the in June
we celebrate her 100th anniversary first generation was my grandparents they
opened it 1914
second generation was my 70 goals and two
and third-generation took over
in 1991 just me and my cousin Tom
it was a family affair all away on the way through
started when hearing my grandfather he was a great guy
he had ments integrity you and do things
honestly in right and my mind I don't know forget about my mom because I wanna
for her
we never would've made big mover from lebanon when he was 12 years old
any work various jobs they're coming back down
tax road from the cemetery as they came to the intersection will call the street
they start a
store for sale the I'd like to buy that
restoring they what the whole place and we'll end up over the store
all eleven children 1bathroom I
so had on how they did but it was great and the great time we have one telephone
the telephone if you call it would ring in that store downstairs
we when answering threw up stairs win over and hit on the steam pipe
started as a variety store and then these bill
are packaged or no right hand side a bit and then eventually they moved
across the street no opened up a variety store which
eventually became a supermarket on me rebuilt this
and
1957 my dad always want us to be
and dozens of course and we all dead
been reworked in well work in stores
we started you know where 67 years old were down here playing in the story
bob and I we will go up grammar school Saint Charles just up the hill your
and they always used to say you know you know when you're mad if you gonna
run that story them by the time we were 13 14 were working
you know and now we're running the place
pretty much church in the meat department and I'll
but that's how my father was he started laughing can even after four because I
was commanded watchin
cut me I'm so another one of those grueling situations
11 we started in this business
Tourister 69,000 people in Pittsfield GE was going strong
and now that's pretty much gone while we're down to probably
45,000 people so we had to adjust
we made a lot of changes but we grew up with our customers
you know we let their all our life I know families that have
one to three generations that all it's created when this
we have some the coming here they should I remember you when you were six
you know and when all bother families your friends
the more than customers things have changed and we have to change with them
what sorts of the side is first on the Department of custom crime so we
week away on a customary your 14 job
half a pound hambre are cooked intruded hands
you know no one else does that
so we can of you know stay competitive with the bigger stores
if that community business for Europe in it and it keeps the money
in the community and it doesn't go outside like the big chains
to days you take the money out in the community but doesn't stay in there
hear it stays in there they boys got houses here
I have a house we paid local taxes the support
local charities and I think it means that big difference and I think that's
why you're here
hundred years later