He loved to travel and each summer the family took long automobile trips -- including one to Florida and over to Cuba; another across the lower border of Canada and down through Yellowstone. Most of the family trips were two weeks in duration, there was no air conditioning, and other extended family members were usually along.
His stores were always busy and always full to the brim with merchandise. He had specials to draw customers in. He gave away baby alligators with $10 purchases, leather notebooks with a certain dollar amount purchase, and baby chickens at Easter. He once bought a pair of armadillos to give away, but they kept escaping at night so he donated them to the local zoo (with a little family encouragement). He had one of the first black and white televisions installed in the store which attracted many customers.
He died of his third heart attack at the age of 44. He had Rhumatic fever as a child which left him with an enlarged heart, and he smoked.
He loved to travel and each summer the family took long automobile trips -- including one to Florida and over to Cuba; another across the lower border of Canada and down through Yellowstone. Most of the family trips were two weeks in duration, there was no air conditioning, and other extended family members were usually along.
His stores were always busy and always full to the brim with merchandise. He had specials to draw customers in. He gave away baby alligators with $10 purchases, leather notebooks with a certain dollar amount purchase, and baby chickens at Easter. He once bought a pair of armadillos to give away, but they kept escaping at night so he donated them to the local zoo (with a little family encouragement). He had one of the first black and white televisions installed in the store which attracted many customers.
He died of his third heart attack at the age of 44. He had Rhumatic fever as a child which left him with an enlarged heart, and he smoked.
Gravesite Details
Burial: 1/26/1954
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