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Houston Home Journal Feature Grovania Has One Os Last Old-Time Country Stores By Maxine Thompson fIEoeSH V ■ P* —3 B iff'**"' ■ . Jb J* ' * 1 1 I ■ / yi ■ I—mn I) *"<l Igi Jminl jjMR j ' <K? y^Mfci., .' ►^^[HBPl^RlfHmjfc^ *" ■• | Bw akv' 'JW B ■* ■■ : -. ? '.v j| Sf IBK H : < JMip|M Edwin Ellis holds a very large lock and a pair of ice tongs; next to the tongs is a horse collar. Well buckets, washboards, enamel dishpans, and oil smk m tfll '■ If a I * ’ "jf : ''>i; m BMi? s **.*>&* On the outside of Ellis’ Grocery at Grovania, one of the oldest buildings left standing, an old bench for sitting in the shade contrasts with ' 8* I £#*#l Children demonstrate the way men used to sit around the huge old pot-bellied stove that for merly stood on the sawmill saw blade still seen on the floor of Ellis’ Grocery. The stove rusted out lamps are still asked for occasionally and they can be found at Ellis’ Grocery. modern gasoline pumps. Edwin lounges in the door while Rex holds his pet rooster and Wesley hangs on to his pet goat. and parts couldn’t be obtained, so it had to be removed. From left are Edwin Ellis, Rex Ellis, Joseph Jefferson, and Wesley Ellis. PAGE 5-A ~ ' —s* n # •' # ? ■i ■* "' / ' ,^l ? 'i^r TOa ji Ay-w* i ip 9BUt g£^£ • >-■ ..jjipww Rex Ellis, age 10, climbs up high to bring down an old-fashioned well hook. The store represents two different eras; one section filled with modern canned and packaged goods, freezer, meat case, :i4i ’ *,J-' ":•,*• :'* J £»***•'?'*'** .• If you want a slab of side meat or a thick wedge of “rat cheese,” they can still be found at Ellis’ Grocery at Grovania. Jack Ellis, Jr., is the son of the original owners who operated the store 42 years. With his wife, Glynis, daughter of Mr. and ■ | | , . hKHI r 3i ? t “L 3 ?! rWt \ ; "" ■■ --- ■ 1 *"^ , * , *' t,l 'SSf~ ; T S —r 4 MWIw HT MB JpT r ' j|" ; i PBT I® » mm * mm -j I m . \ f P I '" ■ * jm ’ d i PKBSMir H popp * v * />» • *.-.. .-* Jp ... ;-i --' ’* $ --^- : -'»■'> ite£ J»fe' .* •■?Xa3| v*, * • j’® '<#•%.%£ |. „ ’ ‘xlf ’Q/ -if - - ‘','^o^s'’ ~~ <• After school, putting up stock is one of the Ellis Children’s jobs. Here Glynelle, 11, tackles that chore with Jackson, 15. Shown at the old filing cabinet where accounts were kept for many years PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1972 and other items, the rest still containing lengths of stove pipe, plow points, lanterns, and in the foreground an old kerosene tank complete with pump. Mrs. Koy Bloodworth of Grovania, and their six children, he has kept the store open for the past five years. Modern and old-fashioned items can both be found here in the long, narrow wooden building. is Ricky, age 17. Ricky started working in the store sweeping for his grandfather for 25 cents a day when he was 5 years old. Later he worked on Saturdays for $3.00 a day.