Shopping Saturday: Lakeport Grocery

My first cousin twice removed Louise Margaret Gray owned Lakeport Grocery in Lakeport, New York. I am not sure when she purchased the store, but I know that she owned it while she was married to her third husband Leonard D. Smith. The store was later known as Fox's Lakeport Grocery after she married her fourth husband Maurice Otis Fox.

The store was a grocery and a service station. A 6-room house was attached to the store.

Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 2 August 1968

Milk was available in disposable containers.

Mexico Independent (Mexico, NY), 29 August 1955

Beer was also available for purchase.

Madison County Times (Chittenango, NY), 1 July 1960

S&H Green Stamps were given to the store's customers.

Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 16 February 1950

When Louise was in the process of retiring, a grocery store auction was held. The ad for the sale included a list of the store's contents.

Daily Sentinel (Rome, NY), 11 August 1971

Louise owned the store until at least 1973.