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After 22 years The Toyah vale Mercantile is closing its doors. John Tomek and his wife Beverly, owner and mana ger of the merchandise, are selling out and will be moving back to their home town at Kerrville. Everything will be put on sale to sell by the 15th of the month. In 1947, Willis McCutcheon Jr. and Jimmie Duncan pur chased the land from the Bal morhea Ranches, and built the store. By the end of 1948 the building was completed, the front, housed the Toyah vale Post Office in one corner, and a large space for gro ceries, a meat market, mens and ladies clothing, of brand names, a hardware department and a large store room. Mr. and Mrs. Beau Mc Cutcheon was the Postmis tress. The bookkeeping was done by Mrs. Oma Prew, Mrs. Mildred Stroade and later Mrs. Tudie Patrick. In 1962, the McCutcheons moved to San Angelo, and Jack McCutcheon was made manager, and Mrs. Gray Foster, Postmistress. After a few years, the store sold only to the surrounding ranches, and was run by Mr. and Mrs. Truman Foster. Then Mr. and Mrs. Tomek rented the building and put in a full line of groceries, and handled some meats. The Texaco Station, at the side of the building, was also built in 1948 and has been open to the public since. Being next to the Balmorhea State Park, the tourist as well as the ranch people will miss the convenience of this bus iness. We hate to see the Tomeks leave. They have been wonder ful citizens and church mem bers. The closing of the store will loose a nice clean place for shopping and a place for the gathering of the ranch hands and meeting new faces.
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 06, 1968
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