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Article: Maitland drugstore's devotees reminisce as closing day nears.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2006
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Byline: Christopher Sherman
Sep. 15--MAITLAND -- Tammie Butler hid her reddened face behind the computer monitor atop the pharmacy counter, but the tears came anyway.
William Lippold, a customer of Maitland Rexall Drugs since 1969, was back in the store for the second consecutive day. And for a second day, there were tears.
"I can't believe this store is closing," Lippold, 88, said with a lump in his throat. "I worried about this thing all night. I feel like I'm losing an arm."
Maitland residents want to change many things about their downtown, but the landmark drugstore at U.S. Highway 17-92 and Horatio Avenue is not one of them.
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