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...thrill of personally waiting on some famous person is gone," Knox says. She remembers waiting on Franklin Roosevelt as an experience "much more exciting than to have just seen him come in, packed up his books, and watched him leave...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Half-century Veterans Chronicle Changes | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...most important change the Coop has undergone, according to Knox, is the addition of a women's store. "The women's department was a great step forward," she says, adding it is "almost as important as the right to vote for women...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Half-century Veterans Chronicle Changes | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...Knox says one change particularly pleased her: "Years ago, old people were not as welcome in retail stores as they are now." Without this change, Knox might not have been able to stay at the Coop as long...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Half-century Veterans Chronicle Changes | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...Knox says she is enjoying her retirement, but she misses the Coop. "I feel as if I am really past history, but it sure is a pleasant feeling to be remembered," she says...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Half-century Veterans Chronicle Changes | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

Estelle Sutherland has been at the Coop almost as long as Knox. She spent most of 1984 in retirement. But, when the Coop opened its Medical Center branch in 1985, Sutherland says she was asked to return to work--for "a few days." "I ended up staying," she says, "and I have already been there for two years." Sutherland says she does not plan to retire in the near future...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: Half-century Veterans Chronicle Changes | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

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