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A.J. Newberry Grocery and cafe south side of square in Swenson. About 1926
Drug Store until 1925 when he sold to Eric
and Houston Ward. In the drug store later
were Evans, Demps Griffin and others.
John Walton took the Post Office when
Lee Rice decided to work at the gin. Post-
masters were Lee Rice, John Walton,
Huntsman, Julian Williams, Clara Klinard
Davis, then in 1927 Mrs. Minnie (Walton)
Berry became Postmaster and continued
until the Post Office closed in the 1960's.
Some of the mail carriers were, Terrace,
Luther Thorton, Burris Love and Bunk Ev-
ans.
First barbers were Edd Newman, Frank
Hays, Joe Brownfield, Otha Norris, Collie
Gilley, Ross Turner, Lloyd Womack and
Oscar Diggs.
Some of the first doctors in Swenson
were Dr. McGee, Dr. Wylie, Dr. Finley, and
Dr. Baugh.
First store, Hill, Street, and Alexander,
dry goods and implements were sold. The
first managers were Hempill, Capps, Mar-
vin Gregory, Clement Guest was last one
and was manager for many years. Other
stores, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. (Bud) Green, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Brownfield, J&C Nick Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Gardner, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Gardner grocery stores, Tom,
Jim and Bud Norris, at different times Pies
Hill, Bill Gilland and Mrs. Allie Betcher.
First Cafe was owned by Ernest and wife
Nona (Hoy) Hale, Ernest died in 1918.
Mrs. Betty (Gardner) Kennemer, Pete
Sherrod, Newberry and others.
In the early days Oscar Kennemer had atin and blacksmith shop.
Edd and Jess Messenger had a black-
smith shop for many years. Edd still ran it
until his death.
Luther Reese ran a Tailor shop.
First garage, Herbert Baker, wife Lillian
Metcalf and brother Fred, Herbert died in
1918. Others were Jim Perry, Vernon
Stewart, Polly Thompson and Luther Marr.
Filling stations were owned by Pies Hill,
Fred Trammell, Wilburn Zempelton and
Willie Wharton.
Depot agents were Lee Southern, Ruby
Pittman, Clyburn, Cecil Faliard, Jarrett
Fitzsimmons. Guy Southern was the last
one, Buster Trammell carried the mail from
depot to Post Office for many years.
Maurice Sharp and Claud Hudson were
cotton weighters for many years, also Ar-
thur Wylie.
Dray Wagons were owned by Fred Hall,
Claud Hudson, Buster Trammell and Ste-
phens.
Ed Hahn had a lumber yard and a furni-
ture store. The Fords, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Freeman and Clara Freeman had the tele-
phones. Horace Ford invented the first ra-
dio that the Swenson people listened to.
The first cars some of us ever saw were
driven by Dr. McCameck and Dr. W.M.
Jordan. George Metcalf had a car and
gave a lot of Swenson people rides in it.
Dick Green, John Hoy, Jim Ward and J.W.
Freeman were some of the first to own
cars.
There were three churches, Baptist,W 11
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Old Swenson DepotT. Choy, Bud Garret, Bill Hoy and Pete Trammel,
Others Unknown
Methodist and Church of Christ. At this
time the Church of Christ is the only one
still having services.
The Chautauqua came to town bringing
us culture and excitement also Harley Sa-
dler tent shows which had elephants,
lions, and other animals, trapeze acts and
other things that were very interesting.
Rodeos were one of the Saturday evening
attractions for the people, they came in
wagons and buggies from all out in the
country. Ben Allen, Jim Norris, and Hart
had the first ones. Brooks Ellison ran one
for a while. Other entertainments were
singing conventions with dinner on the
ground, ice cream suppers, tent shows,
parties for the young, basketball games
and many other things.
Young people walking down the railroad
track on Sunday, picnic lunches, taking
pictures and climbing K-U Peak (which is
now on the land of Mr. and Mrs. Collie Gil-
ley). Also during that time, people visited
lots and spent the day with friends, not
much of that anymore, that was during
wagon and buggy days
The families in Swenson have had water
for 3 or 4 years piped in from Bay Hallums'
wells, most of the families around Swen-
son have leased their lots to oil compa-
nies. There are three businesses left in
Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trammell
have a filling station with lots of items in-
side to sell. Fred has run a station in Swen-'1
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Swenson Depot, Meeting place for teenagers
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