Shop of ‘treasures’ opens in Cardington

By EVELYN LONG –

The always smil­ing man­nequin at the entrance to Junkshun Cor­ner in Card­ing­ton, wel­comes the pub­lic to a room of trea­sures at 122 West Main Street.

The shop is located at 122 West Main St. in Cardignton.

Own­ers and sis­ters Margie Bow­man and Kim Ullom are real­iz­ing a dream they have had since they were chil­dren grow­ing up in Florida where flea mar­kets abound.

“We always dreamed of hav­ing a busi­ness where we could offer the pub­lic mer­chan­dise vary­ing from col­lectibles of all kinds, vin­tage items and even items that can be used in the home, office or shop but not eas­ily found today.” A visit to the store is mes­mer­iz­ing with so many “trea­sures” offered.

“It’s not junk, it’s trea­sures,” said Margie, as she described some of the inven­tory that can be found in the spa­cious room. Vin­tage postal cards, col­lectibles that include milk glass, ceram­ics, Avon pieces, Hob Nail and col­lectible plates; hutches, dish dis­play cab­i­nets, type­writ­ers, Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions and toys from ear­lier eras.

The book shelves are filled with hard to find books and includes a col­lec­tion of

Jew­ish books, some writ­ten by Jew­ish authors. There are also orig­i­nal paint­ings and many copies of scenes and objects neatly framed.

Catch­ing the eye is the orderly and pre­cise man­ner in which the items are displayed.

There’s a selec­tion of children’s items at the shop as well as vin­tage merchandise.

To acquaint the pub­lic with the busi­ness they are hold­ing a Grand Open­ing on Sat­ur­day, August 18, from 10 am to 5 pm. A lunch of hot dogs, chips and soda pop will be served from noon to 1 pm. A draw­ing with the prize being an over­sized stuffed ani­mal will be held at 4 pm. The win­ner need not be present.

The sis­ters will also do con­sign­ment work and will make every effort to find an item that can’t be found anymore.

The sis­ters, who once lived in the Card­ing­ton area, moved back sev­eral years ago.

Kim is mar­ried to Todd Ullom and their childen are Eric and Elyssa. Margie is mar­ried to Jason Bow­man and their chil­dren are Jaryd, Spen­cir and Logan.

“We want to be suc­cess­ful and want peo­ple here to please come in to find things they are inter­ested in,” said the sis­ters. They also hope to do their part in help­ing the community’s progress. ” We want Card­ing­ton to be more suc­cess­ful,” they said.

Fol­low­ing the grand open­ing, the hours of the store will be 9 am to 5 pm Mon­day through Fri­day and 10 am to 4 pm on Sat­ur­day. Sun­days are by appoint­ment only.

Just look for the friendly man­nequin at 122 West Main Street where you will be warmly welcomed.

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