I found this picture and at first - I was like neat! Ayr-Way's! But then, I started zooming in on the different areas of the picture and that's when I saw all of the other gems.
Starting from left to right.
1) Kmart (probably their garden shop)
2) This looks like a Ponderosa!
3) A church? A cemetery? I don't remember this at all.
4) Burger Chef (I miss the works bar!)
So then, I had to go out to Microsoft Maps and see what the area looks like today.
1) Empty Building - what used to be Ayr-Way's. Sadness. Church and cemetery seems to still be intact.
2) Not Burger Chef. Sadness. Ponderosa? Not sure. Doesn't look like it. Not sure what that other building is. That's what I think had the KMART sign on it in the 1970's picture.
It's just really sad to me that first, downtown was shred to bits and then the south side of town followed suit.
Sigh.
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