Longtime newspaper reader Larry Good sent me the photo above, along with even more downtown memories.
He writes, “There was a Kresge store there In the first block of West Market. I had to be an every Saturday morning pack mule by threat of lumps for my mother till I was old enough to attend the chapters at the Rialto. My reward was either a 5 cent bag of fresh roasted peanuts from Mike’s Nut Shop or a vanilla Ice cream soda at the Morris Drug fountain located In the first block of East Market St. or from Whelands (sp?) Drug Store In the NW corner of the square. A vanilla or cherry Coke was also an option. In the square also was G. C. Murphy where my brother-In-law received his manager training. I think that is Morris Drug next to G. C. Murphy Co.”
How about everyone else? Do you remember Kresge, G.C. Murphy, Morris Drug or Wheland’s? (I can’t confirm that spelling either, as I’m not familiar with it!)
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I also remember Morris drug company downtown. My brother worked there part time when he was in high school. they also had a store in the east end of town at that time. there was also a sporting goods store next to the Morris drug store just off the square. I remember my Dad buying me a basketball there. does anyone remember the name of the store?
That is a fabulous photo!
While I was in high school, I worked part time at the GC Murphy store on East Market Street for $1.00 per hour. It was my very first job. My dad was a store manager for Murphy’s in Red Lion and, later,in the Queensgate Shopping Center.