A peach of a cobbler: Champaign woman's 50 years in shoe business
By Lynda Zimmer
Sunday July 20, 2008
Heather Coit
Erma Ballard prepares to polish the sole of a shoe in her repair shop at her Champaign home. Ballard has been a cobbler for nearly 50 years.
CHAMPAIGN – Shoes always have been a part of Erma Ballard's life. Her first job was in a shoe factory in Flora.
She learned how to repair shoes about 50 years ago and never stopped.
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