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ENDS 42-YEAR BUSINESS CAREER —PFairfield’s business dis trict doesn’t seem quite the same since Pete Staves closed ‘The Purity” the other . A favorite meeting-place for both residents of the Fairfield vici nity and students of Parsons college, the cafe was the oldest busi ness establishment on Fairfield’s square. Many a young romance was nourished on Purity sodas and sundaes. Pete and his brother, Tom, bought the restaurant 42 years ago. Tom died about a year ago, and this is the main reason the business was discontinued. Pete found the old Purity just wasn’t the same without Tom. The Staves brothers were born in Greece and came to this coun try when Pete was 13 and Tom 15. They had eight brothers and sis ters, one of whom, Sam, was associated with them in the operation of the Purity for a time ‘way back when. He eventually sold his in terest and opened a similar establishment in Trenton, Mo. The brothers’ surname was originally Stavropulos. Pete and Mrs. Staves have three children: Mrs. Lee Harrison, Alexandria, Va.; John Staves, USN, stationed in California, and Nickie Staves, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Staves had four chil dren: Barbara Staves, a former Burlington teacher now teaching at Muscatine; Harold Staves, with the armed forces in Korea, and Gregory and Eleanore Staves, both students at the State University of Iowa. (Fairfield Ledger photo.)
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Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, May 21, 1953
Page 20
Full Page
Clipped by
Ian S.
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