Interview with Rondal Hayes
Recording 1: Hayes discusses his family history and shares stories from his childhood. He talks about beginning to teach children at church and describes what religion and prayer mean to him. He discusses what he hopes to instill in the young people he teaches.
Recording 2: Hayes talks about the history of the Hueysville Church of Christ. He discusses the donation of land for the church and its construction, which began in 1909. He talks about the church's ideology, and women in the early days of the church. He describes the first records of the church, the use of the upstairs, his hopes for the future of the church and its current purpose. Hayes discusses the presence of the Ku Klux Klan and early preachers of the church. He describes working at his store (F.P. Hayes General Store) alongside his father.
Recording 3: Hayes talks about his family's experience during the Great Depression. He discusses his father's store and personality. He talks about taking positions in the church and his dislike for preaching at funerals. He describes Alice Lloyd College's involvement in his community, his school building burning down, and the teachers he had as a boy.
Recording 4: Hayes talks about his childhood, including games he played and how Christmas was celebrated. He talks about practical jokes played in Hueysville, shares tales from his father's store (F.P. Hayes General Store), and describes members of the community. He talks about the development of his father's store and the construction of the railroad beside the church.
Recording 5: Hayes talks about Garrett Theater and what he did for fun as a boy. He shares several stories about fox hunting.
Recording 6: Hayes talks more about fox hunting. He discusses his grandmother, fear, coal camp houses, and old practices in coal mining.
June 6, 1979
Submitted by Richard and Susan Salisbury.
<a title="Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/4" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965</a> <br /><a title="Hueysville Church of Christ" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/25" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ</a><br /><a title="Frank Hayes Store" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/26" target="_blank">Frank Hayes Store</a>
Frank Hayes Store
Picture 1: Back row, left to right: Lincoln Sexton, Edgel Jones, Erman "Decon" Jones, Walker D. Craft. Front, left to right: Rondal Hayes, Murph Allen, Al Patton, Gordon Hayes, Pudge Centers. F. P. Hayes standing in doorway. Photo taken by Charles "Berry" Patton in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Picture 2: Store front
Picture 3: Rondal Hayes, at store
Submitted by Susan Salisbury
<a title="Interview with Rondal Hayes" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/8" target="_blank">Interview with Rondal Hayes</a>
Elkhorn Coal Company Store (Martin)
Picture 1: Pictured is Johnnie B. Stephens and child in front of Elkhorn Coal Company Store in Martin
Picture 2: Inside of store, woman unknown.
Submitted by Richard Salisbury
Frazier Fabrics
The Frazier Fabrics store was located on Main Street in Martin. The building was owned by the Maddox family.
circa late 1950s
Submitted by Richard Salisbury
Company Store at David
David had a Commissary in town and a Service Station in Permel that were part of the Mallory Stores (James and David Francis). At the very end they were run by Island Creek Coal. This store at David was the very last in Floyd County. The Company last operated in 1972 as Patsy Development.
There is no institution more symbolic of the coal company town than the commissary or company store. Used by the coal company that built the town and ran the mine to recoup miner's wages, miners were either required to trade at the company store out-right through the use of company money called scrip or were enticed to do so by the use of liberal credit terms, chargeable against future wages. If you needed groceries, clothes, or a refrigerator, you walked into the company store, gave your (or your father's) payroll number and walked out with what you wanted. If you got too deeply in debt, you were put on an allowance until you paid your way out.
circa 1971
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Francis Cash Store
Also called: Bill Francis General Store, The Francis Building, Francis Hotel
Picture 2 was taken during the May 1927 flood.
Picture 2: May 1927
Picture 3: Taken in 1970s
Submitted by Randy Bentley/Garrett Historical.
<a title="Francis Cash Store Advertisement" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/104" target="_self">Francis Cash Store Advertisement</a> <br /><a title="Interview with Winchester Francis (1926-2010)" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/103" target="_self">Interview with Winchester Francis (1926-2010)</a>
Garrett Amusement Hall, 1914
The Amusement Hall was located where Snyder's Service Station was located. This building housed a movie theater, a pool hall, a soda fountain and a barber shop. At one time silent movies were shown, and a Mrs. Banks played music.
1914
Randy Bentley / Garrett Historical
Floyd County Sesquicentennial 1800-1950 Program
Written by Henry Preston Scalf. Includes essays concerning the history of Floyd County, photograph reproductions, tributes, and advertisements.
Submitted by Alma Ruth Salisbury Edwards and Richard Salisbury
Interview with Winchester Francis (1926-2010)
Francis talks about his parents' store and hotel in the Francis Building in Garrett, completed in 1929.
April 2010
Submitted by Randy Bentley/Garrett Historical.
<a href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/6219" title="Winchester Francis and Annabelle Faline in front of the Francis building" target="_blank">Winchester Francis and Annabelle Faline in front of the Francis building</a><br /><a href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/48" title="Francis Cash Store" target="_blank">Francis Cash Store</a><br /> <a title="Francis Cash Store Advertisement" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/104" target="_self">Francis Cash Store Advertisement</a>
Francis Cash Store Advertisement
Also called: Bill Francis General Store, The Francis Building, Francis Hotel
Submitted by Randy Bentley/Garrett Historical.
<a title="Francis Cash Store" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/48" target="_self">Francis Cash Store</a> <br /><a title="Interview with Winchester Francis (1926-2010)" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/103" target="_self">Interview with Winchester Francis (1926-2010)</a>