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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 4142807" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>Well now,,,</p><p>This doesn't happen often.</p><p></p><p>Looks like we're both correct or we're both wrong.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/57688" target="_blank"><strong>First Sonic Drive-In Sign</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>"The original prototype for the chain was opened in 1953 in Shawnee, Oklahoma by restaurant entrepreneur Troy N. Smith and named Top Hat Drive-In. In 1956 the first franchise opened in Woodward, Oklahoma. The Stillwater franchise drive-in was constructed and opened in 1958, along with another in Enid. In 1959, to avoid conflict with another food business trademarked Top Hat, Smith changed his to Sonic. The first Sonic sign was installed at the third location, Stillwater -- so apparently that cemented its status as the "first" Sonic."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"In 2015, the Stillwater Sonic building was torn down to make way for a modernized Sonic. The original sign ("Service With the Speed of Sound") was retained. A life-size bronze statue of Gene Longworth, Sonic's first manager, awaits your appreciation between chomps and glugs."</em></p><p></p><p>So Shawnee was the original,,,</p><p>Woodward was the first franchise,,,</p><p>But Stillwater got the first Sonic sign.</p><p></p><p>Amusing to know,,,</p><p>Assuming the website is correct.</p><p></p><p>But it's on the inter-webs,,,</p><p>So it <strong>has </strong>to be true!</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 4142807, member: 13337"] Well now,,, This doesn't happen often. Looks like we're both correct or we're both wrong. [URL='https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/57688'][B]First Sonic Drive-In Sign[/B][/URL] [I]"The original prototype for the chain was opened in 1953 in Shawnee, Oklahoma by restaurant entrepreneur Troy N. Smith and named Top Hat Drive-In. In 1956 the first franchise opened in Woodward, Oklahoma. The Stillwater franchise drive-in was constructed and opened in 1958, along with another in Enid. In 1959, to avoid conflict with another food business trademarked Top Hat, Smith changed his to Sonic. The first Sonic sign was installed at the third location, Stillwater -- so apparently that cemented its status as the "first" Sonic." "In 2015, the Stillwater Sonic building was torn down to make way for a modernized Sonic. The original sign ("Service With the Speed of Sound") was retained. A life-size bronze statue of Gene Longworth, Sonic's first manager, awaits your appreciation between chomps and glugs."[/I] So Shawnee was the original,,, Woodward was the first franchise,,, But Stillwater got the first Sonic sign. Amusing to know,,, Assuming the website is correct. But it's on the inter-webs,,, So it [B]has [/B]to be true! Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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