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LT: When you were in junior high school, you and your family moved to Kent, and you had a grocery store. What was it named?

MN: S.H. Food Store.

LT: And what did that stand for?

MN: Shigeichi Hori food store.

LT: Okay, for your father. Can you tell us what did the S.H. Store look like?

MN: The regular grocery store, just, everything was, the floor was open, you know, during the day. And we had stands of vegetables, and we had a candy rack there. Then we had meat counter, too.

LT: And then later on you added a fountain?

MN: Uh-huh.

LT: What kinds of... you mentioned you sold Wonder Bread?

MN: Uh-huh, Wonder Bread and Sally Ann, for ten cents a loaf. [Laughs]

LT: And what kinds of candy?

MN: Penny candies, all kinds of penny candies.

LT: And so where was it stored? Was it in jars?

MN: It was at a counter.

LT: And did the kids come in often to buy the candy?

MN: Whenever they got some money, five cents or ten cents.

LT: And so, and did you sell Japanese food?

MN: I don't remember.

LT: And so when you were in junior high and high school, you worked at the store.

MN: Yeah, after we got home.

LT: Okay, what kinds of responsibilities did you have at the store?

MN: Cashiering.

LT: Did you also make items at the fountain?

MN: If they wanted to have milkshake or ice cream cone or things like that, we helped.

LT: What was the favorite item that people bought at the fountain?

MN: Gosh, I don't remember.

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