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MEET THE THRIFTWAY STAFF (Left to right) Leona Lee, Jim Connolly, Arlene Becket, Ray Rice (meat department man- manager), owner Bob Watson, and Harry Boelke (fruit and pro-
Vi Booth, Dot Summers, Buck Dronen, Bill Cuzick, Rick Ourkin, ager), John Schneider (store manager), Gene White (assistant duce department manager).
GRAND OPENING OF NEW THRIFTWAY STORE THIS WEEKEND
HEAD MEN Owner Bob Watson (right) and
manager John Schneider have enjoyed a long
working association dating back more than 16
years ago when both worked for Safeway, prior
to the time.Bob bought the Thriftway Grocery
We Salute
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for his foresight, courage, confidence
and aggressiveness in undertaking
such a major project as this modern
new Thriftway Super-Market, and
extend to him our heartiest...
BEST WISHES
for immediate and permanent success.
We wish, too, at this time, to convey
OUR SINCERE
APPRECIATION
to Bob for giving us the opportunity
to participate in such a fine forward
step for the community of Shelton as
a whole in our role as the the general
contractor.
store on Hillcrest. They had their heads to-
gether often in planning the new Thriftway store
which invites Mason County residents to the big
Grand Opening starting today.
LAMB
CONSTRUCTION
COMPAHY
506 South F Street -- ABERDEEN
Dn and Robert Henry
Thirty-six years in the grocery
business reaches a brand new pin-
nacle for Bob Watson Lhis week-
vnd with the delayed grand open-
ing of his beautiful, completely
mode'n new Thriftway super-
market on Hillcrest.
Although the new store has been
open actually since early Decem-
ber, its formal grand opening has
been delayed until today, tomor-
:ow and Saturday so as to work
)ut all the "bugs" and get the
greatly enlarged staff fully pre-
pared for the "red carpet" treat-
ment Watson wants to provide all
who visit the store.
OF THOSE 36 YEARS, Watson
has been in business for himself
for 16 years, all of it here in Shel-
on in the 20th Century Thriftway
;tore, during ten years of which
m operated concurrently a second
ind larger grocery store in Aber-
deen.
He sold the Aberdeen business
a year ago and ims been concen-
trating on the thousands of details
attendant with bringing construc-
tion of this new Shelton store to
ceality.
Watson bought the grocery bu-
siness on Hillcrest from the Young-
!ove Grocery company of Tacoma
after 20 years of experience in the
business with the Safeway firm,
which included four years as ma-
nager of the Shelton Safeway and
14 years in Montesano and Olym-
pia. He began his grocery career
in Safeway's Raymond store,
THE NEW THRIFTWAY store
with its expansive parking lot oc-
• cupies an entire block fronting on
the Highway on Hillcrest. Watson
bought the land in steps over a
period of eight years, starting with
the section on which the old 20th
Century Thriftway building stoed
From I. G. Sharpe The rest of the
block was acquired by purchasing
three homes and several vacant
lots from tl]eir several owners.
The beautiful new store in which
the grand opening starts today is
the cuhnination of those eight
years of planning and hoping.
The new store, over twice the
floor space of the former Thrift-
way suacture, is of laminated
beam construction with Mediterra-
nean bLilding block walls.
COMILETELY MODERN in
every respect from color scheme
to check-stands, the new store's
equipment is featured particular-
ly by its excellent illumination and
its airconditioning system. The
latter centers a round a heat
pump, which draws heat from the
atmosphere in cool weather and
coolness from the air in hot wea-
ther. The system was installed by
Lem Warren Refrigeration of Shel-
ton, as was all of the many food
refrigeration units throughout the
store,
The lighting system was instal-
led by Thackeray Electric of Shel-
ton and the iV[editerranean build-
ing block was supplied by Gray-
stone of Shelton. Other construc-
tion materials were furnished by
lV[orga.n, Eacrett Lumber and
Souud Millwork of Shelton. all
plumbing and sheet metal work
was done by Boon's Plumbing &
Sheet Metal of Shelton, and the
roof was laid by Baygide Roofing
of Shelton.
