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Yesteryear A&P re-opening 1949

The A&P Super Market at 2101 Eighth Ave., Altoona, held a grand re-opening in September 1949. Employees shown are (from left): front row — Birdie Sabatina, Margie Detwiler, Pat Schill, Violet Miller, Ileen Green, Ann Slack, Belva Thompson, Dorothy Shugarts, Edna Miller, Ruth Paul, Rebecca Moore, Charmaine Hiergeist, Helen Clare, Nellie Gunsalus, Peggy Thomas, Rosemary Little and Letha Vauclain; middle row — Thomas R. Kimmel, Harold R. Dodson, Wayne McAlarney, Ken Brown, Dick Byrne, Dick Grove, Bill Heiss, Bob Wiley, Bill Carroll, Oakley Stiffler, Bill Jacobs, Don Elder, Eddie Albright, Tom Weber and William Martz; back row — Margaret Diehl (candy department head), George N. Datris (produce department head), Harold F. Bond (dairy department head), Walter West (meat department head), Esther Laughlin (bookkeeper), J.A. Albright (manager), J.W. O’Brien (supervisor), A.H. Olson (assistant manager), John McKee (bakery department head), George B. Biseli, R.J. Boughamer, Bob Hewitt, Joe Steinbeiser, E.A. Delozier and Jay McKnight. Howard Forsht and Harold Rhule were on vacation when the picture was taken.

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