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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer I
The Flint Hill Store has beeh a popular spot for gathering and shopping for over 100 years.
Wilson and Jean Burke are the current storekeepers. They have been there for the past eight years. Mr. Burke has been in the grocery business since 1952. He bega% with Schwartz Store in Sperryville, now known as the Sperryville Corner Store. He owned the store there with Randolph Clater, the current proprietor, who is the brother of his wife Jean.
The next stop for him was a Safeway in Northern Virginia where he got most of his training in butchering meat. He also worked at Burke’s store in Woodville before starting at the Flint Hill Store in 1987.
Flint Hill Store is one of two stores in the county which carries fresh meats, and the Burkes are obviously proud of that -fact. Their fresh meat section offers steaks, ground beef, chicken, roasts, country sausage, and pork chops.
“I worked a long
time and I enjoyed
it. I miss the
people. I am crazy
about people.”
'Frances Bradford
Have a hankering for a cookout even though it’s January? Everything on the shopping list can be found at Flint Hill Store: fresh steaks, chicken, barbeque sauce, potatoes, ingredients for a fresh garden salad, and even marshmallows. Chareoal and lighter are also available.
Another unusual service of the store is a little area with three tables and chairs set up for breakfast, lunch and snacks. A hot lunch is available daily as well as sandwiches, and country ham biscuits are always a popular menu itefti.
Mrs. Burke says that they try to carry a little of everything in the store, and that is evident when walking up and down the aisles. Besides the meat section, there is fresh produce available, baking supplies, stationery supplies, a myriad of canned goods, cleaning supplies, soft drinks, beer and wine, country hams, bread and cookies, frozen foods, pet foods, candles, and even some vestiges from the past, such as hair nets and bobby pins, and pocket combs for 25 cents.
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