This slogan, for decades, brought with it the deepest human sentiments.
Whether to celebrate Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays or to send heartfelt thoughts in friendship or sympathy. These cards touched our hearts and communicated what the spoken word could not express.
The closing of Carolyn’s Hallmark Store in Fort Dodge is not just the closing of another small store. As a “Gold Crown Store,” it wasn’t only “the best of the best,” but the departing of a family for generations.
Over the years, I have been privileged to work part-time. I was part of a Hallmark family where co-workers and customers became old friends. One Christmas Eve, after a long day, we had just closed when a tearful lady was banging on the front door. She had forgotten to buy her husband a special Christmas card. Of course our boss and friend, Pauly Eaton, turned back on the lights and we showed her the section she needed.