![]() After he was caught the perpetrator told our police chief Lauren Morris that he came into Mr. Jenkins one Saturday intending to rob him. Longhurst Grocery was between the two businesses. Clarence Strange's Economy Store was at the south end. Jenkins' store was at the north end of Ewing Street and Mr. Marshall Jenkins at his general merchandise store on Saturdays. In the spring of 1976, I was working for Mr. The kindness and generosity exhibited in Andy Griffth’s Mayberry could have easily been based on the people of Guthrie. The Haley Family is a good customer, and you can settle up your account later." We never took him up on his generous offer but it meant a lot to my Dad. ![]() ![]() Bill Longhurst pulled my Dad aside one day and said to him, "Get what groceries you needed and charge them. In the fall of 1980, my Dad quit his job and I developed a life-threatening illness. He even made suggestions for customers that might also buy a paper from me. I am not sure if he read it or just wrapped the fish he sold in it. He encouraged me in my first entrepreneurial endeavor of selling ‘The Grit’ newspaper. told me to just get a smaller size and no one would know but the two of us. I was embarrassed when the sales tax caused me to be short enough money to make my purchase. It was here that I learned about something called sales tax. Smiling, he said, "In their mouth, sometimes I catch them in their gills, but most of the time I catch them in their mouth."Īs I aged, my mother began giving me a handful of change and sent me to the store to purchase whatever staples she was missing. Pritchett made when I asked him that question. I looked at the iced fish and asked innocently, "Have you been fishing this week?" While laughing he said, "Yes." I committed the cardinal sin then and asked where he caught them. Fishing stories were still on my mind after my haircut because I heard the most outlandish tales ever told while I sat in the barber’s chair. Every other Saturday we went to Longhurst’s after getting my crew cut at Mr. Weekly, there were HUGE gutted fish on ice. Every time I walked the aisles, I was drawn to the ice case in the meat department. was always behind the meat counter on Saturdays swinging a meat cleaver on some piece of meat. Looking back, I am sure my dad kept an eye on me over the single gondola. The store was very small with only two aisles. Over time, my parents allowed me to explore the store alone as long as I promised not to touch anything. Over the years, my family ventured into Longhurst’s Grocery often for our food purchases.
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