Review of Miles Wolff's Book, Lunch At The Five And Ten.
By Clarence L. Harris, Manager of the "Five and Ten"
Footnote: Page 13-1. "Not much different from any other Wool worth's
store in the nation." Wolff's opinion. The Greensboro store was built as
a model store, patterned after the store on Fifth Avenue, New York.
696 Greensboro was among the top seventy-five stores in the country, and
of the three hundred stores in the southeast ranked in the top six
(in 1960).
Footnote 2. "Downtown is deteriorating, and there are few places to
eat." This book was written ten years after the sit-in, and the city was
feeling the effect of the demonstrations. Fact is, that in 1960, downtown
was the dominant retail area in Greensboro, and there were many places to
eat. Two cafeterias went out of businsss during the decade--because of
the sit-ins.
Footnote 3: Page 14. "Just talking over a cup of coffee." Harris
does not drink coffee; but drinks one "coke" 3:00 p.m. every day with the
newspaper advertising counsellor, then discussing the advertising program.
Footnote 4: Page 15. "Harris was in the office." Correction: Harris
was inspecting the kitchen.
Footnote 5. "Two or three years earlier." Correction: One year,
three months.
Review of Miles Wolff's Book, Lunch At The Five And Ten.
By Clarence L. Harris, Manager of the "Five and Ten"
Footnote: Page 13-1. "Not much different from any other Wool worth's
store in the nation." Wolff's opinion. The Greensboro store was built as
a model store, patterned after the store on Fifth Avenue, New York.
696 Greensboro was among the top seventy-five stores in the country, and
of the three hundred stores in the southeast ranked in the top six
(in 1960).
Footnote 2. "Downtown is deteriorating, and there are few places to
eat." This book was written ten years after the sit-in, and the city was
feeling the effect of the demonstrations. Fact is, that in 1960, downtown
was the dominant retail area in Greensboro, and there were many places to
eat. Two cafeterias went out of businsss during the decade--because of
the sit-ins.
Footnote 3: Page 14. "Just talking over a cup of coffee." Harris
does not drink coffee; but drinks one "coke" 3:00 p.m. every day with the
newspaper advertising counsellor, then discussing the advertising program.
Footnote 4: Page 15. "Harris was in the office." Correction: Harris
was inspecting the kitchen.
Footnote 5. "Two or three years earlier." Correction: One year,
three months.
