Sandy’s E. 42nd St. Article – March 16, 1970

Earlier this week, I posted a 1970 Journal article about Tudy’s Spot Drive-in that was part of a special advertising section that the paper used to feature.

Regular reader and commenter Todd, who worked at the Journal, pointed out that the section was called the “Business & Industry” pages. As Todd noted in his comment, "The advertiser would sign a separate advertising contract that was for 20 weeks that included a business card size ad every week and 4-5 stories/photos over the contract period. If I remember correctly, these pages ran on Mondays. 

"We had a fellow on our ad staff that would go out and interview the store owners and take the photos. 

"This section was very popular while I was employed there in the 80s and 90s; however, I'm not sure when it officially began or ended.”

Anyway, the stories were very well-written and provide a nice snapshot of various local businesses during that time period.

And here’s another one from that same March 1970 time frame. It’s about Sandy’s and its chicken. This time, however, it’s the outlet out in South Lorain on E. 42nd Street off State Route 57. (Got to give it equal time, you know.)

Note that the article ends with, “Be Swift ’n Thrifty and eat at Sandy’s Southview Restaurant across from Southview High School.

Of course, fifty years later, Southview High School is gone. 

Thrifty savers, however, can bank their pennies at First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lorain, which is located at Sandy’s old address on E. 42nd Street.