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"I just get goosebumps just thinking about it right now, the way the crowds would just cheer [the Lincoln High School marching band] on, and especially when we got up there by Fowler's where the Christmas Parade went."

- Clarke A. Egerton, Jr.

Fowler's Food Store opened in 1920 and occupied a few different locations on Franklin Street between then and when it was sold in the late 1970s. The best known location may be 306 W. Franklin Street.

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Citation: “Fowler's Food Store,” From the Rock Wall, accessed January 15, 2025, https://fromtherockwall.org/places/fowlers-food-store.

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 Clarke Egerton - On his education, band, and teachers

"It was a chance for the students to say “look mom what I can do” and it gave them so much pride to be in a marching band, and everybody was just delightful. We all stepped together, we played music together, and it’s just a wonderful feeling. I just get goosebumps thinking about it right now. -…
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