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Barty's
Barty's wa located on the north side of Main Street, at the corner of 2nd and Main, where the Quiet Hut is now. Albert Barty was apparently an Austrian (he had an accent) and was very proper and well-dressed, always wearing a suit and a moustache and a hat and sporting wire-rim glasses. His wife Amelia (called Millie) was a Peyer and she worked at the store too. Workers could never stand around; Mrs. Barty would keep them busy cleaning or tidying.
Remembrances:
I worked at Barty's when I was in college, about 1956. You could buy a cotton housedress for $2.50. They sold fabric and childrens clothing. Irv Young would come in every year at Christmastime and bring some poor children from Palmyra (where he lived) and buy them winter clothes. Other people who worked there were Irene Thompson and Bernice Olsen. Bernice's daughter and son-in-law (Bonnie and Harold Krohn) owned the Main Cafe.
The Bartys sold the store to Rossings, and I worked part time for them afterwards, such as at Christmas or Maxwell Street Days.I remember that this was kind of a Department Store, in the same place Rossings later was located. (Contributed by Betty Schoonover; May 23, 2007)
Remembrances:
I worked at Barty's when I was in college, about 1956. You could buy a cotton housedress for $2.50. They sold fabric and childrens clothing. Irv Young would come in every year at Christmastime and bring some poor children from Palmyra (where he lived) and buy them winter clothes. Other people who worked there were Irene Thompson and Bernice Olsen. Bernice's daughter and son-in-law (Bonnie and Harold Krohn) owned the Main Cafe.
The Bartys sold the store to Rossings, and I worked part time for them afterwards, such as at Christmas or Maxwell Street Days.I remember that this was kind of a Department Store, in the same place Rossings later was located. (Contributed by Betty Schoonover; May 23, 2007)
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| Anonymous | Barty's | 0 | Jun 29 2007, 1:41 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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Yes this was the place to shop when I was in high school in 1958-1961. It sisn't matter if you wore a brand name as long as you got it from Barty's.I can recall several of my most loved outfits that were purchased here. My orange wool slack and orange wool sweater complimented by orange shoes purchased on a rare trip to Janesville. How classy I felt wearing my white wool blazer with my blue pleated wool skirt and blue wool sweater with a cowl neck held in place with a big white imitation pearl pin and completing the outfit wigwam wool socks with the top turned slightly down and ked white tennis shoes. If I wore it for dress it was nylons and t strap flats. I once purchased two winter coats with money earned working at the Ratskeller Restaurant. We were treated very nice by the Barty's and staff, who knew us by our name and always greeted us.
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| Anonymous | Barty's | 0 | Jun 24 2007, 4:41 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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This was a great store and Nancy Barty was in my class. My mother loved going to their store.
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| Anonymous | Barty's | 0 | Jun 21 2007, 1:55 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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I remember my grandmother, Viola Perry, would often have beautiful hats made in Barty's millinery department.
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