Sitting in front of my grandparent’s house, just off the sidewalk, was a small fruit stand that my Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Harrison Seavey ran in the summer. A long, tin sign was fastened to the entire length of its front porch, declaring it to be “Cape Fruitland”. On either side of this were red, circular Coca-Cola emblems. Boldly printed on the far left were the words “Cold Drinks” and “Pop Corn”, and on the far right “Fruits” and “Vegetables”. During its season a Coca-Cola chest cooler sat on the porch, its bottles of soda an ever-present temptation to us all. When summer turned to fall, its open front would be covered with three sheets of white painted plywood, on one of which had been added a mural of a farmer in a straw hat looking lovingly at an assortment of fruits. On another was a mural of a donkey eyeing a collection of vegetables. As soon as the plywood was nailed in place we knew that school would soon start and the porch would become the bus stop for children, young and old, who would walk from every corner of the hamlet to catch a ride to school.”
Tom Bradbury in “Our Harbor Home”