LETTERS: CONGRATULATIONS: RUSTS CONTINUE FAMILY BUSINESS

To the editor:

I opened the paper Friday morning and aged 30 years. Congratulations to Gary, Jon and Rex Rust and their family on the great accomplishments they have made.

As a young college student of Southeast Missouri State College in the early 1970s, I was employed by Gary's father and mother at the Rust & Martin bridal store on Broadway. They were wonderful people to work for and always encouraged me to do my very best, letting me decorate their bridal windows when I was only 18 or 19 years old.

I still have visions of Gary and Wendy as a young couple with their family visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rust at the store on Broadway. I particularly remember Rex as a small boy running around the store. As I will turn 50 in September and am beginning to feel my age with two grown sons of my own, I feel I aged overnight as I opened the paper and saw the pictures of Gary, Jon and Rex. My congratulations and best wishes to this wonderful family as it continues this fine family business.

MARSHA MORRISON ELFRINK

Cape Girardeau