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Tuesday, April 23, 1968 GRAND PRAIRIE DAILY NEWS PAGE 3-Newto open here WednesdayC A. Henderson, president of T.G.AY Stores Company, proudly announces the grand opening of the T.G.AY. 5 cents to $1 store in the Marshall Plata Shopping Center, located atMarshall Drive and Third,9#%JAMBS JACKSONJacksonto managenew storeJames Jackson is the manager of the new T.G AY. store opening in Grand Prairie at Marshall plaza Shopping Center.Jackson has been associated with the variety store chain for eight years, serving six of those years as manager of the Irving TG.AY. store. Prior to that, he was manager of a T.G.AY. store in Abilene.A resident of Irving. Jackson and his family are members of the Belt Line Church of Christ. He and his wife, Cynthia, have two children, Chris, 3; and Brad, four months.We are very happy to be locating a T.G.AY. store in Grand Prairie and in this convenient and modern Marshall Plaza Shopping Center. Jackson said.Street.Doors of the new variety store will be officially opened at 9 a.m. Wednesday. April 24.Free sourvenirs and a lot of outstanding bargains will befound in the new T.G.AY.,'this* Tweekend, as advertised in the Grand Prairie Daily News.L. H. Myers, division president of the Central and South Texas area, stated that the store is stocked with the most complete assortment of variety merchandise to be found anywhere.“YOU’LL FIND many ‘ famous brand names you'll recognize for quality, such • as Buster Brown. Fruit of the Loom, E. J. Brach Candy, na tionally advertised toiletries and cosmetics and many more.”This new T.G.AY. store boasts a fabric department with first quality fabrics at reasonable prices. It also hasan expanded drug department with nationally advertised toiletries and cosmetics at popular prices.Another addition to this unit is an expanded paint department featuring the popular Du Pont paints.The new T.G.AY at Marshall Plaza is designed to make shopping a pleasure. Comfort controlled air-conditioning in summer and winter, high intensity I i g h t i n g for perfect viewing of merchandise and modem multi-level fixtures forbeautiful displays and easy shopping. A colorful decor, presenting a relaxing atmosphere to delight every shopper.Myers advises that this new store will be open from 9 a m to 9 p.m. daily just as the other T.G.AY. Stores in this area. He said. Over the past 25 years, T.G.AY. has found customers like to shop during the evening hours and we are cen-tainly going to give them the opportunity to shop at their convenience as one of our normal. everyday services in appreciation for their patronageWith eight years experiencewith the T.G.AY. chain. James Jackson is the manager of the local store. A resident of Irving he was former manager of the store there.The assistant manager of the new unit is Dennis Unger, a recent addition to the T.G.AY. staff.The supervision of this store will be the responsibility of C. D. Coker.Jackson has worked with the buyers in the company's office in Oklahoma City to get a complete assortment of variety merchandise, plus broadening the assortment in fabrics and paints. “You'll find many items not normally stocked in the usual variety store. henoted.T.G .AY. HAS one of the most complete Toy Departments you'll find and it includes toys and games for the entire family. The hobby line is quite extensive with model kits even Dad will enjoy! Hundreds of nationally advertised brands will be found in the Health A Beauty Aids Department and you'll find the larger family size at discount prices . . . THE HOTTEST PRICESIN TOWN!T.G.AY. began operations in 1936 with headquarters, general offices and warehouses in Oklahoma City. Presently, there are 600 stores in operation, serviced from four warehouses in a 16 state area in Southern U.S.A. from Florida to California.TYPICAL COMPANY -owned stores range in size from 7.200 to 15.000 square feet, with the majority of the stores being located in shopping centers. Concentrations of stores are located at Oklahoma City. Tulsa. Kansas City, Missouri, New Orleans, Houston. Phoenix and Los Angeles.T.G.AY. had grown to 128 stores at the end of 1957. when purchased by Butler Brothers of Chicago, remaining an autonomous division and continuing under the managemen of T.G.AY. Officers. The division had climbed to 219 stores by 1960. the year Butler Brotherswas purchased by City Products throughout the United States.City Products Corporation and its subsidiaries conduct a diversified business consisting principally of the sales of general merchandise through company-owned and franchised stores, home furnishings and department stores T.G.AY. continued to operate as an autonomous division un der the management of the same group of officers.ITS RATE OF expansion accelerated so that at the end of '66-'67. T.G.AY. was operating 570 stores. The firm is expand ing very rapidly in California.where it is now operating over100 stores and has heavy expansion projected in this area for the next several yearsR. A. Young is the chairman of the Board of T.G.AY. Since 1964. C. A Henderson has been president of the firm. Other officers include: W. W. George. Exec. Vice President inof Operations of allT.G.AY. Stores; T. A. Killian. Senior Vice President in Charge of Merchandising and Warehousing; E J. Braun, Exec Vice Preside/M of Finance; C. A Buchanan. Vice President of Leasing; T. E.Lewis. Secretary; and J E Cox, Treasurer Mr. Young and Mr. Henderson are Vice Presidents of City Products Corporation.Henderson stated there are three classes of T G AY. Stores . . one is the tradition al variety store, primarily convenience merchandise ranging up to about 12.000 square feet The second is a variety - drug or variety de partment store ranging up to 20.000 square feet The third is the Family Center unit, ranging from 20.000 to 65.000 square feet.PLANS FOR THE growth of T.G.AY. call for 1.000 to 1.200 stores by 1973 or 1974, doing a volume of about $500.