The Pepper Cadets
Old Dr Pepper bottle.
An early Dr Pepper Ad.
Back in about the late 1930's my cousin, Velma, visited us. She talked my mother in to letting her take me home with her for a few days--she lived in Fort Worth. My Mother agreed that I could go. We rode the bus to Fort Worth.
While I was there she took me to several places just for sight seeing. One place was a public swimming pool. It was very hot so the swimming pool was a very pleasant place to visit.
Another place we went was to see the Dr Pepper plant that was in Fort Worth. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885, but they also had a plant in Fort Worth. So we went there and toured the plant and got a free Dr Pepper. I was especially interested in the plant because I listened every day to a program sponsored by Dr Pepper on the radio that was called the Pepper Cadets. It was a little adventure story about a bunch of kids that I really liked listening to--no TV then, just radio! Some of the kids from that show were there and I got to see them. And, Of Course I really enjoyed the free Dr Pepper-- there is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper as ruled by the Dr Pepper Company.
I was enthralled with my ramblings with my cousin, Velma. She was probably in her late teens and I was about 9 or 10. I spent the few days there being wined and dined all over Fort Worth!
I vividly remember those visits and I tried to find out more about the radio show, The Pepper Cadets. But I was unable to find out anything-- after all that was about 70 years ago. So all I can do is relate my memories of it. I do still like Dr Pepper and I have one every once in a while and remember my visit to the plant in Fort Worth.
posted by kyra lafain @ 4/21/2009 12:30:00 PM
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