Jingles

[Ron Bello]

Not the same Grossman family.
Our state treasurer's family business was known as Massachusetts Envelope
Company.

After Evans went Chapter 11, Grossman's Lumber became a public company but
run once again by Mike Grossman.



On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Paul Hopfgarten <paul@derrynh.net> wrote:

> Is the MA Treasurer (Steve) part of the family?
>
> I always wondered...
>
> I do know that IIRC Grossmans was sold to Evans Group (?) at some point in
> the 70s or early 80s, and family members may have re-bought the company by
> the time I was working there (1988).
>
> -Paul Hopfgarten
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
> To: "Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>; "SteveOrdinetz" <
> hykker@wildblue.net>
> Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Jingles
>
>
>
>  At 10:43 PM 2/26/2011, Roger Kirk wrote:
>>
>>> How about the discount store in Malden?
>>>
>>
>> What's sad is that Grossman's used to be a HUGE chain.  The Grossmans were
>> one of the first Jewish families in Quincy.  The stores were originally
>> called L. Grossman and Sons.  Founder Louis Grossman also had a son Joe who
>> became one of the first elected Jewish politicians in Massachusetts. The
>> Grossmans were also huge philanthropists.  I am sure Louis and Joe would be
>> deeply saddened by what happened to their chain of stores, which (as others
>> have noted) used to be everywhere.  Their trucks said on the front "Here
>> Comes Grossman," and on the rear "There Goes Grossman."
>>
>>
>