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Snipes, Amy

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.

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

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