PARK FAMILY MEMBERS, 1918
(left to right, back row:) Clifford, Effie and Lura
(second row:) Montie, Watson
(front row:) Stanley, Wilford.
Watson and Lura are the parents of
Clifford, Wilford, Montie and Leta
(Effie and Stanley are family cousins)
Wilford Park at age 17
(photo taken 1918)
The Fair Ground Home
(Montie doing a trick with his dog)
This residence was built by Mr. Cutler when Watson acquired the Cutler Hotel on the corner in 1908 in order to provide room and board for the workers at the new Southern-Innes saw mill (built a quarter mile east on the corner of John Park's farm). Watson acquired the house from Mr. Cutler around 1928 and it was his home with his wife Lura (who died at the end of 1935) and with his second wife, Jessie, until Watson's death in 1956. This house is the only building on the Fair Ground corner section still standing and in use.