The sweet aroma of chocolate draws its pupil dilated, drooling victim to it helplessly, hopelessly. With trembling fingers you choose a piece and take the first luscious bite. Your toes curl up in ecstasy as the creme filling spreads out across your lips. The large valentines card in the back and center are from the collection of valentines owned by Bertha Zniewski of Paynesville. They date from the 1920s.
Current valentines are in the front at left and right.
This wonderful holiday, derived from a martyr who lived in the third century - St. Valentine, is on his feast day, Feb. 14. He has become the patron saint of lovers. Today Cards and chocolates are still the best sellers for Valentine's Day at the Paynesville Corner Drug. These days men are the primary buyers of boxes of chocolate, according to Judy Stanley, owner of Corner Drug. She says that if Valentine's Day falls on the weekend then people tend to go out to dinner more.