Record #:

11957

Author(s):

Parrish, Virginia Carswell

Abstract:

The Valdese Amoco Service Station was on the outskirts of the town of Valdese in Burke County. Herb Carswell operated it twelve to fourteen hours a day, six days a week. Parrish takes a nostalgic look back at how her father and many others ran service stations back in the 1950s.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 42 Issue 2, Feb 2010, p26-27, il

Subject(s):

Service stations--Valdese