Comments on: The Grove Center Halloween Festival

By: Atomictumor

Atomictumor — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:04:15 +0000

Man, that’d be so cool to have decent shopping within walking (or biking) distance. I’m a big fan of towns that can pull that off.

By: The Bosphorus

The Bosphorus — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:13:33 +0000

Oak Ridge had that in mind, at least at one time… 60 years ago.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:44:28 +0000

Grove center was certainly well-occupied back in the ’60s. I lived on the opposite end of town, but I can recall a White Stores (my mom said they had the only good chicken in town), a hardware store, a bowling alley and a movie theater.

Of course, I also recall a bustling, active downtown with desireable department stores, a great bakery, an A&P (grocery), a pretty good bookstore, a good music store, a bank, and lots of other stuff. Every storefront was occupied back then, and the sidewalk was crowded on most weekends. It was hard to find a parking spot on the last couple of weekends before Christmas. Of course, folks didn’t go into Knoxville so much back then–the roads weren’t that great.

Sorry for the geezing.

By: Joe P.

Joe P. — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:40:37 +0000

not to slight any of the other kids - but that Mailbox Costume rocks!!

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:16:07 +0000

Joel, that’s pretty much my idea of a perfect town.

By: Tank Johnson

Tank Johnson — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:23:18 +0000

I saw the kids … I commented to the wife about the mailbox costume … it was next level! Everyone looked great!

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:39:52 +0000

Tank, I thought long and hard about coming over and getting onto you about standing us up at our party.
But then I had a beer. :)

By: Mrs. Eaves

Mrs. Eaves — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:33:05 +0000

Yeah, GAC mentioned that she saw you, but I didn’t have her point you out to me. I’m sorry that I didn’t introduce myself…but I didn’t know it was you! Thanks for the kind words.

By: Tank Johnson

Tank Johnson — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:21:54 +0000

I tried one of the beers they were selling outside the Timeout … it about killed me! You should have come over, I am used to getting jumped … and I am sorry about the party.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:44:31 +0000

You probably saw my son singing in Sound Company while you were there - I think they sang about 9am…can’t remember (I was out of town).

From what I hear they’re renovating the theatres in the Grove Theatre (current home of the Church of High Places) to create “the best show venue in town”. We’ll see. I’m hoping so…