Lucky for us, Kyle Snyder saved these photos of the Millersville Restaurant which were snapped not too long after the HoJo's had been closed. Kyle reports that it was in operation until at least 1990. Moreover, he celebrated his 16th birthday in 1989 at this very HoJo's! Even more remarkable than the photos is that he was able to preserve the enamel "Howard Johnson's" letters-sign that was once to the right of the entry. We can thank his Dad for the preservation effort, for he was seeking a unique Christmas present for Kyle and remembered that the old HJ letters were still on the building. About his Dad's gift Kyle wrote:;

"So one day, he drove up there, and found the building was still abandoned and was now getting rather grown over, but the enamel letters were completely intact and undisturbed. He noticed a sign on a boarded up window with the name and number of a real estate company. So, he called the number and told them he had no interest in the building, he just wanted to remove the enamel lettering from the front. To his surprise, they allowed him to do that, provided that he putty up the holes from the attaching bolts so rain water wouldn't get in the walls! So, my dad spent an afternoon doing just that. He brought all the letters home one day, and got a neighbor to store them in his garage, so he he could put together a very nice wooden sign to mount the letters on."

And so, Kyle got his unique gift and now can share it and his memory with all of us!