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MEMORIES OF SOME TIME AGO… IN WAYNEDALE

Photo from The Waynedale News’ Waynedale history archives
Photo from The Waynedale News’ Waynedale history archives
You must be from Waynedale if you remember…

 

~when Scott’s Food Store was Rogers.

~when the BMV was Maloley’s.

~when Spyro’s was Burger Chef.

~when Walgreen’s was Mount Calvary Lutheran Church…and a gas station.

~when the Auto Repair business at Lower Huntington and Old Trail Road was the Ridenour Gas Station.

~when the ‘little white church’ became the ‘new brick’ church for St. Therese.

~when the OLD Waynedale grade school was on the corner of Old Trail and McArthur and the new school rose up on Elzey Street.

~having Mrs. Davis as your teacher at Waynedale Grade School.

~having Ms. Lydia as your preschool teacher at Waynedale Methodist Church.

~when the Baer Field Expressway was a field.

~when there was a bowling alley where Smith & Sons Automotive is now.

~when Waynedale Lumber was where Coe Heating and Cooling is now.

~when Broadview Lumber was where a Chinese Restaurant is now.

~when you could watch the Drive In Movie from Prairie Grove Cemetery.

~when Belmont’s (Dime Store) was where the Chase Bank is now at Lower Huntington and Old Trail Road.

~Waynedale Plumbing is probably the oldest plumbing business in the tri-state area.

 

…and …Umber’s Hardware is now in the 3rd generation of the family owning it.

The Waynedale News Staff

Barb Fischer

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