New Lewis and Coker Store Under Construction in Baytown
The first Lewis and Coker supermarket outside Houston is under construction at Bayway and Mayhaw in Baytown with a planned March 1, 196L opening. Part of a $5 million Schuhmacher Co. building program, the store cost $285,000 to build and will serve Lakewood and Brownwood areas with 10,20 square feet of floor space, 118-car parking, 68-foot service areas for meat and vegetables, 60 feet for frozen foods, 76 feet for dairy, and five check-out counters. The 1961 Gulf Coast program includes 10 new stores. this is the eighth Lewis and Coker, a group of locally owned groceries. Schuhmacher serves as supplier. management expects growth in a stable economy. All Lewis and Coker markets dispense S and H Green stamps.
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Lewis Lakewood
Brownwood
Coker
Bayway Drive
Mayhaw Drive
Lewis & Coker
Baytown
Houston
Schuhmacher Co. Houston Wholesale Grocers
People’s Lumber Co
Dayton
Lakewood
Schuhmacher
Gulf Coast
M. R. Robson Jr
Schuhmacher Co
Robson
Fleming Co
Topeka
Kan
Fleming
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Hicks St
S&h
Weather Helps Texas Harvest Across Regions
West Texas reports near perfect harvesting weather with rainfall hampering Eastern and Southern sections. Officials note surface moisture shortages in eight Rolling Plains counties, but overall conditions range from fair to excellent with good livestock ranges and high sorghum and cotton yields across the Panhandle, South Plains, and West Texas districts.
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College Station
Tex
West Texas
John Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Panhandle
W. W. Grisham
Amarillo
Lubbock
W. J. Jones
South Plains
Plains
James Simmons
Vernon
Ahs
Texas
Ray Siegmund
Ft Stockton
Roy Huckabe
San Angelo
Ted Martin
Denton
John Surovik
Mt. Pleasant
Surovik
R. G. Burwell
Stephenville
Gulf
Silver Whitsett
Richmond
Whitsett
Trained Shoplifters Working in Toronto
John Crane, general manager of Retail Sales Audit Systems, Ltd., trains staff to act as shoplifters to test retailer defenses amid rising losses. He recruits volunteers to visit stores and assess security, aiming to curb theft and inefficiency during the Christmas season.
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Toronto
Ont
John Crane
Petroleum Council To Be Continued Under Kennedy Era
Washington AP reports the National Petroleum Council, created in 1946 to advise the government on oil and gas, is likely to be continued with little change in its 105 members. Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia has chaired it since inception, and officials expect new Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to reappoint members in December for the coming year. The next meeting is expected in February, with committees studying crude oil and natural gas reserves and refinery maintenance. Nearly eight tons of 36 percent nickel iron alloy castings were used in Mount Palomar Observatory’s 200 inch telescope structure.
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Washington
National Petroleum Council
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Lit
John W. Kennedy
Lgag
Fred A. Seaton
Mount Palomar Observatory
Birth announced for Cheryl Lynn Croft at Baytown Hospital
Mr and Mrs C D Croft announce the birth of a daughter Cheryl Lynn on December 1 at Baytown Hospital weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces. She has a sister Cynthia two years old. Grandparents Claude Croft Cleveland and A H Daloweski WLW Francis. Great grandparents C Y Cude Dayton and Joseph Guepuis Bridgn CI.
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C. D. Croft
West Homan
Cheryl Lynn
Baytown Hospital
Cynthia
Claude Croft
Cleveland
A. H. Daldoweski
WLW
Francis
C. Fy Cude
Dayton
Joseph Guepuis
Bridgn
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Joe Glover
Gonzales
Joe Rothe
Weslaco
Cate
Penney
Walt Disney
Sun
Black
E. Texax
Decker
Sterling
Penney’s
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