Date:  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 00:51:41 -0500

From:  BARBARA HILL HUDSON <BHHUDSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GROVE.IUP.EDU>

Subject: Re: Sears & Roebuck; Montgomery Ward



We always used "five-and-ten" (50's and 60's) to mean Woolworth or Kresge's and

sometime we would use the whole phrase in a statement like "That looks like it

came from the five and ten cent store." Perhaps we were influenced by the song

lyrics. (New Jersey and Chicago)



Barbara

bhhudson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]grove.iup.edu