Ogburn station was named for my grandfather "Wick" Ogburn. A railroad schedule shows Ogburn as the first stop 4 miles from Winston-Salem in the 1890s. The railroad ran up near the Liberty Street level then. About the time of WW1 the RR was placed in the cut. If you are on Glenn Avenue and look at the bridge you can still see a flat straight line under the bridge. That is where the RR ran before the cut. - Jack Ogburn

We have NEW photographs. Wait until you see this. Mike Nail you're gonna want a copy of at least one, so ahead and download! -- Faye Jarvis Moran

Did you know that the original name of the Smith Reynolds Airport was Miller Field or Miller Airport? No, I didn't either. The airport was named for A. C. Miller, a man who financed the development and equipment for $17,000 in 1927. It consisted of about 100 acres which ran alongside Walkertown Road. It was a "four way field, consisting of runways of 1600 feet long and more than 400 feet wide, of hard packed sod." Col. Charles Lindbergeh arrived on Oct 14, 1927 and the airport was offically opened for business. Sources: Twin City Sentinel newspaper article dated November 22, 1962. -- article provided by Ralph Tuttle.

One of the people that was instrumental in building the pond that Jack Chambers mentioned in his post was Ed Dobson that lived next door to me and my family on Vashti Street (no longer there). My family went over there one Sunday to watch them swim and a intoxicated guy picked up my brother Joe (at the time he was only ten years old) and threw him in the pond. Some other guys that were swimming at the time quickley grabbed him and pulled him out. He was OK. The neighborhood that I lived in was completely demolished in 1953 for the airport. It was to the left just as soon as you turn on Lansing Drive off of Liberty Street. This neighborhood had at least eighty homes, a trailer park and a gas station. A lot of children that lived there went to Mineral Springs School. Some of the streets were Roberts, Adams and Vashti. Some of the residents were Moore, Owens, Moser, Ladd, Jackson, Wellborn, Robertson, Plaster, Newsome, Howell, Whistenut, Secrest, Shields, Lancaster, Wilson, Walker, Barr, Hancock, Dobson, Tuttle. -- Ralph G. Tuttle Sr

My family was living on Stowe Street just behind the Stowe home when I started school at Mineral Springs. This was in 1932 and I had to walk all the way to school since there was no bus service in our area. Well, of course, I had to walk right through Ogburn Station to get there and back. I had a lot of trouble with leg cramps and many times I would be in tears when I got home from school. I well remember Pullliam's ice cream place...My Dad, J.R. Worrell worked at the Winston-Salem Post Office, and got off at 12 on Saturdays. He would almost always go to Styers Meat Market and get an arm full of meats for our Sunday dinner and the following week....I mean it was an arm FULL, and was it ever good! I was number 8 of 10 siblings and all but one graduated from Mineral Springs School. J Hugh White was the principle there as long as I went and Mr. Tom Cash was the Superintendent. I had many wonderful teachers, whom I appreciate, and many I kept in touch with for years after I graduated in 1943. --Margaret Worrell Dunn

Around 1956 me and my brother, Elton, ran the Gulf station next to John Pulliams BarBQ. During that time, we were in the fire department and answered a lot of daytime calls. Since we were close by, we were handy. At that time Jack Tally ran the Esso station down the street. I graduated from Mineral Springs in 1949 - the first year in the new building. I came from a family of ten and nine of us graduated from there. -- Paul Worrell

Around 1956 our band played bluegrass in the parking lot of the shopping center. We played on Saturday nights and people would come to listen to the music and to square dance. Mr. Jennings from the mill would bring his flat-bed truck to the parking lot - we would rope off the parking lot and play music on the truck for people to dance. We would stop at 10.00 before the rough crowd came in. We had lots of fun and fellowship. The band members were: Jim Golden, Herman Higgins, Don Bristow, and Paul Worrell. Lots of fun and we enjoyed it. -- Paul Worrell

