I remember the good days
I remember McMinnville when lives were at a slower pace. The statue in the park still stood stately. The famous Brown Hotel and Sedberry Hotel are both gone. I remember Miss Sedberry in silk dresses and fox fur’s always carrying a poodle with her.
Dinty Moore’s restaurant was open and served the best food in town. I remember Cook’s Department Store and King’s where you could get credit, without a credit card. I recall our first radio station, when everyone knew the announcer. I remember how proud he was of his seven sons.
I recall when the butcher in town ordered too any sausages – everyone for miles around bought sausage, so he wouldn’t loose his job. It seemed good when the city owned its own banks and hospitals.
When people could afford to get sick and doctors made housecalls. When farmers could park around the courthouse and sell their produce. When county offices were in the courthouse — where they are supposed to be.
I recall when preachers would be in the court yard telling people about God. I remember the Bostic Drug Store. The old Park Theater, Elkins Hardware and Wilson’s grocery store, Faulkner Springs Hospital.
There have been lots of changes. We have to make way for progress. But I like to remember McMinnville as it was. Time passes too fast and changes our lives too much.
Sincerely
Geraldean Self-Allen
85 Silver Oaks Circle
Naples, Fla. 34119