Star Brand Shoes Are Better Traditional Cache
Star Brand Shoes Are Better
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Small container, BYOP, Muggles are rampant - best as an early morning or late evening cache
The maternal roots to my family tree were cultivated in Princeton, also known as Boon Hill or Boone Hill. As a reference for these caches I have utilized, “My Town, Princeton, North Carolina, A Book About Princeton People” authored by my Great Uncle, William A. Norris. I have used his words to describe a series of caches by which you are invited to explore this town.
Princeton was “laid out” in 1854 as a train stop for the Southern Railroad line. Population in the 1930 census was 500, today the population is about 1,146 within the town limits.
During the early 1920’s John Ledbetter operated a General Merchandise Store on the corner of Pine and First Street, Gurley’s Antique Mall today. A.F. Holt, across the street from the cache opened in 1909 and is still owned by the same family, stop by for gossip and various sundry of items. Woodard’s Drug Store with the old sign still hanging our front has been an institution in Princeton since 1935, owned and operated by B.P. Woodard who was a representative in the State Legislature for several decades. Two grocery stores were nearby, the IGA was located where Duran Rains Auto Parts store is today. A barber shop was further down the street on the left, Joe Edwards had a prosperous book store “Food for the Souls of Men” read the window sign, and Julian Massey was the owner of the Jewelry Store. During the 1930’s a state regulated ABC (whiskey store) did a flourishing business after the bookstore closed. On the corner of Pine and Edwards Streets was the Ed A Holt’s merchandise store now the home of The Princeton Leader. My great uncle remembered purchasing his first new store bought shoes for $2.10; they were of course Star Brand shoes, the best money could buy.
Many Princeton stores remained open after dark, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Floyd Daughtry placed a TV set in the store front window located next to the post office after the store was closed so people without TV at home could watch Herb Shriner’s “Two for the Money.”
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