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then asked me my name, and
I told him it was Jarmulowsky.
He asked me what street I
lived on, and all I could tell
i, him wcA that 1 didn’t know.
We spoke to one another using
the German language. The of
ficer began scratching his
head realizing he had a real
white elephant on his hands.
Finally, a man passing who
spoke Yiddish found a way
home for me.”
What makes for another de
lightful anecdote is Mr. Jay
telling of one of his first ex
periences in his uncle’s retail
stores.
“I had an uncle in Eatonton,
Georgia, who had a retail busi
ness. He offered me a job, and
I left New York. I could hard
ly speak English, but I could
make motions and understand
a little. I would walk around
the store studying the stock
which was clothing for men,
women, and children. About
two weeks after I was in the
store (and not selling any
thing, because I couldn’t speak
English well) a giant of a
colored woman approached me
while I was standing in front
of the store. She asked if we
had any turnips.”
“I didn’t know what it was
she wanted; so I talked to her
making motions with my right
hand. She followed me in, and
it was my hope that she would
see what she wanted and call
my attention to it. A clerk
there, who liked to tease every
one approached me and said,
“Boy, as long as you have been
hanging around here, you
don’t know yet where the tur
nips are.’ With that he gave
a real stamp with, his right
foot. The colored woman and
I were scared to death, but we
kept walking and hoping to
find something the store didn’t
have.”
Years ago when Mr. and
Mrs. Jay were first married,
he opened a small store in
Eatonton, Ga., with his bro
ther. Shortly afterwards a fire
broke out in a cleaning shop
in back of his store; this fire
resulted in destruction of his
store and put him out of busi
ness. The fire occurred on a
Tuesday night, and Wednes
day morning a banker came to
Mr. Jay offering to see that he
got all the merchandise neces
sary to begin business again.
And another good gentleman
who had a large grocery store
offered Mr. Jay one half of his
store. By Saturday morning,
he was back in business.
Recalling this turn of events,
Mr. Jay says that of all that
has happened to him since be
ing in business, the kindness
of these fine Christian men
has been the most important.
Many times he has said, when
speaking of the episode, “This
can only happen in America.”
Mr. Harry Jay, always look
ing forward and building him
self in character and citizen
ship, has given his family, his
hometown community, and
the Jewish people pride in his
humble accomplishments.
“Sleep my child, sleep . . . and some day you
will grow up to know torah, good deeds, and
electronic engineering."
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