 5-31-14 BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH JOHNNY'S HEART.   #2 facebook comments 1-22-18 about how people loved Lindenloft Pizza 1/20/18 on facebook comments: Linda Wiles: to What's Going On IN Muskogee OK! Was Lindenloft Pizza in a Chandler Road Mall on York back in the 70's and was it on the corner of York and Chandler where Homeland is now? Yes Shayla Christensen: Are they still open in Shadowwood Mall? I’ve been dying for some of their pizza here lately Tracy Gatwood: Dad sold it 6-1-14 to the owner of the mall. Christina Lewis: I remember my dad telling me how he used to skip school with his friends and go to "the mall and get lindenloft's and many other stories of Muskogee from back in the day, late 70s early 80s. It's created this burning passion for history, especially local history. I wish I could travel back and see for myself how it used to be. After a jr. high football game it would be standing room only with 300 people cramed in there.......... You can see pictures of Lindenloft at Lindenloft.com here on the Lindenloft History page #8 and pictures of the delicious menu on page #9. Marsha Trueblood Horn: Garlic bread was Creamy italian dressing on bread toasted in the oven Pam Welch Ross: I'll never forget the train and those alpine sticks. Derrick Abel: Train is on display somewhere......In Muskogee at Lindenloft.com ex Cheatham Lindenloft was the hangout back in the day Carol Coleman: Don't remember the name of Mall area but yes that was where they were. Best place ever Renee' Moore: It was where Homeland on chandler is now. Shayla Christensen: Are they still open in shadow wood? I’ve been dying for some of their pizza here lately. Derrick Abel Not the same recipe Shayla Christensen: Damn Jeanette Hunter Yes we are still Open in Shadow Wood. We make the same alpine cheese bread, we bought the business from Johnny Linden 3 years ago. Our name is Three Rivers Pizzeria. Shayla Christensen: My favorite was the alpine pizza because it didn’t have the red sauce that messed up my stomach Beverly Redfearn Hiser My cousin and I used to go and play the sit down Ms. Pac Man game he had where you played against each other. It was great. Derrick Abel: It's still around too. I have a new one now. Donna Genn Johnston It was J&S pizza before it was Lindenloft Kenneth Alexander: It was still owned by Johnny Linden and his wife Sandy when it was J & S. Derrick Abel: Johnny and Sandy anie Doyle Cook Shadow wood mall I think. I worked there for a while. That was 30 some years ago though 😂 Marsha Trueblood Horn: I remember that Janie Doyle Cook i worked at Lindenloft David Adams Not at shadowwood then, at Chandler road mall Marsha Trueblood Horn: we had some fun back then Johnny Linden: Chandler Road Mall was the bowling alley in the 50's Charlene Menees Points There was a clothing store in the mall too called Donna's I brought the dress that I got married in back in the early 70's. Robin Renfro I worked there in the 70's. It was in Chandler street mall Lindenloft.com www.parsons1964.com or 7000 songs.com Johnny Linden: There are over 7000 gorgeous classic songs that you never hear on the radio, that will put you in a fabulous mood and change your life. Johnny Linden: You can see pictures of the 1980's Lindenloft with the train and the pretty blue & yellow Lindenloft decor in Shadowwood Mall from 2007 to 2014 and all the delicious menu pictures here on page #8, the pizza page. Derrick Abel: There is a tab at top right of page for lindenloft's history. Donnell Thomas: Bowling alley and it was J and S before Lindenloft and yes it was a on the corner of york and. Chandler. Chris Cummings Sr. I thought it was Lindenwood Mall. Derrick Abel Nope Steve Elsey We all hung out there . Had some good