Comments on: A Little Store in Town http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chic http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142571 Chic Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:45:38 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142571 What a wonderful place to have close to you! Talk about having an assortment of items...geez...and I love that it has the deli and coffee bar. We have a store that is similar here in our little town but it doesn't sell amo or farm stuff...we can get that across the street at the hardware store. BUT ..it does have a tiny Mennonite bakery and coffee bar :) Don't you just love tiny country towns. What a wonderful place to have close to you! Talk about having an assortment of items…geez…and I love that it has the deli and coffee bar. We have a store that is similar here in our little town but it doesn’t sell amo or farm stuff…we can get that across the street at the hardware store. BUT ..it does have a tiny Mennonite bakery and coffee bar :) Don’t you just love tiny country towns.

]]> By: Cbfisher http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142366 Cbfisher Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:14:02 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142366 I'm a fairly new reader, and just saw this post tonight. I was particularly excited to see the first photo above advertising Hunt Brothers Pizza. The family who owns this company is from nearby Nashville, TN, and am friends with some of the family. Immediately sent this to her, where she shared it with the rest of the family! Thanks for so many laughs, farming tips and recipes. And tonight, thanks for the unexpected reminder that it really is a small world! I’m a fairly new reader, and just saw this post tonight. I was particularly excited to see the first photo above advertising Hunt Brothers Pizza. The family who owns this company is from nearby Nashville, TN, and am friends with some of the family. Immediately sent this to her, where she shared it with the rest of the family! Thanks for so many laughs, farming tips and recipes. And tonight, thanks for the unexpected reminder that it really is a small world!

]]> By: easygoinglady http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142337 easygoinglady Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:38:01 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-142337 Love those kind of little stores. Love those kind of little stores.

]]> By: ladybird_1959 http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-91982 ladybird_1959 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:19:01 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-91982 I was at the store once when I visited the quilt shop upstairs. I understand it has since closed. I met the owner several times and she was such a joy to talk to. I even ran into her at the mall at Christmas time. That's when she told me she had closed the quilt shop. It was quite the charming little shop. I love small towns! I was at the store once when I visited the quilt shop upstairs. I understand it has since closed. I met the owner several times and she was such a joy to talk to. I even ran into her at the mall at Christmas time. That’s when she told me she had closed the quilt shop. It was quite the charming little shop. I love small towns!

]]> By: annie http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-84954 annie Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:39:40 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-84954 It sounds like Mayberry, we live in the country and commute into larger towns for work. Waiting for the day we can be full time farmers! I dread Walmart and live in Arkansas. It has hurt so many small towns. It sounds like Mayberry, we live in the country and commute into larger towns for work. Waiting for the day we can be full time farmers! I dread Walmart and live in Arkansas. It has hurt so many small towns.

]]> By: Suzanne http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-39298 Suzanne Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:19:39 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-39298 :D Love it! Small town living at it's best! Our little town is only a square mile big... but we do manage to have a bank, mexican restaurant, a tea shop, flower shop and several beauty shops. I love small town life! :wave: Suzanne @ http://www.sugarloafcottage.blogspot.com :D Love it! Small town living at it’s best! Our little town is only a square mile big… but we do manage to have a bank, mexican restaurant, a tea shop, flower shop and several beauty shops. I love small town life! :wave:

Suzanne @
http://www.sugarloafcottage.blogspot.com

]]> By: J.B. Bulharowski http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-26112 J.B. Bulharowski Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:11:57 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-26112 S: Had one of those stores where we lived some time ago in Fulton, MD. It was called Boarman's Meat Market. It's gone now. In Oro Valley, AZ, where we live now, we're being subjected to a "Super" Walmart,horrors! I've seen simplicity and complexity in my 70 years. You are fortunate to have a good life which you lead now, it's also nice to read that you appreciate it. Keep writing and baking. Best, jb S:

Had one of those stores where we lived some time ago in Fulton, MD. It was called Boarman’s Meat Market. It’s gone now. In Oro Valley, AZ, where we live now, we’re being subjected to a “Super” Walmart,horrors! I’ve seen simplicity and complexity in my 70 years. You are fortunate to have a good life which you lead now, it’s also nice to read that you appreciate it. Keep writing and baking.

