Posted on 05/29/2017 11:37:17 AM PDT by Lorianne
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton.
Pretty sure that’s a 59 Valiant on the left.
No... Park and Robinson families.
Did they have that jingle, “Meet me at the Acme where smart shoppers go” ?
CARNAC: Piggly Wiggly
McMAHON: Piggly Wiggly
Rip!
CARNAC: Describe Kermit the Frog’s wedding night.
1932 - looks just like the store today in a nearby town.
Old joke - Piggly Wiggly is going to buy out HEB grocery (owner H. E. Butts). They’re going to call it Wiggly Butts.
Not the Walmart here.
One of the items on the shelves is mock turtle soup. Hard to find that in a store today.
Sorry....a Road Runner joke.
"Yonder's the piggly wiggly miss Daisy"
Logan WV circa 1948-1957 Piggly Wiggly and Kroegers
We have several Walmarts in our area. We do 90% of our grocery shopping at Walmart because their prices are typically 10% to 15% less on items that are not on sale. They vary a bit by clientele, selection, cleanliness and even price but our favorite is cleaner, friendlier, and has better selection than most other stores in our area.
My mom worked for Piggly Wiggly in Belzoni Mississippi. Back in the 60’s!
In the 1950’s and 60’s my dad worked for A&P, Massey’s Food Center, Johnny’s, Piggly Wiggly, Enumclaw Food Center and Food Giant.. He really like the food business. My dad told me a story once in the 1950’s that a Couple of Boys stole some cigarettes. My dad had one in the office and was questioning him. He told him we can do it the easy way or the hard way. My dad said if you don’t answer me correctly I’ll call the police. So my dad asked this boy his name. He looked at my Dad’s name tag and said Dwane. Dad said Dwane what and being in the 1950’s the boy said Eddy.. Dad called the police..
I use to ride my bike as a kid to Piggly Wiggly in the 1960’s and 70’s and buy comics and caps and candy. Located in Robbinsdale, Minnesota
I hear that. All I see is grease.
You two probably know this, but others probably don’t - The Pink Palace museum in Memphis was built by Saunders. It was to be his home, but he never lived in it, due to his misfortune with the stock market mentioned in the article.
My family is from West Tennessee, and most of us have lived in or near Memphis for several years. My Mom always told me that Saunders built it on Central Avenue out of spite. He was mad at the Memphis Country club for not allowing him to join, so he built a magnificent mansion right across the street. (Google “Pink Palace” - It’s something to see.)
I’ve found an oral history from a Judge Tillman given in an interview to then “Memphis State University” that supports that:
Judge Tillman: Well, the money rolled in. In no time at all Clarence Saunders, in terms of liquid assets, was easily the richest man in Shelby County. Now, this is some folklore I am going to give now.
Having amassed all this wealth it seemed fit and proper that he would join the Memphis Country Club. The Memphis Country Club was at the time composed of old members of the southern aristocracy.... wealthy people, plantation owners, big businessmen, cotton people. It seemed just as important that the bloodlines as the finances, wealth. So, they rejected him.
As I understand the story he became furious. “Well”, he said, “I’ll build an establishment that will make this joint [the country club] look like a peanut stand”... He went right across the street along the northern boundary of the Memphis Country Club, which is Central Avenue and bought property. ... And he started building the Pink Palace. Much of the material was imported from overseas. As I understand the story, although he had the finest of architects, he drew the plans. If he didn’t like the appearance of something that was developing, he would say; “Tear it down, change it all!”
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