Levelwave© > wrote in
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> I remember the drugstore, but I can't remember how to spell it either.
>> :-) I also remember another large drugstore there, TKE's (Thomas,
>> Kincannon, & Elkin). The owners were all doctors. Dr. Thomas was my
>> grandparents' physician. I also remember hearing of the Pope family.
>> My grandparents and parents are all deceased, so I have no one to ask
>> aboaut particulars. One of my first cousins owns "Jim Bain's Pharmacy"
>> on North Gloster St. My grandmother used to sell tickets at the Lyric
>> Theater. My aunt, Lou Whitesides, used to be a bookkeeper at Reeds
>> Department Store on Main St. My uncle, James Bain (Jim's father), was
>> a prominent real estate broker in Tupelo for many years. In some ways,
>> I could go on and on.
>
>
> My father just got a big kick out of this... TKE was not to be mentioned
> in his house, ever. Guess it was the big competition.

Yes, I can imagine! IIRC, they were the two biggest pharmacies in town.

> He went to school
> is Dr. Thomas' grandson and spent half his childhood in the Lyric
> Theater. Also remembers Reeds Department store and Jim Bain's Pharmacy.
> So such a small world!
>
> He's asking what year you graduated from High School? (that is if you
> went to H.S in Tupelo). My father's name is Dean Robinson aka Buddy...
>
> Merry Christmas
>
> ~john

Alas, I didn't get to live much of my life in Tupelo, so didn't graduate
from highschool there. We spent summers, Thanksgiving, and Christmas there
as a rule. However, I too, spent many a summer afternoon at the Lyric, and
also around the holidays. I graduated from highschool in 1963, to give
some frame of reference. I was the oldest of all the grandchildren, and
have 6 cousins who would have graduated from highschool in Tupelo from the
mid 1960s through the early 1970s. They are Susan, Betty, and Jim Bain;
Barbara and Elvin Whitesides. For some period of years my grandparents
operated a small grocery store out on Old Highway 78, called Nichols
Grocery. My cousins lived on North Madison and on Goodlett Street (once
known as Poval Street). Tell you father I said "hello"!

Merry Christmas!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.