The Gulf Station in the 1950s. Photo courtesy of Bruce Farrington
The gulf station was a full service station that even had a car wash. It was run by a number of local folks over the years including Walt DeVolder, Ralph Hood, Bob Jones and Barbara Jean (not the furniture lady). Engle & Lanlare (from Wolcott) owned it and they were the ones that updated it, they put new gas tanks above ground behind the station. Fire Chief at the time (Pete Knapp) had concerns about it being a fire hazzard and they ended up burying them. It would later become a car wash then a laundromat and eventually it would become the Pit Stop that we know today.
Bob Jone’s father (Tal Jones) pumping gas circa 1962. Gas prices were approx. 30 cents a gallon. Photo courtesy of Bob Jones.
Now: 2018
Then: 1950sPit Stop as it appears today (2018). Photo courtesy Edith Farrington
