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Old Knifley - happy memories of visits at the store By Mitzi Bault I've found a lot of happy memories in Great Aunt Stella's collection. Her father, my Great Grandfather L.R. Chelf, had a store in Old Knifley, KY. My Great Grandfather's store gave away little promotional things to his customers - like the handy little notebook in the photo that accompanies this article. This little notebook, probably 2" by 5", would work perfect for farmers to keep in the pockets of their bib overalls. The inside back cover has a calendar for 1922, 1923 and 1924. The inside front cover tells you about The Advantages of Spending your money at home. The back ad was for Star Brand Shoes. As a little girl, lots of Sundays after Church we would take my Grandmother Audrey Lee Chelf Waggener to Knifley to see her brothers and sisters. By that time my Grandfather Chelf had passed (in 1932) and my Great Aunt Hallie Knifley, having lost her husband, and left with two small children Ivan and Louise Knifley to raise, went to work in the store. There was no such thing as Social Security back in the 30s so she moved back to the Chelf household and started helping in the store with my Great Uncle Marshal. Uncle Marshal always had special treats for us. My Grandmother Waggener had two sisters that never married. They did the running of the house that was next door to the store. You knew that there was always a big pie of some type waiting for you. After you crossed the Plum Point bridge it was gravel most of the way. The store had big windows in the front of the store and they sold a little of everything. My Daddy always saw that we had a nickel each. There was a huge candy cabinet. We always got Uncle Marshal to sell us our candy because he just scooped and put it in our bags with a big smile where Aunt Hallie counted every piece of candy. I have a lot of wonderful memories of running around the store. It was a two story building with the second floor - a balcony - that had a wooden railing. You could look over and down to see the floor below. There would be men whittling, ladies working on quilts. I have lot’s more fun stories of our visits in Knifley. This story was posted on 2019-01-26 21:05:16
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