times there Alicia Mike Rodriguez Cruz: yes Brian Ousley's gym was there. My brother in law Charlie bought Zepp's and ran it before everythimg was tore down to build Albertson's Food Market. Tammy Chapman Calhoun: Lindenloft pizza opened back up a few years ago in the bottom of Shadow wood Mall. Had great bbq and alpine pizza. No train but someone else owns it now. Derrick Abel: It was the Chandler road mall. I was the last manager there and I closed it down and did cleanup in 1988. I opened Hollywood Pizzeria in the lower level of Shadowood Mall. Johnny Linden gave me quite a bit of the original equipment and related items. He also developed my dough and we had the original alpine, cooked the correct way. He bought it from me in 2007. He ran it under Lindenloft for a few years and then sold it to Hunter enterprises, the building owner. Derrick Abel: I have the original alpine..I wonder if anyone would wanna buy it? Larry Cragg You could share the alpine!!! I would go there just to eat the alpine. It was heaven back in those days. Derrick Abel What if I bottled it and sold it ---------------------------------------------------- Beverly Redfearn Hiser Didn't they have shredded lettuce for their salads? Best alpine dressing and their chef salads were awesome. Derrick Abel Yes. Shredded Linda Wiles Was it torn down during all the roadwork on York? Linda Wiles Then Albertsons built on the site. Derrick Abel 1974 1988 was the years open. Lindenlofts Jon M Edwards ...and you made and served pizza to my wife and I the last night of business. We will never forget that time. Diana Kennedy I loved their garlic bread. Would love to know how. It was made. Derrick Abel I know how. Megan Shea Creamy Italian dressing and mozzarella makes a good substitute for their bread. It was good stuff. Bonnie Walker: Yes, they were in the building where Zeps was in the 90's. Johnny Linden: When Lindenloft closed on 4-1-88, someone opened a bar for a while, then Zepps opened for a few years. Johnny Linden Someone remembered the 1st bar was called Legends. Larry Cragg Ok. Derrick you need to come across. Alpine and the garlic bread which was to die for. I’ll buy it. 😜👍 Derrick Abel I have everything to make it. And do every so often Donna Genn Johnston alias Donna Wilson Lindenloft manager: You can buy Alpine dressing at Simple Simons Pizza in ft Gibson Chris Liebig Lindenlofts, which eventually became Zepp’s Bar and Grill. Next to it was Ty’s Hamburgers. In the back was Strictly Fitness. Across the parking lot was PJ’s liquor. When Strictly Fitness moved, Silver Buckle Saloon went in back there. It was called Chandler Road Mall. During the later times to my recollection. Janet Goodwin-Ellis: There was also a bar called Legends between Lindenloft and Zepps. Amantha Smith: So if you make it often why do we never get any? Hmmm? Derrick Abel We can go down to my old pizza place some night and have a company meeting and enjoy some real alpine pizza and garlic bread. My treat. Samantha Smith Sweet! Johnny Linden: You can get the same exact alpine pizza on the buffet all day at Pisano's Pizza. Derrick Abel: I'd like to open up a carry out and delivery lindenloft's again. But last time I didn't have community support. Samantha Smith; I think from the sound of it there would be a lot of support now. Monica Reece: I was there... Slot actually... Awesome place to eat. Larry Cragg: I’ll pay to eat there. If I can get the garlic bread like it use to be I’ll eat there everyday. Derrick Abel: That's easy enough Larry Cragg: Ok Derrick Abel. Let’s do this. I have money waiting to buy your food. 