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.. .. Oldtime residents .of Webster City probably will recall thisjlttl which was located at the corner cf Willson Ave. arid' Second'St. art was. operated by O. E. Symons' (shown iiiside'the. shop) who was of this city. The building next to the shop is th e one in whichyti25,000,000 CHICKS HATCHED-A pioneer in its field was the .McMurray Hatchery,. founded in 1917 by'.Murray McMurray..•: The hatchery, Ideated at 6-15 Ohio St., has earned a rSjputation as one of -the nation’s leading suppliers of rare breeds of poultry.In the 40 years since it started business, McMurray hatchery has hatched 25,000,000 chicks — nearly three - quarters of a million birds each year.The hatchery handles 67 different varieties of poultry and more than 20,000 hens in more than 100 farm flocks in Hamilton and surrounding counties supply eggs for the business. .Murray McMurray was joined in the business by his son, John, in 1938. Another son, Charles, joinedthe firm in -1949; .Other riiemebrs. of the McMut-ray. Hatchery staff include ...Lois Lee, Olive Dally, Margaret Whipple, Myrtle Maxon, Betty Saboch, Ann McMurray, Evelyn Burnett, May Bickford, Hattie Bingham, Nancy Tudor, Alice Fortune, Laur-a Allen; Louise Wiar,- Carol Bonner,' Carl Gore, Dwayne Merrill,: Everett Hand, Chet Gore, John Spit-ler, Dick Arney, Harry Spitler, Garry . Burnett, Jim Van Doren, Lawrence Stanger, Martha Brin-golf, Lariy Smith and Joe Dicka-son. . . .. In its 40 years of business, .the McMurray Hatchery has served more' than 65,000 customers throughout the United States and in several foreign lands.
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Webster City Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 08, 1957
Page 72
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VA, USA 11 Jul 2019
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