McLanahan's Departmentali
New Fountain
Streamlined
For Service
Something new in fountain
service will be available in Mc-
Lanahan’s new drug store.
State College shoppers will be
served by not one, but two,
fountains in their search to
quench thirsts and satisfy
hunger.
Directed by William R. Shirk
of State College, employed by
McLanahan’s for the past 11
years, the modernized food de
partment is capable of serving 31
persons in a single sitting.
Extending over 80 feet in
length, the distinctively designed
layout is streamlined to serve
everything from sodas, sundaes
and soft drinks to light lunches,
homemade pies, cakes, pastries
and off-the-grill plates during
the entire time the store is open.
The fountain stools are com
fortably upholstered in tan-rust
to match the general decorative
tone of the store. There’s an added
feature, too, of a chrome rail for
storage of packages, hats, books,
etc.
The food service unit prepares
orders under most sanitary con
ditions right before the custom
er’s eyes. Housewives will be
especially interested in the mod
em dish washing room, glazed in
yellow tile, where automatic dish
and glass washers thoroughly
clean and sterilize all service used
at the fountain in a twinkling.
A newly-developed carry-out
ice cream case with self service
features is operated in conjunc
tion with the fountain.
All Tobacco
Controlled in
Special Room
18*08* cold blasts which iden
tify winter’s approach to Centre
County these days have met their
match.
And the ravages of summer’s
heat have been accounted for,
too.
McLanahan’s new drug store
which opens tomorrow features a
tobacco storage room with con
trolled “weather” which defies
any onslaught of nature.
Comparable in every respect
to the facilities maintained by
exclusive modern tobacconists,
McLanahan’s guarantees constant
freshness of all tobacco mer
chandise.
Contrary to popular belief,
dampness alone is not enough for
proper tobacco storage. In addi
tion, the humidified air must be
kept in constant circulation if
cigars are to retain their factory
fresh flavor. Special humidifying
and air circulation devices built
into the cigar cases assure ideal
storage conditions 24 hours a day
for a complete variety of tobacco
products.
As an added feature, McLan
ahan’s tobacco department has a
special humidified tobacco stor
age room operated in conjunc
tion with this section. A type of
operation not usually found in
many stores, this 72-square-foot
room has its “weather” auto
matically controlled by a humidi
fier, huinid i s t a t and a hy
grometer.
Daily Hours Set
For New Store
Store hours for the new Mc-
Lanahan Drug Store were an
nounced by R. G. McLanahan
today.
Today, the modern depart
mentalized store will open at 9
a.m.
Starting Thursday, it will be
open daily from 8 a.m. until
10:30 p.m.
The store plans to be open
Sundays until Christmas from
9 a.m. until 10 p.m.
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3rd State College Store
Shows 15-Year Progress
“McLannhan”
The name
synonymous 45 years ago
The first McLanahan establishment was founded in
Tyrone in 1903 by W. H. McLanahan, late father of R. G.
McLanahan, one of the owners of State College’s newest store.
The McLanahan operation in Tyrone continued until this
past August when it was sold to C. H. Morrison.
The State College venture was
begun by R. G. McLanahan 15
years ago on the corner of Beaver
avenue and Allen street —site of
College Sportswear today.
With only five employes, R. G.
McLanahan started his State Col
lege operation Nov. 23, 1933.
After four years in the original
location, expansion forced the
first move—this time to 124 S.
Allen street in the building
owned by Dr. F. A. Robison.
The second site was completely
remodeled Sept. 1, 1937, and by
this time there were 16 employes
in McLanahan service.
Following the war, Mr. Mc-
Lanahan, visualizing the rapid
growth of State College and the
need for larger quarters, begun
to make plans for a third move.
He took an option on the current
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“drug
site, 134-136 S. Allen street, with
Mrs. Carrie B. Gernerd in March
of 1946.
Remodeling started six months
ago when the A and P moved to
its new store, and tomorrow’s
opening will climax the third
move and continued growth and
expansion when 45 employes will
be on duty to serve the buying
public.
Mr. McLanahan, known as
"Bob,'' has been a leader in State
College lile since he moved from
Tyrone in April, 1939.
He served as president of the
State College Commerce Club for
two years—in 1944 and 1945. He
is a member of the Elks Lodge
and the Centre Hills Country
Club.
Dust Doesn't
Stand a Bit
Of a Chance
If your homes were constructed
like McLanahan’s new drug store,
you could forget your dust cloth
or old-fashioned feather duster.
A speck of dust doesn’t have
a chance with McLanahan’s “all
weather” air conditioner in oper
ation.
A special 25-ton capacity air
conditioning unit which main
tains a constant comfort zone the
year-round throughout the store
also includes a dust filter which
continually “washes” the air.
Thus, all merchandise remains
'■loan.
A constant 72-degree tempera
ture is maintained with the air
always changing to include 40
percent of fresh air. If the tem
perature reaches 76 degrees, re
frigeration begins.
The air conditioning unit is a
“hidden” feature of McLanahan’s.
Other modern features will be
more available to the custom
er’s eye.
If you look closely, you’ll see a
special stock elevator bringing
additional merchandise up from
the basement’s mammoth stock
room. Or you might see a clerk
using one of the store’s seven
inter - communication telephones
to speed service.
Full vision windows at the
store’s front make the entire
store a show case.
stove”
became
Gift Choice
Is Complete
A “store within a store” is pos
sibly the best way to describe
the gifts department in McLana
han’s new State College drug
store.
The question of “What kind of
a present shall I get for Aunt
Jane?" or “What shall I send
home to Mother?” can be an
swered quickly because of the
large assortment of gifts and
greeting cards available.
What is considered to be among
the most complete assortments
available offers a tremendous va
riety to shoppers of every classi
fication.
There are. all types of leather
goods, stationery, bristle goods,
fountain pens, electric razors,
watches, clocks and personalized
presents by the scores.
Housewives note
WEDInEoDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1948 *
Photographic
Section Large
An eye - catcher just as it
should be—will greet visitors to
McLanahan’s new drug store.
It’s the greatly-enlarged pho
tographic department located just
to the right as customers enter
the establishment.
Owners of both candid and
conventional box type cameras
will find this a major attraction.
There’s a wide variety of film
stocks, a large line of popularly
priced cameras, developing solu
tions, printing papers, enlargers
and the rest of the accessories
prized by picture enthusiasts.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for prompt delivery of the
more expensive and highly spe
cialized pieces of camera and
darkroom equipment. Photo-fin
ishing of high quality is also
planned as a special feature of
this department which is directed
by Dean Spayd of State College,
who studied at Eastman’s School
of Photography.
Cosmetics i”
Natural Light
Sharing the spotlight in Mc-
Lanahan’s new drug store is the
vastly enlarged cosmetics and
toiletries department.
With a comprehensive repre
sentation of all the leading fa
mous names in beauty care, the
department is stocked to meet
every need from an orange stick
to complete matched toiletry sets.
As a gift center, it’s expected
to be one of the store’s busiest
sections.
Among the leading lines of
cosmetics carried by McLana
han’s now store are Elizabeth
Arden, Helena Rubinstein, Coty,
Yardley, Richard Hudnut, Max
Factor, Lucien LeLong, Tussy,
Houbigant, Revlon, Dana and
scores of others.
According to Mrs. Jean Shirk,
experienced cosmetician in
charge of the department, the
new lighting fixtures will be a
distinct advantage to women de
sirous of seeing how the various
shades of lipstick and powders
compliment particular types of
beauty since the illumination
closely approximates natural day
light.
Mrs. Shirk has been with Mc
r nnahan’s for two and a half
years and is well versed In all
phases of beauty care.
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