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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-04-18

tend the rodeo at Buttercreek, Ore
gon Sunday at the Anthony Vey's
ranch. Herb Owens took first prize
for wild cow milking and first prize
for bareback riding. Lyle Sinme-
link took third prize for bucking.
Chester Washburn and Harry
Sagswold have purchased a new
truck.
Roy E. Larkin, M. Simmelink and
Ralph Stafford drove to Prosser on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellrie Stafford and
Mrs. Verda Stafford visited Mrs. A.
". Lewis Wednesday.
Neil Simmelink spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roscoe Richmond
Eugene Tyrel was saddened by
news Tuesday of the death of an
uncle at Moscow, Idaho. We extend
our sympathy to Mr. Tyrrell and
family. They left Immediately for
Moscow. "a
Thirty seven friends of Mrs. Ell
lrie Stafford gathered in her honor
at the home of Mrs. Verda Stafford
Tuesday afternoon for a stork
shower. Guests from town includ-
ed Mrs. A. v. Lewis, Mrs. Nelson
Lewis, Mrs. Carroll Pratt, Mrs. Roy
E. Stafford and Mrs. Fred Higley
The guest of honor received many
nice gifts. Refreshments were SER
we'd.
About twenty friends of Herman
Mayer gathered at the Henry Smith
home for a farewell party for Her
man, who left Wednesday for his
home in Cotton. Games furnished
the amusement after which re-
freshments were served. Guests in
Guided five from the Highlands and
Mrs. Henry Liebel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith and
Florence May drove to Prosser on
Wednesday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Anon and
Patsy Ann and Miss Hazel Anon
of Seattle, who is visiting relatives
here, visited at the Roy E. Larkin
home Thursday. Mr.. Anon and
Hazel are neice and nephew Of Mr..
Larkin.
A large crowd attended the base
ball game at the fairgrounds when
Locust Grove met Kiona-Ben in
the grange league. Locust Grove
was defeated by a score of go. The
Battery for Locust Grove was Bud
Larkin and Ellrie Stafford pitchers
L. L. Kratzer, catcher and for XII
ona -Benton, Carl Montgomery and
Carl Howard. The a-Benton
pitchers were credited with %
strikeouts. The Locust Grove UNI
pire was A. j. Hull. It has not
been decided where Locust Grove
will play Sunday, so watch for the
posters.
Dorothy Svantonsky is i'll at the
Kennewick sanitarium with nerv-
GUS breakdown.
The Triple Springs school board
met at the L. L. Kratzer home on
Monday evening
Evelyn Edwards visited Mrs. John
r. Wooden and son Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Laura Anon visited at the
Will Moore home in Benton City on
Monday evening, and is now work
ing in the variety store.
MIR. and Mrs. Ellrie Stafford were
Sunday dinner guests at the F. w.
Larkin home.
Dorothy Larkin spent Tuesday at
the F. NJ. Simmelink home.
Locust Grove grange will be host
to the other oranges of the coun-
ty Saturday evening, April 90 The
drill team will put on the degree
work. There will be some contests
and refreshments will be served.
All grangers are heartily welcome.
Come and have a good time.
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was elected president last May at
Port Angeles, altho she was guest
of the local club last year, with
Miss Siebert, state treasurer.
Mrs. Audrey Herington, cooking
specialist for the p. p. g. l.. Co. was
in Kennewick today greeting old ac-
quaintances, having been in j. H.
Siegfried's office for more than five
years before taking up the home
economic work. Mrs. Harrington viii
have a three day gap in her sched-
ule in May when she hopes to hold
a cooking school in this district as
planned for this month which had
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to be postponed on account of a
conflict In dates.
Inspector Paul Bentley paid an
official visit to the local postoffice
today. He, being a resident of Yak
ina, was nlasquerading behind a
bunch Of well trimmed whiskers
He says businessmen in Yakima are
compelled to go without shaving
under city ordinance passed spec
iaily for the occasion. He finds that
some of the valley towns are threat
enng to retaliate by passing ordin-
arces forbidding an unshaven Wis
itor from using the sidewalks.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred AnA....
and daughter Patty of FIiu.rsO
spent Tuesday in Kennewicl, Ouit
combined business and nIss ga .
trip. While here they Wer so.aVI
Donald. - O. Nc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Blake ,,..
the week end in KennewicL spent
home of Mrs. Blake's parents : ~ ne
anad Mrs. H. E. Huntington ~f
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There seems to he an idea that it
is undignified to take a lively in
terest in food. We must all eat if
we are to keep on living, and there
is sound sense in making TO d
p.easurable as well as sustaining.
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REMEMBER DATES of Rov.r
sale.April "a, IS, 26 q M M ~
ber-Gifford Drugs Co. Ne.
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REMEMBER DATES of Rexall &c
Sale April "a, IS, % & 81. Vib-
ber-Gifford Drugs Co. Sc
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WHIRLWIND
TAKES ROOF
LOCUST GROVE

