I remember Kresge's! I remember it always smelled of popcorn when I first walked in there. Their popcorn machine was always running and people would carry little bags of it around as they shopped. They also made reall good submarine sandwiches. My dad would stop by there on a Saturday and bring several of them home to us for lunch. We also had Woolworth but I didn't go there very often. It was at Glendale; too far away to ride my bike. Kresge's was at Devington shopping center, and I could ride there on my bike in about 5 minutes.
Then there was Topp's. They had a large delta shaped canopy over their entrance studded with lights. Topps was a bit like Wal-Mart or Ayr-Way (Ayr-Way is no longer here. Target bought them out in the early 1980's). Woolco was very similar to J.C. Penney.
It's a shame all those stores are gone now, especially the dime stores like Kresge's and Woolworth. Now we have Dollar stores, but they aren't nearly as interesting or fun.