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    Newspaper Clippings — 1963–1989 (post-sale / Continental Foods)

    Coverage from after the 1962 sale to Continental Coffee — route-salesman items, brand transitions, and clippings tracking the company’s closing decades through to the late 1980s.

    San Antonio Light John C Burkholder Director Portrait — 10 20 1963 San Antonio Light Master Chef Continental Food Products 601 Delaware — 10 20 1963 San Antonio Express-News, 19 March 1963, page 34 — narrow grocer-ad price-listing column showing 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE DRIP OR REG. LB. CAN 65¢', 'MARYLAND CLUB COFFEE 2-LB CAN $1.29, LB CAN 65¢', 'CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE INSTANT, 20¢ OFF 6-OZ JAR 79¢', and 'MARYLAND CLUB COFFEE INSTANT 6-OZ JAR 99¢'; flanked by a vase-of-flowers floral motif and a kingfisher illustration San Antonio Light, 1 September 1963, page 19 — 'Business Profiles' column by Travis Holmes featuring Jim Hasslocher, owner of Jim's Coffee Shop at Broadway at Loop 410, receiving the Coffee Brewing Institute's 'Golden Cup' award wall plaque; portrait photo of Hasslocher in a bow tie; closing sentence: 'Jim's Coffee Shop serves Master Chef coffee, a product of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., San Antonio' Fredericksburg Standard on Wed, May 27, 1964 San Antonio Express on Sun July 12, 1964 Express-News, 9 Jan 1965 — Police List Truck Death (Theodore W. Blake Jr., H and H route salesman) San Antonio Light, 16 September 1965, page 28 — H.E.B. grocery ad price-listing column headed by a black COFFEE flag banner; lists 'Maryland Club, Master Chef, Maxwell House, Folgers 2-LB Vac. $1.49, POUND VACCUM 75¢; H.E.B. Premium Quality COFFEE Pound Vacuum 73¢; H.E.B. Best Coffee Pound Bag 69¢; Gold Cup Coffee Pound Bag 65¢; Instant Coffee Maryland Club 20¢ Off Label 6-Ounce Jar—Your Cost 85¢; Redeem Your Coupons at H.E.B.'; ad bears 'Page No. 35' in the lower right San Antonio Express-News, 11 December 1966, page 102 — vertical 'Free! with every can of MASTER CHEF COFFEE' ad with paired color-keyed Master Chef can illustrations (regular and drip grinds), 'FLAVOR' subhead, body copy explaining the 'color-keyed' cans for easier grind selection, and 'for coffee Lovers only' tagline at the bottom San Antonio Light, 22 December 1966, page 32 — editorial story headlined 'Master Chef Color Provides Key' with a portrait photo of two men in chef hat and suit — caption identifies them as 'the Master Chef himself, Jordan Sawyer, and Jack Moore, president of Master Chef Food Products Corp., displaying the new color-keyed cans'; body text announces the new color-keyed cans for drip and regular grinds plus mention of Master Chef tea (extra-rich, aromatic orange pekoe and pekoe cut black teas) December 30, 1966 San Antonio Express clipping with the 'COLOR-KEYED CAN' photo of Jordan Sawyer holding the new can and the 'Master Chef Expanding' article on the Continental-era 601 Delaware operation SA Express-News 1 Oct 1966 p.13-B — S. P. Stevens, 239 Windsor Dr., Stevens Advertising San Antonio Light, 15 June 1967, page 9 — wide banner-style grocer ad with oversized 'COFFEE 59¢' display type at left and right and a stacked product list in the middle column reading 'Chase & Sanborn, Folgers, Maxwell House, Maryland Club, Master Chef, New Maxwell House Electra Perk — 1-LB. CAN (Limit 2-Lbs. Total) — (2-Lb. Can $1.17)' San Antonio Express-News, 18 January 1968, page 4 — H. L. Green Grocery & Meat Dept. (301 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio) display ad headed 'SPECIALS JAN. 18, 19, 20, 22 — QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED', with three bold-type price lines: 'TEA BAGS MASTER CHEF 48-COUNT PKG. 35¢', 'MELLORINE GEYER'S SQUARE CTN. ½ GAL. 29¢', 'PREAM COFFEE LIGHTENER 14-OZ. JAR 65¢' San Antonio Light, 12 February 1968, page 21 — partial-page grocer ad showing on the right an oval 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE 1-LB. CAN WITH COUPON AT LEFT 39¢' display panel with 'Without Coupon 1-LB CAN 69¢' callout, and on the left the rectangular 'HANDY-ANDY'S MASTER CHEF VALUABLE COUPON, Good On