I was born and raised in Ogburn Station (Town) where I started school in 1948 at Mineral Springs before it became Oak Summit in 1950. My family of four lived in a red shingle house that was behind the hardware store owned by Mr and Mrs. East. I got all my shots in a clinic that was above the drug store. I have a lot of great memories of Ogburn Station. I remember it as a bustling little community and my favorite time of the year was in the winter time with snow on the ground, trains chugging down the railroad track with the black smoke bellowing out into the air and the whistle blowing, then looking towards Winston-Salem and seeing all the smoke coming from the RJR tobacco factories. A man by the name of Gaston Smith played Santa Claus at Christmas sitting out in front of O.C East store and he is the first and last Santa that I have seen that had a big, big chew of tobacco in his mouth. -- Ralph Tuttle

I remember Wilkerson Grocery and Mr. and Mrs Wilkerson, there was a Bobby Wilkerson that drove a 1955/6 Red/White Ford with loud sounding mufflers that you could hear coming a mile away. Could it be the same Bob Wilkerson that posted? -- Ralph Tuttle

President Harry Truman came through Ogburn Station riding on a train. The President was riding on the outside of the caboose and he waved at me personally. How do I know he waved at me? I was the only one standing there on the bank of the railroad between the hardware store and Sprinkle Gas Station. I don't remember the year. -- Ralph Tuttle. (Note: President Harry S. Truman addressed the people gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony at Wake Forest College on October 15, 1951. -- Harry S. Truman was the last President to serve office who did not have a college degree.) -- Faye Jarvis Moran.

We traveled out Walkertown Rd a lot to North Hampton Drive to visit my Mom's sister, and her daughter was Mary Ellen Gardner (my cousin, of course). Uncle Richard built Ellen a playhouse behind their house and we used to beg to sleep out in it (we were just little girls, like 4-6 yrs old, I guess.) He would snicker and carry us out there, knowing full well that, as soon as we heard a twig snap or a dog bark, we'd be squealing to come back into the house, ha! So he kept his bedroom window open and it wouldn't be 10-15 mins. before he'd have to come back after us, ha! It was nice - had carpet and heat and lights and a little kitchen and beds - I thought it was the greatest thing ever! -- Bonnie Martin Godsey

Doctor Wiggins was the only Doctor in town. -- Ralph Tuttle

Believe this or not - my first memory of Ogburn Station was going by the hardware store in a driverless car. My sister Dale who was sitting in the front seat had brain failure, opened the car door and just fell out. My Mother slowed down the car but didn't completely stop, just jumped out to save Dale, leaving me in the back seat with my hands over my ears. The car rolled to a stop in front of Fleta's pool hall and fortunately it wasn't on top of Dale! Dale was fine, I guess - sometimes I've wondered! - Faye Jarvis Moran

My brother and I had a paper route in Ogburn Station. We started on Cayuga St and went to Mount Pleasant Church. I remember the two prettiest girls on Cayuga St were Patricia Dodson I think I switched back and forth from having a crush on one or the other from week to week. Also remember Deco Smith. I thought he had a cool truck. - Mike Nail

Mike Nail is right, my sister Patricia Dodson was the prettiest girl on Cayuga Street and Ogburn Station. - Jerry Dodson

I was born in Winston-Salem at my grandparents house (McDaniels) but moved into an apartment near the airport and then moved into the Ogburn Station area in 1934. We moved to Cayuga Street in about 1939. I had always been told that when my grandfather built his house and store he bought other property and built rental houses, Cayuga Street was called Dodson Alley. - Jerry Dodson

You might remember there was a Williams Grocery Store on Old Rural Hall Road. It was owned by my Granddady Williams until he retired and then Uncle Fred Williams ran it until the early 70's. The supermarkets put those small stores out of business. - Thomas G. Petree

Two Barber Shops

I worked for Mr. Jordan at his barber shop after school and on Saturday's. This was after he moved to the DarlaDon Shopping Center. My duties were to sweep the hair off the floor, shine shoes and there were showers in the back that he would charge people to take showers. I had to keep them clean and keep clean towels and soap in them. My salary was $2.00 a week and free hair cuts when needed and showers. Since we didn't have indoor plumbing at home the water coming out of the wall in the showers was like being in the garden of eden. The salary wasn't much but for a twelve year old in 1951 I thought I was rich. -- Ralph Tuttle

A Mr Jordan had a barber shop across the street from the Davis Barber Shop. In later years Mr. Jordan relocated to the Darladon Shopping Center about 1952/3. -- Ralph G. Tuttle, Sr.

