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■ . ' • Ar:: MICE . J ■ ' ES ' T ' The convenience store, a familiar spot for college students to purchase snack and drink, stood on the northwest corner of Denison Avenue and Claflin Road. oTears flood the eyes of Melanie Coddard, sophomore in management, and Sondra Holland, sophomore in speech, as the funeral procession mourns the razing of D O ' s Shop Quik. 1 D 0: I SHOP QUIK ' j JV t was a funeral all right, but hard- ly a grave procession, as approx- , imately 55 women dressed in black gave a parting tribute to the D O Shop Quik at the corner of Claflin Road and Denison Avenue. Members of the Gamma Phi Beta, Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Chi Omega sororities displayed their sorrow about the scheduled closing of the convenience store by marching two by two through the store ' s aisles chanting D O is dead! and singing Amazing Grace. Candles were lit and Bic lighters flick- ed as Vikki Watson, sophomore in jour- nalism and mass communications and coordinator of the DO ' s Goes party, gave a short eulogy near the checkout counter. After leaving the store, a crowd gathered to watch as mourners threw .- ;7 '
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the demise of a late-night refuge for the munchies dead flowers on a dirt pile in the store ' s partially excavated back lot and walked solemnly away. D O ' s was a close friend. It ' s sad to see her go. Each doughnut and Grand- ma ' s cookie carried a special place in my heart and in m y stomach, Becky Stoskopf, senior in dietetics, said. We thought it would be fun to have a funeral because we go over here so much. We were really kind of sad to hear it is closing and thought we ' d pay it our last respects, Watson said. Until the opening of the new Shop Quik, residents of the nearby greek houses, residence halls and apartments had to satisfy their after-class cravings elsewhere. Elton Darrah, owner of D O, said he was sorry to have to close the store without providing alternative We realized we saved a lot of steps for a lot of people. D O holds many fond memories and it was a sad day to see it torn down. It ' s the end of an era, Darrah said. The store building has held ties with K-State students since its construction in 1946 by Kenneth Howenstine, a retired Manhattan farmer, who agreed to build the store and lease it to World War II veterans attending K-State. According to a 1946 issue of the In- dustrialist, the war veterans were irked at the rising costs of living and worried about balancing their budgets. Thus, they started plans for a cooperative grocery store in which they could invest their money, and if successful, share the profits. The Veteran ' s Association on the campus sold more than 1,400 shares in the store at $10 each. On opening day, Nov. 13, 1946, customers filed by the store ' s checkout stands at the rate of more than one a minute and the day ' s grocery reciepts totaled $12,341.09. Despite its strong beginning, the Veteran ' s Cooperative Exchange was crippled the following spring by the graduation of veterans who were stockholders and the disbanding of the student organization, the Associated Veterans of World War II. The building was sold in September 1948, to Paul and Teresa Griffin and was re-opened as the Griffin Grocery. When Darrah joined Jack Osborne in purchasing the business in 1967, D O was a full-service grocery, with four butchers, free delivery and customer credit. In 1973, Darrah purchased Osborne ' s interest in the business and now owns three Manhattan Shop Quiks besides the one at Claflin and Denison. Though he was sad to see the old store go, Darrah said the new store will be much nicer. The old one is inadequately wired. I ' m absolutely amazed it didn ' t burn down 10 years ago, he said. Plans for the new Shop Quik, to be located just west of the present site, in- cluding eight gas pumps in front of the store, and delicatessen sandwich shop whith seating for 15 to 20 people. It will be a regular convenience store but larger, with more items and more refrigerator space than the existing building, Darrah said. The new store will be open 24 hours a day, so we will have to employ in the neighborhood of 20 people as opposed to the eight people we have now, so it will create some new jobs. We always try to hire freshmen and sophomores because they can keep the job all through school and can walk to work. We ' re proud of the fact that we ' ve put a few kids through school, Darrah said. Randall Porter, senior in life sciences, said when the store closed, „ employees were laid off temporarily, but were to be rehired as soon as the new store was completed. Porter was working at the counter of D O during the funeral and said the activity caught me off guard. I think it was really great. It was a happy ending, Porter said. — by Cathy Karlin As the store sign is flipped to closed for the last time, maybe the message should read Thanks, we ' ll miss you. The convience store opened its doors for the last time on February 27, and will be replaced with a new store that will again fill the needs of the late-night munchie runs.
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