The downtown area is filled with memories of what was there, businesses that were special to me along with the folks who worked there and how it was back then.
Only Western Auto remains of the stores that were there in the thirties and forties. Mr. and Mrs. A J. Price who established the Western Auto have been dead for many years and their grandson, John Collins is the man there now. West Bros. is gone along with Mr. and Mrs. H. O. West.
I have heard people say: "well, you're not marrying the whole family, just the son." Don't you believe that. Just ask someone who has been married a long, long time.
I exp...
Last Updated ( July 30, 2011 )
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