On Sunday Morning CBS
News Program they had an article about the word OK; okay?
I did not know it but OK or Okay is one of the few words, if
not the only word that is universally understood. They told the originals of the word, and how
it's meaning spread world-wide which, to me, went in one ear and out the other
. I have a retention problem.
HOWEVER! It did bring
back a memory. Kay Jewelers opened up a store in downtown Marietta at the
corner of Atlanta Street and South Park Square, where Reynolds and Ferrell Drug
Store was.
Kay Jewelers was one of the first jewelry stores that I noticed that retailed more than just jewelry. They had all kinds of affordable gadgets. Their advertising slogan was, "Its OK to
OWE KAY." And to pout their money
where their mouth is they gave all the graduating seniors of 1960 a Kay credit
OK (they didn't have credit cards back then).
I took advantage of their offer and bought me an Royal or Underwood manual typewriter they had
displayed in their window.
I think about once a week I would drop by their store and
make a payment.
It was my first leap into its "OK to owe your Soul to
the company store. "
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