50 Years in the Mercantile Business

Dear Family Trails readers, 

It must have been "an end of an era" when Grandfather Weaver decided to close the doors to 50 years of his life in the merchantile business. This newspaper article -most likely from the Daily Home- sums up C. S Weaver's work ethic and that of his children, "In the half century of opening, the store was never closed on a business day." 

His scrapbook is filled with letters from friends and merchants around the state expressing their feelings on hearing that C.S. Weaver and Sons would be closing. 

Here is a letter from Mrs. S. C. Oliver, 3211 Cliff Road, Birmingham, expressing her sadness of this news. 

I love Mrs. Oliver's expressions in her letter…"Those grand ole Talladega days,"and this ultimate compliment  she gives to Grandfather Weaver...
"You took the Bible for your rule and it was heaped up, pressed down, and running over."
Grandfather Weaver, thank you for your example.
Love,
Mariellan

The USS Sawfish and a Scrapbook Find

USS Sawfish

  Good Morning, Family Trails readers. I thought it would be nice to once again delve into some of the articles that our Grandfather Weaver glued into his scrapbook. 

Note: If you think you have seen this picture before in our family blog, you are right! I used it by mistake in the post, USS Talladega. I have now posted the correct photograph of the Talladega on that post. 

This article is about Lieutenant Commander E. T. Sands, of the USS Sawfish during WWII.  Sands mentions the Weaver family in his letter to the Talladega paper. 

Grandfather Weaver's scrapbook is a capsule full of historic events like this article. His newspaper clippings bring the history books and the movies to life. Even the parts of the articles that were cut off look interesting! I would love to have read the next article in this clipping, "Will Send Cows to Europe." That is definitely an aspect of war I have never considered!