Tiff Over Trift or Thrift in DAV Story of Store

Stories conflict on origin of DAV's 'Trift' store
The Daily Courier
Nanci Hutson
August 29, 2015

The DAV today proclaims itself as the owner of the only "Trift" store in the nation, one hailed for its role in providing housing for homeless veterans and their families as well other services and programs intended to benefit community veterans. The store has been honored as one of the best thrift stores in the state.

The Daily Courier, file photo

The Disabled American Veterans TRIFT STORE truck is not a misspelling – at least not anymore.

PRESCOTT VALLEY - Three daughters of a long-deceased World War II Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient known for his mispronunciations have stepped forward to clarify the origins of a misspelled word now synonymous with a local veteran charity.

For at least two decades, the Disabled American Veteran Chapter 16 in Prescott has attributed the unusual spelling of their second-hand store, the "Trift" store, to veteran and professional sign painter Harold Seidel. Seidel donated his services to paint a new sign for the store's new quarters located at 730 N. Fifth St.
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