Gibson family opens Monroe discount store in 20,000 item debut
The Gibson family launches a new discount department store in Monroe, with 20,000 plus items across 20 departments. H. R. Gibson Jr., 33, is noted as a leading young executive of Gibson Products Co. and Dixie Laboratories. W. D. Trible oversees the Northern division and Don Thomas from Sioux City attends the opening. The self service store will employ 10 to 15 and feature health and beauty aids, housewares, clothing, toys, and more.
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Arkansas
Gibson Products Co
Dixie Laboratories Inc
Mr. Gibson
Ideal Travel Agency
Gibson
H. R. Gibson Jr
United States
America
Monroe
W. D
Bill) Trible
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Trible
Don Thomas
Sioux City
Thomas
Gibson Products
Gibson’s
Jewel Tea Company Inc
Boys’ Apparrel
Turnstyle
Moline
Ill
Store Manager Announces Gibson's Grand Opening
Charles Steidler will run Gibson's Discount Center opening at 9 a.m. Thursday June 27 in the former Woolworth store quarters on 10th Street. The Monroe store is the second in Wisconsin, with out of town staff and company executives visiting for the grand opening.
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Charles
Chuck) Stiedler
Gibson’s Discount Center
Woolworth
10Th Street
Steidler
New Jersey
Monroe
Albert Lea
Minn
Mankato
Laurie
Lynn
Edmund
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gibson
Robert Cook
Robert King
Omaha
Don Thomas
Sioux City
W. D. Trible
New Ulm
LeRoy Peterson
Neb
Lee Wegener
George Mack
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Mrs. Jessie Swiggum 86 dies after long illness
Belleville Mrs. Jessie M Swiggum Route 2 Belleville died Sunday morning at Madison General Hospital after a long illness She was born November 8 1881 in Montrose Township Dane County and married February 15 1906 to Samuel Swiggum who died in 1950 Surviving are her daughter Esther Austin a sister Joseph Smith Brooklyn four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Two sisters preceded her Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday June 27 at Grace Church with Rev Lee Downs officiating Burial will be in Montrose Cemetery Friends may call Becker Funeral Home after 4 p m Wednesday June 26
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Belleville
Jessie M. Swiggum
Madison General Hospital
Montrose Township
Dane County
Edward
Annie Fritz
Samuel Swiggum
Pioneer Montrose Church
Grace United Methodist Church of
Swiggums
Isaac Sharman
Charles Crocker
Amos
Esther) Austin
Joseph Smith
Brooklyn
Grace Church
Lee Downs
Montrose
Becker Funeral Home
Field Day at Digman Farm Showcases Modern Equipment
Field Day on Route 3 Monr oe at Digman Farm drew over 400 visitors to view modern operations recently completed. Demonstrations featured a portable 3 phase 60 hp electric motor for silo filling and feed grinding, plus a 72 foot bank feeder and cemented drainage. Wisconsin Power and Light helped with extended electric lines, two new 20 by 60 silos were erected, and silage was blown into the silo. Browntown Division of Iroquois Foundry will reopen July 8. general employee meeting set for June 29. Seven dead in weekend Wisconsin highway crashes push year total to 513.
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Kendall Digman
Route 3
Monroe
Digman
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Tom's Silo Service
Monroe Ready - Mix
J. and W. Implement Sales
Lavern Koehn Surge
Reub Kottwitz Manufacturing
Watertown
Browntown
Iroquois Foundry Company
W. A. Vierthaler
Vierthaler
Gibson Discount Center to Open in Monroe This Thursday
The nation’s largest discount retailer opens Gibson Discount Center at 1720 10th Street in Monroe on Thursday at 9 a.m. Herbert R. Gibson Sr., founder and president of Gibson Products Co., built a rags to riches business career emblematic of American leadership.
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Monroe
Gibson’s
10Th Street
Herbert R. Gibson Sr
Gibson Products Co
Tonight TV Schedule and Local Gossip Plus Surgery Update
TV listings detail overviews for six News affiliates and a slate of programs from Gunsmoke to Peyton Place with times and episode numbers. A June 26 Juda High School ice cream social is noted to support scholarships, followed by a local recovery report on Mrs Otto Goecks after major surgery at St Clare Hospital.
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Peyton Place
Daktari
Jeannie
Garrison
San Antonio
Juda High School
Juda
Juda Dairy Queen
Otto Goecks
Route 1
St. Clare Hospital
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Chuck) Steidler
Gibson Discount Center
the Luggage Department
the Candy Department
the Health and Beauty Aids Department
the Sporting Goods Department
Charles Steidler
Digman Farm
Ee Gruts Ae
Discount Center
Falt
AAV
TVA
Kyi
Relco Vitalis
Vial
Tinker Toys
Colgate
Dillon
Mexico
Africa
John Henry
Lucy
Ken Berry
Deitrich
Andy Griffith
Andy
Opie
NET Journal
Showtime
Eddy Arnold
Roy Castle
Freddie and the Dreamers
Supreme Court
Indian Ocean
Kuwait
N.Y.P.D
Carson
Vincent
Carol Lynley
Anemone
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