Purchase Of 1-LB CAN MASTER CHEF COFFEE, GOOD ONLY AT HANDY-ANDY STORES, S.A., TEXAS — COUPON GOOD THRU WED., FEB. 14'; bespectacled chef-mascot characters appear in both panels San Antonio Express-News, 25 March 1968, page 9 — large black-outlined oval ad reading 'FOLGER'S, MARYLAND CLUB, MAXWELL HOUSE, MASTER CHEF OR HANDY-ANDY PREMIUM — Coffee 59¢ ALL GRINDS 1-LB. CAN — 2-LB. CAN $1.17 — Limit 2 Lbs. Total — Add'l. 1-lb. 75c; 2-lb. $1.49'; a small bespectacled chef mascot peeks over the top-left of the oval San Antonio Express News Ben Barloco Sr Obituary — 05 21 1969 San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 1969, page 74 — society Wedding Announcements column with the 'McCormick-McClung' item: Miss Mary Kathleen McClung and James Franklin McCormick married Saturday in St. Gregory's Catholic Church (Rev. Adolph Windisch officiating); Samuel McClung and Mark Fisher served as altar boys; Albert G. Menger, uncle of the bride, served as lector of the Mass; bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy La Monte McClung Jr.; bridesmaids include Rose Marie McClung and Mary Margaret McClung (sisters); a portrait of Mrs. J. F. McCormick (the bride) appears at right SA Express-News 24 Aug 1969 p.86 — S. P. Stevens, Stevens Outdoor Advertising, Face of SA Express and News on Sat July 11, 1970 San Antonio Express on Tue Jun 22, 1971 San Antonio Express-News, 30 October 1971, page 31 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Louis B. Menger, 85, of 222 Primrose, died in a local hospital Oct. 29, 1971; a native of San Antonio, grandson of the founder of the Menger Hotel and Menger Soap Factory; retired after 40 years of association with the H&H Coffee Co.; survivors include sister Miss Margaret Menger, brothers August, Gus, Rudolph, Theodore Menger; pallbearers Albert G. Menger, Stephen G. Menger, Frederick J. Holliday, Chris M. Jasso, Alfred Koufmann, Pedro Farias; interment Mission Burial Park; arrangements by Zizik-Kearns-Downing McClaugherty San Antonio Express on Mon Apr 3, 1972 San Antonio Express News Gus P Menger Obituary — 08 06 1974 San Antonio Express-News, 7 August 1974, page 32 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Mr. Gus P. Menger, 84, of 1919 Kenilworth Blvd., who died Aug. 5, 1974; retired chairman of Board H&H Coffee Company, member of the National Coffee Assn., past president of the San Antonio Manufacturer's Assn., member Knights of Columbus Council No. 786, Bejar Caravan No. 56, Order of Alhambras; survivors include wife Mrs. Adele Menger, daughters Mrs. Robert (Barbara Ann) Ernst, Mrs. Rose Marie McClung, Sister Rose Marie Menger O.S.B.; sons Albert G. Menger, step-son Carl Paxson; sister Margaret Menger; brothers August, Rudolph W., Ted J. Menger; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; Rosary Tuesday, Mass St. Pius X Catholic Church; pallbearers Chris M. Jasso, Gen. A. B. Crowther, Fred J. Holliday, Col. M. H. Truly, R. A. Moore, Barney Franza; interment Mission Burial Park South; arrangements Zizik-Kearns Downing-McClaugherty SA Express-News 7 Mar 1974 p.72 — S. P. Stevens of Stevens Outdoor Advertising; 1911 Thomas Flyer 1974 SA newspaper caption — Thomas Flyer, S. P. Stevens of Stevens Outdoor Advertising 1974 San Antonio Light Woolford's Tales — Panchita Jasso folklore on Delaware Street 1974 Express-News obituary — Mrs. Francisca G. Jasso, 613 Delaware St. San Antonio Express on Tue Mar 4, 1975 World Toy House ad, San Antonio Express, 6 Mar 1975, p. 108 — B&W Service Co. at 601 Delaware San Antonio Express News Rudolph Menger Obituary — 08 09 1985 San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 1985 — Route Sales help-wanted classified at 601 Delaware St., 533-0103, selling non-food items to retail stores San Antonio Express News Kearney Joseph Kivlin Obituary — 08 13 1986 San Antonio Express News Theodore J Menger Obituary — 04 01 1987 San Antonio Express-News, 2 April 1987, p. 35, feature article on Theodore J. Menger San Antonio Express-News, 1 August 1989 — Business opens brief: Olympia Mobile Alignment Service has opened at 601 Delaware St.
    Newspaper Clippings (1963–1989)

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