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LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - DECEMBER 18, 2016
Our Store is a Good Place to
Come for Your Christmas Gifts
This was the ad for Ryan
Brothers Hardware Store
in the 1918 LeRoy Gazette.
They offered safety razors,
“in neat Plush-Lined Box-
es.” Or chose from a variety
of carving sets, with a knife,
fork and steel – “everyone
is guaranteed.” There were
five styles of Bissell carpet
sweepers that would “please
mother, wife, or sister.”
Coffee percolators and tea-
pots were considered ideal
gifts. There was a “good
stock of carpenter and ma-
chinists’ tools.” The “Self
Basting Enamel Roaster”
(my mother-in-law had one
of these) was pictured in
Ryan’s ad. For boys and
girls, Ryan advertised skates
and sleds “that will not go
to pieces in the first snow
storm.” They carried Flexible
Fliers and Adjustable Ice
Skates.” “We have enough
good Knives to furnish ev-
ery man and boy in town
with one and every one
warranted.” Ryan promised
that they could “help solve
the perplexing GIFT Prob-
lem.”
Well the Jell-O Mu-
seum gift shop can’t offer
machinists’ tools, or Bissell
carpet sweepers, but we
might be able to solve
perplexing GIFT problems.
We have a nice selection of
cookbooks and bright red
Jell-O aprons. Of course,
we offer the iconic Jell-O
T-shirts, as well at the Jell-O
logo black T-shirt. The
shelves are filled with col-
orful Jell-O sweatshirts.
And for that “special some-
one” we have all sizes of
Rough on Rats shirts. Most
of you know that we carry
Jell-O boxer shorts “Watch it
Wiggle – See it Jiggle.”
We just stocked Jell-O
giraffe tin boxes filled
with color pencils. This
summer we ordered small
Jell-O puzzles from the same
company and they sell quick-
ly, so make sure you stop by
and buy one before they are
gone. The LeRoy afghans
are great gifts, and we have
a nice selection of pewter
Jell-O Christmas ornaments.
Traditionally, books
have been Christmas presents.
Early in the 1800s, when
gift giving at Christmas time
became popular, books were
often chosen. When chil-
dren’s books became popular,
a child would receive a book
at Christmas. At the Histor-
ical Society, we have many
books in the collection with
a short note in the front, in-
dicating that the book was
given at Christmas. Well,
the gift shop has several
books to chose from: I
strongly suggest “LeRoy”,
by Lynne Belluscio; and
we have a few “History
Savers” from last year – a
collection of Pennysaver
articles; Tom MacPherson’s
“CrossingCultures- ASicilian
and American Family in
Western New York” is a
bargain at $12; Brian
Duddy’s book about the
Donald Woodward Airport
is a great book to read; and
we have several other history
books of interest.
The museum gift
shop is open the week before
Christmas but will close early
on
Christmas
Eve
at
noon. The Museum will
be open on December 26
and through the week, but
will close at noon on New
Year’s Eve. During three
mon t h s , Ja nu a r y, Fe b r u a r y
and March the Museum is
only open Monday through
Friday 10 to 4. We will be
reorganizing
the
Jell-O
exhibit for our 20th anniver-
sary in 2017.
Christmas special - buy a Jell-O animal and receive a free color-changing
cup with the recipe for the delicious Jell-O Fruit Flavor Milk Shake. Cups
change color when the cold milk shake is served.
LeRoy’s collectible T-shirt
LeRoy Afghan
JELL-O mugs
A wide selection of Jell-O T-Shirts