Crowe's first motor delivery vehicle was a Model T Ford truck and this, later on, was replaced by a Studebaker.  Also in the 1930's, Tom purchased an "up market car" - a Dodge – to service a Mail Contract.  He used to drive the Dodge into Port Fairy, pick up the mail, and then deliver it en route to Yambuk.  It is claimed, by some who drove it, that this vehicle could go as fast as 60 miles per hour.  The speed would have been irrelevant as here were no bitumen roads at the time and one had to be on the lookout for pot holes and tree stumps on the stony roads.

The Yambuk Church and School was located within sight of the General Store. The original Church/School was all one building and built in the shape of a cross.

The Crowe children, (Mary, Jack, Margaret, Frank, Len, Bill and Pat) were all educated at St Joseph 's School, Yambuk.  It was said that Jack was the first there to pass his Merit Certificate (Grade 8)

The Girls were sent on to board at the Lady of Mercy Convent at Mansfield for further education, as their aunt Bridget Crowe (Sister Evangelist) was a nun there. Apart from Jack who went straight from grade 8 to work in the store, the boys were sent to Assumption College , Kilmore.  Len didn't finish there as he became chronically ill and returned home to also work in the Store.

During the Depression, Pat changed to St Pat's College Ballarat and lived with Mary and her husband at their home/business and helped out with deliveries etc.

In 1917, following an attempt to out compete the business, Tom and Lizzie's two eldest children, Mary (17 yrs) and Jack (16 yrs), were sent into Partnership with a Mr Sharkey in Port Fairy, to open a Grocery Store.  This business was located in Cox Street and was in operation until 1922. The competition moved to Melbourne .

In 1932, Gus (29 yrs) purchased a Grocery Store (and Liquor Licence as well) from a retired policeman, Bert Atkinson, on the site of the town‘s present day supermarket.  This was originally a single fronted shop complete with shutters.

Gus stayed with his auntie Ann Dalton in Port Fairy during the week, travelling to and from Yambuk on a 2 stroke motorcycle for weekends until his marriage in 1935.

By 1935, Jack was married to Nell Breen and was working at the Yambuk Store, Mary was Mrs Len Maloney, Margaret was married to Tom Breen (brother of Nell), Len was working at the Yambuk Store, Frank was studying for the Priesthood at Werribee, Bill was working in Melbourne , and Pat was still at school.  Pat was later to work in the Yambuk Store 1937 to June 1939.

Pat served in the Victorian Militia until June 1940 when he successfully applied to transfer to the RAAF as a trainee Radio Operator.  Following his War Service in the Pacific and demobilisation in January 1946, he joined his brother, Gus, in the Port Fairy branch of Crowe Bros.

The Port Fairy Store was converted from a Traditional Grocer's Shop to a modern Supermarket in the 1950's and continued to expand both in size and scope for the next 30 odd years. Gus managed to buy an adjoining Electrician's Shop to enable frontage to expand.

Following the death of Len and the retirement of Jack in the 1960's, a Manager was found to run the Yambuk operation and when Gus retired in about 1969, Pat moved to Yambuk and the manager took over the Port Fairy part of the business. Finally the Yambuk Store was sold out of the business in 1975.  The Port Fairy Store was finally sold when Pat retired in 1984.