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Bair's Grocery

1933-04 Everett Bair of Kendrick, Idaho has rented the Gleason building and is remodeling and preparing to open a grocery store. possibly 504 or 510 1st street.

Moved to 326 1st Street

1934-12-14 Bair's Grocery Becomes a Unit of IGA Stores; Grand Opening Sale to be held Saturday and Monday. With a completely remodeled store, Everett Bair is reopening as the new I.G.A. grocery in Cheney Saturday. A store-wide grand opening sale will be in progress Saturday and Monday with five free baskets of groceries to be given away on the opening day. George Ash and son remodeled the store according to specifications of I.G.A. engineers. The I.G.A. is not a chain, but a large group of independent grocers banded together under the name Independent Grocers' Alliance of America for the purpose of mass buying power and systematized service and store arrangement. This organization has thousands of stores in its system and operates in 44 states. Supply house for the Inland Empire unit of the system will be Roundup Wholesale Grocery company of Spokane, Mr. Bair stated.

1942-10-30: Bair's store was burglarized Sunday evening. About $20 in cash was taken. It is the third time the store has been burglarized, according to Everett Bair, owner.

1953: Business Outlook; Mrs. Everett (Marion) Bair of Bair's Grocery: With all the bright and prosperous forecasts Cheney can't help but catch the spirit. If we can cement old ties a little closer and make new friends, the coming year will be well spent. Happy New Year to you all!

1953: Bair's IGA store welcomed returning college students.

1954-02: Burglars robbed Bair’s Grocery of $777.77.

1955-04-01 - Mrs. Marion Bair, owner and manager of CHeney IGA store, and her employees, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fifield, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Freeman, Mrs. Ed Garner, Jack Garner, and Jimmie Bair, attended the IGA open house Sunday in Spokane.

18 December 1969: After more than 37 years in the grocery business in Cheney, Mrs. Everett Bair is selling out the stock and equipment and will be locking doors to Bair’s Empire Food Market on December 31st. [CFP]