Most I don't remember, but several I know about.RV driver wrote:Katz, Jupiter, Woolworth's, Venture. Anyone remember those? Or Giant Foods, with the big statue of the bag boy out front? Hungry Henry's? Rubenstein's? Stone's Barbeque? Wet Willy's? The Hi-M Drive In? A&W at the mall?
Katz: Was orignally where CVS/pharmacy is on Glenstone
Jupiter: Originally Kresgees on the square where the library is now, Kresgees renamed all their five and dimes to Jupiters after they opened K-mart in 1960.
Woolworth's: was on the square. Latest occupant was Mr. Furniture. You can still see the tile where the lunch counter was on the south wall. Woolworths closed nationwide in 1993 the also owned Champs and Footlocker and renamed their stock ticker Footlocker. Not sure what's happening with them now. Woolworths was one of the original Dow Jones stocks and the year they were removed, Wal-Mart took their place.
Venture: I remember it, it's where K-Mart is now across from the mall. Mom never took us there to shop though.
Giant Foods: Not sure about that one.
Hungary Henrys: Again, no dice.
Rubinstines: Was a nice clothing store at the southwest corner of Cambell and College. It's where Remingtons Downtown is located now. The building was built on the basement of the old Ullman Hotel.
Stones Barbeque: Not sure.
Wet Willys: Most of us have at least heard of it. Used to be on South Cambell about where Andy's is south of the James River Freeway.
Hi-M Drive-in: Closed before my time. Duplexes and houses there now. Entrance is right across from Westly United Methodist on Republic Road. You can still see the old fence from the drive in. It runs the east side and north side as a property divider.
A&W in the mall: Don't recall, but I know the A&W stand used to be on Kerney where the McDonalds is now. McDonalds originally was a hamburger stand located in the large parking lot to the west. The other Hamburger stand McDonalds was located on West Sunshine where the newer McDonalds is now.