Monday, September 19, 2011

Adios Walgreens

Redrant:  I grew up next door to Robert Reyer, the owner of Reyer Pharmacy in St. Paul, MN.  He was a World War II fighter pilot who had to bail out at least twice over the English Channel.


The pharmacy was located in a relatively remote area of St. Paul, Selby at Fairview.  Even in the mid 1960's Minnesota's high welfare benefits and lack of residency requirements made Minnesota a "welfare magnet".  Starting in the mid 1960's his drug store was frequently robbed.  Bob would pull his gun and detain or if they did not comply shoot back.  As I recall he killed at least two and hit a few others.  


He sent many a robber to prison and became a local "Dirty Harry" of sorts.  He was never charged with any crime any never had a civil lawsuit against him.  He finally closed the place and worked for a different pharmacy because of insurance costs.  Greg Lang

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