09/14/2022
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
Pictured J.B. Jeffress and his wife Gertrude. Native to Tampa, J.B. started as a General Contractor in 1925. Serving both residential and commercial jobs, he ended up expanding his workshop in the 1930's. As B&B Grocery (now U-Save) grew in number of stores, he built the registers and store fixtures which were installed throughout the state of FL. By 1945, J.B. Jeffress & Sons (no children were involved) had expanded the workshop to double as a retail store. Selling Pittsburgh Paints, lumber, and basic building supplies, Gertrude was the mainstay of the store while J.B. continued both jobsite and workshop work. The couple responded to their community and grew the store through the early 1950's, until their son-in-law came onboard.
