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Show 12A Wednesday, November Emery County Progress 18, 1981 supermarket shopper martin sloan Should stores have restrooms? letters The keep from in coming readers responding to my recent columns on restrooms in supermarkets. They are written by mothers of small children, by senior citizens and by shoppers who have disabilities. favor They 1 restrooms by a margin. One letter came from Yvette Bandes of an organization called Reach Out for Youth 30-- with IBD. "More than 2 million Americans have a non - in- contagious bowel disease, she wrote. More than 100,000 of them are children. I cannot begin to tell you of the importance of supermarket restrooms to children who suffer from IBD. When an IBD child needs a restroom and it is not available, the parent has no recourse but to leave the store and in a hurry! I wish that there were some way to make manrestrooms datory. In some cities, all flammatory supermarkets are required to have restrooms. Explained Heloise Shilstat, a plans examiner for and Nashville Davidson County in Tennessee: Whether or not are supermarkets to provide required restroom facilities often depends on the code requirements of the jurisdiction in which they are located. Nashville and other cities that enforce the 1979 and subsequent editions of the Standard Plumbing Code have a that requirement buildings intended for public use have toilets directly accessible to the public. This requirement PARTY PLATTERS r ST. MARY PRINT BLANKETS ENERGIZER AA BATTERIES prohibits restrooms from being located back in the stockroom or accessible only the This outside from building. requirement appears to be very welcome to the of supermarket that these operators are facilities portant their gallon capacity, helps relieve those stuffy heads business. More than half the readers who wrote to me on this topic said that the availability of restrooms was a very con- sideration in selecting the supermarket in 1JEW For upset stomach with headache or body aches and pains The sound of fast relief '12 ct U extensive fills LIQUID for upset stomach, indigestion and nausea Protective coating 12 oz Soothing relief action Pepto Bismol his does an survey of ALL that are important to Restrooms PURIFIED INSULINS ptimmu (B) t 8 50 to a unsurpassed absorbency jpH BAYER ASPIRIN II a ISOPHANt PUflIHSD 8IU INSIJI IN SUSPIdSiUN INHI s ... WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD -- 0N INSULINS SUPPLIES (Continued on Page 7B) i TAMPONS IMPROVED!! RECULflR LENGTH Or SQUIBB go supermarket PLAYTEX DEQDORAfJT types year characteristics shoppers. ff I v PEPTO BISMOL senior citizens and others who require access to restrooms add up to a lot of shoppers and a lot of business. One of the people to whom I have forwarded some of these letters is Ed Walzer, editor - in - chief of Progressive Grocer. the DonT Missthosefbnc'e''in a lifetime shots Have plenty of film on hand for -the Holiday season PHARMACY TABLETS which they shop. Mothers of young Each 2401Tganonpacity AUtA SELTZER customers and are therefore good for magazine PILEY1 of valued children, Model lieroomwiwamimoisir im- to many important ,0 15592-- 1 EIODASI a restro- oms would be the realization on the part Energlzeoiifftatte HANKSCRAPT HUMIDIFIER stimulant to the creation of more supermarket O' The Energizer 4 pak "anddryable Nylon binding HANKSCRAPT VAPORIZER supermarket shoppers in our area." An even greater ,O)0 fchooserrom assorted prints construction Machine washable Chrome plated, guaranteed tarnish proof Decorated edges, beautiful for the Holidays 4 mtrf -- , 200 tablets For.fast pain relief of minor headache, body aches and pains |