— Compiled by Betty Jane Wilson, president, Valley Falls Historical Society.
A Valley Falls telephone directory for July 1957, retrieved from the Valley Falls Historical Society files, listed the following merchants, professionals, businesses, and residents located on Broadway Street from street numbers 100 through 500 — for reminiscing:
100, Santa Fe Railway;
200, Mercer Chevrolet;
210, County Shop;
300, Wade's Market;
300 1/2, IOOF Hall;
301, Steinmetz and Needham Skelly Service;
304, Gamble Hardware and Newman Plumbing Shop;
306, Needham Implement Co.;
306 1/2, Jesse Dobbins, Bernard Putthoff;
309, Ann's Cafe;
310, Gillispie Hardware;
311, Broadway Beauty Shop and Searles Heating and Plumbing;
312, Vindicator Publishing Co.;
312 1/2, Wilfred Quinlin;
314, Burkert's Shop;
315, Lloyd W. Barker Insurance and Campbell's Jewelers;
315 1/2, Emma Stewart;
317, Jayhawk Appliance;
320 1/2, Bob Rife;
322 1/2, Edna Snider;
323, Kendall State Bank;
323 1/2, R.W. Ferguson;
324, Corner Drug Store;
324 1/2, Mrs. Lulu Dixon;
400, Gordon K. Lowry, Attorney;
401 1/2, Masonic Hall;
404, Margaret's Style Shop;
405, Arthur's Cafe;
406, Citizen's State Bank and H.D. Wyatt Insurance Co.;
409, Hatfield's Penslar Store;
410, Valley Implement Co.
411, Hauck's Department Store;
412, Summerfelt's Hardware Co.;
413, Wilson's Department Store;
415, Valley Self-Service Laundry;
417, Swirly Top;
418, Reichart and Brosa Clothing;
419, Ben Franklin Store;
421, Cook's Hy-Klass Grocery;
423 Orville Gragg Truck Line;
424, Tobin Hatchery and Produce;
425, John K. Griffith, M.D.;
425 1/2, Lois Jean VanGaasbeek;
508, Mrs. Louis Ott;
510, Searles Cleaners;
512, Billings Oil Co. and Hundley Standard Oil;
513, Mrs. I.E. Foster;
517, Mrs. Grace Newman;
522, Phillip Reichart, Broadway and Walnut, Burke Oil Co.
The Valley Falls Historical Society will be open at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 30. There is no admission.
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