The Bill Hughes Gazette
Conveniently Pleasant
In a world of Super Walmart's and giant food chain stores, the original mom and pop stores are still thriving and stocking what the locals are buying.
Pleasant Hill Store near Elkton, Maryland, has been around for 108 years and present owner Dave keeps people coming back and it's not only because of the convenience and location along Blue Ball Road, it's because he makes people feel welcome. "How you doing young man?" That's the way he always talks to me whether I'm buying fuel or purchasing a Little Debbie chocolate pie. He knows the locals by name and it's a good place to catch up on the area news.
"Treat people the way they want to be treated in this country environment and have what they need. They treat us right and we treat them right," he said of his method for success.
The store which was established in 1892, has been Dave's business for almost three decades. He's holding an aerial photo that was taken about 1986. "It's right before I built the canopy," which is over the gas pumps.
His store also sells ice cream on the side of the building and for a while even had a video store to.
"I worked here for nine months before I bought it in September 1980. It's been a good life."
Conveniently Pleasant
In a world of Super Walmart's and giant food chain stores, the original mom and pop stores are still thriving and stocking what the locals are buying.
Pleasant Hill Store near Elkton, Maryland, has been around for 108 years and present owner Dave keeps people coming back and it's not only because of the convenience and location along Blue Ball Road, it's because he makes people feel welcome. "How you doing young man?" That's the way he always talks to me whether I'm buying fuel or purchasing a Little Debbie chocolate pie. He knows the locals by name and it's a good place to catch up on the area news.
"Treat people the way they want to be treated in this country environment and have what they need. They treat us right and we treat them right," he said of his method for success.
The store which was established in 1892, has been Dave's business for almost three decades. He's holding an aerial photo that was taken about 1986. "It's right before I built the canopy," which is over the gas pumps.
His store also sells ice cream on the side of the building and for a while even had a video store to.
"I worked here for nine months before I bought it in September 1980. It's been a good life."