Store Information In 1980, the GLAMIS STORE was advertised as GLAMIS BAR. It had changed a great deal since the old railroad days in the 40’s, been dismantled, and furnished with pool tables and pinball games, and very recreational orientated. The old GLAMIS STORE was located north of County Road, which later would become Ben Hulse Highway (S78). The highway had been put through Glamis and black topped in 1960. However, a new GLAMIS STORE was built on the south side of 78 across the highway from the Glamis Cemetery. Carol Hales Allen. Carol Hales Allen found herself in Glamis in 1940 because the school was without a teacher. She reported for the job, married the store keeper, helped run the general store, and was Postmaster during “Patton’s Army’ training days on the California-Arizona desert. Here’s how she explained it. The following is from Carol Hales Allen: The Schoolhouse where Carol taught all eight grades in one room stood across the highway from the old GLAMIS STORE. It was made from two box cars and was very sturdy, efficient, and comfortable.
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M.L. “Al” Allen Al Allen, Carol’s husband, had built the GLAMIS STORE in 1937, and run it alone until their marriage in 1941. After the Ogilby Store burned in 1939, the GLAMIS STORE was the only place to buy supplies in the dunes between Brawley and Yuma. Mr. Allen died in 1958, leaving the Glamis property to Carol. Al had been trained as a carpenter, had worked in an oil refinery, had tried mining gold and several other trades during his lifetime. The GLAMIS STORE became a community gathering place for the railroad crew members, for the miners who came in from surrounding areas and for those who lived there for their health to pick up their mail.
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