👍 Derrick Abel Need 25k to open. Kenneth Alexander I think it was still owned by Johnny Linden and his then wife when it was J & S. Derrick Abel: Johnny and Sandy Donna Genn Johnston: It was J&S Pizza before it was Lindenloft Donna Genn Johnston: Your right Kenneth Alexander when he married Evalyn he changed it to Lindenloft and put in the balcony or loft. Rex Cheatham: Lindenlofts was the hangout back in the day Steve Elsey: We all hung out there . Had some good times there Johnny Linden The Swan Brothers from NBC'S "THE VOICE" from Muskogee OK. ate lots of Lindenloft Pizza delivered at 2 am in the 2000's. J & S PIZZA PALACE OPENED IN NEVADA, MO. ON 7-9-72 TILL IT WAS SOLD TO THE LANDLORD IN 8-78. Tahlequah J & S Pizza opened across from Walmart 8-1-75. MUSKOGEE J & S FOR JOHNNY & SANDY WAS OPEN 10-14-74, added the loft in fall of 1979 and changed to Lindenloft. Closed 3-1-88. Johnny Linden opened Lindenloft back up 11-1-2007 till 6-1-2014.  #3 RUNTS MOST AWESOME BBQ IN MUSKOGEE, OK World's Best Fettuccine Alfredo | Cooking Italian with Joe Chef Lion...Best Japanese Teppanyaki Chef Ever...Stockbridge (South Atlanta) Georgia How to Butcher a Cow ENTIRE BREAKDOWN ;void(0)) #4 JOHNNY'S SUN ROOM SCREEN ROOM THE SUN ROOM WITH THE SHUTTERS CLOSED ON SUNNY DAYS IN THE WINTER IS 30 DEGREES WARMER THAN OUTSIDE. WITH THE SHUTTERS OPEN IN WARM WEATHER, YOU GET FRESH AIR JUST LIKE SITTING OUTSIDE, WITHOUT GETTING EATEN BY FLIES AND MOSQUITOES.  #5 EDWARD LINDEN, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, KATY RAILROAD PARSONS KANSAS, AND IRENE WILLSIE LINDEN AND PART OWNERS OF LINDENLOFT PIZZA VIDEO #34 MUST SEE Ex Catholic turned Evangelist Mike Gendron and God's Holy Bible say you must accept Jesus as your only savior BEFORE YOU DIE. AFTER THAT IT'S TOO LATE. After this short 3 minute video, hit back and go to the next video below. VIDEO #35 MUST SEE Ex Catholic , bible scholar Dr. Fred Tarsitano tells the only way to Heaven. Ex Catholics & Priests leaving the church say to tell your Catholic loved ones & friends the truth that the Catholic Church is a false man made religion, not found in the bible and WON'T get you to heaven. ALL ABOUT ANGELS ON PAGE 10 AT #227 VIDEO #36 Catholicism VS Evangelical Christianity VIDEO #37 MUST SEE Atheist College Professor dies and sees hell and demons Professor continued IN HELL YOU WILL BE IN TORMENT WITH NO WATER, IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR EVER AND EVER WITH NO 2nd CHANCE TO CHOOSE JESUS AND HEAVEN ATER YOU DIE. CHOOSE JESUS TODAY, TOMORROW MIGHT BE TOO LATE. IN HEAVEN WE WILL GET A NEW SUPERNATURAL SPIRITUAL BODY LIKE JESUS THAT CAN WALK THRU WALLS, NEVER SLEEP, LIVE FOREVER WITH NO PAIN SICKNESS OR SORROW, FLY LIKE A BIRD, AND TRAVEL INSTANTLY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER JUST BY THINKING ABOUT IT, LIKE SATELLITE TV. VIDEO #38 WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IN HEAVEN IN YOUR NEW SPIRITUAL BODY VIDEO #39 A Place Called Heaven 8 min ;void(0)) #6 IN THE FALL OF 1979, WHEN JOHNNY WASN'T MARRIED TO SANDY ANYMORE, THE S OF J & S PIZZA, HE MARRIED EVALYN. SHE WAS THE FORMER EVALYN KNIGHT DIXON FROM CHECOTAH, PHARMACIST AT KIRK'S DRUG, VALEDICTORIAN OF HER PHARMACY CLASS AT OU, AND MOTHER OF LANCE AND RANDA DIXON. LANCE LATER BECAME A MATH TEACHER AND COACH AT AR JR. HIGH AND MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL. EVALYN'S DAD GEORGE KNIGHT, JUST HAPPENED TO BE PRINCIPAL OF CHECOTAH HIGH SCHOOL. GEORGE IS ALSO THE GRANDPA OF TOMMY KNIGHT, WHO WORKED AT LINDENLOFT FOR 3 YEARS BEFORE HE BECAME MAJOR TOMMY KNIGHT OF THE MUSKOGEE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GEORGE KNIGHT ALSO WON A STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AS COACH AT ONAPA, THE HOME OF A FARM GIRL YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF, CARRIE UNDERWOOD. ;void(0)) #7 LINDENLOFT PIZZA BALCONY ROOM OR LOFT, NORTH END.
