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ing to the juke box with Mrs. Quaintance as chaperone. It took five cents to play a record on the juke box, five cents doesn’t sound like much today, but it was a lot back then.
There was not enough buses for transportation to the ball games, so different people would provide transportation, including Charlie Estes. They would go back to Cab Inn and dance in the dining room.
The “Paul Jones” was one dance that was popular there. This was a country dance when couples would join in a circle, a whistle would blow, and the girls went one way and the guys the other. A whistle would blow again and you danced with the partner whose hand you were holding.
At “special” times there was a “Girl take girl break dance”. This was when the girls could ask the boys to dance. “A lot has changed since way back then.”
The third part was added about 1937 with the long cottage on the end being added in 1940.
The gas pumps were operated by local people and Esso gasoline was sold.
There was no television at this time and traffic was becoming heavy on weekends. Many came from the Washington, D.C. area to visit the gift shops, apple stand, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The park was just being established.
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