How You Know You Were a Mebanite in the 70s-80s
- You sat at the counter of Warrens Drug Store eating ice cream.
- You bought candy or fresh produce from Mr Freshwater and can still remember the smell of Freshwaters store.
- You walked to Hardee's for a school field trip.
- You remember Hardee's color scheme being brown and orange. And you had a collection of Hardee's Flintstone and Smurf drinking glasses.
- You remember the mural being painted on the side of Rices Jewelry.
- You remember when the post office is where the police station is now.
- You went to Morazi's after school.
- You either worked at or were friends with someone who worked at Just Pizza.
- You thought Mebane had finally made it when they finally built a McDonalds.
- You called Time and Temperature for the daily forecast. 563-2400.
- ALL Mebane numbers were 563.
- You remember the Olympic torch coming through Mebane.
- You shopped at Birds and Maxway.
- You bought candy from concessions at Dogwood pool (pre-CVS)
- Your family doctor was either Dr. Jones and Dr. Aycock.
- You remember Tommy who ran Tommy's mini mart.
- In elementary school, you visited the original fire station.
- You went sledding at Arrowhead golf course. (Now Tanger Outlets)
- If you were a girl, you hated the open dressing rooms at Peaches and Cream.
- You took dance from Patty Laws at the Mebane Rec.
- A special Saturday morning was breakfast at A & M Grill.
- You skated at Roll Away (Now the auction warehouse)
- You ate a Huey's after church...long before the bar-side addition.
- The "big" pharmacy became Rite Aid.
- Your parents actually bought lumber from Mebane Lumber Company.
- Woodlawn Middle Schools mascot was the Eaglet. (WTF is an Eaglet?)
- Insead of a big lake behind Eastern High School, it was their baseball field.
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