4/20/07 3:37 PM
guvjim wrote in topic Article: Meers, OK:
The first time I visited Meers, OK was in around 1975 or 76. I was in a revival service at the Church of God in Lawton at 9th and Lee Streets. One of the couples took me and another preacher out to Meers. I have never seen anything like the burgers in that place. At that time that was the only thing they served (along with home-made apple pie), plus Fruit jars containing iced tea. I asked for a hamburger. The lady said "do you want a hamburger or a Meersburger?" I asked the difference, and her reply was "well, the Meersburger is a little bigger." I said I would have that, with cheese. When she brought it out, it was the size of a dinner plate, cut in four wedges. My friend ate his, half of mine and ordered another. I have been back once in 1981 and they were still big, but nothing compared to my first visit. I actually took a quarter pounder from McDonalds to the restaurant and sat it on my Meersburger and photographed it for comparison. It looked like a postage stamp on the bottom of a wash tub. The second and last time I went there (in 1981) there were ball caps from all over the country hanging on the ceiling. It is a little bit of Americana that I love to remember. I was told it used to be a drugstore, post office and I don't remember what else, but in the back, there were the little ancient bottles that had, at one time, held medicines. The part that was the post office still had the window. But of course, the last time I had gone there, I think some people from Fort Sill had bought it and I don't remember seeing the drugstore & post office. It is well worth the visit.