THE NEW LINDENLOFT OPENING IN THE FALL OF 1979 HAD AN ELECTRIC TRAIN THAT RAN 100 FEET AROUND THE BALCONY BETWEEN BOTH LEVELS, A BUTTON UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS THAT THE KIDS COULD PUSH TO START THE TRAIN, $10,000 WORTH OF ELECTRIC TRAINS ON DISPLAY, TWO 72 INCH BIG SCREEN TV'S, 14 VIDEO GAMES, WITH THE WHOLE INSIDE LINDED WITH ROUGH CEDAR, INCLUDING A BIG ROUND SKYLIGHT VIEW OF THE STARS. THE NEW NAME WAS A COMBINATION OF LINDEN AND BALCONY OR LOFT, THUS LINDENLOFT. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE BUILDING, IN LATER YEARS, KNOWN AS ZEPPS. ;void(0)) #8 LEFT TO RIGHT - FRANCIS LINDEN, ADELINE LINDEN PITTMAN, CECELIA LINDEN SCHALLO, BARBARA LINDEN BAKER, EDWARD JOSEPH "BILL" LINDEN, & JOE LINDEN FROM ST. PAUL, KANSAS. Missing from picture IS PHARMACIST HAROLD LINDEN 10 DAY TEMPERATURES & % CHANCES OF RAIN, TOP RIGHT ENTER YOUR CITY, CLICK LIVE RADAR FOR CURRENT STORMS, & THE ARROW BY THE UMBRELLA FOR DIRECTION STORMS MOVING ;void(0)) #9 JENNIFER LINDEN
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ON APRIL 29, 1980, A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL WAS BORN NAMED JENNIFER LINDEN. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER JENNIFER. SHE HAD THE LEAD FEMALE PART OF ROSIE IN BYE BYE BIRDIE AT MUSKOGEE H. S. IN 1998 AND SANG IN THE ELITE MHS SINGING GROUP, TUXEDO JUNCTION. HER DAD ALSO SANG IN THE MUSICAL BYE BYE BIRDIE HIS SENIOR YEAR AT PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL. JENNIFER IS A DIETICIAN IN MUSKOGEE.  MARTHA WILLSIE STOREY, DAUGHTER OF J C PENNY MANAGER FROM PARSONS, KS ADELBERT WILLSIE & BETTY WILLSIE, DUNCAN, OK ;void(0)) #11
ON MAY 5, 1983 ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL APPEARED NAMED JULIE LINDEN, AND THE REST IS HISTORY. JULIE PLAYED SOCCER AND WAS VARSITY CHEERLEADER 3 YEARS AT MUSKOGEE H. S. UNTIL 2001, AND EVEN PLAYED SOCCER THROUGH WESTMINSTER COLLEGE IN FULTON, MISSOURI. AFTER GRADUATING SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION FOR 4 YEARS AT OU MEDICAL SCHOOL. JULIE IS NOW A LAZER EYE SURGEON. WHEN J & S PIZZA OPENED IN 1974, MUSKOGEE ONLY HAD 4 OPERATING PIZZA PARLORS, PIZZA HUT, PIZZA INN, AND TWO KENS PIZZAS. WHEN LINDENLOFT CLOSED ON APRIL 2nd, 1988, DAVID BRENNER'S BIRTHDAY,THERE WERE 15, NOT TO MENTION THE 30 PLUS PIZZA PARLORS THAT HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS IN MUSKOGEE IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. SINCE LINDENLOFT CLOSED IN 1988 , MR. LINDEN HAS HAD 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING AT PIZZA HUT AND 7 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING AT DOMINOS PIZZA PLUS 17 PREVIOUS YEARS PIZZA EXPERIENCE. SO HE KNOWS WHAT QUALITY FEATURES ARE MOST IMPORTANT IN FOOD PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED MR. LINDEN, WHY HE DOES'NT OPEN LINDENLOFT AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY LOVED THE PIZZA AND EVERYTHING SO MUCH. THE NEW LINDENLOFT OPENED NOV. 1, 2007 AND HAD PIZZA BUFFET FOR 4 YEARS UNTIL IT WENT TO PIZZA DELIVERY TILL 3 AM ON AUGUST 16, 2011. GO TO 7000 SONGS.COM, LINDENLOFT PIZZA.COM, LINDENLOFT.COM, PARSONS 1964.COM, & Jesusurl.COM TO hear over 7000 gorgeous classic songs that will put you in a fabulous mood and change your life. To be absolutely sure you make it to Heaven, go to page 11 or Jesus url . com Click here to find out HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN GUARANTEED It is the best explanation you will ever find of how to get to Heaven according to the Bible. Bible Scholars say 85% of the people in the world will go to Hell because they don't know or don't care what the Bible says you have to do to get to Heaven or they go