Just found this. It's a couple years old but it appears the store is still there.
Here is the really interesting bit.
"Otasco gave its franchisees the right to continue using the name for 99 years after going out of business."
http://newsok.com/article/4987650
MARLOW — While most Otasco stores in Oklahoma closed in the late 1980s, a bright yellow sign bearing the name of the forgotten retail chain still hangs defiantly over Mike Crow’s hardware and small-engine repair shop.
The Otasco store, one of the last remaining of its kind in the state, sits on Main Street in Marlow between a Dollar General and a shop with a hand-painted sign called “Little Bit of Everything” that sells just that. The Marlow Review newspaper and City Hall are on the same block.
Image "borrowed" from Google street view
Here is the really interesting bit.
"Otasco gave its franchisees the right to continue using the name for 99 years after going out of business."
http://newsok.com/article/4987650
MARLOW — While most Otasco stores in Oklahoma closed in the late 1980s, a bright yellow sign bearing the name of the forgotten retail chain still hangs defiantly over Mike Crow’s hardware and small-engine repair shop.
The Otasco store, one of the last remaining of its kind in the state, sits on Main Street in Marlow between a Dollar General and a shop with a hand-painted sign called “Little Bit of Everything” that sells just that. The Marlow Review newspaper and City Hall are on the same block.
Image "borrowed" from Google street view
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