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that was then diagnosed as shell shock. Today, we open the store known as Old World Antiques in 1974.
call it PTSD. Though Vietnam veterans were not Jack and Larry traveled to auctions all over America
treated well by the public, Larry served those heroes and Europe for over thirty years, seeking high-quality
compassionately. old-world antiques. Their clientele included folks
from across the United States. The original store
He was encouraged to go to OCS but declined and at the old Montgomery Ward building across the
ended his two years of service as an E-4. He had street south of the Hilton Hotel burned in 1991. They
nothing better to do, so he traveled to Plainview to moved to the old J.C. Penney’s building at 5th and
visit his friend, Jack Oswald, whom he knew because Broadway. In 2005, the two decided to retire, but they
of their newspaper dads. Jack encouraged Larry to soon tired of retirement and bought the building at
seek work at the hospital, which had just launched their current location at 212 Baltimore in 2008.
a psychiatric health program. With his degrees and
experience in the Army, he was hired at once. After They re-retired in 2019 because of COVID-19, a
a couple of years, Larry began providing therapy, waning antique market, and Jack’s health issues. But
especially through groups, on his own. Lorrie Matlock, who manages the store, encouraged
them to reopen as a gift and décor store named The
Larry also loved collecting antiques, so eventually, Haven. So today, that’s where you can find Larry,
he left the mental health profession and joined Jack his two canine companions, Charlie and Daisy, along
in a business partnership that has endured for five with Jack, still doing what they have enjoyed for
decades. Jack’s mother, Eula, encouraged them to almost 50 years.

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