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In business50th anniversary%Galbraith Steel Supply Company has kicked off a 50th anniversary celebration in a joint announcement issued by the branch managers of their Lubbock and San Angelo warehouses.The event will be marked by 12 months of promotional and special events including dealer participation programs.“Fifty years of service — fifty years of change” sums up the company’s progress, agreed Branch Managers Delton Tapp of Lubbock and Jack Scudder of San Angelo.1934 marked the year Galbraith Steel began operations in the West Texas towns of Littlefield and Pecos, when the cattle, oil and dryland farming industries were struggling to weather the effects of the Depression.According to one of the original salesmen, Morris Cox, now retired, the Galbraith Steel catalog contained 14 pages andlisted only a few miscellaneousproducts such as nails, fencing and sheet steel.Retired Branch Manager J.P. “Jap” Elms recalled that as the economy recovered, the company moved the Littlefield operation to Lubbock because of its central location. With the advent of irrigated farming and new industry in West Texas, .the economy improved.In order to keep pace with the new prosperity and population growth following World War II, Galbraith Steel acquired Harris-Luckett Hardware Company in San Angelo. In I960 the Lubbock operation was expanded and moderni/ed and the Pecos operation phased out.Today, Galbraith Steel distributes more than 20,000 hardware items throughout Texas and New Mexico.“We’ve seen a lot of changes in the 50 years since Galbraith Steel first started up,” said retired Branch Manager A.C. White, and fellow retiree Ralph Thomas agreed. “We used to do business with the old general store of the ’30s. Now we deal with hardwarestores, home centers, plumbing houses, farm co-ops and many other types of specialty outlets.” Galbraith Steel Supply Company’s Office is located in Dallas and is managed by Danet-te Stewart.The company’s Marfa outlet is Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., managed by Kenneth Brunson.Mike’s Place is backMike’s Place, the long-familiareating spot on East El Paso Street, opens today, after an absence of many months, under themanagement of Tutie McRae Mrs. McRae is the daughter of “Mrs. Mike” Zubiate, who ran the restaurant and was its cook for many years before suffering a stroke. Her son. Mike Zubiate.
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Marfa Independent and Big Bend Sentinel
Marfa, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1984
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