Businesses of Keyser: Shapiro s Stores
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
For the News Tribune
When you drive down the business section of Keyser today, especially Main and Armstrong streets, you see many empty buildings. At one time, most of those buildings had flourishing businesses.
Some people remember these businesses, and some do not. I plan to write a series of articles to bring these businesses back to life, starting with my own business: Shapiro s Stores.
Part 1: Shapiro s Stores, Inc.
My father, Robert Shapiro, was born in the Province of Lithuania, which was part of Russia, probably in the town of Vilna. His birth name was Rubin, but he later changed it to Robert.