Excerpt from Kilbourne: Yesterday and Today, 1870-1970
The passing years brought changes the old stove was replaced by a floor furnace; at first, there came white margarine with its capsule or packet of coloring, later, colored oleo appeared in the cooler next to the country butter; refrigerators took the place of the ice boxes, and then came a frozen food case. The fascinating old candy case gave way to a low showcase with a sliding glass door.
Many changes had taken place in 73 years. But when Budge Craggs retired in 1959, it was still a typical country general store where you could buy hardware, hair ribbons, patent medicines, shirts, greeting cards, groceries, lamp chimneys, and treadle sewing machine belts. Children still brought grocery lists, then stood with their noses pressed against the glass of the candy case while their orders were filled.
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