Bob’s Dry Cleaners wins
Dry Cleaner of the Year Award
Leslie & Robert Kettenhofen were presented with the Oregon Dry Cleaners
Association, “Tom Mosher” Dry Cleaner of the Year award which is given
annually to dry cleaners for participation in the Association, the Dry
Cleaning industry and their community. Tom Mosher was President of the
Oregon Dry Cleaners Association in 1966 when he passed away, his wife
Lois finished his term. To honor his dedication to the industry, the ODCA
annually presents the Tom Mosher Award. This award recognizes the Outstanding
Dry Cleaner of the Year, and this is the second time that the Florence
Dry Cleaners has been the recipient of the award.
Neil Tompkins who started the dry cleaners in 1955 won the award in
1968. The cleaners was originally located on Maple Street across from
the Siuslaw news. Neil moved the cleaners in 1960 to it’s present location
and was the first tennant to open in the Dunes Village shopping center.
Neil Sold the cleaners in the mid-eighties, and it went through several
owners until Leslie and Bob purchased it in 1994. Both owners felt it
was quite an honor to receive the award and posed with the plaque which
travels from dry cleaner to dry cleaner each year. A small plaque is given
to the cleaner to display permanently. Leslie is currently in the middle
of her second term as District 3 Director for the Board of the ODCA, and
is Newsletter editor, webmaster and head of the convention committee for
the association.
Bob, Leslie & Neil Tompkins pictured with the Tom
Mosher Award Febrary 2005
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