Martin's Locker
Plant and Butcher Shop
In 1947 Joe and
Josie Martin built a store on the corner of Shuswap
Ave. and Vernon St. At first the shop carried
mainly meat then they went into groceries and
produce. In 1948-49 they opened up the Meat Locker
Plant. They had 409 lockers enough to hold a whole
packaged beef.
The Martins would
cut, wrap and freeze the butchered meat. This was a
very successful business as there were no deep
freezes in every home like there is today.
The first butcher
employed by the Martins was Wally Lesmeister, then
George Roedes, Art Lake and Frank Pawlick. They
closed the store when they sold to the Sheardowns
in 1958.
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