-000,000.00. The firm is scheduled for a 39 percent increaseper year for the next five tlt;seven yearsSeveral new areas will be opened by T G AY. during this major expansion Leases are now being signed in the Caroli-nas and in Colorado and Northern California Other new states will include Wyoming, Utah. Nevada, Washington. Idaho and Oregon. Survey work is being done in Alaska. Hawaii and Old Mexico. Additional warehouse space is being sought to support the operations of stores in the new areas Warehouses will proba bly be opened in the Carolinas and Portland. Oregon, in 1968HANDY SHOPPING baskets and carts are provided for pleasurable shopping. You can browse around at your leisure and select merchandise as you please. Courteous salespeople will help you If you desire.Speedy central check-outs allow for easy payment of your purchases at one time.ewelry counterCostuma jewelry to fit every tost# will bo available to Grand Prairie shoppers at the new T.G. A Y., opening Wednesday at Marshall Drive and Third Street. Dally News photo600-store chain had beginning in Oklahoma on Jan.1,1936Stocked for shopping convenienceAmong the merchandising sections of the new T.G. A Y. store the greeting card division (left) and the widely stocked paintpartment at right. The new store in Marshall Plasa Shopping ter will be formally opened Wednesday. Doily News photo.T. G. A Y. Stores Company operates a chain of Variety Stores specializing in mer-c h a n d i s e priced from fivecents to one dollar and up. The Company has stores located inGeorgia, Arizona,M *%4Arkansas, California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Colorado, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma. Texas, and Tennessee. Most stores are insuburban shipping centers,orlarge rural towns.T. G. A Y. was formed on January 1, 1936, as a partnership composed of R. E. Tomlinson of Frederick, Oklahoma; E. L. Gosselin of Cordell, Oklahoma; and R. A. Young of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The name of T. G. A Y. was takenfrom the initial letters of thethree partners.THREE STORES were purchased to form the nucleus of this new organization. In addition to these three stores, each of the partners was at the time operating individuallyowned variety store chains. Tomlinson, under the nameof Tomlinson and Son, had two stone. Young, operating under the name of R. A. YoungL. H. MYERSMyers heads store groupHeading one of the six divisions in the 600 store chain is L. H. Myers. This division includes C e o t r a I. South, andNorth Texas The Headquarters for this division is in Dal-Myers started with T. G. A Y. in 1946 after returning from four years with the U.S. Navy. He was assistant manager atClinton and Carnegie, Oklahoma and his first position as manager was in Amarillo, Texas with the Gosselin Stores (the G. in T.G.AY.) in 1948. He managed stores in Lubbock and later became a supervisor of the Lubbock area stores.In 1957 he was given the assignment of opening the Dallas area. The division started with one store in Carrollton in 1968 to the present number of 66 stores and 15 more to open in 1968. Also, there are a number of leases signed on new storesto open in 1969.Myers resides in Garland with his wife Luretta and their two children, Mike and da, ot 996 Old Orchard where they have lived for the past 10 years.Cmpany, had eight stores Also, Young and Gosselin were operating a store in partnership in Elk City, Oklahoma. A general office was opened in Oklahoma City for the purpose of consolidating the buying of merchandise, the keeping of books and records, and warehousing for the five groups of stores which they were operating.DURING THE NEXT eight years, each of the companies and partnerships continued to prosper and grow so that by July 1, 1944, their operations had been so complex and interlocking that it was agreed that a new partnership shouldbe formed which should include the R. A. Young Company, by this time operating seventeen stores; the T. G. A Y Stores Company, which by now was operating ten stores; the Gosselin Stores Company,operating three stores; andGosselin and Young, operating in Elk Citv, Oklahoma.James Coker store supervisorSupervising the operation of T.G.AY. stores from Fort Worth to the western Dallas area is James Coker, and the new store opening here Wednesday will fall under his supervision.A native of Corsicana, Coker has been employed by the variety store chain for the past 11 years. Residents of Carrollton, he and his wife, Anita, have four daughters, Deborah, 9;Dana, 7; Cynthia, 5; add Janet S.TOISTORESMARSHAL PLAZA SHOTTING ONTOMMSHU OMVIMIO S.W. TNMD tramAutomatic• 4-8 eopt brewed to your taste e Brew selector for coffee os yoi like it.e Chrome finish on copper body• Keeps Worm heating unitIT'S 2 IRONS IN ONf I Switchesfrom steom to dry at the push of o button. Fabric Dial can be set automatically. Extra high cord lift keeps cord out of the way for easy ironing.SAVING I• • •At ISSturdy del* Wide webbing. Frame ef 1 ' tublar aluminum Adjusts to 4 comfortable positionsFelds easily for star-age.Awaka to muticl Sot tho timo for motic to com# on boforo you go to bed! Solid state AM Radio hot lighted dial. Attractive antique white cose.Dennis Unger assists managerTo serve Grand Prairie shoppers at assistant manager of the new T.G.AY. stores is Dennis Unger. Bringing variety store experience to his new job, Unger joined the T.G.4Y. chain only a few short weeks sgo.A resident of Dallas, Unger was formerly associated with a variety store in San Angelo. He and his wife, Carol, have one son, Dennis John, jr., who hi 10 months old.New Store Only IHANDY5x3x3 Wubbing. 1 aluminum Tubing. Fully assembled. Fold* for storing or corrying.Compare At $3.99\MI5Lightweight and powerful. Speed switch end beater release for easy one-hand operation.UMfT4StW* High33H* WideBARGAIN I
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