the pit stop

 

By definition, a pit stop is a brief stop during a journey to refuel or rest.  This building is at its final pit stop.  Often built by major oil companies, gas stations marked highway routes.  As traffic patterns changed and businesses changed hands, the classic stations of the 50s and 60s, with attendants who filled tanks and washed windshields, were abandoned.  Often they were repurposed - as this building became Your Pit Stop Auto Service.  Now it appears to be "in the pits" awaiting a new life.

 

511 North 4th Street

Lamesa, Texas

6-16-2014

cry for help

 

In yellow letters "I need a carpenter" is posted on the window and it's evident that the building needs help.  The Texas flag might be the white flag of surrender.  This grocery has certainly seen better days.  Guess the big new Stripes across town has more allure than the corner store.

 

Corner of South First and Bryan

Lamesa, Texas

6.16.2014

new year wishes from a former miss uniroyal

 

A "good year" for 2014 is the wish from the former Miss Uniroyal in Lamesa, Texas.  Now attired in a Lamesa cheerleader's outfit, the 16-foot Uniroyal gal started out in a red and white polka dot bikini as she toured around the country on a trailer to grand openings and sales at Uniroyal tire stores.  Sometime in the 1970s the advertising gimmick was to be phased out and Reid Bethel was on the ground floor to obtain her.  His $1.00 bid was successful, but the bikini was too risqué for Lamesa hence the cheerleader outfit.  When Gary Culp purchased the store in 1996 he kept "bertha bethel" as she is affectionately known.  According to a blog about muffler men and their female counterparts, there are only 12 Miss Uniroyals remaining.  Next time you're through Lamesa, slow down and wave at "bertha bethel."

 

Reid Bethel Tire Copmpany

810 South Dallas Avenue

Lamesa, Texas