Piggly Wiggly
Will Close;
Cooper's Move
Cooper's Hardware, which has !
teen on the corner of Second and
Lacey since they started in busi
ness 10 years ago, is moving to a|
j.i w location. They will be setting
c j operations in the spot now oc- ;
copied by Piggly Wiggly grocery ;
store at'524 Second avenue some- 1
tone between October 15 and No- .
■\ ember 1.
Tom Jensen. Dawson Cooper and ;
Virgil Cady, owners of Cooper's,
p.an extensive remodeling of the
i ew location. Jensen said they will
spend about $25,000 for completely
new fixtures, painting and lighting.
They will extend the store’s facili
ties an additional 25 feet and will
occupy the entire ground floor of
the building.
In addition, the firm will add i
r .ore lines of merchandise. They i
I j an to handle more housewares,
j. et supplies plumbing supplies, ma
jor appliances and will enlarge their
* orting goods department.
Earl L. Hausmann, manager of
Toggly Wiggly, will liquidate the i
stock and fixtures of the grocery !
concern. He then plans to work for !
Cooper’s as a sales clerk. He has ;
conferred with other businessmen |
in town in order to see that his
employees are not left without jobs. "
Hausmann. who has been in bus- \
5ness for himself for about 25 years, i
says that as far as he knows, no
toe else has asked for the franchise j
f r Piggly Wiggly as yet. He and \
bis wife recently bought a home at
*13 Seventh avenue and moved in
August 1
Ward B. Long
New Instructor
At 'Mud Nest'
Ward B Long, who arrived here j
■toently from Border, Texas to
ioke over his new duties as the j
t ew ceramics teacher at the Mud
Kest, has a wide and interesting
background in the fields of ceram
ic, s. sculpture, and painting.
Long, a Texan who likes Alaska,
v .11 hold down a full time job at
tne water treatment plant at Ladd
this winter tend his homestead on
me Richardson highway, and after
giving sculpturing and ceramics les
ions at the Mud Nest on Thursday
t venings and Saturday afternoons,
I opes to have a little time left to
< some painting
Long has spent the past eight
years as a chemist in a synthetic
1 lant in Border, running a ceramics
shop on the side where he also
gave lessons. He is a specialist in
k structing handicapped persons.
He is currently finishing the elab
< ! ate center piece he has designed
Is r the Tanana Valley Fair, where
Fairbanksans may see several dis
plays of bis work.
C. N. Johnsons To Arrive
Tor Micro-Wave Studies
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Johnson will
j.-rive in Fairbanks next week to
<; rry on three months of studies
<. n the effect of the northern lati
1 tides on micro-wave transmission.
Johnson, a member of the special j
«■ gineering division of the Radio!
Corporation of America, is bringing !
Up a trailer-full of equipment with i
v hieh to make his studies.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OFFICE
Fairbanks. Alaska
Date: Julv 26, 1956
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Holt M.
T-rieksoii. Fairbanks. Alaska entryman,
.'i gether with his witnesses Leonard Da
r ;. and Jack Tolmie. both oi Fairbanks.
A aska has submitted final proof on his
homestead entry, Fairbanks Serial No.
t 2584 for the SEV«NW««. SW'.NEh. Lots
2 and 3 Section 3 Township 2 South
f>. nge 2 E..st Fairbanks Meridian, een
t. niijg 159 9" acres, and it is now in the
i. es of the Lard Office. Fairbanks, Al
t-ka. and if no protest is filed in the
I nd Office within the period of publi
«.non or thirty days thereafter, said
l ial proof will be accepted and final
ct 'tificate issued.
Robert L. Jenks
Acting Manager
Fast Pub: Aug. 2. 1956
Last Pub: Aug. 30, 1956
ARCTIC PIGGLY WIGGLY
COOPER'S HARDWARE, Inc.
jointly announce the
CLOSING OF PIGGLY WIGGLY
and the
MOVING OF COOPER’S HOWE
TO THE PRESENT PIGGLY WIGGLY STORE
HERE'S PSGGLY WIGGLY'S PLANS
After 25 years of serving Fairbanks, Earle Hausmann
will close the doors of the Arctic Piggly Wiggly Store
on September 15th. Between now and that time
some $200,000 inventory of groceries will be sold
at tremendous savings to the people of Fairbanks.
Though Earle is closing the doors of Piggly Wiggly
he will maintain his other business interests here . . .
and be on Cooper's Hardware staff.
All employees of Piggly Wiggly have been assured
positions with other merchants in town ... no hard
ships will be encountered.
Those people who have maintained credit accounts
with us will have their accounts transferred else
where after August 15th.
SAVE DURING
PIGGLY WIGGLY'S
LIQUIDATION SALE
STARTING TODAY
HERE'S COOPER'S PLANS . . .
The staff of Cooper's Hardware takes great pleasure
in announcing the moving of their store to the pres
ent location of Piggly Wiggly, on or about Novem
ber 1st.
The enlarged quarters will allow Cooper's to increase
their capacity to serve Fairbanks. Some three times
more space will enable Fairbanksans to shop Coop
er's with ease . . . and will allow more nationally
famous products to be featured. In the meantime,
'we cordially invite you to drop in frequently to our
present store . . . and to take advantage of Cooper's
reduced prices during their huge removal sale . . .
to be announced soon.
Coopers
'If'f'QS'tAlVXi/iA. Cvrry*as^L
REMOVAL SALE
STARTING SOON