One such restaurant was located on the periphery of Fort Scott, Kansas, back in 1962. I remember schoolmate Neal Qualls holding a parttime job there while attending the local Juco. another 'mate and JC student, Harold Shallenburger, had a job pumping gas at a small service station. I thought of the Red Barn as a steak house and unaffordable. Their motto was "When the hungries hit, hit the Red Barn."

Six of us bunked and lived together on the upstairs of a large house. Five were from Galena and one was from Baxter Springs, Larry Prauser. The Galenites in addition to Harold and Neal, were me, J.P. Martin, and Dennis Frazier. A regular sit-down meal for us, prepared by house cook Frazier, consisted of fried Spam and potatoes liberally ladled with ketchup.

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