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wanna) atmmowwnud-y, September 3, 2014 - ts Celebrating a shared hiStOI'y O C I Chance UlSlt allows current Helen Anne Shop owner to connect mth namesake . 81!!!me the day 1 got and email from the "2. , ;;,. Chronicle Smfl orig-ya] Hm " A ‘3 ‘She said what fun. and sorry . ‘ , E . elen Szabo never had the she missed out and gave me some x g3 3 5, Hfirst-hand history of why her information.‘ 3.1 , y . s? I ’ store was named the Helen The store was originally staned . . , Anne Shop back in 1955. by her brothers Bill and Bob. who :3 2;; The store was her first and only were clothing salesman in Toronto i _‘ .1 job when she immigrated to (lana- before deciding to open up a busi- ‘ ‘ f» ; ' '~ 1 . da as a trained seamstress in 1976 ness in Waterloo. They initially --' j E and started working at the store a started in men's clothes but quickly 5 :3 year later. converted to women's fashions and ‘4 In 1991. when the owners of the named the store after their sister " store were looking to sell. Helen Helen, and Bob's wife Barbara ' ‘A thought it was only natural for her Anne. to take on the title of owner. After The business stayed in the fami- ‘ all. hernamewason themarquee. ly and was eventually sold to , But as far as the history of the Helen's aunt Lou and her uncle ' . name of the business it remained a Stan. While she doesn‘t remember bit of a mystery. all the details about the store in the That changed one day when a early years the present day. she said woman came into her uptown it was known for its fashion ~ just Waterloo store at 14 King St. S. and like today's store. told her she was the daughter ofthe “What I do remember is that very same Helen the store was theycarried lovelydothes." said the ' named after. original Helen. ”Aunt lou had good ‘ ‘3 ' “She said she was the daughter taste.‘ Helen Szabo has been the owner of the Helen Anne Shop since 1991 and manly found out more about the of Helen and she stopped In and That wasn't the end of the tour almost 60 year old uptown store's history. took a picture," said Slabo. “She cidences surrounding the store. ‘ “WWW sent that picture to her mom that the store wasopened in 1955 when She also started working at the spondence. “And my mother Mil- sorneot’that h'm0ryfshesaid. very same day. and by the end of the current Helen wasbom. store on Aug 31. 1977. it turns out dredlackson waanaltentionist.” It or could have been different , .1 thatAungisalsothedaytheorig “Isaidistltisknmnorwh-Lor buckin 1591 when Slabo bought , i ' inal Helen was born. and she cele- whatever you call it.” said Sazbo. mMStewas recruited by a r ~ brated her 80th birthday this past "She didn‘t forget about me eitha, lad ”it: W to become a . ' weekend. and she sent me a picture of her. m [or the design work she ' "I told her a little bit about my That's Helen in the red and Anne in III-Mindlewmmunity. story.’ said Szabo 'How 1 came in white“ Mt Slabo said she couldn‘t be ' ‘ A , for the interview and got the job on While the store won't officially moped up in the basement sewing. ~ thespot. celebrate it'sfitxhannivernry until SummeGmOmerservioepart a '1 started working on Aug. 31 next year and it's two you: away ofthe business and being able to ‘ . which was the original Helen's from her 25th anniversary as the Minimum ‘ birthday, and born the year the stores m. Samba thought it was 1“ bounding“ continues _ HelenAnnthopwasnamed.’ toogoodastorynottod'me. todoindudingvidflnglocalsen- . Both women caught the coin- And for the hm itself to be tors homes to do alterations for % . .. cidences were startling, and in servingits loyal diattdefor so long long time diam Subo said she's ' "_ additiontopromifir‘oodtothato â€"~withthcsamekindoffocuson happytofiyhaownflttieponin i stayintoudundvidmenentime quality clothing and strong cus- preservingtllestore'nlbtotyt . the original Helen is in town. they tomer service â€" was something 'When her dew come in l \ “ ,~ j also though it would be an inter- hbo wanted to celebrate. in addi- was almost nervous to ask if her I 3" . eatingstorytoshnre tiontoiielen'swthbinhday. motherinstiilmtdf-idSubo. Helen, left. and Anne ”the worm who inspired I business that‘s been “This is getting eerie.‘ said the ‘1 thought it would be nice to “it was good to knodeewu active around since 1955 in Waterloo’s uptown cote. mom original Helen in her email cone- share the story and maybe share on the Internet and st! uound.‘ l , . . 1 From Dragons Den to your BBQ FlavorFork IS now available! H r ‘ 'Mai'ndefoodthengttwayutdptdttpyulsaihetwwwmmomf' . . W , WWHA , _______________â€"_______.___________._â€"__â€"â€"â€"__._.__~_._.__â€"‘L )