My Dad had his hair cut at Davis Barbershop for years and years. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Crews ran the barber shop until Tom Davis took it over. Then later, Dallas Davis ran until his death. Dallas also worked on the tobacco Market as a buyer. - Jack Ogburn

James B. Crews, the barber, and his wife Bessie lived with my grandparents when he was a barber. I understood that he had a barber shop across the street from the Davis Barber Shop. - Jerry Dodson

There WAS a barber shop across the street from Davis Barber Shop - my brother had his hair cut there. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Tom Davis Barber Shop - me, my dad and my older brother all went together on Saturday morning and waited our turn for Tom or Dallas to cut our hair. - Mike Nail

Bea's Beauty Shop

Got my first perm there. Bea had those big machines with wires hanging down. It's a wonder I have any hair. Bea was a great personality. She reminded me of Lucille Ball, redheaded and lots of laughter. The shop was located over Ogburntown Pharmacy. - Faye Jarvis Moran

The Pig and Bell Brothers Cafeteria

In 1962 before it was named Bell Brothers it was named York Restaurant owned by a Mr. Hopkins. My Father and Mother worked there. -- Ralph Tuttle.

I remember going to the Paragon with my parents. And my family used to eat together after church on Sundays at Bell Brothers. -- Bonnie Martin Godsey

Thanks to Robert Jones we now have information on the history of the Bell Brothers Cafeteria. First, there was "The Three Little Pigs" restaurant owned and operated by Paul Myers. This is the restaurant that I refer to below as "The Pig." After the Pig came Manuel's Restaurant and then Bell Brother's opened.

I was one of the first carhops hired by Paul Myers at The Pig. Garland Brooks got me the job. I was 15 years and it was 1955. I remember because I didn't have my driver's license yet. I got them in 1956. Ogburn Station holds a lot of fond memories for me. I go thru there several times a week and it hasn't changed all that much. It's still easily recognized. -- Wayne Fulp

Someone said this restaurant opened in 1948 but I don't remember it being there that early. I do remember that when I was in high school around 1959 or 1960 there was "The Pig" and later at the same location the now legendary Bell Brothers opened. The line to get into Bell Brothers was always long but worth the wait for the home-style cooked food. It continues to operate today. - Faye Jarvis Moran

I remember when they moved there. (Mid 60's I think.) They were originally on the corner of Liberty and Second St downtown (I think.) - Mike Nail

Bernie's Lunch

They had the best tenderloin and gravy in town. Old-timers gathered there for breakfast and lunch. - Faye Jarvis Moran and Dale Jarvis Moorefield

I didn't go in much but I remember it was good. - Mike Nail

Sam Bates Grocery

Anyone who has a photograph of the old Dine-In-Car, please let us know. Just about everyone that has written wants a copy! -- Faye Jarvis Moran

I worked at the Dine-In Car in 1954 and 1955 on the corner of Akron Drive (then Walker Road) and Liberty Street . They had the best toasted hot dogs in town for 15 cents each or $1 for a dozen. The Dine-In Car was run by Elam George and his son Jimmy. It had other owners after that. Everyone from Mineral Springs school would go there, especially after ball games. I was a curb hop and started out at 30 cents an hour and worked up to 60 cents an hour... wow! That was a penny a minute, plus tips. I made about 15 dollars a week which wasn't bad. On Saturdays and Sundays people would line up in their cars, along Liberty Street and watch the airplanes land and take off from the airport. The airport owned the land north of the runway which included a black cemetery that was relocated else where. There was a creek that ran through it and someone dammed it up and it made a small pond and us boys would go swimming on a hot summer day. The dam was made out of discarded tombstones. That was wierd. One day an airplane came over and took a picture of us boys swimming in the buff. A few days later, the picture was in the newspaper. That was around 1946 or 47. There was a lot of good times around Ogburn Station. -- Jack Chambers

