Season's Greetings from Winn Dixie
Staff Report dell (the first in Ponchatoula). and the
remodeling of our store," stated Hill.
With the completion of West Pine at "We are committed to giving the people
hand the long road to Winn Dixie will be of Ponchatoula the finest food store.
a breeze. Such are the sentiments of
local manager Bill Hill:
'1 would like at this time to thank the
many dedicated Winn Dixie shoppers
who have faced the long inconvenience
of West Pine Street construction, and
have retyurned week after week to shop
at their local Winn Dixie ."
The Winn Dixie located in Berryland
Shopping Center offers 30,000 square
feet of shopping comfort, with 56
friendly employees at your disposal to
make your shopping a pleasure as well
as a bargain.
The "Beef People" are ready to serve
you the finest in meats, fowl and fish.
The "Produce Patch" is always
stocked with the freshest fruits and
vegetables to be found anywhere. And
of course there is always a weekly
bargain to be fund in your The
Ponchatoula Times in the form of
"weekly specials," coupons, or special
Winn Dixie promotions.
"We are proud of the progress our
Ponchatoula store has made in the last
few years with the addition of a full line
with polite quality service, seven days a
week, year round. With the holidays
upon us there is no better place to shop
for all your holiday needs,"
The Dell at Winn Dixie will prepare a
mouth-watering turkey or ham dinner
with all the trimmings or a party tray to
complete your holiday entertainment.
"'Once again I would like to thank the
people of Ponchatoula whose road to
the Winn Dixie is now easier going, and
wish them the very best of holidays"
stated Hill.
Jackson's
Medi-Thrift
I harmacy
ready for future
since the 1930's
Staff Report
Pharmacist Tommy Jackson still has
mortar and pestle his father used to mix
pharmaceuticals at the family drugstore,
but Jackson's Medi-Thrift, 240 West
Pine, is ready for the future in down-
town Ponchatoula.
L.S. "Sneed" Jackson and his wife
opened Jackson's Pharmacy in the late
1930's, having purchased the pharmacy
from Marie Anglade.
For years the pharmacy was located
in the old Boudreaux Shoe Store
building next to Hardy's Ace Hardware.
Tommy Jackson took over the phar-
macy in 1968 and moved it to its
current location in 1970.
He brought with him much more than
pharmaceuticals when he moved across
Pine Street. The store still features a
china and silver pattern section which
was started in the early days of the
pharmacy by his mother.
Of course Jackson has kept pace with
the increased offerings of the modern
drug store. The store's wide variety of
goods reflects the many uses made of
Jackson Medi-Thrift by the surrounding
community.
When school bells start to ring in the
fall local scholars are outfitted from the
well-stocked shelves.
Many a children's birthday party
guest has shopped for his gift from the
toy shelves, which have all the latest
space toys.
Jewelry is another popular item at the
store.
Mrs. Helen Cone, who has worked
most of her life at the store and still
manages to greet every day with a fresh
smile like it was the first day on the job,
is always on the job with some gentle
advice for a bride choosing her silver
pattern or the right sized pin to hold a
watch band on.
And while much has been left
unchanged by the years, the real
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, NOVEMBER 28. 1985, SEC. B., PAGE FIVE
Pharmacist Tommy Jackson
business of Jackson's Medi-Thrift has
changed a great deal:
"Pharmaceuticals have changed
drastically. It used to take 45 minutes to
an hour to mix the medicines individually
for a prescription using a mortar and
pestle like this one 1 keep on display
from the old location. It has seen much
use," commented Jackson.
And the widening of main street is
just the latest in a series of changes
Jackson's Pharmacy has witnessed in its
nearly half a century of business:
"Business used to be done on Satur-
days. They couldn't get out of the store
before midnight in the days of the Ideal
Theatre and Drake's Bakery. The smell
of fresh bread from there would mix
with the aroma of fresh roasted coffee
coming from Abel's up the street. They
would smell the whole town up. Down-
town used to be concentrated in the first
block of West Pine and a few businesses
on East Pine. It has spread considerably
since then," observed Jackson.
Asked what he saw for the future of
downtown in light of the road construction
and other developments, the second
generation pharmacist replied:
"! don't see our downtown going the
way of downtown Hammond. We will
have more business by the interstate.
But downtown will be viable always.
"We'll have a lot of residential growth
west of town. We're becoming a dormi-
tory," he said.
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