Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

My Jobs: Working at the Indianapolis Star

February 9, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

Last time I told you about finally getting hired on at the Star in advertising. The advertising department went through many changes. When I first started the artists were separated from the sales staff, even located on a different floor of the building. We had what we called a traffic … Read More

My Jobs: Working at the Indianapolis Star

January 26, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

I was getting really bored after my second year at  H.H. Gregg, so I applied at the Indianapolis Star. I had applied years earlier, after I lost my job at Ayres. But with no computer skills, they wouldn’t hire me. My father-in-law had retired from the Star after a career … Read More

My Jobs: Working in H.H. Gregg’s Advertising

January 19, 2023 | by Paula Nicewanger

After feeling like a real jinx at the ending of Hook’s Drugstore which had been around for 95 years, I started looking for a new job. At least this time, I had computer skills. Peggy, one of my bosses at Hook’s heard they were looking for a graphic artist at … Read More

My Jobs: Working at Hook’s Advertising Department

December 1, 2022 | by Paula Nicewanger

After losing my job at Ayres, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy finding a new job in graphic design, because everyone was starting to use computers and in 1992, I had no computer skills. A couple of us artists from Ayres found a computer teacher and took a … Read More

My Jobs: Working at L.S. Ayres

November 23, 2022 | by Paula Nicewanger

These first appeared in March of 2012 and I’ve added a few memories to them . . . After losing my job at Lee Wards in 1983 and staying home with my son for two years, I decided I needed to get back to work if not just for financial … Read More