The Dine In Car was owned by Sid Williams and John Hutchins. Kermit McGee worked there and he later opened Kermit's Hot Dog House in Waughtown and is still in operations today. I worked at the Dine In Car as a curb hop and my other duties were to make the hamburger patties and cole slaw and clean the kitchen. Salary .60 cents an hour plus tips. The tips were better than the salary and I want to thank all of you that went there for the great tips. -- Ralph Tuttle

Famous for their toasted hot dogs. - Dale Jarvis Moorefield

I loved going to the Dine-in-Car and The Pig after ballgames (with my sweetie then, Wayne Choplin). I have many memories of both places. We were both in the band and I was a majorette, so we have great memories of those places and band trips to the Azalea Festival, etc. -- Bonnie Martin Godsey

Best cheeseburgers ever. Never wanted to see the kitchen though. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Dodson Plumbing

Dodson Plumbing was in the area of the Cleaners and on the same side of street as Fletas Pool Hall (aka Dock Shields Grocery). - Faye Jarvis Moran and Jerry Dobson

Earl Dodson who owned and operated Dodson Plumbing learned plumbing at R. J. Reynolds. While he was working at Reynolds he also ran a pool room in the little brick store that belonged to my Granny Dodson. I would open the pool room every afternoon when I got out of school. Of course I could not sell beer but people could shoot pool. When Earl became experienced enough he opened the Plumbing Shop and then he was too busy to keep the pool room. There were several businesses in the little brick building and finally my dad quit working for Benton Electrical Company and went into Dodson Electric Company and used the little brick building. When Earl died in May 1993 his son, Philip, ran the business. - Jerry L. Dodson

I have some of the fondest memories of my parents taking us to Dymott’s on the way to or the way home from my “Granny and Paw Paw’s house”. I remember that great big board with the ‘ice cream menu’ on it - and I think it had drawings of a little boy in overalls and a girl in a red? dress…. My brother and I loved their snow cones! - Addie Fletcher Dodson.

Always liked the ice cream at the Drug store and Dymotts. We were members of New Hope Baptist Church which was just up the street. Thomas G. Petree (Mineral Springs Class 63).

Gerald Johnson wrote recently that his grandfather, Andrew Clime Johnson, was a blacksmith and operated his business in the same building which later became Fleta's Pool Hall. (Note from Faye: Now that is an interesting piece of history! Who would have thought that Fleta's Pool Hall had been a blacksmith's shop! According to information found on census records, Mr. Johnson was shoeing horses in 1900!)

Ever hear the song Where the Boys Are? Well, this is the place where the boys went. My brother Larry hung out in Fleta's to shoot pool. Don't know of anything else he did there. As far as I know, Fleta was the only woman allowed. - Faye Jarvis Moran

It's true the boys did hang out at Fleta's. And it was the first place that J. Hugh White went looking for them when they didn't show up for school. - Rob Jones

Fleta was the daughter of Anderson "Dock" Shields. - Jack Ogburn

Fleta walked around the pool hall with a canary on her shoulder. It was rumored she carried a gun in her apron. - Larry D. Jarvis

I was too young to be allowed in, but I used to hang around outside sometimes if there was a lot of activity. She did let me come in once and I racked pool balls for a nickel a game. I also heard the rumors about the pistol in her apron. - Mike Nail

I brought my old hunting buddy, Bill Collins, to shoot pool one time in the '60s. Bill, who was from Robbinsville, NC, took everyone's money. - Larry D. Jarvis

Located next to Ogburntown Pharmacy.

I lived close to Ogburn station from 1949 to 1960. My Grandfather owned a sporting goods store a few shops down from the pharmacy. His name was Henry James Allen, I think everyone called him Doc. I don't remember how many years he ran the store but I remember waiting for the bus to come in the mornings and buying candy from his store with my school mates. Only I didn't have to pay for mine. Just go through the motions of paying. Before that my grandpa and Father and his two brothers ran a plumbing business in a building in Ogburn accross the street from the pharmacy. They did new construction plumbing. The name of the company was J.H. Allen & Sons Plumbing Co. It was operated in the 1950s. I believe they sold out about 1959 or 60. - Wayne Allen

