Blount Lumber Company: For those of you who are new to the area or do not remember when the Town Hall was the Blount Parker Employee Recreation Center, here is a brief history....The facility opened on Wednesday, December 8, 1948. The completed building provided room for four bowling alleys in the basement (where the fire-safe room is now) with locker rooms for men and women and the latest, up-to-date soda bar. The auditorium seated about 300 for meetings and had a stage and movie equipment. In front of the auditorium on the main floor was a lobby, lounge, billiard room and service room which had kitchen facilities. Other amenities included Ping-Pong tables, shuffleboard and dart games, a reading room that also served as a card room, and lounge available for club activities. Every room had a jukebox. On the second floor above these rooms, was an apartment for the manager of the building. This apartment has a living room, dinette, kitchen, two bedrooms and bath. The building was opened to the public (January 22, 1949) with certain restrictions and benefits to the employees. The building was maintained by receipts from the bowling alleys, pool and soda bar with any deficit to be made up by the Blount Companies.