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Twenty-four washing machines stand at attention -- although dented and battered -- ready to wash your clothes.  Laundromats have been around since about the 1920s, first with attendants, then coin-operated and like Bud's in Hale Center "stand alone."  In Texas we often refer to these places as "wash-a-terias."  The first washateria so named was opened in 1936 in Fort Worth.  We even had a washateria in New Deal.  It was housed in the former Baptist church.  I remember, as a child, going with Mother and her friend Ruby.  It was my first experience, literally, with bluing! Laundromats may be a dying (not drying) industry due to high rents, water mitigation fees and home machines.  However, if you need to do a few loads, there doesn't appear to be any waiting at Bud's.

 

Bud's Laundry

164 W. Stevenson

Hale Center, Texas