Demo sparks service station memories

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October 28, 2019 - 10:34 AM

It was a time when a trip to the gas station came with red-carpet treatment. An attendant not only filled the tank, he?d wash the windows, check the oil and tires, and chat like an old family friend. 

Back in the 1960s, full-service gas stations dotted the landscape of cities like Iola. 

The intersection of U.S. 54 and State Street was no exception, with Leslie?s Deep Rock Service Station, later the Kerr McGee station, at the southeast corner, next door to Ray?s and another station to the northwest.

Jonelle Leslie grew up at the Deep Rock/Kerr McGee station. Her father, Harold Leslie, ran the station for years before moving to a Mobile station on West Street, which would later become Amoco.

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