Mooresville is still here!
Coca- Cola anyone?
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I did do a return visit a few years back. The downtown area hasn't changed much, but, of course, the area all around Mooresville has exploded economically. My grandfather was a WWI vet and a barber on Main Street. His shop is still in the same place. My mother is 96 now, sharp and still drives, and the house she was born in is still there, and largely unchanged.
Mr. Teeter was my buddy, and his wife ran the cash register. The popsicles were often free. The original Teeter's store in downtown Mooresville was opened by the family in 1939, and the family made a deal in the 1960s with Mr. Harris to merge with his store in Charlotte. Both Harris and Teeter started with one store, and after their merger started opening more. The rest is history.
Mr. Teeter was my buddy, and his wife ran the cash register. The popsicles were often free. The original Teeter's store in downtown Mooresville was opened by the family in 1939, and the family made a deal in the 1960s with Mr. Harris to merge with his store in Charlotte. Both Harris and Teeter started with one store, and after their merger started opening more. The rest is history.
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I did do a return visit a few years back. The downtown area hasn't changed much, but, of course, the area all around Mooresville has exploded economically. My grandfather was a WWI vet and a barber on Main Street. His shop is still in the same place. My mother is 96 now, sharp and still drives, and the house she was born in is still there, and largely unchanged.
Mr. Teeter was my buddy, and his wife ran the cash register. The popsicles were often free. The original Teeter's store in downtown Mooresville was opened by the family in 1939, and the family made a deal in the 1960s with Mr. Harris to merge with his store in Charlotte. Both Harris and Teeter started with one store, and after their merger started opening more. The rest is history.
Mr. Teeter was my buddy, and his wife ran the cash register. The popsicles were often free. The original Teeter's store in downtown Mooresville was opened by the family in 1939, and the family made a deal in the 1960s with Mr. Harris to merge with his store in Charlotte. Both Harris and Teeter started with one store, and after their merger started opening more. The rest is history.
Harris Teeter is still a powerhouse in this neck of the woods with competition from Publix, Aldi, Food Lion and Lowes (Foods). The popsicles are no longer free!....
....Downtown still has the small town ambiance...the outskirts, nope!
Great to hear from you!
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