![]() "My first job was passing out handbills door-to-door when I was 5 for 25 cents a week," he said. Memories go back father: Falling asleep on the bread shelves at 2 years old with his mother, Jane. His late wife, Joellen, once chided him, "who are you married to, me or the store," said Streber grinning. ![]() Other than a brief period farming, Streber's involvement with the store has been constant since 1950. "It was really started on a shoestring," said Streber. The Eavey representative pulled $25 from his pocket as a loan for the till. He didn't even have enough money for the cash register on opening day." said Streber. That was in 1932, as the country slipped deeper into the Great Depression. No, they wanted him to be an independent proprietor. His father thought Eavey meant for him to just manage the store for them, said Streber. Kroger closed it in the late 1920s as being in too small a town.Ī few years later Xenia-based food distributor Eavey, later becoming Super Valu, approached Gleason about reopening the store, said Streber. The store, formerly a Kroger's, had been managed by Streber's father, Gleason, for Kroger who had sent him to New Vienna. On Saturday, the family closed permanently its downtown village grocery, in business there for over 60 years, as Streber, 64, looks to begin –– well, not exactly retirement. Soon they will be opening their newly built combination convenience and grocery store. NEW VIENNA –– The floor needs repair but the foundation is firm as Streber's Market prepares for some major changes.įor starters, second generation store owner Robert Streber marked the last sale in the old store recently as his two sons, Greg and Steve, put the finishing touches on the family's new 6,500-square-foot store on the north edge of town off SR-73. įrom one chapter to another by Daniel Nixon, City Editor They have an impressive monument/memorial at the IOOF Cemetery in New Vienna. They were the parents of Robyn, Steven, Jeffrey, Gregory & Gretchen. Both Bob and Joellen were 1948 graduates of New Vienna High School. He died on April 2, 2002, in New Vienna, Ohio, at the age of 71, and was buried there. He married Joellen Rulon on September 6, 1948, in Greenup County, Kentucky. When Robert Edwin "Bob" Streber was born on December 8, 1930, in Hillsboro, Ohio, his father, Gleason, was 27 and his mother, Mildred "Jane", was 25. Bob, Jane and Gleason's oldest son, managed the store after the retirement of his father in 1967. Jane, a long time Sunday School teacher at the Methodist Church, died in 1976. Gleason died of a heart attack in October 1974. He was the owner/operator of the store in New Vienna from 1931-1967 when he retired and Bob took over the management of the store. According to the clipping scanned below, Gleason became an independent proprietor in 1932, associated with "Super Valu" distributor. ![]() ![]() In 1929 Kroger's decided to focus on larger markets and the store in New Vienna was no longer associated with the Kroger Company. The Streber family moved to the New Vienna area when Gleason became manager of a Kroger's market in New Vienna. The 1930 Census also states that they both worked in a grocery store, Gleason as manager and Jane as a Sales Lady. In 1930 Gleason & Jane Turner Streber lived with Jane's parents in Liberty Township, Highland County. Thanks to Barbara Johnson Mee and Courtney Streber Hoak for some of the information. Following are some clippings and history about the family. In 1995, they moved from their downtown location to a new building on SR-73 on the north side of town. There are about 19.6 students per teacher in New Vienna.Streber's Market, in New Vienna, Ohio, has been owned and operated by the Streber Family since 1931. The average school expenditure in the U.S. SCHOOLSNew Vienna public schools spend $8,796 per student. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 13.2%. REAL ESTATEThe median home cost in New Vienna is. TRANSPORTATIONAverage Commute time is 31.9 minutes. Since 2020, it has had a population growth of 5.3%. POPULATIONNew Vienna's population is 1,253 people. VOTINGIn the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.8%. WEATHER & CLIMATEJune, September and August are the most pleasant months in New Vienna, while January and February are the least comfortable months. More Cost of Living or Compare New Vienna's Cost of Living More EconomyĬOST OF LIVINGCompared to the rest of the country, New Vienna's cost of living is 23.5% lower than the U.S. ECONOMYThe unemployment rate in New Vienna is 4.9% (U.S.
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