to a church that teaches a false religion. Religion doesn't get you to Heaven. The Bible says only the Gospel of Jesus Christ and becoming a born again christian can get you to Heaven. Click here to find out HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN GUARANTEED ;void(0)) #12 DR. JULIE LINDEN & DIETICIAN JENNIFER LINDEN ;void(0)) ;void(0)) November 26, 2007 Linden Loft’s back Once-popular pizza place opens again By Cathy Spaulding Sadler Paper Co. employees Kelly Webb and Nikki Phipps recall the good pizza and good times they had at the old Linden Loft Pizza in the 1980s. “I liked the garlic bread, it had the alpine sauce,” Webb said about the popular ’80s hang-out. “Linden Loft was one of the first places with an alpine pizza, then everyone else started having it.” “I used to take my boys with me,” Phipps said. “We used to sit and watch the toy trains go by on the walls.” Webb and Phipps recalled the good old days while having lunch at — Linden Loft Pizza. Johnny Linden, who operated the pizza place on York Street from 1974 to 1988, set up the new loft in the basement of Shadowwood Mall, 401 W. Broadway. He serves pizza, a salad bar, hot sandwiches and the alpine garlic bread. Yes, he said, the electric trains are coming soon. With bright blue and yellow paint, the new place doesn’t look too much like what people remember about the old place, which had a stone fireplace and balcony seating. “I remember it had a lot of video games and they had a train that went all the way around the building,” said Donnie Rooks, who now works at the new pizza place. After working at pizza places in Kansas, Linden opened J&S; Pizza Palace in 1974 on York Street and Broadway. The store later changed its name. Linden said people began missing the old place almost as soon as it closed. “For 20 years after that, everyone told me they had the best pizza in town there,” he said. Linden spent those years working at other pizza places in the area. “Finally, we got the opportunity to open up again,” he said. Webb said the new pizza is just as good as the old. Linden said he uses fresh dough each day, hand tossing each pie crust. He also uses whole milk mozzerella cheese. Webb and Phipps said they look forward to seeing the train come back. It would be yet another reminder of the place they used to like more than 20 years ago. “It was just a good place to take the family,” Phipps said. ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) CLICK HERE TO BRING LINDENLOFT PIZZA BACK TO THE FUTURE FROM 1988 ;void(0)) #21 IN PARSONS KANSAS, IN THE SUMMER OF 1966, AFTER GRADUATING FROM PARSONS JUNIOR COLLEGE, JOHNNY LINDEN FIRST WORKED IN THE PIZZA BUSINESS, IN THE FIRST PIZZA RESTAURANT TO OPEN IN HIS HOME TOWN. THAT FALL HE TRANSFERED TO KANSAS STATE COLLEGE IN PITTSBURG, KANSAS. WHILE GETTING A SCHOOL TEACHING DEGREE, HE WORKED FOR A YEAR AT THE PIZZA PALACE, A COLLEGE HANG OUT, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COLLEGE. HE LOVED WORKING IN THE PIZZA BUSINESS. HOWEVER, AFTER GRADUATION, HE AND HIS WIFE BARBARA TOLMAN LINDEN MOVED TO COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS WHERE HE TAUGHT WOODWORKING AND WAS ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH. BARBARA'S SISTER CATHIE TOLMAN WAS 1966 FOOTBALL QUEEN AT PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER ONE YEAR COUNCIL GROVE CLOSED THEIR WOODWORKING CLASSES, AND HE MOVED TO SALINA, KANSAS TO TEACH SCHOOL, AND WENT TO WORK FOR PIZZA HUT. BARBARA FOUND SALINA MORE EXCITING THAN JOHNNY AND MOVED ON TO OTHER INTERESTS. ONE JUNE NIGHT IN 1971, HE WAITED ON A TABLE AT PIZZA HUT AND MET SANDY SOLDAN, WHO SOON BECAME SANDY LINDEN. IN HIS 3rd YEAR OF TEACHING INDUSTRIAL ARTS