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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1948)
TEN NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 1948 , i m 1 m ,y-:vi 3V BEST OF LUCK To the New NIELSEN'S MARKET Tozer Sheet Metal CONGRATULATIONS TO NIELSEN'S MARKET FROM SCHERNER BROS. Bottling Co. it Orange Crush -k Squirt Flavn. Big Chief NEW MARKET FULFILLS 5 YEARS' PLANNING LH. Nielsen To Operate On Enlarged Scale Service Will bt Greatly Expanded, With Ample Parking Space Provided j ' -iY mm LESTER NIELSEN Owner ROSEBURG ELECTRIC CO. Who Installed The Refrigeration Equipment congratulates The Management of NIELSEN'S MARKET On Their New Undertaking THE MAKERS OF UMPQUA CHIEF FLOUR Tk Daufla. County Flour Mill SALUTE NIELSEN'S MARKET May Your New Enterprise Prosper and Grow j if r - V r. ,i.lV S, V.-JK! V; ROV BYR D Manager When Nielsen'. Market open Friday In a new, large building on the Pacific Highway south of the city, a dream of more than five year, will have been fulfilled. The layout In the new store in one that Lester H. iel sen. the owner, started planning before the recent war. Operator of the Blg-Y super niarket at Medford for three years, as partner-manager, Niel sen went into the Army Air Forces as a maor In 1943. He served as executive officer of an A-'m fiehter squadron for U , et i.. France and England. on his release from the serv- ice, Nielsen purchased the form er Dunham's Market on N. Jack- II son St. Since operating the store here, Nielsen has been looking for a suitable location for a up , ermarket and has been planning its construction, j The new building Is of pumice j block construction. 80 x 120 feet in sie. i ne building cover, al most a quarter of an acre. Ample parking facilities are near the store. The location is easilv ac--essible from either S. Main St. or the Pacific Highway. The store was constructed by L. W. Metzger. building contract or in an area that has been developed for industrials uses during the past few months. Department Aide. Named Nielsen announced that Roy K. Byrd will serve as manager of the grocery department, Robert B. Nicholson will be manager of the meat department, and Miss Kdythe Kelker will be in charge of the fountain. Byrd. a native-born Roseburg resident, has been in the grocery business 19 years. He has spent most of his life in Roseburg with the exception of a few year, in Medford prior to the war. In the service three years, he spent two years at Mitchell Kield, N. I ;. Mill j ih'K - LAI I V ' i. BOB NICHOLSON Manager Meat Dept. mmm EDYTHC K ELK Ef Mgr. Fountain Lunch Y four month, in Hawaii, and eight months on Okinawa with the Army Ail Forces communi cations section. Since the end of the war. Byrd has been employed by Nielsen at the N. Jackson St. store. He said the new .tore will feature mass displays and a larger selec tion of merchandise. He pointed out that the comfort of shoppers has been taken into considera tion in the design of the vast structure. The aluminum roof has a 90 per cent heat reflection factor. It was pointed out. Nicholson has been a meat ! cutter the past 10 years. He J served as a mess sergeant in j the Army in the Pacific area 1 during the recent war. He has i been employed in the meat de ! partment ai Nielsen's since his j release from the Army. Nlchol ! son is married and has three children. Miss Kelker, who will manage the fountain, came . here this week from the San Francisco Bay area, where she has been engaged in similar work. Though native of Oregon, this will be her iCnntintied on Page Thirteen! Hearty Congratulations to NIELSEN'S MARKET W are proud to have had a part in the construction of this new supermarket F & W FLOOR COVERING NEON SIGN by ROY HUFHAM 348 N. Jackson St. Good Luck Lester In Your New Store THE VALLEY PACKING CO. of Salem EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS to NIELSEN'S MARKET THE Roseburg Dairy Suppliers of Fine Dairy Products SALUTES The New NIELSEN'S MARKET A Welcome Addition to the Convenience and Welfare of Roseburg Congratulations and Best Wishes to NIELSEN'S MARKET On Their Grand Opening DOUGLAS COUNTY CREAMERY The Roseburg Paint Shop offers congratulations to NIELSEN'S MARKET "For Good Painting C. Fred Recce" OREGON CHIEF THE MARK OF QUALITY BETTER MEATS FOR BETTER LIVING Oregon Owned. . Oregon Payroll.. Oregon Products for Oregon People PORTLAND PROVISION CO. Portland, Oregon CONGRATULATES THE NEW NIELSEN'S SUPER MARKET OF ROSBURG, OREGON Thursday SPECIAL ON Clothes Dryer 25 Bars-Rope For Drying Clothes Inside Space Saving Wee2.49 NOW! Thursday Only 98 Jack Fariss and Son 130 N. Jaefcion Phsn. S7 t Y
