New Thriftco. Co-managers Jack Borell and Ray Wall, kneeling front row, lead their staff at the opening of the new Westgate Thriftco at 5739 No. 26th St. on November 11, 1969. The former Sib's Supermarket was purchased by the Klauser Corporation, operator of four other Thriftco's in the area. Both managers brought a wealth of experience to the new Thriftco. Jack Borell graduated from White River High School and Western Washington State College; he had previously been the manager of the Renton Thriftco. Ray Wall, a lifelong Tacoma resident, was a Stadium High School graduate as well as graduating from the University of Puget Sound and University of Washington. Mr. Wall had been in the grocery business for 35 years. Complete list of individuals pictured above was printed in a Thriftco advertisement in the News Tribune dated 11-17-69. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. (TNT 11-5-69, D-13; TNT 11-17-69, p. 11)

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Thriftco opened at N. 26th & Pearl, the site of the former Sib's Supermarket, in early November of 1969. Thriftco was the new name for the Thriftway chain of supermarkets. Co-managers Jack Borell (L) and Ray Wall (extreme R) posed with Klauser Corporation president Russ Klauser on November 4, 1969. Klauser operated the four other Thriftco stores in this area. The new N. 26th & Pearl store would celebrate its grand opening from November 6-8th. It had been remodeled and equipped with new fixtures. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. (TNT 11-5-69, D-13)

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