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, Restaurants (Dairy)
Industry Retail, Accommodation & 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Historical documents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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