Mallory Bros. Grocery and Feed Stores

Beginning in 1916, M.T. Mallory and his sons Eugene and Claude owned and operated two grocery stores and a feed store. Their first location was at 112 South Johnson Street. Shortly after 1920, the grocery store moved to 127 West Broad Street at the corner of Broad and Line Streets, and at the same time they opened a feed store at 112 South Line Street. Employees included Sam Huff, Bill Bruner, Haskell Mallory, Virgil Padgett, and Reese Chrietzberg. The feed store carried Ralston Purina products, and the south side of the building facing the railroad was painted with the company’s red and white checkerboard logo. Each year the business entered a wagon in the Armistice Day Parade decorated with sacks of feed, many American flags, and red and white checkerboards. Eugene Mallory died in 1931 at age 36, and soon afterward Claude closed the stores.

Mineola, Texas · United States