came close to practicing medicine, but we knew where to draw the line. Any customer who had a bad problem was urged to see a doctor right away" Many customers considered their neighborhood pharmacists to be part of the family and invited them to wed- dings and bar mitzvahs. But it wasn't always easy ro go: "We were open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week," said Wainer. She and her husband, Mike, operated a typical "mom and pop" store, Mitchell-Forest Drugs at East Forest and Metro Street, for 40 years. Mike died in 1994. All of the stores then had an old- fashioned soda fountain — a soda or a sundae cost a dime — and the more fortunate proprietors had a liquor or a beer-and-wine license, which added immensely to the revenues. Being located within 500 feet of a school pre- vented a store from getting one of those licenses. Independent pharmacies often filled 200 prescriptions daily from a pharma- ceutical inventory valued at about $1,000 — compared to 400 "scrips" a day and a pharmacy inventory worth about $100,000 in today's average chain store. The pharmacist back then had to stand there and give voice instructions with each prescription," Wainer point- ed out. "They didn't have the derailed computer printout you get today." Two women who played key roles in the APA's formative years were Menerta Morger, a long-time secretary of the group, and Sarah Smith, the first presi- dent of the auxiliary, who helped start the first ad book. She and her husband operated Smith Drugs in Livonia. Before arthritis sufferers had Motrin and heart patients had Inderal, almost everything prescribed by a physician was in the aspirin family. "People don't realize how lucky they are to have the modern medicines of today," said Spiel- berg. The long-rime APA members agree with pharmacy historians that the big breakthroughs in prescription med- icine came in the late '20s and early '30s when Karl Domagk developed sul- fonamides to fight pneumonia and Alexander Fleming invented penicillin, the forerunner of antibiotics in general. The gradual decline of the indepen- dent pharmacies — and the APA — began with the arrival of the large chain drug stores, starting with the old national Schettler chain that became localized as Cunningham's, founded by Nate Shapero. There also were Liggett, Kinsel's, Sam's Cur Rate Drugs, then Super X, Revco, and others. ,999 Cash Back!!! Call The Leasing Office for details at 248-352-0208 Offer Good until 1/31/99 24111 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034 Forest City Management Inc. Apartment Division does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access - to or treatment, or employment in its programs and activities. Equal Housing Opportunity/Equal Opportunity Employer 4111, 40 40 4111, 4110 41. • • • 41. 41111 • • • • • • • • • • alo • 0 0 0 111. 0 0. 41. 4. 10 c:herwood tudios 00 0 40 0 0 40 40 0 40 congratulates 0Vaie 'Carr on receiving the crome ic-s urnishinqs JOLLIE SUE CARR 41, 1110 41. 01, • 4110 • • • • 411. • • • • • 41) • • has been an integral part of Sherwood Studios staff of Professional Interior Designers for 15 years. 411, • • • • alo • 0 0 0 10 0 40 1. 0 * 40 0 0 00 0 10 1. 0 40 Or 4•■ • • 1998 ..).nterior 04 the ,Year c4ivard • OP • 1110 • ,40 • 4•1 ■ • 0 0 ,0 • 41. • • • O 40 0 4110 OP • o stuclo6 FINE DESIGNER FURNITURE • ACCESSORIES • GIFTS 6644 Orchard Lake Road at Maple West Bloomfield • 248 855-1600 Mon-Thur 10-9 Tue-Wed-Fri-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5 4110 le 111411 ■ ■•■ OW • • 40 411 ■ • 111) • • alw • • • • ID 11 ■ ,, ■ • 4110 4111. • fio 411, OD 41. • a, 40 • Call The Sales Department (248) 354-7123 Ext. 209 Get Results... Advertise in our new Entertainment Section! DETROIT .TEWLSIL NEWS JN 12/IS 1998 Detroit Jewish News 101