Roy's Grocery

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“At your service” at

“Roy’s Grocery” were

Roy Colsey (above,

left) & Quentin

Parnell, who also went

by “Sam.” Does

anyone else see a

resemblance between

Sam and President

Warren G. Harding

(on the wall)? There

was a personal

chemistry at work

here that made shopping

so enjoyable for many.

A former employee

once revealed that

when customers were

present, Roy was more

talkative than Sam.

But when there were

no customers, Sam

came into full bloom!

And no real need for

a cash register: to

calculate the total

charge, either man

could simply add up

your items by hand,

using a pencil on

what was about to

become your paper bag.

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In fact, the Roy’s

Grocery sign has been

added to our local

Historical Society archives.

It has been featured

during special museum

exhibits there. But back

to our guys, who

offered their signature

roast beef–cooked on

the premises. It made

up into an excellent

“wedge”; which was,

of course, our name

for a submarine sand-

wich. Personally, I liked

this meat even better

when it was served

inside one of the sliced

hard rolls (presumably,

brought over from

next-door neighbor–

“Birrittella’s Bakery”).

Also popular were:

potato salad; its

seven-layer cake;

and especially, the

meatball & cheese

grinder (for some rea-

son, our wedge “rule”

did not apply in this

case).

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