Trew's Store
Trew's Store was established by Wesley Allen Trew in 1873. At the time, it was outside of Stone Mountain in the now-absorbed community of Venable, for which it served as supply depot, post-office and stage-stop.
The Store has continued to be an important part of the community throughout the technological and population changes that swirled around it in the intervening years. What hasn't changed is the family that owns it-- Wesley Trew passed it to his son, who passed it to his, who passed it to his, Mon (Montgomery) Trew, who expects to pass it on to his granddaughter Kyndra and her husband when he's ready to retire. He's already made arrangements to insure that the name will remain the same, and the store will not fall into nonfamily hands any time soon.
Trew's Store was the Super Walmart of its day, selling everything from grocery items to clothing and shoes to furniture and farm equipment. The inventory is no longer so vast or varied, and the grocery items are limited to apples, bananas, oranges, homegrown tomatoes (in season), bread, nonperishable staples and a cooler for milk, eggs and soda (Mon doesn't sell beer). However, most residents would far rather stop in at Mon's for a box of nails, a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk than go almost to Atlanta to a big, impersonal chain store.
Where else can you get the necessities plus a cup of fishing worms, your onion sets and spring chicks, all in one stop? The service, and the gossip, is always better at Trew's, and loitering is not only allowed, it's actively encouraged!
The Store has continued to be an important part of the community throughout the technological and population changes that swirled around it in the intervening years. What hasn't changed is the family that owns it-- Wesley Trew passed it to his son, who passed it to his, who passed it to his, Mon (Montgomery) Trew, who expects to pass it on to his granddaughter Kyndra and her husband when he's ready to retire. He's already made arrangements to insure that the name will remain the same, and the store will not fall into nonfamily hands any time soon.
Trew's Store was the Super Walmart of its day, selling everything from grocery items to clothing and shoes to furniture and farm equipment. The inventory is no longer so vast or varied, and the grocery items are limited to apples, bananas, oranges, homegrown tomatoes (in season), bread, nonperishable staples and a cooler for milk, eggs and soda (Mon doesn't sell beer). However, most residents would far rather stop in at Mon's for a box of nails, a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk than go almost to Atlanta to a big, impersonal chain store.
Where else can you get the necessities plus a cup of fishing worms, your onion sets and spring chicks, all in one stop? The service, and the gossip, is always better at Trew's, and loitering is not only allowed, it's actively encouraged!