The left side of The Blue Dot can be seen in the bottom right corner of the picture above. It was a wooden structure that sat just back of the sidewalk in front of the Granville County Court House in Oxford.
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The Blue Dot
July 28, 1936 -- Oxford’s smallest store is being enlarged. Raymond Harris, who has operated since last November his little blue sundry shop near the court house, is soon to add not only to the size of his establishment, but also to the variety of goods in stock. “I’m going to put in a good stock of cigars, especially,” said Harris, “in addition to drinks, candy, cigarettes and razor blades.” As he reached down into the ice box and came up with the drink ordered, after feeling and rejecting several other bottles, he commented on his work. “I’d rather have this shop than a pension,” he said. “What I make here I feel is really my own.” Harris, a native of Franklinton, lost the use of his left eye in 1920, when a piece of flying steel shattered his glasses. He lost the use of his other eye three years ago. As he discussed his plans for remodeling, Harris explained that the state commission for the aid of the blind, which is enlarging the building, maintains a number of such stores throughout the state. “And every one of them is painted the same shade of blue,” he went on. “What color do you think I should paint it on the inside?” |