Delightful as always! I particularly loved the story about the photo in your uncle Collin's wallet. He surely was a handsome devil!

Keep writing -- LUV it!

Lissa Scott - Riverdale, Maryland

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Marv, Angela's story about Mary Melton is so touching and wonderful, it
made me get teary eyed. Thank you for publishing so many great stories
and remembrances. You're doing a fantastic job with Roanoke-Chowan.

Carol Joice-Jones - Washington, DC

[NOTE: This supportive writer is my wife!]

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Thanks for the new edition. I especially enjoyed your memories of Main Street Ahoskie.

I have a few memories myself:

The present town hall of Ahoskie used to be the post office. Near that, in a pale blue building (and it's still pale blue) was/is Eastern Office Supply. Next to them, in the brick building was the office of my only pediatrician, Dr. Dan P. Boyette. That office, in more recent times, was the office of Charles ("Chuck") Moore, attorney-at-law.

Across the street from the old post office was the music store of Billy Raynor. I bought many pieces of sheet music from him in the 1970s. He also sold pianos and Conn organs. Mr. Raynor used to "play for his supper" at the Ahoskie Inn (the former Ramada Inn) out on the highway at the Sunday noontime buffet. This was in the late 1980s and very early 1990s. He has since passed off the scene of time. But he played beautifully on a Conn Theaterette organ in the motel dining room.

I have vague memories of at least two car dealerships on Main Street Ahoskie. One was across from Dr. Boyette's office. The other was somewhere very close to where the flea market was located. If memory serves correctly, it was a Mercury dealership. This was back in the early 1960s and I was only about 4 or 5 years old.

Next to the old Dollar Store was Mervyn's Meat Market owned by Mervyn Early. He was the only butcher in town that I can remember.

I remember the old Bank of Ahoskie (located there near the railroad tracks). It was a very elegant building inside and outside. It became Wachovia Bank and moved down the street to its present location.

And, do you remember the old Manhattan Cafe, John's Limited and Johnna's??? (They were in that row where That Added Touch florist is now located.)

A friend of mine has a videotape that was put together by Don Upchurch (who used to work at WRCS radio) of events and oral history of Ahoskie. There is footage of the old train station and various parades along Main Street.

Hope this will add to your history of Hertford County.

Timothy Pierce - Hertford County

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