THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, April 28, 1996                 TAG: 9604270196
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON    PAGE: 17   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

THROUGH THE YEARS

Collection of Edgar T. Brown

The scene on Atlantic Avenue at 24th Street looking south in 1950

was a lot different than the view is today. In 1950, the Albermarle

Hall (on the left) run by the J. Stanley Smith family was still

standing next to Marilyn's Inn, operated by the Strohkorb family.

Across Atlantic Avenue was Atlantic grocery, which started in 1945

and was owned by H.W. Simmons, George S. Brown, Frank L. Fentress

and A.S. Holloman, who later became part of the Be-Lo chain. Mary's

Lunch, in the foreground on the right, was operated by Mary and

Harry Katsias. Last Sunday's Through the Years featured Grumpy's, a

local watering hole at the corner of 9th Street and Atlantic Avenue.

The item left out part of Grumpy's history. The spot was owned and

operated by Delbert Skaggs from 1970 until the mid-'80s when it was

torn down.

by CNB