
嘉義縣梅山鄉僅存老字號書局「明正堂」開業60年,因人口老化、青年外移及老闆張耿瑜年高86歲規劃退休,將於今年底歇業。鄉民得知消息後紛至書局搶購,懷念這座承載童年回憶、曾助民眾寫陳情書、調解離婚官司的在地文化空間。
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明正堂書局為梅山鄉僅存老字號書局之一,開業60年,曾售賣黨外雜誌遭國民黨員恐嚇,亦協助民眾寫陳情書與調解離婚官司,是在地社區重要文化與公共服務空間。
嘉義縣梅山鄉僅存的唯二老字號書局「明正堂」開業60年,是許多梅山人從小到大買文具、玩具、書籍的地方,如今不敵人口老化、青年外移,高齡86歲老闆張耿瑜規劃退休,預告書局將開到今年底,近日不少鄉親得知前往書局搶購,感嘆「童年回憶的地方又一個消失」。
梅山鄉是嘉縣偏鄉,曾同時有3、4間書局更替,至今僅存明正堂、盛美堂2間在地書局。張耿瑜自嘉義高中畢業後當兵,在部隊擔任文書工作,退伍後返回梅山開書局,他依據地方需求變通經營,書局不只賣書,還販售文具、玩具、五金用品等多樣化商品,結婚後,與太太張彭八蟬齊心做生意,兩人親和、熱心,遇到客人反映民情,張耿瑜還會協助寫陳情書向民代反映,或幫聾啞客人調解離婚官司,書局生意熱絡,不僅讓張耿瑜得以支應弟弟們求學至高中,還養大2子1女。
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張耿瑜回憶,經營書局一甲子,許多回憶點滴在心頭,1979年美麗島事件前後,書局當時主要賣文具還有雜誌,曾有客人來買黨外雜誌,被國民黨員上門恐嚇要求他交出黨外雜誌、提供買雜誌客人名單,他勇於拒絕、未將雜誌與客人名單提供出去,鄰居還曾提醒他媽媽勸他「別涉入政治」,他回媽媽只吃粥也能過活,但人不能沒有正義感。
善於經營的張耿瑜做生意還有獨到眼光,因熟知嘉縣以農漁業為主,就與印刷廠配合印製獨家商品如「農漁民產物出售收據」、「採茶簿」,海區漁友、山區茶農都專程到書局購買。
張耿瑜夫妻鶼鰈情深,今年6月間張彭八蟬因病過世,子女在外縣市、美國也各自成家、事業有成,張耿瑜傷感愛妻離世、萌生退休念頭,客人得知書局將歇業,透過網路社群媒體分享,吸引鄉親趁假日前往搶購,一次就買4000元商品。
熟客說,老闆夫妻為人親切,都會與客人打招呼、寒暄,且像買直笛,老闆會用簽字筆寫上孩子名字、預防弄丟,服務周到,從小買到大,希望老闆能回心轉意、打消關店念頭。

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