Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.est. 1899 · San Antonio, Texas

newspaper-1945-1962

San Antonio Express News Helen Hoffmann Death Notice — 01 18 1945 San Antonio Express News Helen Hoffmann Rites Held — 01 19 1945 San Antonio Express News Helen Hoffmann Rites Held Page 01 — 01 19 1945 San Antonio Light H And H Flav O Tainer Wife Tried Them All — 01 26 1945 San Antonio Light H And H Flav O Tainer Husband Says — 03 09 1945 The News H And H Coffee Richer And Vacuum Fresh — 09 07 1945 San Antonio Light, 14 July 1946 — Too Hot for Coffee San Antonio Light, 26 January 1947 — Firemen Get 15 Alarms in Day San Antonio Light 2000 Loss Coffee Fire 601 Delaware — 08 11 1947 San Antonio Express-News, 26 January 1947 — Coffee Firm Damaged: fire of unknown origin in roof of H&H Coffee Company, 601 Delaware St. Shiner Gazette on Thu, Apr 14, 1949 San Antonio Light, 22 May 1949, page 55 — feature on the San Antonio Manufacturers Association annual dinner at the H&H Coffee Co. plant, with photo of about 70 employees demonstrating quick milling, weighing and packaging San Antonio Express News May 7, 2015 Utsa Menger Albert Testing Coffee — 01 01 1950 Valley Morning Star on Tue Mar 6, 1951 Hondo Anvil Herald on Fri, Jun 1, 1951 Express-News, 1 Sep 1951 — Baptist Memorial maternity wing dedication; H and H Coffee Texas Girl with McKesson-Robbins The News (San Antonio), 21 September 1951 — police blotter brief on overnight theft of 12 one-pound packages of coffee from an H&H Coffee Company truck parked on Staffel St. Valley Morning Star on Fri, Jan 18, 1952 Valley Morning Star on Fri, Jan 18, 1952 Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Fri, Feb 1, 1952 Kerrville Mountain Sun on Thu, Apr 24, 1952 Valley Morning Star on Sun, Nov 2, 1952 Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Fri, Jan 30, 1953 San Antonio Express News Charles H Griswold Obituary — 01 15 1953 Corpus Christi Caller Times on Thu Jul 8, 1954 The Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Thu, Sep 9, 1954 Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Thu, Dec 2, 1954 San Antonio Express-News, 19 Sep 1954, p. 72 — The Story of Coffee / roastmaster feature San Antonio Light Jav O Handy Andy Supermarkets Ad — 07 08 1954 Brownsville Herald Jav O Rich Coffee Mixture Ad — 07 15 1954 San Antonio Light Jav O Compare With Your Favorite Coffee — 11 04 1954 San Antonio Light, 20 December 1954, page 8 — full-page Big John's Sizzling Steaks grand-opening ad with H&H Coffee Co. listed in the supplier credit box San Antonio Light Rose Lee Menger Obituary — 10 27 1955 San Antonio Express-News, 3 March 1955 — clipped help-wanted classified fragment from H and H Coffee Co., 601 Delaware St., with 'Excellent Opportunity for energetic young' headline SA Light 9 Aug 1955 p.14 — Paul Poppe obituary, Mrs. S. P. Stevens San Antonio Express-News, 30 November 1956 — Coffee Meetings Draws SA Pair San Antonio Light Wilhelmina Schlosser Obituary — 04 25 1956 San Antonio Light Master Chef Masterful Flavor Ad — 10 25 1956 San Antonio Express on Thu Nov 7, 1957 SA Light 8 Sept 1957 p.69 — S. P. Stevens outdoor advertising man, Americana collection The Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Thu, Jan 23, 1958 The Brownsville Herald on Thu, Feb 20, 1958 San Antonio Light, 12 Jul 1958, p. 6 — Giant iced tea glasses premium with H & H tea San Antonio Express-News, 2 March 1958 — Assortment of Flower Seeds Offered by Local Company San Antonio Light H And H Master Chef Flower Garden Burpee Seeds — 02 25 1958 San Antonio Express News Master Chef Big D In Flavor Ad — 03 31 1958 SA Light 12 Sept 1958 p.25 — S. P. Stevens outdoor advertising man and artist Valley Morning Star on Fri, Feb 20, 1959 San Antonio Light, 27 Sep 1959, p. 105 — Top Coffee Plant in S.A. (Hoffmann-Hayman) San Antonio Express News Price Slashed On Coffee — 02 01 1959 San Antonio Light Gus Menger Dean Southern Coffee Roasters — 12 20 1959 San Antonio Express News Clubs Win Kens Radio H And H Sponsor — 12 22 1959 SA Express-News 1 Aug 1959 p.29 — Killion obituary, S. P. Stevens pallbearer 1959 Express-News — Chris M. Jasso prize-winning La Villita expansion plan Brownsville Herald on Thu Jan 7, 1960 San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 1960 — Albert Menger Elected Coffee Firm President San Antonio Light, 5 May 1960, page 29 — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. display ad offering $2.00 of Burpee flower seeds for 25¢ with coffee-can evidence-of-purchase from H and H Coffee, Master Chef Coffee, Master Chef Instant Coffee, or Texas Girl