when I was 11 years I went to work for my dad so I was raised in the workforce when my husband told me Yuri was going to open the drugstore I said yippee that's for me here comes the bus my mom is absolutely a person that I can't find anywhere else in the communities at her age still working in retail six out of seven days it's amazing to me I don't know what the next one is because I can't see it I'll get your magnifying glass I'm getting a little there I need this thing was
just too big I don't need this I can see it hey is the dance right God already is it my husband Roy graduated from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona in 1952 he was a registered pharmacist and we did Farsi for about fifty some odd years he was kind of like the local doctor the local pharmacist and also got into sundries and beer and wine and spirits liquor so he had everything in one place he used to take care of family today you know the mothers would bring their kids in they have
a sore throat well he knew what to do somebody would come in with pinkeye and he knew what to do I opened it 11 o'clock usually or maybe a little bit before closed at 5:00 because I'm pretty pooped at 5:00 you got pricing on this stuff mom I didn't think when I was 8 years old that I would last to 9 working here at the store because I wanted to lead so badly because when my dad forced me has the oldest son to come and work here after school I was so mad at him why
would you do this to me now I'm 61 years old and I'm still here this board in this store you can't sit down party at all and the pass is fast and I think life passes like that fast you turn around and you're cold we're looking at what this building was before we bought it which was in 1956 the Shanghai cafe see right there and the prices are unbelievable I was born and raised here so with my husband Tucson high graduated from Tucson high and got kicked out of the University of Arizona but that's another
story I'm an old Tucson I got sand in the blood I never had I never had the desire to move probably it means that I was so dumb that I couldn't move out of town but maybe I didn't want to move out of town $4.99 $4.99 hmm any acnes groceries up real fast okay you can come in any time you want to and just Acts were our item and normally when you don't see it see I have it somewhere else in inventory because she holds honest things like that where can you get these wallets again
you know you cannot get these Walters anywhere these are like classic retro right here it's just stuff that they don't make anymore they don't sell anymore but I keep it because you can't there's no way in the world you could ever get it to get volcanic oil made for horses but youth by human beings used to sell like mad you couldn't you could keep it on the shelf it's black and it smells like hell Haley's birthday yesterday oh look nine years old uh that crazy here in this store it's not just come in and buy
what you want but it's also find out how Annie's doing and also she spends a lot of time socializing with her customers so she builds relationships we have that you know oh yeah and that and that's how this ties together and all that stuff so we found a good niche in this store that you bet the people and you took care of the people and we were very close so I could take care of my children it all worked out very good my brother called me and told me my dad had passed away so was
on i-10 I kind of got choked up a little bit house didn't know what to do I mean I hated to see him go but I didn't want him to live like he was living he passed away on my birthday August 5th ah you know things go on it's tough to lose my dad although he was pretty tough fun on me it goes back to this whole thing of you become your dad your dad becomes you and you don't realize that sometimes until later on in life when he went it was kind of I kind
of felt like there was a piece of meat it how much are these everybody got a letter mania I think you're gonna miss the bus it took back everyone knows she has such tenacity such strength such energy woman she's a constant reminder of what it takes to survive in life thank you I like to do it what would I do sit home and look at television I don't think so I meet people I take care of them they come in and talk to me and it's it keeps you it keeps you going you
