Hometown Trivia is heard
every Thursday at 7:25 am (during the Fall) on KVOE AM
1400
Questions and Answers:
Question 8:
shops. However, there was one pie shop on
popular with college students, in the 40's. What was the name
of this Pie
Shop and where was it located? Share your favorite
memory.
Answer: Wrightman's Pie Shop, located at
Question 7: During
the Prohibition era a dozen or more of these local
businesses sold liquor. What type of business were they and how
did
they get around the Prohibition Amendment?
Answer: Drug Stores.
As a way of getting around the Prohibition
Amendment, under the pretense of keeping within the
law, drug stores
sold liquor on prescription from physicians for alleged
medicinal purposes.
These drug stores did a thriving business; without the
liquor revenue, they
could not exist.
Although one drug store, Kraum,
later Kraum & Son, did not sell
liquor or permit it on premises. Kraum was
established in 1892 and
was still in business in 1961.
Question 6: There
was a time that it seemed as though there was one of
these on every corner in
why they are greatly reduced in number?
Answer: Gasoline
and Oil Service Stations as they are
listed the Polk's
Emporia City Directory in 1946 (65 years ago) had 32
listings. In the
1961 Polk directory, under Gasoline Stations, there
are 43 (50 years ago)
listings. With the "Service" dropped from the
heading, but many of the
businesses listed still had service in their name. By 1995 (16
years ago)
under Gasoline Stations, there are only 12 listings,
with the word
"Service" dropped from most of the
business names.
Self-Service might be the blame for fewer Gasoline
Stations. Or
increased number of pumps at one location.
Do you remember the last "Full
Service Station"?
Question 5: Today
there are only two lumber yards in
after WWII there were as many as five lumber yards. Some of these
were still in business in the 1960's*. Can you name at least one
of these
lumber yards and its location?
Answer: 1946
*Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lumber
Co,
*Home Lumber & Supply Co,
*The Kansas Lumber Co,
617 Mechanic
*McKee-Fleming Lumber Co,
Corner 5th and Congress, 215 W 5th Av
(the only one with buildings still
standing)
Smith Lumber Co
Question 4:
Local Creameries and Dairies were common in this
area.
Name one of the Creameries or Diaries and share a your
favorite memory of that establishment.
Answer:
Ely Dairy,
Emporia Creamery Co, later changed to Beatrice Foods
Co,
212 Commercial.
Hoch Dairy, Rd 2
Meadow Brook Creamery, 22 Commercial
Victory Cremery Co, Later
Victory Foods Inc, 22-24 E 7th
Question 3:
Fifty years ago
Answer:
A Dispensary is a charitable facility where medicines
are
furnished and medical advice is available .
Hospital, known as
Hospital, known as
part and The Hillcrest (high rise apartment building) in
the old part.
Question 2:
Reminiscing back to the years between 1946 to 1964
what businesses were in the 400 Block of Commercial on the east side of the
street, where the new
Answer:
402 Court House
410 Polk-A-Dot Café, Dabbs Bros
Hotel (1946)
410 Siesta Hotel and Cafeteria(1964)
412
412 William Cook Acct., Farrow Real Est., Moon Abstract
Co (1964)
412 1/2 Good Eats Café (1946)
412 1/2 ---- (1964)
414 Roberts Leather Goods (1946)
414 Roberts Leather Goods (1964)
416 Polly Ann Grill (1946)
416 Roberts Leather Goods (1964)
418 National Home & Auto Store (1946)
418 GAC Finance Corp (1964)
420 Bratton Home & Auto Supply (1946)
420 Bratton Home & Auto Supply (1964)
422 Lee's Barber Shop (1946)
422 Sportsman's Barber Shop (1964)
422 1/2
422 1/2
424 Farmers Supply (1946)
424 Murphy Finance Co (1964)
424 1/2
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Inc. (1946)
424 1/2 Alcoholics Anonymous (1964)
426 - 428 Harry A Ropfogel Clothing (1946)
426 - 428 Harry A Ropfogel, Inc Clothing (1964)
426 1/2 - 428 1/2 Above Ropfogel's. In 1946 the second floor was
occupied by
small businesses and apartments. Including the
Control Office) and
By 1964 the second floor was mostly vacant with a only
a few occupied
apartments. The third floor was vacant.
Question 1:
Gone are the days of neighborhood grocers and meat
markets. At one time
three and share your favorite memory from at least one.
Answer:
Bales Super Market & Café 325 Commercial
David W Barb
Benders Food Market
W H Brooks and Sons
Burch's Market
Burt Grocery
Cannon's Market 505 S Commercial &
Chet's Food Market
Economy Superette
Albert T Grant
Great
Hanna and Keefer Market
Hoffmans Food Market
Houser Suburban Grocery
Horton's Market
Kent Food Market
Mrs Sarah M. Miller 1028 Exchange St
Mossman's Food Market
Don L Moyes
Normal Grocery
Lino Ramirez 12 S Arundel St
Rayls Food Market
Reeble's 124 and
Rose's Neighborhood Grocery
Harold Snider
Stair Grocery
Star Grocery
Stotts Grocery
Lester T Tate
12 Avenue Grocery 302 E 12th Av
VanderVelde Bros
Wieland Grocery
Wisler and Hendrickson
Wynn Grocery
Mrs. Lillian Young
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