My Dad - Herman Shooster, page 1
Overall picture - Kind, protective, fatherly to all who would permit him to be, courageous, honest, persevering, proud, tender, easy to love. Indepen- dent as all hell. Primary Interests - Family, Business, World Affairs, friends and their affairs, helping people with advice and money. Apparent fears - Health and death, fears for family and intimate concern with how they were conducting their affairs, heavy debts. Pastime Pleasures - Actively conducted affairs of small Jewish merchants using club of which he was the president for some 20 years.
MY DAD
Herman Shooster speaking of Frank Shooster Son of Jewish People - Jewish parents. Father - Protective, kindly, a rival, prone to vanity at his accomplishments, started at the bottom, courageous in business, business acumen, no close friends but many friendships, well-liked, employees revered him, dominant, self-assured and confident, tending to think himself always right, ordinary prejudices but these did not interfere with his benevolent and kindly attitude to all peoples, desired to be and accepted as one whose business judgment was worth seeking out.
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