There used to be some "Jitney Jungle" grocery stores in Tulsa. Robert Barnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nichols, Sharon L." <SNichols@oaklandnet.com> To: <ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: RE: [ARKANSAS] What were Jitney Cars??? > Jitney is an old term for taxis. I know because my great-grandmother > never > called a cab or a taxi--always a jitney. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fran Warren [mailto:alverson@valuelinx.net] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:56 AM > To: ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ARKANSAS] What were Jitney Cars??? > > > Does anyone know what a Jitney was? I've noticed a lot of news items about > them in the 1914 and 1915 newspapers > > July 30, 1915 > Van Buren Press-Argus > JITNEY LINE TO SHIBLEY AND ALMA > > Some of the former Jitney Owners have established a line of jitneys > between > Fort Smith and Alma and are being very liberally patronized. The cars are > making three round trips daily, having a regular schedule. > > During the busy fruit season that is now on, there will be much use of > Jitneys between Van Buren and Alma, and especially between Van Buren and > Shibley where the Van Buren Fruit Growers' Union is loading peaches. > > Fran Alverson Warren > e-mail: alverson@valuelinx.net > 479-369-2703 > http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/ > > > ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most > helpful > site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== ARKANSAS Mailing List ==== > ListAdministrator of Arkansas-L > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >