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Roy "Hop" Elliott


Roy "Hop" Elliott standing in front of his store Hop's Grocery that was located on "B" Street (Hwy30). The photo was taken by Kingsley Foshaug sometime between 1954 and 1963.
Roy Elliott entered the grocery business in July 1954 when he purchased the Brooks Grocery Store from Ferris Brooks. The store was in the Brooks Building that was located on the north side Highway 30. The Evergreen Tavern occupied the same building to the east. Hop's Grocery was about 125 feet east of where East 1st Street and the highway intersected. Ferris Brooks had started the store 10 years earlier and was planning to retire. Brooks, in the early 1940s, owned and operated the passenger ferry Elsinore. In March 1963 Roy moved his grocery store to "A" street into what was the ILWU hiring hall. The hall was located on the north side "A" street to the east of the Rainier Bank (approximately where the public restrooms are located today). The building that he had moved from on the highway was later damaged in a fire on Sunday, April 16, 1967 and was later torn down. Roy closed his grocery store on "A" street on July 1, 1966 and opened in October Hop Elliott's Chevron Standard Station.
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Roy "Hop" Elliot takes over Ferris Brook's Grocery Store, 1954

     

Brooks Grocery ad from the December 26, 1946 issue of the Rainier Review. An announcement of Roy Elliott purchasing Ferris Brooks's Grocery in the July 15, 1954 issue of the Rainier Review and a notice in the July 29 issue that the Brooks Grocery had been purchased and was under new management.

  

Hop's Grocery (with the awning) was located on the north side of Highway 30 east of East 1st Street. The Evergreen Tavern occupied the same building on the east end. On Sunday, April 16, 1967, four years after Hop moved his store to "A" street, the building he once occupied was heavily damaged in a fire that started in the Evergreen Tavern rest room. Photo from the collection of King Foshaug. The "now" photo by Mike Clark August 8, 2018.


The approximate location of Hop Elliot's first grocery store on the north side of Highway 30 east of East 1st Street. Hop Elliott shared the building with Evergreen Tavern that was to the east. The Brooks building, as it was known by, was damaged in a fire in April 1967, four years after Hop had moved out. It was eventually torn down and it remains as an empty lot. Photo from Google Maps August 10, 2018.
Roy "Hop" Elliott Moves grocery store from "B" street to "A" Street, 1963

      
In the March 21, 1963 issue of the Rainier Review it announced "Hop's Grocery Moves To New A Street Store." The March 28th issue shows Hop in his new location and in the April 11 issue it announced his formal opening on April 13 and along with a Grand Opening advertisement.

  

Hop's 2nd grocery store was on the north side of "A" street that was the former ILWU hiring hall. The hall was located east of the Rainier Bank (near where the public restrooms are located today). Photo from Google Maps August 10, 2018. The "now" photo by Mike Clark August 8, 2018.


Two photos, taken after the 1924 fire, looks at buildings on the north side of "A" Street. The Rainier Bank, the stone buiding shown in the middle of the first photo was west of the ILWU hiring hall (identified as the one with the eyebrows in the second photo). It was to be the future home of Hop's grocery. Photos from the collection of King Foshaug.
Roy Elliott closed Hop's Grocery on "A" Street July 1, 1966 and opens Chevron.

  

Roy Elliott closed Hop's Grocery Store on "A" Street July 1, 1966 and officially opened Hop Elliott's Chevron Standard Station October 1, 1966 with a two day grand opening. From the July 28, 1966 and September 29, 1966 issues of the Rainier Review.

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Miscellaneous:
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'Hop' Celebrating Third Anniversary, from the July 18, 1957 issue of the Rainier Review.
Hop Elliott in his store during the Oregon Centennial in 1959. Photo provided by Jan Elliot.
Hop's Grocery 1961 calendar.

Additional information:

        Roy Marvin "Hop" Elliott, on "Find a Grave" page.

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