The Belding banner-news., 1922-02-01
OLD ESTABLISHED
LOCAL co. TAKES
new FIRM NAME
BROWN-HALL co. is MA Nj +
WHICH SUCCEEDS MILLER
& HARRIS FURN. co.

In our last weeks issue we carried
a small notice on the first page ask
ing our readers to watch for an i'm
portant announcement In this issue
and if YOU will turn to page SIX, you
will find a full page advertisement
of the Brown-Hall Company, which
name will hereafter succeed the well
known name of Miller & Harris
Furniture Company. incidentally,
YOU will also find on looking over
the large advertisement list OF
bargains in furniture which 1T VIII
be hard to duplicate anywhere.
A. M Hall came here from Has
tings and opened up the local store
for the Miller & Harris people. At
that time both Mr.. Miller and Mr..
Harris, two young men of Hastings,
were heading the concern and IN
time the company had stores in Has
tings. Belc ing, Greenville, Lowell
and Grand Rapids. Some time later
on both Miller and Harris withdrew
from the company. but the same
firm name has been maintained until
now, when the stock in the corpora
ton was held by A. M. Hall of this
city and NJ j. and r. A. Brown, OF
Greenville. :,
Some time ago it was decided
to drop the old name and change to
the Brown-Hall Company and with
the issue of this week, the store here
and at Greenville will hereafter be
known under the new name. :,
In connection with the change and
the progressive spirit of the men
connected with the company and es-
pecially with the local man and his
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the following:
A. M. Hall, who has been presi-
dent of the old firm for the past five
years, heads the new company. Up
TO the time of his being elected to
head the company, he had acted as
vice-presid6nt am no furniture or
undertaki ng establishment has
done more to keep abreast OF the
lines and carry larger stock in
city of this size than has the local
store under his management he
has served as mayor of this city for
a number of terms, been a member
of the board of education and held
numerous other public trust posi-
tions. He is a registered and licens-
ed embalmer and there is no part
of the business but that he has thor
oughly mastered.
Ben Friedly has been with Mr..
Hall ever since the local store was
started and before that time had
been in the furniture and undertak-
ing business with the old Wilson d
Friedly firm. There is perhaps no
better known undertaken in this vi
cinity than Ben Friedly.
A l. Cichy, who has been with
the firm since the end of the late
World war is also licensed embal-
mer and funeral director and is well
known TO the people Of this commun'
ity. 1t is he TO whom the firm is
indebted for the success and large
volume of business done in the pho
nograph line, a recent checking up of
the business revealing the fact that
he had succeeded in placing nearly
$4,000 worth of one make of pho,
nographs in the homes of this city
and surrounding territory since he
has been with the company.
To say anything further in re-
gard to these three well known men
would be superduous and the success
of concern headed by men who un-
derstand the needs of community
as well as they do in their line, is
assured. They have always been
consistent, iudicious users of adver-
tising and have always recognized
the value of a good live newspaper
in the community through which to
acuuaint the people with the bar
gains and merchandise which they
have 20 offer.