Ben's Appliance & Downtown Red Owl
Downtown Red Owl – in September, 1972 the Downtown Red Owl Store was
purchased by Darold Jessen. Prior to purchasing the store, Jessen was the
District Manager for Red Owl’s franchise stores and had also managed the South
Hill Red Owl Store. Jessen stated that the operation and pricing structure at
the store would remain the same.
Ben’s appliance, owned by Ben Mutzenberger, was located in the former Mitchell Hardware
location on the corner of Central Ave. and 3rd St SE (Val’s Cyclery)
…. In the late 60’s Ben’s Appliance was open form 9am to 9 pm Monday through
Friday and 9 am to 5:30 on Saturday…. They handled the full line of Whirlpool
Appliances.
Red new owner - Jessen
L to r Darold Jessen and Fred M Valder, who was the District Manager for the 3 Minot stores as well as for many other Red Owl stores in North and South Dakota.
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