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Picture of Blind Mans Store brings back memories Dolphus Eastridge lost his sight when dynamite caps exploded in his face, but he and his wife worked hard and made a good life for themselves, serving the community with the store and good deeds, Sheila Woods Hare recalls About Scenic Adair Co., KY: Blind Mans Store (June 28, 2010) photo by John E. Moss By Sheila Hare The store known by everyone as "Blind Man's Store," was owned by my Aunt Lula and Uncle Dolphus Eastridge.It is in the Mount Zion area of Adair County, where I grew up. When we were growing up, this was the place to go and loaf with your parents and hear old stories of times past. My Uncle Dolphus was blinded when he was still a young man by dynamite caps which blew up in his face. But this did not stop him. He ran this store all by himself.He kept everything there in its place. When customers asked for something, he knew right where it was, and went straight to it. When he was not busy, you would find him in his special chair reading Braille. He kept up on everything he could by reading. Once I saw a person give him an amount of money and when uncle Dolphus gave him back the change, the man told him he had shorted him. And my uncle counted it out again and the man said that my uncle was right on the money the first time. Uncle Dolphus said several people had tried to do him that way, but he always came out to be right. Once my little brother, Tommy, and I didn't go to church with mom and dad on Wednesday evening. We decided to go to the store instead. We walked down to the store and got something to eat and a soft drink and thought we had slipped away and no one would know. We forgot that all the men would go to church early and stand outside to catch up on all the gossip and news. And that they had watched us the whole time we had been at the store. We didn't go back much for awhile, and when we did start back sneaking off to the store, we left a lot later in the evening. My aunt and uncle were like a lot of people from the past: Really good and honest people who did a hard days work and served their community. They will always be remembered for their good deeds. We all have memories of our childhood, but this picture brought mine back to me. -Sheila Woods Hare This story was posted on 2010-06-29 14:21:33
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