Question: What was founded in 1961 with a store in Jamestown, New York, and at its peak operated 138 stores in the Northeast and a region of the United States generally located between New England and the South Atlantic States ?

Context articles: Thalhimers
Ames (store)
American Temperance Union
Mid-Atlantic states
Stan Lundine
Frost Belt
The Real World: Key West
The Real World: Miami
Green Gallery
Jamesway

Thalhimers was a department store in the Southern United States.
 Based in Richmond, Virginia, the venerable chain at its peak operated dozens of stores in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and one store in Memphis, Tennessee.
 Thalhimer's traditions were most notable during the holiday season with visits from the sticker-distributing Snow Bear and, in later years, the arrival of Lego Land at the downtown Richmond store.
Ames Department Stores Inc. was an American chain of discount stores based in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States.
 The company was founded in 1958 with a store in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and at its peak operated 700 stores in 20 states, including the Northeast, Upper South, Midwest, and the District of Columbia, making it the fourth largest discount retailer in the United States.
A national temperance union called the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was formed in Boston in 1826.
 Shortly thereafter, a second national temperance union was organized called the American Temperance Society, which grew to 2,200 known societies in several U.S. states, including 800 in New England, 917 in the Middle Atlantic states, 339 in the South, and 158 in the Northwest.
 In 1836 in a meeting in Saratoga, New York the two groups merge to form the American Temperance Union, introducing the principle of total abstinence or "teetotalism".
 It was led by the Congregationalist minister John Marsh from 1837 until its dissolution in 1866.
The Mid-Atlantic, also called Middle Atlantic states or the Mid-Atlantic states, form a region of the United States generally located between New England and the South Atlantic States.
 Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region usually includes New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia.
 The Mid-Atlantic has played an important role in the development of American culture, commerce, trade, and industry.
Stanley Nelson Lundine (born February 4, 1939) is a politician from Jamestown, New York who served as Mayor of Jamestown, a United States Representative, and Lieutenant Governor of New York.
 A Democrat, he was inaugurated Mayor in 1970 and served to 1976 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives after the resignation of James F. Hastings in the district representing the Southern Tier of New York State.
 While he was Mayor, Jamestown received national attention as a result of the Labor Management strategy that Lundine implemented.
 Jamestown, long the center of labor strife, became a model for labor/management co-operation.
 As a Congressman, Lundine brought his labor/management ideas to Washington, and was instrumental in developing legislation that created labor/management councils and employee stock ownership plans.
 He focused on finance, banking and economic development policy, and also served on the Science Committee.
 He was a subcommittee chairman on the House Banking Committee.
 He graduated from Duke University in 1961 and from the New York University School of Law in 1964.
 Lundine is the only Democrat to have represented the Western Southern Tier in Congress in the 20th century, and no other Democrats would do so until Democrats Brian Higgins and Eric Massa won both portions of the now-divided district in 2005 and 2009 respectively.
The Frost Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to most of the northern United States from the intermountain West, to the Midwest, Great Lakes, and New England.
 The region is known for its cold, frost-producing winters and heavy snowfall.
The Real World: Key West is the seventeenth season of MTV's reality television series "The Real World", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.
 It is the second season of "The Real World" to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Florida after "".
The Real World: Miami is the fifth season of MTV's reality television series "The Real World", which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.
 It is the first season of "The Real World" to be filmed in the South Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in Florida.
The Green Gallery was an art gallery that operated between 1960 and 1965 and was located at 15 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York, United States.
 The director of the gallery was Richard Bellamy (1927–1998), and it was one of the first "uptown" galleries to show the work of the downtown New York avant-garde.
 During the late 1950s and early 1960s the downtown New York art world's avant-garde circle was generally located around the 10th Street Galleries and the Green Gallery began to show many "10th Street" artists uptown.
 Searching for the best kinetic metaphor to describe Richard Bellamy's contribution to his art practice, Green Gallery opening artist Mark di Suvero famously told his dealer of 38 years, "You've been (springboard?
 (wings?)
 (slingshot?)
 to my art."
Jamesway was a chain of discount department stores based in Secaucus, New Jersey.
 It was founded in 1961 with a store in Jamestown, New York, and at its peak operated 138 stores in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.