THE GIFT GALLERY
1200 AVENUE E
CARRIZOZO NM 88301-0156
PHONE 505-648-2921 OR 800-648-2921
ALSO KNOWN AS;  ROY’S GIFT GALLERY AND FLOWERS
AND;  ROY’S ICE CREAM PARLOUR

 ROY N. DOW, OWNER

 "ROY’S" WAS ESTABLISHED IN AUGUST 1978 IN THE HISTORIC "DR.  PADEN’S
 DRUG STORE" BUILDING. DR. PADEN MOVED TO CARRIZOZO IN 1906 FROM THE
 GOLD MINING TOWN OF WHITE OAKS,  AFTER BEING HIRED BY THE RAILROAD 
 AS THEIR RAILROAD SURGEON AND DOCTOR.  THE PRESENT BUILDING WAS 
 BUILT CIRCA 1910 AND WAS USED AS A DRUG STORE WITH THE USUAL SODA
 FOUNTAIN FACILITIES AND A HOSPITAL ON THE SECOND STORY. MANY PEOPLE 
 HERE REMEMBER DR. PADEN AS THEIR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.

   THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF DR. M. G. PADEN, AS COMPILED 
 AND EDITED BY JOHN A. HALEY - 1913.

 "MELVIN G. PADEN, MD., IS A NATIVE OF WEST VIRGINIA, BORN IN PADEN’S 
 VALLEY, THAT STATE. HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND HIS MEDICAL SCHOOLING AT LOUISVILLE MEDICAL 
 COLLEGE, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, GRADUATING IN 1886.  HE CAME TO 
 LINCOLN COUNTY IN 1880, LOCATING  AT WHITE OAKS.  HE MARRIED IN 1886,
 MISS BELLE WILLIAMS OF PADEN’S VALLEY, W.Va. (DECEASED 1910).  HE HAS
 2 SONS, MORGAN BRENT PADEN 26, (BOOKKEEPER AT CARRIZOZO TRADING CO.)
 AND DR. MELVIN G. PADEN,JR 23, HOUSE SURGEON AT NASSAU HOSPITAL,
 NASSAU LONG ISLAND.  DR. PADEN SR. DEVOTED SEVERAL YEARS TO 
 POST-GRADUATE WORK AT HUDSON STATE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK.  SINCE 
 GRADUATION HE HAS PRACTICED HIS PROFESSION AT HIS HOME IN WHITE OAKS
 MOVING TO CARRIZOZO IN 1906, WHEN HE  WAS APPOINTED SURGEON OF THE 
 EL PASO & SOUTHWESTERN RR WHICH POSITION HE HAS HELD SINCE.  
 HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SURGEON’S ASS’N. OF THE SOUTHWEST AND 
 COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, 1910-13."

   DR. PADEN SOLD THE DRUG STORE ABOUT 1934 AND RETIRED TO WHITE OAKS. 
 HE PASSED AWAY IN 1943 AND IS BURIED IN THE WHITE OAKS CEMETERY.
 ELMER S. "RED" EAKER WAS THE NEW OWNER AND REPLACED THE ORIGINAL SODA
 FOUNTAIN WITH THE PRESENT ONE IN 1935.  "RED" OPERATED THE DRUG STORE
 AND SODA FOUNTAIN FOR MANY YEARS.  OTHER OWNERS WERE "CURLY" BURNS, 
 AND THE LAST PHARMACIST, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WAS A MR. SANCHEZ. 
 THE STORE CLOSED IN 1977 OR THEREABOUTS.

   ROY PURCHASED THE HISTORIC BUILDING IN 1978 AND MOVED FROM THE 
 ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE GIFT GALLERY WHICH WAS IN THE 
 ROSELLE BUILDING AT 1106 AVENUE E.
 THE ORIGINAL GIFT GALLERY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973.
 THE GIFT GALLERY "ICE CREAM PARLOUR" OFFERS A WIDE SELECTION OF THE 
 "OLD FASHIONED"  ICE CREAM TREATS:

 ICE CREAM CONES;"COKES" - PLAIN, CHERRY OR VANILLA OR CHOCOLATE -
 YOU NAME IT.  ALSO THE FAVORITE OLD FASHIONED CHERRY LIMEADE; 
 BANANA SPLITS SUNDAES WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS, IF YOU SO DESIRE; 
 MILK SHAKES; MALTS;FROSTED AND FLOATS. IF WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE
 IT, TELL US AND WE’LL SURE TRY….
 WE HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF GIFT ITEMS, GREETING CARDS, POST CARDS, 
 SOUVENIRS, CANDY, GUM, AND OTHER GOODIES….
 WE ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF FLORIST WIRE SERVICES, 
 AMERICAN FLORAL SERVICE "AFS", AND TELEFLORA, AND ARE ABLE
 TO "WIRE" FLOWERS WORLD WIDE. 
 WE ALSO STOCK A GOOD VARIETY OF TOP QUALITY PLANTS AND CUT FLOWERS
 FOR ALL YOUR FLORAL NEEDS.
 A GOOD PLACE FOR TOURIST INFORMATION SERVICE, AND  WE ARE A RETAIL 
 OUTLET FOR THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY.  JOIN OUR EVENING COFFEE GROUP 
 AND ENJOY GOOD COFFEE AND "SCRATCH" THE LOTTERY TICKETS.

   ALL IN ALL ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO STOP IN CARRIZOZO FOR A 
 GLIMPSE OF THE PAST AND AN "OLD FASHIONED" FRIENDLY VISIT…

          "A STOP IN TIME WHERE CARRIZOZO HISTORY LIVES"     
                

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