I remember Mr. and Mrs. Hill, the original owners of Hill's. Gene Hill took over from his parents and now "Slugger" and his sister (Gene's children) are running the place and it's still the first stop when I get to Winston Salem. I love that they still call me "Miss Jarvis." My brother Larry was one of their first car hops. There was a little house/shed he sat in while waiting for customers to drive up and give their orders. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Slugger Hill says you can call him at Hill's and they'll ship your BarBQ to you. I don't know if they can ship the banana pudding, but they should. The number to call is 336-767-2184. They take Master Card or Visa. Or you can e-mail Slugger at hi3498@aol.com

My cousin Jerry (on my dad's side) is a truck driver and comes to WI every week. He brought me a gallon of Hill's BBQ after Christmas. Thomas G. Petree -

When I left Winston Salem 2 weeks ago, I brought home a gallon of BBQ from Hill's, along with their BBQ cole slaw! My neighbors here in Virginia were waiting for me because they know I always share! That same morning, before I left WS, I had their country ham with red-eyed gravy and homemade biscuits for breakfast! Um-Um! - Faye Jarvis Moran

Ideal Sea Food

I don't remember this fish market - but it's in a photo from the '60s. Helen Royall Rose remembers the fish market - maybe because she worked next door! - Faye Jarvis Moran

Jennings Mill

Mr. Jennings, owner of Jennings Mill, was known as the Mayor of Ogburn (Station) Town. -- Ralph G. Tuttle, Sr.

My grandmother made us little dresses using the feed sacks. - Faye Jarvis Moran

I remember going in and watching Mr. & Mrs. Jennings grind feed. It had a very distinct smell. - Mike Nail

I remember going there with Grandma Hall to choose the pattern I wanted for my dress. I still have a little sun-dress she made me. - Pennie Jarvis Fletcher

Mineral Spring Fire Department

We must not forget the Mineral Springs Fire Department and the Volunteer Fire Fighters that worked so hard on the behalf of all the people in the Mineral Springs and the Ogburn Station District. -- Ralph Tuttle

Paul Worrell and his brother Elton Worrell were volunteers.

Some of the volunteers on the fire department was Blake Ferguson, Tom Davis, Milburn Hampton and his brother John Hampton. -- Ralph Tuttle

Anyone have photos taken at the fire department? Who were the other volunteers? Let me hear from you if you have information to share. -- Faye Jarvis Moran

Mineral Springs High School

Photos of Mineral Springs events and students, circa 1921-1958

Bob Craft (Class of '52) reminds us that before the Mineral Springs "Bulldogs" we were called the "Green Wave." Thanks!

THE Larks! -- I finally remembered the name of the group that performed during assembly and at pep-rallys at Mineral Springs High. Butch Johnson and Kent Barlow sang with the group - who are the other two boys? I remember them singing A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation and thought they were the best. No kidding, these kids could sing! Anyone have a photo of the group? -- Faye Jarvis Moran

I think the one of the names you might be looking for - a person who sang with Kent Barlow in that band may be Jim (Goot) McGuire - the same guy who eventually started the "King Bees"? He graduated with me in 1960, and we were both on the Reunion Planning Committee about 10 yrs ago. -- Bonnie Martin Godsey (Thanks, Bonnie. Faye D.)

Ronnie Willard was also a member of this group. -- Larry Rhodes

Mineral Springs Elementary and Mineral Spring High is where I went to school along with others who lived near Ogburn Station. J. Hugh White was the principal. Favorite teacher, Mrs. Ellison. I have nothing but good memories. Really enjoyed making kids and the teachers laugh. (Wittiest, class of '61). - Faye D Jarvis Moran

Dodson Grocery/Moser Grocery

Moser Grocery was located in the little brick store that was built by my Grandfather William Hardie Dodson. It was Dodson Grocery until my grandfather died in 1933. Then Robert L. Moser took over the grocery store and rented it from my grandmother who lived in the big two story house behind the brick store. Robert L. Moser's wife, Mamie, was the niece of my grandfather. She lived with my grandparents before marrying Mr. Moser. My grandfather's first store was and old wooden building in the area of where Fulton's grocery store was. I think he sold it and built the brick store. - Jerry Dodson

