Willey’s Store employees, (all from left) front, Taina Frazier, Gracie Crown; back, Christina Hernandez and Tanya Howard pose in a mock snow globe set up in the clothing department to celebrate the end of the Greensboro store’s 125th anniversary year, Saturday, Dec. 13. photo by Paul FixxWilley’s Store’s General Manager Christine Hernandez (left) and Clothing Manager Sarah Chamberlin stand next to a display of Skida hats designed by Hernandez in collaboration with Skida. Hernandez, the first female in senior management at the store since Phyllis Hurst, worked with Skida to develop the pattern modeled after a sweater Phyllis wears in an iconic photo of her and her husband Ernie Hurst. Clothing with the pattern went on sale December 13, during the store’s Winter Wonderland event. photo by Paul FixxGreensboro’s Kyle Gray accepts a sample of Little Sip IPA from Lawson’s Finest representative Bessa Eldridge, of Waitsfield, during the Willey’s Winter Wonderland Sale Event, Saturday, Dec. 13. The weekend event was the last of the Greensboro store’s 125th anniversary year. photo by Paul FixxDuring Willey’s Winter Wonderland Sale Event, Saturday, Dec. 13, (from left) Phil Pike visits with Boar’s Head representative Tad Davis as Willey’s deli employee Tammy Molleur looks on. Davis, who grew up in Cabot, works with Davis Family Deli Provisions out of Rutland and represents Per’s Smoked of Vermont in Wolcott and the Cellars at Jasper Hill in Greensboro, among others. photo by Paul Fixx
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