The other grocery store is called "The Hub." This is considered the "best one" as it is patronized by the wealthy people, who live on Sherry Island.
The mention of these two stores initiates the dichotomy between the society in which Dexter resides and the one in which he desires to be. Those who frequent "The Hub" are members of the society of his "winter dreams." For, when Dexter has an opportunity to attend a state university, where his father could pay his way, he passes this up in order to attend a more prestigious school in the East so that he may eventually move up in society.
After having encountered the rich little Miss Jones on the golf course, Dexter receives a "strong emotional shock," and he quits his job as caddie. For, now Dexter is "unconsciously dictated to by his winter dreams." Henceforth, Dexter pursues a new life. After he graduates from college, he goes to the city from which Black Bear Lake "draws its wealthy patrons." There Dexter borrows a thousand dollars and buys a partnership in a laundry. Ingenuously, Dexter learns how to wash the fine woolen English gold-stockings that the wealthy wear without shrinking them. Within a year, he exclusively caters to the golfers who bring him their Shetland sweaters, as well, and Dexter expands his laundry into a company throughout Minnesota.
Then, one day Dexter receives an invitation to play golf at Sherry Island, where the wealthy people play and shop at "The Hub." Now Dexter feels that he has arrived at the society of his dreams.
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