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Jun 3, 20231 min read
Osco 957 Cambridge MA Photo's
Check out David Russo's photo's from the Cambridge store! Just click on "Shared Photo Gallery" on the home page!
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Mar 19, 20235 min read
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, 20221 min read
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...
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Nov 7, 20212 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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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Jun 14, 20212 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
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,...
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Jun 14, 20215 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20216 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20214 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 202110 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 202111 min read
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,...
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Jun 14, 20214 min read
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....
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Jun 14, 20214 min read
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...
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