TO THE EDITOR:
For just about a quarter century now I have been a regular customer at an establishment about mid block of the 100 block of East Franklin Street.
I pick up my morning paper and have a cup of coffee with a tasty breakfast. I listen to the politics being bandied about and at times join the fray. On the way out I may buy a pack of gum, a magazine or batteries for my flashlight.
I’m a frequent visitor there for the Hot Dog Special on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Sometimes I just stop by in the afternoon and have a milk shake. Oh, yes, I also have my prescriptions filled there, really, because it is a drug store. It’s Sutton’s Drug Store!
Established in 1923, it has been uninterruptedly providing services to Chapel Hill residents.Imagine, right downtown!
Now when Walgreens came to town, The (Durham) Herald Sun reported that it was “returning a drug store to Franklin Street” and gave “downtown a long-awaited drug store.”
I think Walgreens is good for downtown and will be a convenience to all of us, so I’m pleased to have them here. I just do not like the misinformation that some of our local papers proffer and wish that they would just do a little bit of research so as not to demean our local established merchants who have stuck with us for so long.
Lee M. Pavao
Chapel Hill
