Record #:

36876

Author(s):

Smith, Leanne E.

Abstract:

Wanting to move to a small town, the Albrights bought a building and turned it into a general store and eventually also turned it into a music hall.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 59 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 2012, p4-9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Brown-Hudson Folklore Award; Music venues; General stores

Record #:

37165

Author(s):

Abstract:

With the same theme as another article found in this edition, Susan Stafford Kelly' “Diamond Guys," this article profiles fifteen businesses in North Carolina owned by the same families. Included were Raleigh’s York Properties, established 1910; Hickory’s Keever’s Key and Repair Service, founded 1920; Salisbury’s Beaver Brothers, established 1911; Windsor’s Bertie County Peanuts, founded 1915.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 12, May 2017, p140-141 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bertie County Peanuts (Windsor); Businesses--family owned; Recycling; Nurseries (Horticulture); Poultry industry--North Carolina, Eastern; Furniture industry--High Point; Energy efficiency; General stores; Woodwork; North Carolina State University

Record #:

37607

Author(s):

Saintsing, Katie

Abstract:

Opened in 1883, it fulfilled customers’ needs from the cradle to the grave…literally. Mast General Store’s location in Valle Crusis almost lives up to the store’s slogan from that time: “if you can’t buy it here, you don’t need it,” indicated in the accompanied photo. As for the general store nuance of yesteryear, that can be perceived in the chicken coop door on the floor (deterrent for dishonest chicken barterers) and a five cent cup of coffee.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 7, December 2014, p236 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mast General Store (Valle Crucis); Mast General Store (Watauga County); Valle Crucis--History; General stores; General stores--Valle Crucis

Record #:

38143

Author(s):

Snipes, Amy

Abstract:

For towns of yesteryear, general stores supplied an array of household goods and a community center. Threat to their survival came from the automobile, paved roads, and supermarkets. For many years, Menola’s Country Store of Yesteryear held a remnant of general stores’ onetime presence. After it closed, its artifacts were transported to the Murfreesboro Historical Association and Winborne Museum Store, making the store gone but not forgotten.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 8 Issue 5, October/November 2016, p20-25 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

General stores; Murfreesboro--Description and travel; Winborne Museum Store; Menola; Hertford County--Description and travel; Country Store of Yesteryear; Rural preservation; Folk medicine; Folk lore; Murfreesboro Historical Association ; The Store of Yesteryear

Record #:

42693

Author(s):

Carawan, Sandy

Abstract:

Gibbs Store, LLC in Engelhard was founded by Charles Ebenezer Pettigrew Gibbs and son Closs Cordon Gibbs in 1895. Siblings, Greg, Charles and Regina Gibbs Jones currently own the business.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 5, Sep. 2020, p50-53 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

General stores; Engelhard--Description and travel; Gibbs Store, LLC; Engelhard