WOODWORKING, METALS AND DRAFTING AT ST. JOHN'S MILITARY SCHOOL, HE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, AND RAN THE PIZZA HUT ALL BY HIMSELF FOR LUNCH FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 5 PM. WHEN PIZZA HUT BOUGHT NEW OVENS, HE BOUGHT THEIR OLD OVENS FOR $100 AND DECIDED TO OPEN HIS OWN PIZZA PARLOR. AFTER THREE YEARS OF SCHOOL TEACHING, HIS LOVE FOR THE PIZZA BUSINESS, WAS MUCH GREATER THAN HIS LOVE FOR TEACHING SCHOOL, SO HE PACKED UP HIS MOBLE HOME, MOTOR CYCLE TRAILER, WIFE SANDY, TWO CONVERTIBLES, PUT THE TOPS DOWN, AND HEADED FOR NEVADA, MISSOURI. AT THE TIME, NEVADA WAS WITHOUT A PIZZA BUSINESS. SO AFTER 6 WEEKS OF REMODELING, DOING MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION HIMSELF, HE OPENED J & S PIZZA PALACE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SQUARE ON JULY 9th 1972. AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE WANTED TO OPEN A SECOND LOCATION IN HIS HOMETOWN. BUT PARSONS KANSAS WAS GOING THRU URBAN RENEWAL, AND HAD JUST ABOUT TORN DOWN EVERY VACANT BUILDING IN TOWN. SO THE IDEA CAME TO HIM TO MOVE TO HIS SECOND FAVORITE TOWN TO VISIT, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. SO ON OCTOBER 14th 1974, AFTER 3 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY BY HIMSELF, HE OPENED J & S PIZZA PALACE #2, 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM HIS FAVORITE AUNT AND UNCLE, VIOLA & WALTER MEZGER, IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. YOU MIGHT KNOW THEIR DAUGHTER, CAROLYN LANE AND FAMILY SAM LANE, TAMMY AND KRISTIN. ON AUGUST 1, 1976, HE OPENED UP J & S PIZZA PALACE # 3 IN TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA. IN 1979 THE NAME J & S PIZZA PALACE WAS CHANGED TO LINDENLOFT PIZZA, LIKE KENS PIZZA BECAME MAZZIOS PIZZA. ON NOVEMBER 1, 2007, HE OPENED UP LINDENLOFT PIZZA #4 IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) ;void(0)) #25 WESTLY, BROOKE, JAMES BROOKE, TIFFANY, HELLICA  #26 LINDENLOFT PIZZA 11-1-07 TO 6-1-14
 #27 2017 Parsons Katy Days video celebration. MOMS LOVE IS SO SPECIAL  #28 MISS AMERICA 1966 #29 IRENE LINDEN & SANDY LINDEN OF J & S PIZZA ALSO KNOWN AS LINDENLOFT 1972 ;void(0)) #30 IRENE LINDEN ;void(0)) #31 MOMS LOVE IS SO SPECIAL ;void(0)) #32 EDWARD JOSEPH LINDEN, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, MKT RAILROAD IN PARSONS, KANSAS & U. S. ARMY LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER ALL OVER EUROPE IN WORLD WAR II 2017 Parsons Katy Days video celebration. See Edward LINDEN AT THE 2 MIN. & 14 MIN. MARK Website pictures & stories about Parsons, Ks. History: You Know You're From Parsons, Kansas When Union Traction Interurban 1940s Nowata Delaware Lenapah Independence Coffeyville Parsons video ;void(0)) #33 IRENE WILLSIE, PARSONS H. S. 1924 MOMS LOVE IS SO SPECIAL ;void(0)) #34 EDNA WILLSIE, IRENE'S MOTHER ;void(0)) #35 IRENE'S PARENTS EDNA & ERNEST WILLSIE ;void(0)) #36 WILLSIE FAMILY, PARSONS KANSAS TOP ROW: L TO R, VIOLA WILLSIE MEZGER, PARSONS H. S. BASKETBALL 1921, 22, & 23, SWB TELEPHONE OPERATOR ADELBERT WILLSIE, PARSONS VIKINGS BASKETBALL, J C PENNY MANAGER 30 YRS IN DUNCAN, OK, IRENE WILLSIE LINDEN, PARSONS H. S. ORCHESTRA, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PARSONS LAWYER LESLIE CABLE, PART OWNER OF J&S PIZZA PALACE, NEVADA, MO. & TAHLEQUAH, OK. & LINDENLOFT PIZZA, MUSKOGEE, OK BOTTOM ROW: EARNEST WILLSIE, PARSONS MKT RAILROAD STEAMENGINE BUILDER FILMORE WILLSIE, HISTORY TEACHER, MACHINIST, & CHIROPRACTOR, EDNA WILLSIE, BOSS OF THE WILLSIE CLAN ;void(0)) #37  #38 DR. JULIE & DR. RODRIGO MOMS LOVE IS SO SPECIAL ;void(0)) #39 PARSONS KANSAS CLASS OF 1964 50 YEAR REUNION QUICK COPY these names to go with the picture. Top Row: Donald