Mayor William Dress (left) sits next to George W. Haynie during “Haynie Day†on May 19, 1937. The location was the Woods Drug Store at the junction of Second Street, Parrett Street, and Adams Avenue. The event celebrated the re-opening of the store, which had been heavily damaged by a major flood earlier in the year. Haynie, who was nicknamed the “Mayor of Goosetown,†operated a pharmacy on the site from 1886 to 1928, when he sold the store to H. A. Woods. Today the area is still known as Haynie’s Corner.
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