Wednesday, January. 15, 1958 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. : Page §

Shopping Conveniences Tops In New Market

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New Tom-Boy Store Open
Doors Tomorrow Morning

“ FABULOUS” is the word for Rife and Pigeon’s

new Tom-boy store, which opens tomorrow to
bring all the “big city’? conveniences of modern
shopping to Williams Lake.

Ideally situated at the corner
of Third. Avenue and Oliver
Street, the big store is, accord-|‘here is a large playpen just
ing to a Malkin’s official, the| {or this purpose, provided with
finest of the chain’s 24 SutletsfOYs that are guaranteed to keep
in the province. Well-planned| young fr interest.

- from sidewalk to cash registers,| Tinned and packaged foods
nothing has been spared in| il) four long display “ islands”
catering to the buying public. | that run the length of the store,

Some idea of their capacity is

gained when one is told that it

took 250 cases of tinned goods
to fill one side of one island
alone. :

Vegetables and frozen foods

look their sparkling best in

Her first reaction on entering|gleaming glass and steel cases.
the store will be one of|The frozen food case is 36 feet

“spaciousness. Its main customer Jong and stretches down one
area is 90 fect long and 60 feet|side of the store. Along the

replenishing the family larder,

Shopping at Tom-hoy, milady
will drive off the street on to
the store’s payed parking lot
to take her choice of the S81
spaces available. (Pavement
will not belaid until spring).

end wall a solid row of vegetable
display and dairy supply cases
stretch.

MODERN DEPARTMENT

Continuing her tour, milady
comes across the pride of the
store—the gleaming modern
meat department. Were depart-
ment manager Lloyd Wale, for-
mer Vancouver man, and his
assistants are cutting and pre-
packaging the best cuts of meat
for your choice.

The sides or quarters first
come out of a large cooler room,
one of the half-dozen steel and
enamel rooms to be found in
Western Canada. They are then
handled in the cutting room and
moved out as roasts, chops and
other various cuts ready for the
table. They are then taken ove)
by Mrs. J. Henderson, who is in
charge of wrapping. She wraps
the cuts in cellophane and passes
them over a pre-heated steel
plate in the caunter to seal the
paper.

From here an extraordinary
machine takes over. It's the

wide. Her next reaction will
probably be one of appreciation
of the decorating scheme. One
long wall features a bold pat-
terned wallpaper above the

frigerated cases, and the rear
wall of the store is finished in
aqua over plaster.
CHECK JUNIOR

If our shopper has Junior
along and wants to deposit him
out of the way while she is
PRIORI TLE OO NOTES:

New Food Store
Result Of Long
Planning Period

For Ken Rife and Les Pigeon,
" Owners of the new Tom-boy

LES PIGEON

grocery outlet in town, the big

“Valuprint,”” a product of the
Toledo Company. This machine
weighs the package and then

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Not seen by the shopper are|automatic registers and scales.
the service areas behind the|Once through the check-out, Hel
meat department. Besides stor-|can pick up sunior and be on

not necessary to juggle your
groceries to have your hand free

prints on a label the weight,|/age space, there are three large
unit price and- extended price|freezers, and a walk-in cool
of the package, as well as the|room for fresh vegetables. At
name of the cut. The label is}one end of the building, the
then impressed on the package|storage area is divided into two
and this is placed in the gleam-| floors with the second floor con-
ing meat cases that face the taining the large gas furnace
customer. and an area for the nine com-
If milady is fagged out at|pressors used to service all the
this point, and feels the need| freezer and cooler cases on the
of a pickup, the coffee: bar,|store’s main floor.
under Mrs. Bill ' Margetts, is But back to our shopper. Her
right beside her. It is a stand-|cart of groceries and meat are
up bar which features the most|trundled to one of three check-
modern finish’ materials. out counters, each equipped with

“Dig. the most modern
store in Williams Lake
this week .. .

“We dug much of the
foundation work and are
proud to have played our
part”

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to open the door. Just walk up
to it ‘door opens itself.
Thank youcome again.”

her way.
“Just a minute, madam. It’s

You can
REST ASSURED
that they're
BEST INSURED

with our
Comprehensive Business Policy

Happy Opening to the new
TOM-BOY STORE

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move will mark the realization
of dreams of long-standing.

During the last five years,
when the town underwent its
greatest period of growth, the
store’s old quarters on Oliver
Street became _ increasingly
cramped. More business meant
more stock and more staff, and
every nook and cranny of the
building had to be pressed into
service.

“The new

tial of our
community

It soon became evident that
Western, Rife and Pigeon had to
move, and plans have been
directed to this belief over the
past two years. One of the
early problems was a site, and
months of negotiation with the
congregation of St. Peter's

We send ou

Anglican Church finally con-
eluded with the church group
deciding to sell its valuable

commercial property and mov-
ing the church building itself to
another location. Once this was
accomplished, early last sum-
mer work was started on mov-
ing a smal! hill and bringing
the entire site down to a com-
mon level. In the meantime,
the general contractor, George
Carlson, moved crews in and
started the foundation work.
Thanks to an open fall, the

the success

Tom-boy Store
has immeasurably . en-
hanced the trading poten-

Ken and Les and trust
their opening will bring

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Your Building
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progressive

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they deserve

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work was carried out uninter-

PLAN FOR SPRING HOME
“BUILDING NOW

Anyone contemplating a home of their own

should start plans now for work to com-

mence in spring and summer. Plans and

loans are often delayed and it is very wise

to be several steps ahead of good building
weather

NEW N.H.A. LOANS ARE NOW AVAILABLE

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rupted by weather, and the
building was completed on
schedule. W t -

The company is now Rife and We d move
Pigeon, but the name of the
three partners has formed a
familiar combination through
the years—Western, Rife and
Pigeon. The third partner, Sid
Western, retired two years ago
and sold his interest to Les

The firm had its start in a
now long-vanished grocery
the old T. A. Moore
what is now the Variety Store
building. Mr. Western was the
manager, Mr. Pigeon was book-
keeper, and Mr. Rife was also
on the staff. From this associa
tion, the trio decided to go into
pusiness together, and in Nov-
ember, 1944, Western Rife and
Pigeon opened its doors. The
same day, Mr. Pigeon left for
overseas, later rejoining his
partners on discharge.

store

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Townspeople will
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this latest - development 0:
store that has grown with the
community.

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Phen Excavating
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earth to own such a
beautiful store as the
(attae. new Tom-boy

“As it is, we took great

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the rear entrance vestibule.

Plumbing installation costs are reduced by grouping bath-
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Kitchen cabinets are grouped under the rear windows and
the dinette overlooks the side yard. The front entrance
is shielded by a corrugated glass partition.

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