Union High School - Gleam Yearbook (Union, SC)

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CONSOLIDATED CREDIT You UIWCYS ge' nothing ' - but the best . . . CORP. at I I O xw.q,4 lAi 111 W. MAIN ST. UNION, S. C. S Picttrring themselves in the midst of this adorable French listen to Mr. Tarleton who points out its virtues and terms Provincial bedroom suite in their own room, Gloria and Anne of payment perhaps. It is at Cooper Furniture Company ALEXANDER MUSIC HOUSE TINSLEY'S IEWELERS ESTABLISHED 1866 Your Friendly Headquarters A The Finest in Watches, Diamonds, and J ewelry, Silver, China, Crystal 200 E. MAIN ST. DIAL 583-2139 SPAIITANBUIQG, S. C. DIAL HA 7-9462 UNION, S. C. I I36

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Modern Business Contrasts ith ountry Stores Of Other Years Long Past In a by gone era, the country store was the counterpart of a modern day shopping center. The variety of merchandise avail- able was practically unlimited. In one of these emporiums, one could buy anything from calico to horehound candy, from shot- gun shells to shoes. Farming families purchased from the store everything they could not grow or make themselves. At harvest time, they sometimes found themselves owing most of their crop to the store. Besides being shopping centers, these general stores also served as informal meeting houses. Around the pot-bellied stove and the cracker barrel, the men of the area gathered and swapped tales, talked politics, and discussed the crops. There also were many heated checker games, supervised by an appre- ciative number of kibitzers. The old general store was also the news center for the sur- rounding farm families. It was the place to hear not only the latest gossip, but also the recent national news. Often a traveller would stop at the store just long enough to rest his horse and pass on a bit of information about events in the nearest town. Another role often played by the country store was that of post-office. Being the center of activities, it was the logical place for the U. S. mail to be collected and distributed. The advent of the modern supermarket, streamlined depart- ment store, eHicient drug store, and shopping center, combined with the moving of families to the city and the improvement of roads and other means of transportation, has brought about a change, however. Due to these and other factors, the country store, like the horse and buggy, has become a symbol of a bygone but not forgotten day. .Egg X we 931' Z' Rising S Q? ,ZZ if it 3 5 f F ,r fi -4, -ss X ... .V .. 'f.?Z14 'mir' Q-J 'Ill' Like the country stores of a hundred years ago, is this one CMr. Hampton Wilburn's store at Cross Keysj, where Ann Gayle, Kenny, and Elaine have gathered, maybe to buy quart of Puerto Rican molasses N ff, Y , :L ar 5-. , v X ,' l '. . M - if Al E f E!! 'Elf 1' +1 Q. ,J fa ? - ff' TL: . ff-' TJ' f 32:-, I v nf ea fe- Q ze' , . 3- ta -?-ve.:-116, gy in 'VII' 'JAN An. v- -- V -1.1-,-f. ll' R -11 l if , ,I 2,1 .. l. lp 1' . ll vs, aw' ' ,ms .1-2 ws. p sf' -fl :far 'v:,,,r gil . if , I I N 1 'J' at .wa if Q as EJB ' 3 159 ,gi ' af rf -fits. at if Jr v t X ......., ,X ......,, et ...... 'E555555555-3i5E5::::'i'H:W 4255555555555-E E5E5:5E5:5E5E ' Q F 1 :Akin ' ss 5 Y ' E'E2EII p swf ffl s i . i w K . at Q .- A ....... , ..... ......., ax

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Fredia and Ilxdagy Frances ,look on as Thomas assists a police Hall, one of the most modern in the State and a great credit oH-icer to ralse Old Glory to full mast on Union's new City to the State and the County as well as to the CITY OF U I0