The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 12

1 PAGE 4-B New $250000 Rosewood Shopping Center to Open Today these live in Columbia and work heaquarters offices here on Shqp from central division! Road Congratulations to ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER ROSEWOOD DRIVE 1 Roofing and Metal Work by AMAKER WAITES SHEET METAL WORKS 2319 Two Notch Rd Phone 2-6254 CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER mm cfc Plain and Fabricated Structural Steel and Metal Products for Buildings ANYTHING METAL 1225-35 Huger Street Columbia Phone 4-0301 Center Has 13 Units Features Off-Street Parking Cullough division manager of store operations Bolt general superintendent McCarley district grocery superintendent I Mundy district market superintendent Wallace sales manager Reeves produce merchandiser Escue meat merchandiser A Love advertising manager Harton superintendent in charge of store openings and Stallworth maintenance superintendent Most of here especially for the opening direct from the groves in Florida Echerd Is grocery manager of the new store Pressley is produce manager and Cato is market manager All of the managers are men of long experience in the grocery business and have been employed by Colonial for many years Colonial officials who are on hand to assist in the opening are A Edens vice president Mc The new Rosewood Shopping Center costing a quarter of a mll- lion dollars and providing off-street parking for 300 automobiles will open today The large 13-unit shopping cen-ter in the 2S00 block of Rosewood 'Drive has been described by its developer as most complete and modern shopping center In It covers the entire block south of Rosewood between Holly and Maple streets Donald Dial Is the owner and developer of the new center Southern States Construction Co is the contractor All stores in the center are set back 12S feet from Rosewood drive in an area measuring 750 feet on Rosewood and 300 feet on Holly and Maple Off-street parking Best Wishes To the Merchants OF THE NEW iii-l'HIdjli space Is provided In the area between the stores and Rosewood drive Ninety per cent of the stores in the center are air-conditioned The Center provides complete planned one-stop shopping Mr Dial said It contains a supermarket Colonial Stores 5 10 25 Cent Store Baylor's garden center nursery The Corner Drug Store Central Paint A Hardware Shandon Electric Co a branch of i Dixie Laundry A Dry Cleaning Mayfield's Barber Shop a woman's clothing store Rosewood Seafood Market Billups Petroleum filling station All Baba gift shop Tropical Fish and Gift Shop The center contains 3i000 square feet of floor space In addition to the extensive customer parking area and rear service area a 10-foot wide aidewalk is being provided at the store fronts and along the sides of the stores An eight-foot wide overhang or I continuous marquee covers the sidewalk protecting shoppers from rain and sun and encouraging win dow shopping Mr Dial describes the available off-street parking as key to success in catering to retail shoppers Freight and customer traffic will be strictly separated No trucks or service vehicles will be permitted in the front or customer parking area all servicing being done at the rear where it is further segregated from the public view by a seven-foot masonry wall running the length of the center to the rear of the service area Landscaping in the shopping center will be extensive with the idea of creating pleasant shopping surroundings The centef described as a community shopping center was designed to serve the approximately 8000 families in the fast-growing Southeastern area of the city "This is a size midway between the neighborhood shopping center designed to serve the needs of approximately L500 families and the large regional shopping center designed to serve 30000 families 2 Congratulations TO oSewoo SHOPPING CENTEB COLUMBIA'S COMPLETE GARDEN STORE IN The ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER Ymi Colonial Stores Supermarket Is a Feature of Neiv Project aratJJioll to'1? ROSEWOOD Shopping Center ROSEWOOD DRIVE KAWNEER STORE FRONTS by Capitol Glass Co M2 HARDEN STREET Dial 3-1201 FURNISHED IN rART IT OWEN' SSSU STRUCTURAL STE Box 894 ASSOCIATED GROWERS INC BOX 4264 ATLANTA 2 GEORGIA The State-Record Classified Ads Bring Resultsl One of the of the new Rosewood Shopping Center