TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
MERIWHETHER HARDWARE
MR. R.W. MERIWHETHER , FATHER OF BILL AND RAY AND GRANDFATHER OF BOB AND JACK , RAN MERIWHETHER
HARDWARE IN THE BUILDING WHERE FRED'S WAS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN PARAGOULD ON PRUETT STREET .
IN THE 1920'S , THIS STORE CARRIED ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE , BUT BESIDES THAT WAS ADORNED WITH
ASSORTMENT OF WILDLIFE WHICH HAD BEEN MOUNTED BY TAXIDERMISTS.
THERE WAS AN ALBINO SQUIRREL , A BLACK SQUIRREL , A BOBCAT , A ALLIGATOR GAR WHICH HAD GOTTEN ITS BILL CAUGHT
IN A NET ON BIG SLOUGH DITCH AND DROWNED . IT WEIGHED ABOUT 190 LBS. AND WAS SEVERAL FEET LONG.
REMEMBERED BY PHIL HERGET
THANK YOU
LINDA