WEAUBLEAU MFA
The photos and captions on this page were contributed by Pat [Carlton] Niemeyer, whose father ran the MFA grocery store in Weaubleau for many years.
Some employees at the Farmers Exchange (MFA) in Weaubleau, spring of 1948.
Back row from left: Ray Weaver, Marie Foster Weaver, Ruby Johnston, ? Bays, Hubert Gumm, George Boone.
Front row: Dorothy Johnson, Helen Carlton.
JFA stood for Junior Farmers Association. This was a group going to the MFA convention in Columbia about 1950-51.
First row, left to right: Dennis Durnell, Donnie Gumm, ? Arent, Marvin Cooper, Carolyn Bullington, Audra Arent.
Back row, left to right: Bernice Wheeler, Kenneth Cooper, Charles Lee Hemphill (directly behind Donnie Gumm), Jean Baker, Marcene Penny, Pat Carlton, Daryle Durnell, Gale Snow, Shirley Durnell.
This is a group of people from the Weaubleau area going to the 1953 farmers' convention in Columbia.
Left to right: George Boone, Hubert Gumm, Keith Carlton. Date uncertain.
Keith Carlton was manager of the MFA Exchange in Weaubleau from about 1943 until 1954. George Boone used to walk from his house about four miles north of town on 54 to work every day. Hubert started working for Mr. Carlton while in high school and later became manager of the MFA.
Page created and posted 15 Jan 2007 by Ginny Sharp.