Circa 1959........

    ........The Green Top apartments, launderette and drive-in Cafe. Opened their doors on March 27, 1943 and was demolished in 1962 to make room for McLellan's that opened on August 1963.  Image provided by David Santor.

The Gate Cafe........

    ......located next to The Service Club. One of the few places to get a home cooked meal in those days. Circa late 1940s - 1950s.

The Gate Cafe menu........

                   
                      Date: unknown. Courtesy Dona Rogers.

1930s.....

1960 Geronimo Drive-In Theater

.......A lot of dirt roads back in those days. Canyon Drive and Theater Drive were paved on May 1961.
Courtesy Norm and Kim Dunn / Henry Hauser Museum.

Mid 1940s......

.....photo of Sherbunby's Canteen Drug Store. Paul Wolfe and Fred Whitton had the Gate Theater (Smoke Shop building) built in early 1942 and soon after they built The Canteen, a package liquor store. When the war was over, Paul Wolfe sold his interest to his partner Fred Whitton, then Fred Whitton sold the Canteen to Clarence Sherbundy. The new business became Sherbundy's Canteen Drug Store. In 1957 the Canteen was sold and a later date the front half of this building was removed and the remaining rear half of the building was remodled to become a bar which to locals that remember it as L & R Tap Room. I suggest checking out Virginia Sherbundy Rogers' Oral History on DVD, contact the Henry Hauser Museum for more information.Henry Hauser Museum photo.

From four miles away and at eight thousand feet high.....

.......date unknown of the L & R Tap Room.

1954.....

...looking west towards the main gate. The sidewalk on the left that is visible is for the Service Club. Mac's Bent Elbow would become The Sorry Gulch Saloon, the Gate Theater building became The Smoke Shop and Sherbunby's Canteen became Sierra Drug and later it was Snow White Appliance and TV and Snow White Launderette and now it is known as Bloom Country Florist. Post card image provided by David Simpson.

Fry Army Recreation Center dedicated on March 27, 1943.....

 

 .....a silent partner and contributor for the rec center, Heavy Weight Champion Joe Louis Barrow  made an appearance for the dedication. Photos courtesy April 3, 1943 Bisbee Daily Review.
                                                 

1949

    Close up view of the Fry Recreation Center, left, shows just how big the "dome" actually was in comparison to  the larger vehicles (buses) that were parked at the Green Top. The GT Apartment building is on the right. Henry Hauser Museum photo.

1943 Fry, AZ

Aerial view of Fry, AZ shows a rare image, a little blurry, of the new Fry Recreation Center aka The Green Top. Courtesy Henry Hauser Museum.

December 1961 Sharp's construction.

    Gateway Times photo

The new Sharp's opened on March 1962

Early 60s...

Neighborhood kids pose, with their books they received in Bible Study, in the backyard of Willie Mae Williams' (back row, with glasses) home on 10 W. Whitton St.. Courtesy The Bellantoni Family.

(Granny) Willie Mae Williams

       May 16, 1963 Gateway Times article.

Sue & Herbs September 1958

                       Gateway Times article.

YWCA March 1960

          .....was located on Kayetan Dr. where the Pepsi warehouse is today. Gateway Times article.

YWCA February 1962

                   Gateway Times article.

1943 Fort Huachuca.....

......map of the New Cantonment Area on the east side of post. Fourteenth St. is now known as Brainard Rd. Outside the main gate (Fry gate) was the overland bus depot at the Canteen, a package liquor store that Paul Wolfe and Fred Whitton built in 1942. In 1945 Clarence Sherbundy bought the business from Mr. Whiiton and  became Sherbundy's Canteen Drug store. The map also shows the Gate Theater, the NCO building and The Fry Rec Center, better known as The Green Top. Courtesy Fort Huachuca Historical Museum.  

200 North Ave. ....

...top photo church members break ground for the First Baptist Church of Fry, Arizona on February 27, 1955. The church was built soon after. Courtesy First Baptist Church.