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Busy Ottawa druggist Guy Briscoe lifelong in town
Guy Briscoe a registered pharmacist since 1931 and lifelong Ottawa resident runs Hill Drug Store with his wife Ruth and family. Their son Gerald followed with pharmaceutical training at Kansas University in 1958 while daughter and other son live out of town. The Briscoes, active in Lions Club and church, recount decades in local drug business including a 1957 new building at 9th and Main and a popular campus hangout.
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Guy Briscoe
Otta
T W
Fred Kaiser
Ottawa
Brombacher & Hawkins Drug Store
Guy
Ruth
Gerald Briscoe
Kansas University
Sunnyvale
Calif
Terry
Glly
Crown Drug Co
Lindberg Drug Store
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Walgreen
Hill Drug
114 St
Main
9Th and