Kalkas Confectionery and Ice Cream

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Current Contact Information
Address 125 E Liberty St
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone M-338
Contact Person W. G. Kalkas
Last updated 2016:05-27 CLOSED


Nicholas G. Kalkas was the owner and operator [1] of Kalkas Confectionary and Ice Cream , also known as the Kalkas Confectionary Store. [2] Located at 125 E. Liberty St., Mr. Kalkas, with the help of his children John, George, and Mary as clerks,[3] provided members of the Wooster Community with chocolates for 22 years [4].


Kalkas Confectionery and Ice Cream
Type Candy Stores, Confectionery Stores, Food Services and Drinking Places (Dairy)
Industry Retail, Accommodation and Food Services
Fate Dissolved
Founder(s) Nicholas G. Kalkas
Headquarters 125 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Key people
  • W. G. Kalkas
  • Nicholas G. Kalkas
  • John Kalkas
  • George Kalkas
  • Mary Kalkas
Products Candies, ice cream
Owner(s) Johnson estate & J. B. Taylor

City Directories

  • 1915 Wooster City Directory p. 52, 126
  • 1919 Directory of Wooster and Bloomington p.51, 162 - Listed as "Nick Kalkas" W. g. Kalkas (Johnson Est & J. B. Taylor)
  • 1925 Wooster City Directory p. 42, 126
  • 1928 Wooster City Directory, p. 220
  • 1930 Wooster City Directory, p. 44, 138, 226
  • 1932 Wooster City Directory, p. 38, 133, 220
  • 1934-1935 Wooster City Directory, p. 32, 118, 204
  • 1937 Wooster City Directory, p. 31, 124, 221

Comprehensive History

Slogans

  • 1918-1919 - "Kalkas has more candies to select from than all the rest combined" [5]

Timeline

Gallery

Historical documents

Business Letterheads

Business Photos

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Newspaper ads

1918

1919

Newspaper citations with no attached images

  • February 05, 1942: "N. G. Kalkas Dies, Aged 65: Retired Wooster Business Man Succumbs after Automobile Accident", The Daily Record.

References

  1. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census
  2. ↑ February 5, 1942 "N. G. Kalkas Dies, Aged 65: Retired Wooster Business Man Succumbs after Automobile Accident" Wooster Daily Record
  3. ↑ 1934-1935 Wooster City Directory p. 118
  4. ↑ February 5, 1942 "N. G. Kalkas Dies, Aged 65: Retired Wooster Business Man Succumbs after Automobile Accident" Wooster Daily Record
  5. ↑ Wooster Republican, Wooster Ohio, 1919-12-22, p.3
  6. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-12-24, p. 3.
  7. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 3.

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