Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Remember When This Was Big News?

I can remember a time when there were no deer around here.  I can also remember a time (this morning) when deer were so thick they came into the garden and ate our sweet potatoes.  When did this change?  I can't remember when I saw my first deer.

I know though that when this fellow killed this buck in the late 40s or early 50s, it was a major event.  This picture probably appeared in the newspaper.


I asked Buddy Baker about when he saw his first deer. "My Uncle Ralph Baker lived out in California. Once when he came to visit in the 1930s, he brought a deer hide and hung it up on the wall.  Everybody came to see it. That was really something.

"Now I hate all the deer and the conservation agents that brought them back!" (The sweet potato incident has him upset. He'll calm down.)

Leave a message in the comment section if you know anything about this picture or if you'd like to share your own deer story.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Brownie's Bakery

Does anybody have any memories they'd like to share about Brownies Bakery?
Warning: if you do, the world will know that you're an extremely old person.
They were open in 1945.
They were still open in 1949:

But by 1953 (The earliest telephone book available at the Historical Society) they were out of business. What wasn't to love.  Their cakes looked delicious and well made.  Brownie is a perfect name for a bakery.
Maybe it was because they kept changing their telephone number and their location. Buddy remembers them as being across from where the library is now and their advertisements are for two other locations. Or maybe it was because they advertised in Knob Noster while they were located in various places in Warrensburg.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

American Sales

American Sales was a discount store that sold factory-second and general merchandise.


I'm not sure when they opened, but the last entry in the phone book appeared in 1961.


Here is 202 N. Holden today.


I need to lose a little weight.