And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When I started working for Mobil Chemical Co., a division of Mobil Oil, they owned Montgomery Ward, so I got a 15% discount card. The trouble was that the nearest store was about 40 miles away. Now worries. Gave it to my dad since my parents only lived about 8 miles away from one. They got a lot of use out of it.
I remember back in the mid-1950s A Montgomery Ward catalogue woman's undergarment section was the teenage guy's Play Boy. Hey look at this chick in a Maidenform, girdle and garters
Back in the early 1980's, I had been a retail buyer / merchant for over 10 years, and I was also looking for a new job. I got an appointment for a job interview with Monkey Wards. During the interview, the MW Merchandise VP informed me that they were the best store in the world and that they would be around long after most, if not all, of the brick-and-mortar stores closed. I wisely forgot about them and obviously, so did the public.
I've got a Western Field 12 gauge bolt action shotgun that is an heirloom from my wife's step-father. He was killed in a car wreck when he was very young, so the gun has seen very little use. It's the Wards equivalent of a Marlin Model 55.
Been a long time since I even thought of Montgomery Wards!
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard Monkey Wards in ages. Makes me think of S&H Greenstamps, too
ReplyDeleteWhen my parents died thirty years ago we found a S&H Greenstamp book partially filled. I remember going to the local Monkey Wards as a kid.
DeleteWhen I started working for Mobil Chemical Co., a division of Mobil Oil, they owned Montgomery Ward, so I got a 15% discount card. The trouble was that the nearest store was about 40 miles away. Now worries. Gave it to my dad since my parents only lived about 8 miles away from one. They got a lot of use out of it.
ReplyDeleteIn the late 1970s, I bought truck tires from MW. No store close so they shipped via USPS. I picked up the tires at the post office.
DeleteFirst job while in high school Munster, Ind. Sporting goods dept. Department mgr was Dave Hassel
ReplyDeleteWilliam Faulkner had a Snopes Family Tree in one of his Snopes Trilogy Novels. One member was Montgomery Ward Snopes.
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember a store called Zody's
ReplyDeleteNever heard of Zody's. Tell us about them.
DeleteI remember back in the mid-1950s A Montgomery Ward catalogue woman's undergarment section was the teenage guy's Play Boy. Hey look at this chick in a Maidenform, girdle and garters
ReplyDeleteand the National Geographic
DeleteWith an in-store lunch counter.
ReplyDeleteBack in the early 1980's, I had been a retail buyer / merchant for over 10 years, and I was also looking for a new job. I got an appointment for a job interview with Monkey Wards. During the interview, the MW Merchandise VP informed me that they were the best store in the world and that they would be around long after most, if not all, of the brick-and-mortar stores closed. I wisely forgot about them and obviously, so did the public.
ReplyDeleteThe little .410 single shot that stands behind the kitchen door for chicken coop duty says Montgomery Wards on it.
ReplyDeleteMW sold a ton of firearms, mostly shotguns and mostly made by Stevens. Wards Western Field….
DeleteI've got a Western Field 12 gauge bolt action shotgun that is an heirloom from my wife's step-father. He was killed in a car wreck when he was very young, so the gun has seen very little use. It's the Wards equivalent of a Marlin Model 55.
DeleteMy relatives called it Monkey Junk.
ReplyDeleteAt least, most of the junk was made in USA!
ReplyDeleteI c an smell the raw gas in that parking lot.
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