Remembering Jack Evans

home quickly. In fact, some faux paint finishes and textures are going out of style already.

Bathrooms and Kitchens

“Beyond certain prices, the cost differences in faucets and fixtures are for creative styles, and those styles may not endure,” says Fulmer. Instead she suggests investing in beautiful tile work, but avoiding hot trends like glass tiles. Customer Suzy Renz adds, “We liked glass tile, so Tiffany advised us to use it as an accent in the bathrooms. It looks gorgeous and can easily be taken out and replaced by the buyer.”

In the kitchen, a popular trend is large islands with integrated refrigerators, ice makers, wine coolers, and cutting boards. While these products add function, Fulmer says they don’t always add value at resale.

Lighting

The #1 feature when you resell is lighting. It’s what buyers demand, and it’s not a passing trend. Put more of your remodeling budget into flexible/ green lighting systems with undercabinet lighting, gorgeous, but classic fixtures that complement the style of the home, and dimmers everywhere. You’ll enjoy your home much more, and if you’re not there in ten years, a generous buyer will be happy to take your place.

My grandfather was Jack Evans about whom you wrote recently [Advocate Back Talk Blog, “Jack Evans, Tom Thumb and Lakewood Food Mart,” Feb. 7].I have a photo of the exterior of the original Evans Lakewood Food Mart you wrote about, but I had never seen that picture of him standing in the store. Although I did not know the story attention to spelling, grammar, ifference in equipment and conditions pressroom operations, a color proofs and the completed delivery. about Carrie Johnson and her son [“More than just a friendly face,” February Advocate], I can certainly imagine it to be true. My grandfather loved his employees and would often stop to chat with them when he was in a store. He always seemed to remember not only the name of each of the cashiers, stockers and managers, but also something about their lives or their children, which he would discuss with them. During the procession from his funeral service at the Meyerson to his burial in Sachse, each Tom Thumb store we passed had all of the employees out on the street standing solemnly as he passed by. It was a tribute he would have likely appreciated more than the service itself. He was a special and inspiring person and a proud Dallasite. I appreciate your kind words in his remembrance.

—COLBY C. EVANS, MD

I remember shopping at the Evans Food Store in the 1950s. It was a small store with very small shopping carts. The butcher at the back would cut pork chops and steaks just how thick you wanted them. Also, he was patient about grinding up a round steak if you didn’t want the hamburger meat he had prepared in the case. Wichita Falls only had one large grocery store when I grew up there, an A & P that opened in the 1940s. When I moved to Dallas in 1948, there was a Tom Thumb at the corner of LaVista and Skillman. I was impressed. —JEANETTE