Ogburntown Pharmacy

I worked at the drug store as a soda jerk and delivery driver for Mr. Richardson. Walter Mcknight worked there also. When I quit, my cousin Sarah Tuttle took over my job at the soda fountain. I don't know who took over the delivery job. -- Ralph Tuttle. A white-haired man by the name of Joe Richardson worked there, maybe he owned the place. Nice man, nice store. - Faye Jarvis Moran

(Was it called Ogburntown pharmacy?) Would get a cherry smash or cherry coke at the soda fountain and sit on the floor and read the comic books I couldn't afford to buy. - Mike Nail

Note to Mike: Yes, it was Ogburntown Pharmacy. Like you, I was surprised at the name - in my mind it was Ogburn Station Drugstore. But I have a photo from the 60s that shows otherwise. - Faye

I loved their cherry cokes! - Pennie Jarvis Fletcher

I worked at the soda fountain and after I got my driver's license I delivered orders that were called in. Back in those days we delivered prescriptions and anything else the drugstore sold. David Snow worked there too. - Larry D. Jarvis.

I worked the soda fountain along with my friend, Sarah Tuttle. One hot summer day we sold $150 worth of ice cream and milk shakes. We probably served 100 people that day. I was bone tired. We also sold a lot of Bromo Seltzers. David Snow was the delivery boy. - Helen Royall Rose

Ogburn Station General Store/Hardware/East Department Store

I remember buying clothes and other items from East department store in Ogburn Station . I still have a dress my dad purchased there for my tenth birthday. -- Jane Whiteheart Rosenquist.

I bought a "vintage side table" there over 40 years ago for $10. I've seldom had guests who didn't ask where I found it. Does anyone remember the name of the man who ran this store? - Faye Jarvis Moran

Paul Williams was the name of the man that owned the hardware store in Ogburn (Station) "aka" Town. G..R. Sheek worked for him for a lot of years. In 2007 Paul Williams's estate was auctioned off in Rural Hall, NC. The advertisement for the auction read, in part, as follows: "Vintage story-and-half brick home w/basement on serene secluded setting - discover "country in the city"! Loaded with pristine antiques and high-end furnishings, collectibles, accents, and accessories! Being sold to settle the Estate of the late Paul Williams - owner and proprietor of the Ogburn Station Hardware Store for nearly 40 years! No junk in this one! Only the best money could buy! " -- Ralph G. Tuttle, Sr.

The general/hardware store was run by O. C. East. In later years G. R. Sheek ran the hardware store. G. R. came to Mineral Springs when the Oldtown High School closed. - Jack Ogburn

I didn't know East's ran the hardware store - only remember them running the department store. (When) Mr. East died and Mrs. East married Mr. Martin. They lived in a big house on the corner of Old Walkertown Road and Lane Street beside Pulliams. I used to cut their grass. - Mike Nail

Pace/Gant/Sprinkle Gas Stations

A Mr.and Mrs. Hampton ran Sprinkle gas Station and their son Milburn R. Hampton took over and ran sprinkle gas station for years until he retired. A Mr. Sprinkle owned the station and owned four other gas stations located in the Greensboro North Carolina area. Milburn lived on Newport Street until his death a couple of years ago. -- Ralph Tuttle

The site where the Gant Gas Station was originally the Wiley Westmoreland General Store. I have a photo of my grandfather Thomas William (Babe) Walker on a horse drawn wagon with the Westmorelands in front of the store. -- James Conrad Hunter

There was a beer joint beside the Sprinkle station for a while. I remember seeing a guy laying in the middle of Liberty St one night dead. He had been cut up with a hawk-bill knife in the beer joint. - Mike Nail

The beer joint between Sprinkle Gas Station and the bridge was named the Tap Room. J.R. Weaver was killed there by a man and his son; the son held him while the dad cut him with a hawk bill knife. He bled to death instantly. A death caused over a woman. -- Ralph Tuttle

They had the old fashioned gas pumps and I remember the smell. I think the gas was .25c. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Paces gas station changed names and owners several times again. At some point was the Gant Station. - Jack Ogburn

Phillips 66 Gas Station - where the bank is now. Amoco Station beside the 66 station in what is now the bank parking lot. Ed Temples ran it till he got in a little trouble and had to go away for a while. David Snow worked for him (I think till he died). Esso Station - what is now army/navy store. Run by Mr. Holloman ( I think) and later by Paul Pennington I used to work for him pumping gas and washing cars. - Mike Nail

