skating rink

 

Although I've driven this road and passed by this area innumerable times, I never noticed that this tin building evidently served as a skating rink once upon a time.  The sign is now the back of a billboard and probably covered by leaves in warmer seasons.  Even when I lived in Lamesa in the 1970s I hadn't heard of a skating rink.  But back I wasn't into photo ops as I headed to the country club!

 

South Highway 87

Lamesa, Texas

12.23.2013

minnesota paints

 

Like a lot of enterprises in Hale Center, West Builders Supply is out of business.  One would wonder that if West had stocked Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore paint, the lumber yard would still have customers.  Why is a Minnesota Paint sold in Texas?  Good sales rep, I'd guess.  There's not much information on Minnesota Paints except for an expired trademark, a merger with Valspar in 1970 and a sign or two on eBay.  I'd venture to say the large metal sign on the lumber yard might be worth more than the building.

 

Hale Center, Texas

11.15.2013