I got married in 1970, and used to go to my local JCP store for fabric to make my own clothes. That was waaay before we got a Joann's store here. I remember being upset that they took the fabric store out within a year or so, because there was no place in my town to buy fabric when I neede it for maternity clothes. For a few years, I had to travel to a larger town to buy fabric, then we got a Joann's and all was well.