WATSON HAS surrounded him-
self with a veteran staff of gro-
cery store personnel, many of
whom have been with him most of
the years he has been a store
ow31er.
Heading the staff is John Schneio
der, who also worked under Wat-
son as meat department manager
when he was managing Safeway's
Shetton store. Schneider is mana-
ger of the new store, and was ma-
nager of the old store during the
ten years Watson owned and per-
sonally managed his Aberdeen
store,
Schneider's assistant manager
is Gene White, who has been with
the store since his graduation from
Shelton high school in 1947, ex-
cept for a short college stint.
Sports fans will remember him as
a football, basketball and baseball
letterman with the Highclimbers
and spear-head of the champior,-
ship football team of 1946.
ANOTHER EX-SAFEWAY pro-
duct, Ray Rice, heads the meat
department for Watson. He has
been with Thriftway almost as
long as Watson has owned the bu-
siness.
Still another who once worked
for Watson when he managed the
Safeway store here is Dorothy
Summers, now one of the check-
stand operators in the new store.
Speaking of check-stands, there
are five in the new store to speed
the service of the store's custom-
ers. There are also automatic
swinging entrance and exit doors
as well as two manual doors sand-
wiched between the two automa-
tics for cus:omer convenience.
Bob Watson and Lamb Construction Co... for seeing that
THACKERAY WORKMANSHIP
PARK YOUR CAR ON ASPHAL'
laid by the
ASPHALT DIVISION
of
OLYMPIA OIL & WOOD
PRODUCTS
when you attend
THRIFTWAY'S
GRAND OPENING
this weekend
--
We are gratified to have played this
role in Bob Watson's new super-mar-
ket construction. Congratulations
and Best Wishes to Bob and his staff.
OUR CITY
GROWS
installed the electrical system in Shelton's newest business building.
WE ARE PROUD to have been chosen as
the electrical contractor for this major
new addition to our community's busi-
ness assets, and proudly add it to the
many other projects in which we have
similarly taken part in the progress of
the city of Shelton and Mason County.
OUR BEST WISHES to Bob Watson and
his fine staff for immediate and lasting
prosperity in this fine new home. Both
Bob Watson and the several men and wo-
men comprising his staff represent a val-
uable asset to our community in many
ways. We salute our neighbors.
• Bigger
• Better
• Beautiful
with each new addition like
neighbor Bob Watson's fine
THACKERAY EL
217 Cota Street, Shelton
MORE PROGRESS
FOR SHELTON
In which we feel privileged
to have shared is reflected in
this fine new
THRIFTWAY STORE
.,
More and More as Shelton progresses
we are pleased that they call on
SELDEN'S
OF OLYMPIA
For Floor Covering
308 East 4th -- Olympia Phone 3a7-5531
i
TRIC €O.
Marge Thackeray • Bill Thackeray
A GOOD
AS A
REPUTATION
ROOFER
enabled us to be a .part of the cast which partici-
pated in creating Bob Watson's ultra-modern new
Thriftway Super-Market, in the same way as . . .
A GOOD REPUTATION
AS A GROCER
enabled Bob Watson to proceed with the planning
and financing of such a tremendous undertaking
in the first place.
WE SALUTE BOB...
FOR HIS COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE!
WE 'THANK BOB...
FOR ASKING US TO TAKE PART!
BAYSIDE ROOFING 00.
NEW THRIFTWAY
S U P E R - AR K E T
We are pleased to have had a part in
bringing this excellent addition to
our Hillcret business family into
reality and wish to take this oppor-
tunity to thank Bob Watson for cre-
ating this wonderful improvement in
our district and community'.
OUR CONGRATULATIONS
AND BEST WISHES
to Bob and his Staff!
Morgan, Eacrett
Lumber Company
Ann and Frances Eaerett
K. J. Flakus -- Capitol Hill -- Phone 426-4541.