Best,

jb

]]> By: Julie Shannon http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-21105 Julie Shannon Sun, 11 May 2008 06:00:25 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-21105 I had a little store like this in AK where I lived. Loved it. Meant a lot to me then, and now... but things change. Glad you have such a place. Glad folks will skip Walmart once in a while to support it, too. I had a little store like this in AK where I lived. Loved it.
Meant a lot to me then, and now… but things change. Glad you have such a place. Glad folks will skip Walmart once in a while to support it, too.

]]> By: Donna http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-20022 Donna Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:55:44 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-20022 I love nostalgia and little stores like that...I remember going to several around here (Louisiana) and also in HICO TEXAS - it has like ONE stoplight in town...I am one of those people that hates change...such a creature of habit...or maybe it is just that I need to have a sense of roots, being an Air Force brat and never being in the same place for long. I love nostalgia and little stores like that…I remember going to several around here (Louisiana) and also in HICO TEXAS – it has like ONE stoplight in town…I am one of those people that hates change…such a creature of habit…or maybe it is just that I need to have a sense of roots, being an Air Force brat and never being in the same place for long.

]]> By: Rhonda {Whited} Taylor http://chickensintheroad.com/living/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-18099 Rhonda {Whited} Taylor Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:55:36 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/blog/2007/12/22/a-little-store-in-town/#comment-18099 Just a little note to let you know that I enjoyed your description of the store. When I grew up in Walton {I graduated from Walton High School in 1984}, the store was referred to as the "Shopping Center", which I feel was a very appropriate name and was owned by the Raines family. I thought you'd be interested to hear a little more history about the upstairs of the store. In the 70's & 80's, text books were not provided to students in Roane County by the Board of Education. So, in the late summer, the upstairs of the store was turned into the "Text Book room". The owners would get the list of text books from the school and the number of students who would need them. The books would be ordered and paid for and sold to the area students for little or no profit. The proprietors considered it just another way to help the community. Earlier still, when the old "graded" and high school combination school burnt, the upstairs of the store was where classes were held until the new schools could be built. The family that owned the store at that time were the Moffatt's. Ahh... the Moffatt family... now there's Walton history for you. Most every public building or facilty in town is built on property given by and with at least part of the money donated by the George & Gertie Moffatt. Ask one of the "old-timers" in town about George and Gertie... {but make sure you have an afternoon to sit and visit for a while.} The "store" in Walton has always been, is still, and will forever be the center of all that is Walton, WV. Just a little note to let you know that I enjoyed your description of the store. When I grew up in Walton {I graduated from Walton High School in 1984}, the store was referred to as the “Shopping Center”, which I feel was a very appropriate name and was owned by the Raines family. I thought you’d be interested to hear a little more history about the upstairs of the store. In the 70′s & 80′s, text books were not provided to students in Roane County by the Board of Education. So, in the late summer, the upstairs of the store was turned into the “Text Book room”. The owners would get the list of text books from the school and the number of students who would need them. The books would be ordered and paid for and sold to the area students for little or no profit. The proprietors considered it just another way to help the community. Earlier still, when the old “graded” and high school combination school burnt, the upstairs of the store was where classes were held until the new schools could be built. The family that owned the store at that time were the Moffatt’s. Ahh… the Moffatt family… now there’s Walton history for you. Most every public building or facilty in town is built on property given by and with at least part of the money donated by the George & Gertie Moffatt. Ask one of the “old-timers” in town about George and Gertie… {but make sure you have an afternoon to sit and visit for a while.}

The “store” in Walton has always been, is still, and will forever be the center of all that is Walton, WV.

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