As the blogging has slowed down lately, I thought I would submitt the following in the
event it might be of interest to some blog readers.
On a recent visit to Cedar Vale, Nancy found a small six ring, loose leaf binder in a desk in her mother’s, (Mary Bess) house. It is amazing the amount and detailed information she recorded in this binder. Any repairs made on the house, the date, who did the work, the material cost, the labor cost, if they did a good job; doctor visits; things bought at a sale, the item and cost; any appliance’s purchased, date and cost; and much, much more.
In the binder is a two page, typed list of the people that worked at the Hankins Drugstore, for the years Don and Mary Bess owned the store, 1937 to 1973. Don died in the spring of 1973 and Mary Bess sold the store to Mickey Myers in 1973. Mickey still owns the store, however it is located next door to the old drugstore, which was Smith’s grocery store. I thought the blog readers might be interested and it might jog old memories of long forgotten names. I am sure there are blog readers names on the list.
Cass L. Napier . Thayce Lucille Townsend. Sharon Ann Yates.
Harold Stone. Melvin Wayne Bolton Doris Eleanor Magnus. Freddie Alexander. Nadine Denice Stanhope. Ruth A. Zimmerman.
Neal Sullivan. Nancy Lee Goode. Ula M. Utt.
Richard Stone. Nancy Ann Hankins. Freida Sue Williamson.
Kenneth Bohannon. Gloria M. Sanborn. Bert R. Stewart.
Carl Mattox. Shirley Barger Henson. Mary Sue Carter.
Clifford Smith. Anna May Bohannon. Glenda R. Sinclair.
Nole Grice. Sandra Jane Carter. Jackson M. Gablemann.
Lucille Marie Sweaney. Charley Virgil Cruthrid. Joseph Clyde Sanders.
Betty Lou Jones. Olive Lucille Ramey. Judy Cable.
Louise Helen Sledge. Evelyn Aley Scott. Della F. Cable.
Partricia Jean Pate. Viola Casebolt . Barbara A. Cooper.
Zelda Wilkinson. Sally Alexander. Marcilyn M. Cox.
Jean Marie Snyder. Thomas Dean Hankins. B. Sue Ferguson.
Donna Jean Hill. Melba Maxine Campbell. R. R. Snyder.
Vaunda Lee Rish. Loretta Kay Shipman. Montra Patteson.
Victor Raymond Hollister. Geneva Emma Grunden. Nancy Jo Harper.
Clara Katherine Dale. Sylvia Petty.
Treva Alice Prather. Sandra Lee Searl.
Betty Jean Sweaney. Ralph Myrtis Eyler.
Patricia Ann Williams. Linda Jo Snodgrass.
Grace L. Harp. Lois Laru Bennett Herrington.
Aaron Pack. Jannie Irene Gassett Venters.
5 comments:
Wonderful memories in that list. It is practically a complete history of Cedar Vale in just one store. Thanks, Gary.
Great list, Gary! Now who will compile a list of the employees of L. C. Adams, Whitney Drug, etc.?
A very enjoyabe article. I rememer Cass Napier, but he was before my time at the Drug Store. Of the people mentioned I worked with Lucille Sweaney, Evelyn Scott, Della Cable, Zelda Wilkinson, Jean Snyder, and Donna Jean.I could tell some stories about our times together there, but probaby shouldn't.
Oh, come on, Pat--tell us your secrets!
I'll think about it over the week-end, Gary. We're leaving today (the 22nd) for some R&R at Caddo Lake in East Texas, leasing a house in Uncertain, TX! That's right. Look it up. The house is on an island. The bridge going in is under water. We will leave our car at Johnson's Post and be boated in ! Might be quite an experience for old folk.
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