Hello David: This story brought back some old memories. Some of my family lines were in Hardin County early on, but my Morris/Hunt line moved up to Madison and then Gibson county. I was raised out in the country from Humboldt, grew up there in the 1940s and early 1950s. Your story reminded me of our insurance agent back then, he was with a company from Nashville, and they made the rounds collecting the insurance premiums every month, or maybe more often, can't remember for sure. Anyway he would come by our house early on saturday mornings, and sometimes I caught a ride with him to Humboldt, but it wasn't a straight trip to town, he would wind around thru the country collecting the premiums. At many of the houses, he would bring back eggs, a live chicken, duck, goose, or other farm produce, he even had a coop in the trunk of that old Plymouth for the live things. That was a heck of a way to do business I thought at the time, but he was helping the people and making a living for himself I guess. About the candy and things back in the 1940s, there were about the same as we have now, but one thing I remember, those old country stores were like ovens in the summer time, and the candy probably didn't have as much preservatives as now, and with that heat the candy didn't keep as long. Nothing like breaking one of those babe ruth bars and finding worms inside, but you did learn to check them out. Regards, Red Anthony, Arkansas >From: "David Cagle" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TNHARDIN] Upcoming Reunion - Ed Holley's Store >Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:14:21 -0500 > >Farm families traded eggs and chickens for what ever they needed. In >1950, >an egg would buy a bar of candy, a cold drink or a dip of ice cream. >Around Christmas time eggs might be worth a dollar a dozen or more, perhaps >as much as 10 cents each. > >In the 50's and 60's, some stores sent a truck (Peddling Truck or Peddler) >out through the country side and sold items and in return took cash or eggs >and chickens. Trucks from the produce companies would come by the stores >about once a week and deliver items and take the eggs and chickens. I lost >track after that, I don't know where they went---to the large cities I >imagine. > >I don't know Ed Holley nor know where his store was. > >David > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "S Lee" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:49 AM >Subject: [TNHARDIN] Upcoming Reunion - Ed Holley's Store > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Once again, I am planning our annual reunion and I need your help! :o) > > > > First of all, everyone in our family seems to have memories of Ed >Holley's > > Store and I was wondering if anyone has pictures or any history on it. > > > > Secondly, does anyone know much about the hen and egg business that >women > > used to run on the farms? What years did this take place? Did people >take > > eggs to Ed Holley's Store and buy things in exchange for the eggs? If >so, > > how much was an egg worth? > > > > I am really brainstorming this time! I'm wanting to do something with > > plastic eggs at our GRISHAM Reunion....like have people/kids win them > > somehow in a game or contest. Then, I would like to have an Ed Holley's > > Store where they can redeem their eggs! LOL! > > > > Problem is....I haven't quite figured out how to do this! What would I >sell > > at the store? Moon pies?? Cokes? Any other ideas? > > > > My family is going to think I'm nuts! :o) > > > > Sandra > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ==== TNHARDIN Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Hardin County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at > > http://www.tngenweb.org/hardin/ > > > > > > > >==== TNHARDIN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Hardin County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at >http://www.tngenweb.org/hardin/ > _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/