Book: The Citizen

              VOL. 5. NO. 50                                    THURSDAY~ OCTOBER 311968 - THIRTY TWO PAGES                                       $5.00 per year lOc per copy


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County Polling Places

General Election 1968
       MINGO JUNCTION
  Mingo 1A - 714 Commercial
St. next to library.
  Mingo IB-Harmony Methodist
  Church.
  Mingo 2A-Methodist Church on
St. Clair Avenue.
   Mingo 3A-St. Andrew Russian
   Orthodox Church.
   Mingo 3B - Annunciation Ca-
tholic Church.
   Mingo 4A-440 Commercial St.
   Mingo 4B-DeLeonardo home,
101 Holly Ave.
   Mingo 4C - Ronald E. Johns
home on Penn Avenue.
              ***so*
      WINTERSVILLE
   Wintersville No. 1 - Village
Building.
   Wintersville No. 2 - Grange
Hall.
   Wintersville No. 3 - Residence
of Alice Blanchard, 14S Starkey
Road.
   Wintersville No. 4 - Memorial
School, Route 22.
   Wintersville No. 5 - West End
Motor, Canton Road, Winters-
vle.
       COUNTY VILLAGES
   Amsterdam No. 1 - St. Joseph
Catholic School.
   Amsterdam No. 2 - New Fire
Station.
   Brilliant No. 1 - Police Sta-
tion.
   Brilliant No. 2 - Trustee of-
fice in Community Building.
   Brilliant No. 3- Brilliant Mem-
orial High School.
   Richmond - Methodist Church,
basement.
    OTHER COUNTY SITES
    Bantam Ridge - Bantam Ridge
School building, County Rd. 34.
   Belvedere - Belvedere Fire
 House.
   Bloomingdale - Town Hall on
 Route 22.
   Brentwood - State garage on
 Route 22.
   Brush Creek - Grange Hall
 on County Road 55.
   Cross Creek - Kolmont Church.
   Georges Tun - Harmony Metho-
 dist Church, 2117 Commercial
 M ingo.
   Island Creek - Presbyterian
 Church, RD1, Toronto.
   Knox - Grange Building, Knox-
 ville, Road 213.
   Lincoln - Bohemian Hall Brad-
 ley.
   Linduff - Residence of Larry
 Williams of Williams Blvd., Min-
 go Junction.
   Mt. Tabor-United Presbyter-
 ian Church, Richmond.
    COUNTY POLLING PLACES


(Cont'd on page 11)


  Fifteen years ago, in Mentor,
Ohio, some 15,000 people were
lined up outside a remodeled
barn at 9:00 a.m. They were
waiting for the doors to open at
Bargain Fair, a general store
that sold everything from tooth-
picks to tombstones. That was the
beginning of the multi-store chain
headed by David Wiggins, Presi-
dent of Sandusky Distributing
Company,    headquartered  in
Cleveland, Ohio. It was his aim
to bring a totally new kind of
store to the community. He did
it with a zany approach to mer-
chandising and Krazy Daze pro-
motions which were so successful
that they gained national publi-
city in Life magazine and the
Wall Street Journal. Pie eating
contests, clowns, magicians, fire
eaters, ponies and free give-
aways brought the customers in
from six counties.
  In   1956, David Wiggins, in
search of a site for another store,
bought and remodeled a roller-
skating rink in Sandusky. It was
the second Bargain Fair Store
in   Ohio. Edwin    Singer, his
accountant, decided that retailing
offered more of a challenge and
he and Joseph Felber joined the
staff.
   Using a significant overload of
 merchandise, the three man team
 opened a branch store in Fre-
 mont, Ohio. It wasn't long be-
 fore the "branch" became the


Hays Announces $1,500,000 County Grant


  Congressman Wayne L, Hays
has announced that the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban De-
velopment has approved a $1,-
500,000 Water and Sewer Facil-
ities grant to assist Jefferson
County. This grant is the maxi-
mum allowed under the law. The
project will include complete
Water Systems for the following
sub - districts: Sub - district A-
New Alexandria; Sub-district G-


Connorsville and Rayland; Sub-
district J-Jefferson Heights area
Northwest of Mingo Junction;
Sub-district M-Wintersville; and
Sub-district 0-Overlook Hills.
  Also included in the project
are sanitary sewage systems for
sub-districts M and 0. The total
cost is an estimated $4,610,000.
Construction is scheduled to get
under way in 5 months and be
completed within 14 months,


third  Bargain  Fair Store, It
opened in 1960. Plans are now
underway to build a new, larger
store in Fremont with an opening
scheduled for Spring, 1969.
  1962 saw the first of the Mr.
Wiggs stores. It opened in Lex-
ington, Kentucky. It was at this
time that Arthur "Babe"' Meyers
joined the staff to make it a four
man operation.
  Fort Wayne, Indiana was the
site for the second Mr. Wiggs
store, the fifth in the growing
Bargain Fair/Mr. Wiggs chain.
  Since the Fort Wayne opening,
significant changes have taken
place in the store operation. The
original stores in Sandusky and
Fremont have adopted the Mr.
Wiggs name, and the new store
represented a new look for Mr.
Wiggs. The old barn-type atmo-
sphere was gone, and in its place
a modern building was erected.
In plan and appearance, the new
Mr. Wiggs look was carefully
researched. A merchandising a-
gency and an industrial design
firm were called in. The result,
an up to date interior with wide
aisles, bright lights and a de-
partment store atmosphere. It
was the aim of the parent com-
pany to make the best use of mer-
chandising and pricing concepts
in the discount area and still give
the customers a modern store.
   In February, 1967, Mr. \Wiggs
 in Lexington burned to the ground.
 Although plans were underway for
 a second store in Lexington, ef-
 forts were doubled so that two
 stores would be completed in the
 fall of 1967.
   March, 1968 saw the optning
 of a second store in Fort Wayne,
 Indiana. Like the other stores
 in the chain, the new Mr. Wiggs
 featured a colonial look with cedar
 shake and used brick exterior.
 It too, was desinged by the national
 award winning firm of Leon Gor-
 don Miller and Associates.
   Joseph Felber, Chairman of


the Board of Sandusky Distribut-
ing Company said, "We f(,l that
there has been, to date, a lack of


modern discount store merchan-
                MR. WIGGS
             (Cont'd on page 11)


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   Cross Creek Recreation Area
HOLLOWEEN PARTY welcomes
everyone! It will be held at the
Buchanan   Gym   on Thursday,
October 31, 1968 from 6 to8p.m.
Refreshments will be served,
   Prizes for different age groups
and categories will be as follows:
Up to 1st grade


1st grade through 3rd grade
4th grade through 6th grade
7th grade through 9th grade-
10th grade and up, adults are
  welcome.
  First grade and up will be
judged in three categories: Most
Comical, Most Original and Most
Beautiful.


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