By Kay S. Pedrotti
“That’s what they used to call it,” Mable Deraney said. “If you sold clothing, you were in the rag business.”
The 82-year-old widow of Joe Deraney, with whom she worked in Barnesville for several decades, remembers their Main Street store as a place she loved.
Joe and Mable Deraney
Deraney's 'rag business' was a downtown success story
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Julia Heidbrink
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09/14/12 at 06:35 AM
The Deraneys are some of the finest folks in Barnesville. It has been a privilege for my husband and myself to know them through church over the years. Joe is gone now, but I think it is important for us all to remember these old families and old businesses (thinking also of Tommy and Rose Gasses... may Tommy rest in peace) and think about what we all want for our city and county.
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