Big, Roomy, Clean and Happy

If you were to visit the site of The Soda Gallery in 1925, you would find the Clarence Saunders Grocery Store. At the store, advertised as a “big, roomy, clean, happy store,” you could buy a roast for 18 cents a pound and pickled pig's feet for 5 cents.  Later, Winniford Machine Shop took it's place. As an accountant for the IRS, Mr. Winniford needed a hobby, so he turned to model trains, which he claimed changed his life. Soon after, he quit his job and started a machine shop in which he made small parts for planes and worked on small inventions, like a gadget to keep minnows alive.