New Kroger Store To Open In Athens Tuesday
Athens opens a new Kroger on E State St with 16500 square feet, 121 car parking, and a 9 am ribbon cutting led by Dr. John C. Baker. The former Carpenter St. market, damaged by fire in 1956, is replaced after Palmer St. operation. Old store shelves will be shipped to warehouses as new stock arrives.
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Athens
Kroger
E. State St
Carpenter St
Ohio University Airport
U. S. Route 50
John C. Baker
Chillicothe
Herbert Kisker
Columbus
Kisker
Palmer St
Parcel Pickup Service at New Krog er Store
The new Krog er supermarket offers a parcel pickup service. After checkout, customers receive a basket check and drive to the main entrance where attendants place groceries in their cars.
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Kroger
Phones Placed in Store to Speed Department Communication
In a move to speed service, telephone outlets have been placed at strategic points throughout the store to enable employees to contact other departments when stock replacements are needed.
Gravity Aids Pilot Lands Plane With Gear Out
Capt. Charles Farmer steered a Western Air Lines Convair with 41 aboard to a safe stop at Logan Field Billings after wheels locked midflight. Hydraulic fluid leak, gear retraction failure, and a 90 minute circling preceded an emergency gear-down maneuver that succeeded.
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Billings
Mont
Western Air Lines Convair
Charles Farmer
Logan Field
Farmer
Convair
Denver
Larry Holland
Holland
Local Visits Span Cleveland to Akron in Weekend
Murray City notes visitors across Ohio as Mr. and Mrs. Andy Kordos of Cleveland visited his aunt Mrs. Betty Charbo. others include the Abahazies and John Swyers visiting Dora Benedict in Congo and Nelsonville. Mrs. Anna Kranick hosts. Helen Sowers of Akron weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Buday.
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Andy Kordos
Cleveland
Mr. Kordos
Betty Charbo
Steve Abahazie
Helen Abahazie
John Swyers
Dora Benedict
Congo
Ohio
Cather Swyers
Nelsonville
Andy Workman
Detroit
Mike Kranick
Akron
Anna Kranick
Helen Sowers
John Buday
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East
Best
Lincoln
Materials Co
Kenneth Jones and
Carl Murphy
Athens, Ohio
Murray City
Kroger Super Market
Conrath Electric Co
E. Carpenter
the Kroger CO
J.A. Butt Company
P. O. Box
Chillicothe, Ohio
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