Sears stores, retail stories fit for retelling
by RICHARD MIZE
Published: Sat, November 10, 2018 5:00 AM
Sears, RIP in bankruptcy, was such a mainstay for so long for so many of us, it's no surprise my trip down memory lane last week prompted some of you to take your own.
• From Bill Moore, Oklahoma City:
"Hi, Richard, I connected with your story about Sears in the Saturday Oklahoman. Here's one of my memories:
"Growing up in the '60s, I instinctively knew that the Sears Christmas Catalog arrived in the mail during the month of September. So right after school began, I would start watching the mailbox for the catalog.
"When it arrived, it was sheer excitement! I would lay down on the floor with it and look at every page. Next I would get notebook paper out and start making my list.
"My birthday is the day after Christmas, so some years if I wanted something fairly expensive, I could ask for it as a double gift. That garnered me a Sears film projector one year and a Sears B&W portable television in 1968. With that TV I watched all of the moonwalks from 1969 to 1972, no matter if it was day or night.
"Great memories!"
A "double gift." Genius! Thanks, Bill!