Memories come flooding back as treasures unearthed

Thinking back on that sweltering July day, Sharon Whitworth couldn’t help but recall a similar scene more than 46 years ago.
A group of friends, family and other volunteers from church were helping Sharon clear out loads of old shelves, merchandise and other odds and ends — “just a lot of stuff,” she said — from what had been the home of McGinty-Whitworth, Iola’s signature women’s clothing store for nearly half a century.
The work began early in the morning to beat the heat — a futile effort because the labor stretched throughout the day, then a second, then a third.