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Brodie S. Carr

Brodie S. Carr was a Hillsboro grocer. Out of work after losing his job in the office at Eno Cotton Mills, he opened a grocery in January 1925 in a filling-station building on the northern edge of town. In 1950 he remodeled it as Carr's Super Market, the first self-service supermarket in the Hillsboro area. He also served on the school board and as vice president of the Hillsboro Building and Loan.

Source: The News of Orange County, March 2, 1950

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  1. Brodie S. Carr opens a grocery in a small filling-station building north of Hillsboro Out of work after losing his timekeeper job at Eno Cotton Mills, Brodie S. Carr opened a grocery in a small frame service-station building on the northern edge of Hillsboro. It grew into Carr's Super Market. People: Brodie S. CarrSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News of Orange County, March 2, 1950, sec. 2 p. 1
  2. B. S. Carr Grocery reopens as Carr's Super Market, Hillsboro's first supermarket After a full renovation, the B. S. Carr Grocery reopened as a self-service supermarket with an open meat counter, refrigerated produce cases and parking for 50 cars. The paper called Carr the owner of the first supermarket in the Hillsboro area. People: Brodie S. CarrSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News of Orange County, March 2, 1950, sec. 2 p. 1
  3. Carr's Super Market opens its new store across the street in Hillsboro Carr's Super Market began a six-week grand opening of its new $250,000 store, five times the size of its old one across the street, with a terrazzo floor. Building began in April 1960, and Brodie Carr's son saw it through after his father had a stroke. People: Brodie S. CarrSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News of Orange County, March 9, 1961, sec. 2 p. 1

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