which opens today on Rosewood Drive -is the large modern Colonial Supermarket offering a variety of more than 8000 items The new Rosewood store makes the sixth unit for the-grocery chain in Columbia The company also has a large warehouse on Shop Road which handles distribution to Co-llonlal Stores throughout South Carolina Officials of the Colonial Stores organization commented that the new store represents the very latest in modern equipment and services with many new improvements and conveniences It is completely self-service with large refrigerated self-service produce department and self-service meat department in addition to the grocery department The Colonial building in the shopping center Is completely air-conditioned with modern fixtures throuhgout In addition to more than 3000 favorite food items of all kinds the store Includes a house-wares and drug department A complete line of dietetic foods is also carried Frozen foods occupy a large space in the new store McCullough division manager of store operations for Colonial commented that frozen foods are occupying an increasingly important position in purchases and the new store has kept pace with this trend by offering one of the most complete selections of frozen foods in the city A number of free gifts are being offered during the grand opening celebration with a special grand Sward of a television set to be given on May 29 Gifts to be given this week include glass bon-bon dishes to the first 3000 lady visitors on opening day plus an assortment of food basket house ware and electrical appliances to be given daily on Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday of this week The Colonial Stores organization with more than 350 stores throughout the Southeast is one of the leading food retailers In the nation today The chain dates back to 1899 when the first store of the predecessor company (Rogers) was opened in Atlanta In 194 the 259-store Rogers chain merged with the 295-store Pender chain to form the present Colonial Store Inc covering eight Southeastern states Since that time the company has been engaged in a modernization and expansion program closing many of the small-type stores and replacing them with new modern supermarkets The firm's general headquarters is in Atlanta with the division headquarters offices and warehouse located on Shop Road in Columbia Other Colonial Stores in the city are located at 1411 Gervais St 1215 Blanding St 3250 Forest Dr 3121 Milwood Ave and 3604 North Main St (Eau Claire) The interior of the new Rosewood store is attractively finished in restful pastel colors with local-scene murals and other murals on the walls The store has automatic self-opening exit doors and electric conveyor-belt check stands to help speed service A unique feature of the opening will be the display of a live orange tree in the produce department of the store The tree was shipped AT i IN THE auier A I IU IN THE NEW ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER IN OUR SPORTLAND FOR ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER 2844 ROSEWOOD DRIVE 4 We are now in our 'new and larger store We want all of our friends and customers to be sure to come by and see us during our opening celebration FREE PRIZES DAILY "Sun 4 Fun" Togs Congratulations to ROSEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER Rosewood Drive PLASTERING BY ULRIC SUGH 'i 81 BAYVIEW PHONE 6-0419 Be Sure To Register SHORTS PEDAL PUSHERS HALTERS CAPS and SANDALS No Purchase Necessary Announcing Our SWIM SUITS Rose Marie Reid Sea Nymph Muriel of Miami You Needn9t Be Present To Win a i Drawings At 10:30 4:00 and 7:30 HERE ARE SOME OF THE FRIZES TO IE GIVEN: 12 TREE ROSES RAINKING SPRINKLER GRASS SEED FERTILIZER Gross Seed Fertilizer Garden Tools Spray Materials Garden Hose and Sprinklers Vegetable Seed Flower Seed Plants and Bulbs IJ formal Opening: SHANDON ELECTRIC CO In Rosewood Shopping Center ROSEWOOD DRIVE We ere now reedy to serve you from eur new modem store in the Rosewood Shopping Center Electrical Repairs and Contracting Electrical Fixtures All types of Small Appliances Sylvania Clock-Radios Oscillating and Window Fans SHANDON ELECTRIC CO 2826 Rosewood Dr Phoao 3-5769 Be Mire and register for a FREE SWIM SUIT No Purchase Required Yon Needn't Be Present To Win avier A 2844 ROSEWOOD DR DIAL 4-1320 "BRINGING FIFTH AVENUE TO ROSEWOOD 11 MU.