Reflections Of Sommerville, MA #959
Reflection by Anthony Accardi, Osco #959 opened on November 29, 1976. The first store manager was Gerry Lapointe and the 1st Assistant...
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- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Margie Glikas
On this date, March 18, 1968, I started my career with Turn*Style / Osco Drug stores. It was one of the few best choices that I made in...
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
Dennis Palmer
I began my career as a trainee for Savon Drugs one month after college graduation and three weeks after my wedding in 1971. I started as...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Mitch Oddo (1948 - 2014)
Thank you to all who took the time to put together some great recollections and stories about Mitch Oddo. For those who knew Mitch, this...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Gary Hunstiger
I’m truly honored to have worked with many of those talented people in my 47 years. As I looked at the company milestones I realized I...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Larry Wahlstrom
I just spent some time going thru old pictures, people magazines and other memorabilia. With the passing of time most of the strategies,...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 5 min
Dick Davis
As of 2014, I have been retired 16 years and marvel at the camaraderie that exists in hundreds of our retirees. That speaks well for the...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Dave Maher
I joined Osco Drug in Iowa City Iowa, in 1963, while attending my final year of pharmacy school at the University of Iowa. I was hired by...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Jon ‘Tork’ Fuglestad
It's hard to imagine that it's been over 23 years since I retired. What a gift that has been for me and what a privilege it was for me to...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
Bill Jacobs
Osco’s President Wes Christopherson hired me during the Company’s thirtieth anniversary year in 1967. I was privileged at that time to...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Arlyn White
In the fall of 1963, I was a sophomore at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in need of a job within walking distance from the...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Darnell Allen
The very first store I worked was located at 11255 South Michigan, in the Roseland area on the far Southside of Chicago. My dad, Edgar...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Terry Hanson
I have many fond and lasting memories from my 20 years in the business. I will always be thankful for the important role Osco played in...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Ron Grove
I started with the company in July of 1964. Prior to that time I was working at the Santa Fe Railroad. I was also attending Northwestern...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
Dave Gillis
My introduction to Osco came in an interview I had with Fred Dearborn and Bill King on a Pharmacy recruiting trip to South Dakota State...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 10 min
Dick George
In 1978, I was asked to rejoin Osco as Executive Vice President of Operations. It was a traumatic time. Was Jewel Companies selling...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 11 min
Dick Cline
My time with Osco and the Jewel Companies ended in 1985, shortly after American Stores acquired everything that was Jewel. By that time,...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
D.L. “Bill” Lewis
My Osco career of 29 years commenced in 1949 as receiving clerk at the Mason City, Iowa store. At that time Osco only had 13 stores....
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
Don Perkins (1927 - 2015)
One Saturday in 1960, just about seven years after I had joined Jewel, George Clements asked me to meet him at his office. Fred...
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Mitch Oddo (1948 - 2014)
Thank you to all who took the time to put together some great recollections and stories about Mitch Oddo. For those who knew Mitch, this...
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