Mrs. Culp's Diary, Saturday, October 9, 1937

A post-supper shopping trip

Although Mrs. Culp was still feeling “weak,” she accompanied Walter on a shopping trip to Riley’s grocery store after supper. There were chain grocery stores in the country by then, most notably A&P and Piggly-Wiggly. But many grocery stores were mom-and-pop affairs, like the Publix grocery store George Jenkins opened in Winter Haven in 1930 that in 19…