I could not pass up this 1976 advertisement from the Lassen Advocate. A year ago a colleague stopped by and visited the archive room. He snickered that I still use  a typewriter in this day and age of computers. However, it should also be noted that I do a bulk of my writing in long hand. After all, when the power goes off, I can still keep working. Finally, when I transcribe my handwritten material, it gives me an opportunity to do my first edit.

It should be duty noted that Carl and Catherine Cobel established Cobel’s Stationers in 1949. In 1976 they sold to Don Ashley and Jack Helsel, and things went south after that. The location today is that of Susanville Real Estate.

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