Long ago on independence square (Pacific, Center: house, neighborhood, high school)

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

I don't recall a feed store there. Antoine's moved from their East Lexington address to W. South Avenue and was about a block west of Crysler.

Ok then I am not so crazy. A feed store at South and Crysler is where I remember Antoine's In 1961 it was listed as the Jones Feed Store and also had a rental business.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

MRG, you are correct about them owning it in the 1950s and for a few decades after the 1950s. They were my neighbor, but they did not move in until about 1951. What I am trying to ascertain is whether or not it existed prior to that date. My memory is that William's moved to Independence from Alabama some time around 1951. They may have lived somewhere in the area after the left Alabama, but not sure of that. I was also wondering when they closed. Dale Williamson was the father who owned City Block and I would imagine the ownership went to his wife when he died. His son Carl ran the business after he died, but I think he sold it in the 1980s or 1990s. He may have taken over the ownership when his mother died. The older Williamson son, J.D. became a judge.

I knew JDW but did not know his family was associated with City Block, a great place to throw snowballs at cars as they traveled down the hill westbound on 24

[dmouse]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

Did you know Jack Totty or a member of his family?

Yes, I knew Jack and visited his store a number of times. Nice guy!



The feed store was on the opposite corner from his store; the small block building, which now houses a construction company.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

Pixley was the mining company and did not own the block company which sat on the south side of Truman and back up the hill from where Stewart Sand & Gravel used to be prior to the fire.

I should have remembered Stewart Sand and Gravel. Perhaps I was having a mental BLOCKage!

[MRG Dallas]

The mention of JD Williamson reminded me of him and several of The Square lawyers (and yes, several were squares) playing in my softball league in the Summer of 1978. Most of them had offices on Kansas or Lexington

One of my teammates was Sam Cottingham, who perished in the Hyatt collapse, July, 1981 I will never forget leaving work downtown and leisurely tuning in to KY102 and instead of music, hearing the panicked reporting from a newsman on the scene.

Years later I read in-depth on the net about the collapse and that's how I learned about Sam. He had been a long time attorney for the City of Independence. His obituary mentioned he was ordering a drink at the bar under the walkways. It also said he founded the Queen City baseball league. I never knew that.

Wikipedia stated that the Hyatt was the biggest structural collapse in history until 9/11

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by MRG Dallas

The mention of JD Williamson reminded me of him and several of The Square lawyers (and yes, several were squares) playing in my softball league in the Summer of 1978. Most of them had offices on Kansas or Lexington

One of my teammates was Sam Cottingham, who perished in the Hyatt collapse, July, 1981 I will never forget leaving work downtown and leisurely tuning in to KY102 and instead of music, hearing the panicked reporting from a newsman on the scene.

Years later I read in-depth on the net about the collapse and that's how I learned about Sam. He had been a long time attorney for the City of Independence. His obituary mentioned he was ordering a drink at the bar under the walkways. It also said he founded the Queen City baseball league. I never knew that.

Wikipedia stated that the Hyatt was the biggest structural collapse in history until 9/11

I remember that day well. I was umpiring a cub scout baseball game when we were told about it. I hurried home to watch it on TV. I had a friend from work who lost her ex-husband in that disaster. It was terrible.

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

I should have remembered Stewart Sand and Gravel. Perhaps I was having a mental BLOCKage!

Aw, but Stewart Sand did not own the block company that sat on the hill behind where it was. Still need to know who owned it, when did it open, and when did it close?

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by dmouse

Yes, I knew Jack and visited his store a number of times. Nice guy!

The feed store was on the opposite corner from his store; the small block building, which now houses a construction company.

For clarification for MRG, that feed store and Antoine's were not at the same location.

As for Jack Totty, he was a very nice man. His wife was Helen. In the late 1970s, they lived on North River at Nickel. (if I have that name correct). It is the east-west street that ran on the north side of the CMSC Residence Center behind Truman Library. We had watched fireworks from their deck off the back of the house one Independence Day. I went to high school with his son and with the young lady he married. They and my in-laws were best of friends.

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by MRG Dallas

Looks like my joke also went to South St

My love of music often has me reading postings that translate into a song. Yours did.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6q5KM5THAs

[MarketStEl]

I now live in the city where South Street is located.

Originally Posted by MRG Dallas

Ok then I am not so crazy. A feed store at South and Crysler is where I remember Antoine's In 1961 it was listed as the Jones Feed Store and also had a rental business.

I didn't know they sold feed at the Jones Store.