Guy St. Clair’s Texaco Station note water tower under construction on left (Charlie Mike Holder says that's his car in the left photo!)		Guy and Ailene St. Clair, and Sergeant Russell Groger in front of Guy’s Service Station, 1944. from a Facebook post by Barbara Groger Keller

 

Walton Feed Mill begun by Leonard Cook in 1924	The Dixie State Bank Branch, c. 1978

 

Benton-Bonar Department Store, 1980

 

Walton Bowl, 1954

 

from the Boone County Recorder, July 1, 1937	Chambers and Grubbs, 1945	Chambers and Grubbs, 1947 from a Facebook post by Barbara Groger Keller
Story of the grand opening is here.

Mary Grubbs
Read all about her at Chambers & Grubbs' web site.

 

Mayhugh Lumber on the left, Groger Trucking on the right
That’s Sue Evelyn Mann, next to the Walton-Verona tennis court, September 7, 1937
More info on the background scene is here.

More about that Mayhugh Lumber site, here.

 

A Section  of North Main, showing Mayhugh Lumber
Taken from a Sanborn Fire map
More on Sanborn Maps, and how to see the whole thing, here.

 

The building in the background is Stella Cluster's Grocery,
 just south of the Walton Feed Mill
 The girls  are Beverly Pruitt and Carol Kendall.

 

The James Theatre Before it was a theater, it was a Ford garage. left, from a Facebook post by Barbara Groger Keller			Jimmy Falls' Gas Station, Alta Vista & Dixie Highway

Young's Restaurant, 90 North Main
From a Facebook post by Mark Butler

 

The James Theater, later, as an IGA store.
From a Facebook post by Jeanne Searcy Block

 

Lusby’s Grocery, You may also remember it as Beighle Brothers Grocery, or maybe Dixon's Restaurant, on the east side of Main, directly across from Beaver Road.	Fred Jones’ Gas Station Fairview Court & Dixie Highway	Barth Motors

Beighle Brothers sell their grocery, story here.

 

Chambers and Grubbs open their new funeral home.