Stores Were Closed Friday, Sunday & Monday

Easter in Paris in the 1980s

The stores were all closed for the Easter long weekend because Friday being a holiday but also back then, stores were closed Sunday & Monday every week. That left Saturday as the only shopping day all Easter weekend Millward’s IGA was the main grocery store downtown Paris where Rexal is today. My wife was a cashier at IGA downtown, and she remembers the store being a zoo on Easter Saturday. So much so that the store would be open extra early, and the fulltime weekday staff would come into work for that morning especially so the part time cashiers could work their normal hours. Millward was known for it’s in store bakery and everything was made fresh and from scratch. It was a very popular place to buy freshly made bread, cookies, pies, pastries and dinner rolls for Easter weekend. The Black Hat Country Store was stocked full of candy and up on Rest Acres Road Schuyler Hill Orchards & Farm Market had Easter fruit baskets & maple syrup!