A couple of early 40s photos that show the Home Hotel at the corner of Water and Front Streets. Note that the M. L. Waters store was not there at the time. He was probably still in business in Guntown.
Also not built yet was the Baldwyn News building and the poultry processing plant.
The Dixie Candy Shop was located at the West end of the row of buildings that housed the Ritz Theater and the Tapp store (before it moved to the corner of Main and Third streets).
That little building was later moved on a skid system by a John Deere tractor East on Main and put in place by the Cox building and became Inez Nelson's beauty shop building. I believe there was a shoe repair shop in it briefly before it was moved, maybe Bob Finger??? Bob later moved into the building that was formerly Leroy Orr's cafe.
Carl, you are a fountain of knowledge. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI believe we have capable hands to let Simon hand over to. Good job on the blog Carl. Enjoy the stories and trivia immensely. It is good that you seem to have a picture to illustrate every posting, thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteThere was a shoe repair man in that area once, can't remember his name. He had two boys and was no wife around. One was younger and they called him Sappo. He was very unkempt and dirty and roamed the streets by himself although only 5 or 6 years old. Is that the one you meant?
ReplyDelete9:56, I remember who you are referring to, although the last name has escaped me, unless it was Boggs.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone, for the kind words about the postings, but I am relying on others and the little library of books and articles I have gotten hold of in the last 2 years to put trivia together. Some is speculation and pondering, but we try to be as factual as possible. After all, it has been a half-century ago, and I don't remember what I ate for lunch two days ago.
Thanks to all of you who contribute!
Where was the Cox building? Was it the one on the corner above Howard Hopkins store?
ReplyDeleteI thought that little building was Red Purvis's barber shop, not a beauty shop.
Red Purvis and Dewey Basden along with Dayton Cagle had a barbershop there too. It was attached to the Ben Franklin Store Building. Mrs. Nelson's beautyshop was the aforementioned building moved next to the barbershop.
ReplyDeleteI remember it had the candy company name on it even while it was used as the beauty shop.
I remember Mr. Boggs' shoe repair as being around the corner from the bank and down the hill and kind of under the bank. Does that sound familiar to anyone? I don't remember any little boys attached to him.
ReplyDeleteWallis, do you remember the permanent wave machine your mom had in her beauty shop? It had a big hood with electric cords dangling and curlers attached to the ends of the cords. I never actually saw anyone "hooked up" to the machine, but looked in the window each time I passed the shop, hoping to see it in action.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad's store was just across the street from this site. In the vacant lot west of this building was a trolly car cafe for awhile. I recall they served the doughburgers for either 10 or 20 cents. I don't remember their names but they had a son about my age. I don't recall what happened to the trolly car or when it was moved but I certainly ate my share of burgers there!
ReplyDeleteJim Miller
Jim, you were almost a baby when the trolley car was there. They sold great burgers and had "Mexican Joe" and lots of Hank Williams songs on that juke box.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember a stand on that lot that sold snow cones in the summer time? This would probably have been in the early fifties.
ReplyDeleteDad's gun repair shop was in part of the Tapp building for many years.
There were a lot of little snow cone stands and hamburger stands that were in Baldwyn in the 40's and 50's. Quite a few of them were traveling "gypsy" families that came and went with their businesses. when they felt the urge to move on, they packed up and left.
ReplyDeleteI remember the trolley car as well. Their hamburgers were Krystal size had the right ratio of grease to bread: 3 parts grease to 1 part bread accomplished by lots of dipping.
ReplyDeleteDeviled Eggs??
ReplyDeleteI meant to say "Pickled" eggs in my previous comment. HOT was not the word that denotes the state they were in.
I can't remember the burgers there. The best doughburger (slugburger) was the "scramburger" at Gentry's.