The Esso station was owned by Mr. Hollomon. His son James was a year older than me and we were neighbors. I used to wash cars there with James and Jim Bowman. - Thomas G. Petree

Page's Sporting Goods

(Ronnie Page - not Bill Page) - anyone remember this one? They weren't there for long. During their grand opening they gave away 2 tickets to see the Redskins and Green Bay Packers at Bowman Gray Stadium - and I won them! I've been a Skins fan ever since. - Mike Nail

The Pig

Where the Mineral Springs Bulldogs gathered after a football game. It became the legendary Bell Brothers Cafe which is now run by their sons. - Faye Jarvis Moran

The Original Paragon Grocery

This building set between the bridge and the Sprinkle gas station. Ralph Bowman ran it - don't know if this was before he merged with the Lanier Brothers at Grandview and Mt Tabor or not. - Mike Nail

Paragon Grocery moved here when J.C. Caudle built the new shopping center. Anyone remember the name of the shopping center? He named it after his 2 children, Darla and Don - the DarlaDon Shopping Center They lived in the brick rancher on the corner of Old Rural Hall and Baux Mtn (Child care ctr now). My older brother dated Darla a few times. I think everyone growing up in Ogburn Station worked for Mr and Mrs. Bowman as a bag boy, cashier, stock boy or something. Almost everyone I know worked there at one time or another. - Mike Nail

Pulliams BarBQ - Big Ed's Hot Sauce

Pulliams BarBQ Photo - 2007

I remember going with my Dad to Pulliam's BBQ one Saturday and, about the time we pulled in, the train hit a car. He told me NOT to get out of the car, and he ran across the road to see how bad the person in the car was hurt. When he opened the door, the person had been decapitated, and you can imagine what happened when he opened the car door! And I did not listen to him so I saw it all too! Scared me half to death! That is something you cannot ever erase from your mind's eye! -- Bonnie Martin Godsey

Pulliams Barbecue opened in 1910 and remains in the same location on Walkertown Road. But it was "Big Ed" Flynt who developed the unique bbq sauce. Big Ed bought the business from his cousin, John Pulliam in 1958 and now Big Ed's children operate this famous landmark just outside of Ogburn Station. My mother and sister loved those hot dogs, barbeques and ice cream. - Faye Jarvis Moran

Best ice cream! - Cleo McBride

Could write a book about Pulliams - remember old Mr Pulliam a little. My brother and I used to clean up the parking lot for a drink and a hot dog. I remember the ice cream box out front. Sunday afternoons people would line up to the road for the best ice cream in the free world. Remember Mr. Else Cummings trimming the hamburger buns edges so they would be square. Remember watching Big Ed cook pig in the house out back. - Mike Nail

I tried to find Ogburn today as my wife and I went to Forsyth Memorial Park to pick up the wreaths we put out at Christmas but were not able to find it. We live in Churchland and I just can't remember the way there. I was thinking of getting one of those BBQs. - Wayne Allen

RailRoad Overpass

Reich's Flower Shop

Every flower I've ever ordered for the last 40 years came from Reichs Flower Shop. - Dale Jarvis Moorefield -

Just about everyone bought their meat at Styers Meat Market. I remember the link-hotdogs in the casings, wrapped in white butcher paper. - Faye Jarvis Moran

The meat market was run by the butcher, Arnold Styers. - Jack Ogburn

Didn't go in there much (was too young) but I remember the Styers buying groceries at Paragon when I was a bag boy there. Does anyone know if these Styers were kin to "Dink" Styers? - Mike Nail

Ralph Wallace and T. R. "Dink" Styers ran a hamburger/hot dog joint before the drug store opened. - Virginia Clark Hall

Our Mother used Young's cleaners from about 1950 until her death in 1983 and I still use Young's Cleaners. Up until about a year ago, Youngs picked-up and deliveried our laundry. Young's Cleaners is so much better than the other cleaners. - Dale Jarvis Moorefield

Bud Young - a wonderful man - Dad traded with him for as long as I can remember. - Mike Nail