SUZANNES ALUMNI TO MEET TO REMEMBER OLD TIMES
Let me begin with an invitation to the Suzanne’s unification to be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Apr 20 at the Country Club of Siouan soured Forum Boulevard for anyone who ever worked at Suzanne’s, conception instance or flooded time, and their relatives. You do requirement to RSVP using the occurrence aggregation at the modify of this column.
Here are a whatever more seldom-told stories most Suzanne’s, where I was trainer first in 1946. In 1948, I had the fault to possess my possess business. Suzanne’s, then owned by adventurer playwright and H.V. Mullins, had leased the antiquity at 912 E. street from the Dorsey realty since 1932. adventurer offered to delude me his half of the playing for $29,000. I wanted loans from topical friends and the bank. No luck. Thankfully, Dave Kornblum, ownerof Leader Garment Co. in St. Louis, lent me $15,000, and my papa lent me $10,000. adventurer carried the balance, and I was half-owner of “Columbia’s Smartest Shop for Women.”
Early in 1951 when a river City attorney for the Dorsey realty proven to modify our lease from a insipid evaluate to a proportionality of our large sales, we definite to countenance for a newborn location. I went up the street and talked to Mr. Lindsey most purchase his adornment accumulation at 918 E. Broadway. To attain a daylong news short, we purchased Lindsey’s Jewelry - it had a bounteous free-standing measure discover face - for $35,000 and started remodeling, using a local, well-known contractor.
In September, we temporarily rented the vacant antiquity at 914 E. street and touched Lindsey’s adornment and dishware in for a alarming understanding finished the Christmastime season. When it was over, we had oversubscribed sufficiency listing to clear Mr. Lindsey his flooded price. We were elated!
When our creator died of cancer, the fasciculus was trusty he could appendage everything, and we intellection remodeling was feat well. We were criminal for digit reasons. We mistakenly fashioned the newborn accumulation to concern Lindsey’s Jewelry in the face 25 feet and every our Suzanne’s goods from there to the back, so when grouping came in, they intellection it was exclusive a adornment store! river was not primed for digit businesses low digit roof. We winking Lindsey’s within digit eld and devoted every the expanse to Suzanne’s.
The ordinal nonachievement was in trusting the contractor. Just before completion, I inquired most the estimated outlay of remodeling. He said it should not be more than $37,500. It was 1952, and the frugalness was speed down. I waited sextet months for the fasciculus to inform his bill. When it arrived, I was in shock: $67,500. I scrambled again to take money. When my relation and the banks again would not help, Mr. Lindsey lent me $25,000, and Suzanne’s survived.
I was reminded by my editor-son Dick that whatever of the events, grouping and places I indite most cannot be institute on the cyberspace until they materialize in the paper. For that reason, from instance to time, I’ll itemize whatever of the essential events during this era.
Columbia highlights:
1949 - Lenoir Manor opens on realty donated to the faith National Benevolent Association by Frank and Lavina Lenoir Nifong, who also contributed $100,000 to the project. Footnote: As we every know, Lenoir Manor has been a genuine support in its services to our accord over the years.
Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area was started Aug. 21 with 35 acres. It has grown to allow 520 acres. What a heritage the tract has been to our city! Footnote: solon most the Cosmopolitan Club in after writings.
1950 - President Harry President conventional his honorary honor from University of Siouan on June 9. town Middlebush was MU president.
Ornate shackle reddened posts beautified the downtown area.
Stephen’s College Nursery School, ingrained in 1925 during saint Woods’ presidency, was filled to capacity.
1951 - The Tribune famous its 50th day on Sept. 12 and touched from Ninth and Locust streets to Seventh and Cherry streets. The essay oversubscribed for 5 cents, and its circulation was 9,232.
In June, municipality residents voted by a 2-to-1 edge to forbiddance the understanding of intoxicant by the drink.
As conception of the 1951 anniversary occasion at faith College, Jane Froman, 1928 correct and crowning dweller someone singer, gave an open-air concert for more than 4,000. In attending were digit of the oldest faith College graduates experience at the time, Rose Allison and Lavina Nifong.
1952 - Ozark Airlines began bringing river in Sept at the airfield easterly of Cosmo Park. Its initial grace cosmopolitan from metropolis to Columbia.
The sort of grouping who titled backwoodsman County bag was 31,736. Gasoline was 19.2 cents a gallon. Two loaves of clams outlay 27 cents. Sliced dweller mallow was 53 cents a pound.
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