Life after Strauss in New Castle as employees recall closing
Maxine E. Carlson chronicles May 30 1986 and the Strauss Kaufmann department store closing that ended 62 years of service. Michael Tkach recovers from a heart attack as about 44 employees recall their bonds, memories, and monthly breakfast gatherings after the store shut, with former staff sharing deep ties and lingering loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine E. Carlson
NEW Castle News
Michael Tkach
Boardman
Mike
Strauss/Kaufmann
Strauss
Gerry Morris
Gerry H
Morris
Winter Park
Fla
May Department Stores Co
Doris Masters
Doris
Chris Krasinski
New Castle
Clif Page
Ministers visit parishioners unannounced in Dear Abby column
The Dear Abby column recounts readers asking whether clergy should call ahead before visits. A caller argues ministers intrude without notice, while Abby notes ministers are people and urges courtesy, leaving readers with a discussion of boundaries and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Shari
Em arts and prayers quoted at United Christian Ladies class
At the First Baptist Church home meeting Mrs. Joseph Armond shared devotions and quotations from Emerson Holmes Kempis Lincoln Augustine and others. The group discussed daily prayer for church departments and planned a July home picnic with officers guiding the year’s meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Tindall
Mount Jackson Woman’s Club
Moravia Presbyterian Church
Marie Craig
Mary Alice Craig
Kathryn McKinley
Edna Cox
JEMS
Homewood
Isabel McKim
Irene Robertson
Mary Andrews
Betty Hunley
June Barber
Helen Weller
Alice Fullerton
Mary Johnson
Cochairman Dolly Ambrose
Pearle Cunningham
Marian McConnell
Mount Jackson Presbyterian Church
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Baptist Church
Joseph Armond
United Christian Ladies
First Baptist Church
Harvey Black
St. Augustine
Black
Lois Wright
Armond
Mont Rodgers
William Beltrame
Bruce Headland
Rodgers
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Chris
Peo
Vivian Booth
Dottie Phillips
St. Petersburg
Florence Villani
Angie Gorgacz
Cecelia Borst
al Goldman
Abigail van Buren
Universal Press Syndicate
Dear Abby
Los Angeles
Crimson
Cleveland
Fashion Baur
Lawrence Village Plaza
London
Matti
Talbot
Domino
David Brooks
Eliza Scott
Paula Laker
Thomas A. Kempis
Abraham Lincoln
Cat Ae Eo
PTL
White
Bone
Selby
Revelation
Red Cross
Naturalizers
Jasmin
Easy Street
Washington ST
Silverman’'S
Little Shavers Savers Club
Jefferson St
Call’s Plaza
Wilmington
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