Coffee; woman with floral bouquet and product line-up photograph San Antonio Express-News, 11 November 1960, page 23 — newspaper obituary headlined 'MENGER' for Edward William Menger, 78, of 222 Primrose, who died Thursday Nov. 10, 1960; survived by sister Miss Margaret Menger, brothers August, Louis B., Gus P., Rudolph W., and Theodore J. Menger; described as 'one of the oldest members of the Quarter Century Club of S.A.M.S.CO., having been employed there continually for over 50 years' and 'Retired two years and Stockholder in the H&H Coffee Co.'; pallbearers August Koepp, Stephen Menger, Albert G. Menger, John C. Burkholder, Fred Holliday, William C. Belcher Brownsville Herald on Sat Aug 31, 1964 Express and News, 4 Nov 1961 — San Antonio Trade Fair, H and H Master Chef (embedded scan) San Antonio Express News Kens Radio Cca Newsletter Hoffmann Hayman — 04 12 1961 San Antonio Express News West Bend Coffee Maker H And H Free — 11 09 1961 Victoria Advocate, 31 August 1961, page 31 — photo and Advocate News Service article reporting Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. of San Antonio launching an 'appreciation certificate' insert in Master Chef vacuum cans; photo shows Albert G., R. W., and Gus P. Menger at the production line El Nuevo Heraldo, Brownsville, Texas, 31 August 1961, page 8 — Master Chef Coffee display ad featuring the chef-bowtie mascot, a 25 SAVINGS SAMPLES trading-stamp certificate graphic, and the regular-grind and drip-grind Master Chef vacuum cans; large 'FREE!' headline and 'A Product of HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY—SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS' attribution San Antonio Express-News, 25 October 1961, page 6 — photo and 'BONUS COFFEE' caption: Albert G. Menger, president of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., posing beside a stacked display of 12-2 lb case boxes of Master Chef Coffee (vacuum-packed regular grind) with a single 2lb can held in front; caption announces H & H Master Chef will be featured at the San Antonio Trade Fair, Nov 2–5, at Villita Assembly Hall San Antonio Express-News, 29 August 1961, page 47 — editorial photo and 'CUSTOMER BONUS ADDED' caption showing Gus P. Menger (right, chairman of the board) adding the first appreciation certificate to a Master Chef Coffee two-pound can on the production line, with Albert G. Menger (left, president) and R. W. Menger (center, executive vice president and director of advertising-merchandising) looking on; same launch event as the Victoria Advocate 31 Aug 1961 trade story (HH-CLIP-1961-0005) San Antonio Express, 29 Mar 1962 — Master Chef ‘Dean of Coffee Roasters’ ad, Hoffmann-Hayman footer San Antonio Express-News, 31 January 1962, page 13 — narrow two-line price-listing excerpt from a grocery store display ad showing 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 1-Lb. Can 63¢' and 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 2-Lb. Can $1.25' San Antonio Express-News, 28 June 1962, page 44 — circular badge / point-of-purchase sticker design printed in the paper, reading 'We Redeem Master Chef Coffee Gift Certificates for S&H Green Stamps' in slab serif and script type with an outer double-rule ring San Antonio Light, 28 June 1962, page 20 — grocer ad block with bold display type: 'WE REDEEM CERTIFICATES FROM… Master Chef Coffee — 50 TEXAS GOLD BONUS STAMPS — IN 2-LB. CAN—25 IN 1-LB. CAN' and a second panel listing 'Master Chef Coffee — 2-POUND VACUUM $1.25 — POUND VACUUM 63¢' San Antonio Express-News, 19 April 1962, page 20 — full-bleed photograph of Gus P. Menger (Chairman of the Board, 'Dean of Coffee Roasters') and Albert G. Menger (President) examining a handful of green coffee beans next to a tabletop mound of beans and two demitasse cups; below the photograph the headline 'GENERATION TO GENERATION ...' with body copy describing Master Chef's seven-coffee blend and the in-can trading-stamp certificate, plus a small still-life of three Master Chef Coffee cans (Master Chef Coffee 1-lb can, Master Chef Instant Coffee jar, Master Chef Coffee 2-lb can) — attribution 'PRODUCT OF HOFFMAN-HAYMAN COFFEE COMPANY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS' San Antonio Light, 10 May 1962, page 30 — society column 'Senior Party List Rises' with a paragraph on Miss Ruth Lemoyne Menger, Incarnate Word High School senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gus Menger, who was honored with a recent cola party by Mrs. Gus P. Menger in her home; the fiesta motif was featured in the decorations and about 30 of her classmates attended