Kirk, Bruce McReyolds, Jim Nichols, Johnny Linden, Gary Boss, Wayne Todd, Gordon Piper, Mevin Shoesmith, Darrel Wilson, Sherman Collins Second Row: Phillip Boring, Jerry Rose, Bill Hazelett, T.J. Austin, Jeff Thrasher, Jim Stigall, Tom Smith, Rick Tucker, far right Chipper Marqardt Third Row: Dee Ann Nunnink, Johnny Santos, Linda Lawson (Humphries),Linda Bolander (Darkis), Betty Wills, Jeri Moody (Miorandi), Nancy Bolinger (Donahoe), Bill Keiter, Cynthia Smith (Guttery), Mary Lou Smith (Gemmer), Judy Seifert, Janine Cox, Sherry Swanwick, Jackie Snyder (Ewan), Nancy Wall (Gard) Sitting: Charlie Ellis, Marsha Wills (King), Cheryl Houser (Reyenger), Judy Washburn (Robinson), Leonace Campbell (Miller), Sherry Hogelin (Dean), Barbara Owens (Moon), Linda Pedlar (Godbey), Sarah Phillips (Osborn), Jo Ann Mahaffey (Stigall), Kathleen Hoffman (Gales), Janice Brenner, Sally Simmons (Calkins), Marcia Morris (Murray) Gary Stwalley CLICK HERE TO GO PARSONS CLASS OF 1964.COM CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE LINDENLOFT HOMEPAGE CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE CLASS OF 1964 REUNION WEBSITE ;void(0)) #40 2017 Parsons Katy Days video celebration. SEE THE 2 MIN. & 14 MIN. MARK.  #41 PATSY, KENNY, LARRY, CINDY, JOYCE ALEXANDER  #42  #43 JENNIFER, SAM, PATSY, CAROLYN AT FORT LANE, OKLAHOMA
 #44 JOHNNY & PATSY'S GRANDDAUGHTER KAYLEE BRYSON 2 TIME TULSA RACE CAR CHAMPION OF THE YEAR  #45 KRISTIN LANE  #46 MOTHER OF MUSKOGEE H. S. CHEERLEADER KRISTIN LANE CAROLYN MEZGER MHS 1961 ;void(0)) #47 DR. JULIE LINDEN, 3 YEAR VARSITY CHEERLEADER MUSKOGEE H. S. FRONT ROW BEHIND THE FOOTBALL  #48 BIG BOY STEAMER 4014 BRINGS DOWN JEANETTE'S HOUSE PROGRAMMING SAVED FROM 8-14-21 MUSKOGEE NOW 8-14-21 PIC #ZZ7371 https://muskogeenow.com/story_images/1628944389.JPG JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER BIG BOY STEAM ENGINE #4014 STOPPED IN MUSKOGEE A HALF A BLOCK AWAY, THE OLD ROYAL CASKET CO. BUILDING AT MAIN & COURT COLLASPED. The former Royal Casket building at Court and Main has partially collapsed, raining debris onto both streets and the bridge over the railroad tracks. Several power lines in the area are at risk if the building collapses further, according to city spokesperson Tera Shores. The building, which had been having structural issues for several years, had been intended to be restored by its current owner, but no changes had been made since part of the roof collapsed earlier. The building is believed to be currently unoccupied. The city believes the building may collapse further, so it has roped off parts of the roads in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, since Main Street is a state road. The city is asking people to plan alternate routes around the location. UPDATE: The city will demolish the building, two officials have confirmed, because it isn’t safe to leave it standing. Contractors will begin today. Electricity to parts of downtown will be turned off during the demolition, and police will patrol the area overnight to make sure no one wanders into the danger zone. Hear the report "How to eliminate influmation, bad foods, cancer. "order a monthly report to eliminate imflumation, cancer, ect".  #49 CAMERON & CASSIE BRYSON | Return Home | P2 7000 SONGS.COM PARSONS 1964.COM | P3 SPORTS PAGE PARSONS 1964.COM | P4 7000 SONGS . COM | P5 LINDEN LOFT . COM | P6 HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC MOVIES CARTOONS | P7 TRUTH OF UFOS HISTORY CHANNEL | P7 LINDENLOFT PIZZA HISTORY | P9 MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMAS ONLY PIZZA TILL 3 am | P10 BIBLE VERSES AND SERMONS | P11 HEAVEN GUARANTEED JESUS URL . COM | |
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