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By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion Staff
Is s4tXt *e end of two dusty streets in
Cntown Bryan sit two stores tilled
Amen J a collage of secondhand cI °-
the streets may seem quiet except
" “fan occasional passerby, but the
Kleedfeirsand trucks parked outside the
ticraoSinon-proflt stores hint at the
sul ■' Stores— Hearts Bargain Mart
Brwin City Mission Helping
without^ tor f' . .1 ^ . n .
,nc PS „ Here s the scene inside Twin City
'‘‘oca or | j
aethm E tf 1 i ,busyd n y: t j ■ ,
p’cn!l ■ree college women amble into
'"’ffstore and mingle with the two
in „ fl j. n , |k women and the Spanish man
‘ “ " are searching through racks of
ies and rows of shoes,
king for costume party outfits,
of the three women spots some
i pants and says, “We could go
1 tors.” Laughing, they all move
“nsumenj
Paying casl
■raadirettl
to avoid y
“Keep tJ
Hmi’tl. |to the coat racks.
, “Mv mother used to have a coat
! y ra *iiis,” one coed says. You know,
° Un Isisn’t bad. You could find a pretty
o says, detl" ,
' ' “But I want a t^pky one.”
ther one says, “Here’s a pur-
eated belt
ioney,”i|
ay not gil
won’t,” sll
the first replies, “that’s too
he Spanish man says to one of the
“If you run across a pair of
eralls, let me know. They’re for a
||an; she’s about 400 pounds.”
A liutton-down-collared college
f dent going to a costume party
iinto the store.
How late do ya’all stay open?” he
)e source "We close the door at 4:30,” the
^replies.
firm is P he back later with some other
w manure P e > ' he says, making a speedy
dies Cbitaep'
ieat4,0() -p () th er clerk lugs a box of clothes
nauticse f the storeroom. A stray brown
manae eking cap hugs her head, the cap’s
hvacinf 8 M bouncing along behind her
nental kiC
lethane l woman an d her son say hello to
CaliforjBp er hs as they come in the door,
mother sorts through piles of
i’s slacks.
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lethane. “ ter at g P m - tonight. The prog-
n is being presented by MSC Poli-
al Forum.
Three children of God” dressed
only in thin white cotton gowns and
ponchos made of green Army blank
ets enter the store.
One of the long-haired, white-
headbanded disciples searches for
blankets in a nondescript pile of gar
ments. Holding up a green filmy cur
tain, he looks like an actor in a Biblic
al movie, and rather out of place in a
Bryan secondhand store.
Through it all, the clerks remain
unfazed, as if this is a normal working
day.
At Hearts, only a block away, the
scene is much the same. Actually,
business is a little better than usual.
It’s Halloween week and extra cus
tomers are in the store looking for
costumes.
A back storeroom was full of
clothes, but Lemon said Hearts
almost ran out of clothes most in de
mand for costumes.
It’s mostly old-timey stuff they
want — Roaring 20s. The guys get
stuff for gangster costumes.”
Besides maintaining this con
tinuous source of clothing (and cos
tumes) the two stores put profits
back into the community by helping
the needy and the handicapped.
At Twin City, a temporary
emergency shelter for abused and
battered women, is supported by
profits from the mission secondhand
store. Men from the mission’s re
habilitation program who work in the
store are paid a small fee and receive
free room and board for their work.
Other men in the program drive
the trucks which pick up donated
clothing, furniture and canned
goods. Joan Sebesta, secretary of
Twin City Mission, Inc., said, “If it
wasn’t for people calling in dona
tions, we wouldn’t be in business.”
Pick-ups of donations can be
arranged by calling 822-7511.
“Our first goal is to help needy
families,” Sebesta said. Victims of
house fires, for example, receive free
clothing and furniture from the mis
sion store.
Hearts (Handicapped Employ
ment and Rehabilitation Training
Skaggs shopping center/Across from A4M
Society) eventually will employ 25 to
50 handicapped people either at the
store or in assembly-line small indus
try, Floyd Wells, Hearts president,
said.
“This is set up to aid and assist the
handicapped, with recreational faci
lities and activities,” Wells said.
Hearts’ donation pick-ups can be
arranged by calling 822-5226.
Twin City Mission’s secondhand
store is 15 years old, while Hearts
has been open only about a year.
Although the stores are only one
block apart, they claim they don’t
compete with each other.
“There’s no competition,” Sebesta
said. “Our things are priced so low,
or we give the things away.”
Lemon said, “Maybe somebody’ll
come in and say, ‘Your stuffs too
high,’ then the next one says, ‘Well,
I’ll come here all the time. Your
stuffs cheaper. ’”
Clothes at the stores are as diverse
as the assortment of people who shop
there. Selection ranges from fringed
yellow bikinis to men’s suits to
psychedelic ’60s minidresses to
green satin formals. And throw in
some jewelry, a few red alligator
shoes, old fur coats, some straw
handbags and a few striped ties.
It’s a tangle of accents, patterns,
colors and textures variegated
enough to inspire a little chill of dis
covery in almost anyone. . .
What treasure could you find
here? Look around . . . You might be
enticed.
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