In 1976, Jimmy Carter was elected president, grocery ads in the Ozark County Times advertised bacon for 49 cents a pound and Ozark County natives Boyd and Freeda Garrison made the big move back home to Theodosia from Springfield.
“Of course, we were from here, and we were happy to move back,” Boyd told the Times last week, explaining that he had graduated from Gainesville High School in 1959 and moved to Springfield after high school for work.
“At the time, John Butynek owned the DX station here in Theodosia, and I went to work as a mechanic in the garage for Mr. Butynek,” said Boyd, who now owns the DX station.
“The Theodosia Hills Development Association had this little one-ton truck with a water tank and a motorized sprayer they used on fires. They left it at the station, and I worked on it while I was there,” Boyd said.