Rockingham Trivia - Part 1
Fun Trivia Questions About Our Hometown
Rockingham, NC
’40’s, ‘50’s, & ‘60’s
(submitted by Ken Smith ~ RHS ’64)
(the song in the background is Little Anthony & The Imperials - Take Me Back)
How does your memory serve you after all these years?
Let’s have some fun ~ READY! ~ GET SET! ~ GO!
(Answers & some pictures supplied at the end)
1) What was the full name for Fox Drug Store?
2) What was the name of the Fish Market located across the street from Hallum's Furniture in the ’50’s?
3) Harry A. West was the manager of this store in 1946?
4) What was the name of the Olds, Pontiac, and GMC dealership in the ’40’s?
5) What was the family name of the Gulf Stream Service Station?
6) What was the name of the Super Market in Rockingham that once occupied 226 E. Washington Street in the Stillwell Building?
7) What was the name of the Coca Cola Bottling Plant in Hamlet in the ’50’s?
8) Name of the little Grocery Store that was located next to
the Tar Heel Motel.
9) Name the curb service diner on U. S. 1 South in Watson Heights in the mid ’50’s.
10) What was the name of the Truck Stop operated by the Goodwin’s in the ’50’s?
11) Name the business that L. M. Williams owned and operated.
12) This lady became my step mother after my Mother’s passing. She owned a dress shop that carried her married name from her first husband, and it was located in downtown Rockingham for many years.
13) Name the Truck & Tractor company in Rockingham during
the ’50’s.
14) My classmate, Lonnie McCaskill’s Dad, L.F. McCaskill, owned and operated this Rockingham establishment in the 1960’s!
15. In 2005 the above motel was still standing. What had its
name become by this time?
16) He owned and operated this establishment and was know far and wide by his nickname of “Dynamite”.
Answers:
1) L. G. Fox Drug Company, Inc.
2) The Seafood Center
3) Dixie Auto Service
4) Penegar Motor Company
5) Allen’s
6) Dixie Home Super Market
7) Crown Carbonative Company
8) Smith Brother’s Grocery Store
9) Do-Nut Dinnette
10) Johnnie’s (Owned & Operated By Johnnie & Ethel Goodwin)
11) City Market & Williams Abattoir
12) Mildred Gaddy (Gaddy’s)
13) Land Truck & Tractor Company
14) The Village Motel
15) Economy Motel
16) Five Points Grocery
Homer (Dynamite) Benoist
