John & Chuck:
?
Was the downfall of Freedlanders due to Target and
Walmart stores up on the north side of town?? Guess downtown Wooster can't
rely on? poor students at the College of Wooster nor the Amish peopole
driving all the way to Wooster when those two big stores are found in commercial
tourist traps like Kidron, Walnut Creek, etc.
Addie
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:52
PM
Subject: [dalton59] Re:
Freedlanders
Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was
probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry
for
me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.).
Freedlanders was a
big deal back then. I remember the long trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go
to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is
soon to be toast.
It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller
cities have lost
their department stores years ago.
Adios,
Freedlanders.
The Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com,
"Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
>
> Did
anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again,
you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the
holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said
that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store
several years ago, found that
it was unsustainable and so made the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
>
> That's the end
of an era.
>
> Chuck
>