No little excitement was caused
when a small cyclone took about 10
square feet of roof off the A. A. Ed
wards barn. MIR. Edwards, wha was
standing nearby, reports that the
whole barn on that side raised about
two feet from the ground before the
roof finally gave way.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
MANAGERS PLAN
DANCEFEB.26

The annual dance of the Wash
ington Branch, A81P Managers
Benefit Association, will be held in
the Wardman Park Hotel Fe0ru-
ary 26, it was announced today by
the entertainment committee of
the association.
About 1000 persons are expected
to attend this annual event, at
which delegates from the Ricn-
mond (Va.) branch of the Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company will be
guests. The Richmond personnel
will be in Washington for the final
1885 matches in the intercity A6SP
Bowling Championship.
Various prizes will be awarded
at the dance.
Music will be furnished oy
Johnnie Slaughter's orchestra, and
Brooke Johns, former FollieS part
ner of Ann Pennington, will be
in charge of the professional enter
tainers who will present show
during the intermisSion.
Frequent social affairs are
planned by the association mem
bers Among the various activi-
ties of the past year were a days
outing at Chapel Point last Au-
gust, a moonlight trip down the
Potomac and a dance held last
fall. All of these affairs were
planned by the entertainment
committee of the association and
were attended by A&P employees
and their friends.
The following officers in the
association recently have been re-
elected for 1895: President, Jane
son w. Barnett; vice president,
L. w. Rohde; recording secretary,
R. S. Peel; treasurer, j. E. Cleve-
land, financial secretary, R. M.
Hudson, and sergeantat-arms, c..
R. Van Lowe.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
75YEARS OF PROGRESS IS RECORD
1,OOOmD.C.
Employed
By APP

Perhaps few persons realize the
large part which the Great Allan.
tic and Pacific Tea Company
plays in the industrial life Of
Washington.
With it's 156 stores in the Dis
trict Of Columbia proper. A6CP
gives permanent employment to
more than 1000 Washingtonians.
Nearly 900 of these are employed
as managers and clerks in the
various stores, while the remain
der are engaged in supervisory
capacities or in the company's
warehouses, offices, pack ing
plants and its fish distributing
depot.
More than forty trucks are used
daily in the delivery of merchan-
disc to A85P stores in this area.
A85P has been cooperating
with NRA since it's inception.
John A. Hartford, president of
the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company, was one of the first
heads of a business to notify the
President of the United States of
his company's desire to conform
to the various codes affecting its
type of business.
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A. { P, BOWLERS
SUCCESSFUL

The A81P Bowling League is
nearing the end of its second sue
cessful year in Washington, with
18 teams, as compared with 16
teams for the 1933-34 season.
There are 112 bowlers in the
League, with a maximum Of
seven to a team. Play is under
the rules governing the National
Capital City Duckpin Congress.
The bowlers meet every Monday
night at the Lucky Strike alleys.
Singles and doubles sweepstakes
are held each season, with the
singles sweepstakes this year be-
ing scheduled for George Wash
ington's Birthday, February %.
The league met Baltimore here
in a five-game series and met
Richmond at Richmond on Jan
uary %. Richmond's return meet
will be here February 26.
Sigurd Solem holds the individ-
ual championship of the league,
with an average score of Ill for
81 games.
j. I. Hogan is president of the
League; William Domdera is vice
president; j. D. Yowell, treasurer,
and A. E. Abbott, secretary-scorer.
Team standings to date are:
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training, Mr., Adams decided to
take up his vocation in the line
Of business which would permit
him to some day become a mer-
chant. So he decided to enter
the tea business and sought The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company as the place to work.
At this time the company oper-
ated 200 stores.
Six months after Mr.. Adams
had been given employment, he
was placed in charge of one Of
the company's branch stores. For
IL years he continued in that
capacity until he was assigned
to a supervisors position in
which he was delegated to carry
on the development Of Asp
Stores in various parts of the
United States.
In 1925, the company had
grown to such proportions that
it was decided by the executive
heads, in order to maintain closer
supervision, separate divisions
should be set up. each of which
would be controlled by a board
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MARKS
PERSONNEL

The greatest wealth of any or
ganization is the loyalty of its
employees. Loyalty is something
which cannot be purchased at
any price, but instead must come
voluntarily from the employees
themselves.
There is but one method of
acquiring this priceless possession
'and that is through fair dealing
and human kindness. The con-
sideration, cooperation and close
contact the officers of A6SP
have always maintained with the
employees are the chief reasons
for it's happy family of more
than 10000 members.
Since the inception of the
company by the late founder,
George H. Hartford, and contin-
uing through the administration
of its present affairs by his two
sons, George L. and John A.
Hartford, there has always ex-
listed the belief in the minds of
these men that a man or woman
happy in his or her work is
happy at home.
Happiness throughout the rs
years of APPS existence is
the foundation upon which has
been built the success Of indi-
vidual employe and company.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
HAS
PROGRESSES
KEYNOTE
Food Stores of Today Contrast
Sharply With Those of
Two Decades Ago

Perhaps no institution in recent
years has made more rapid strides
in modernization than the gro
Gerry store.
Certainly no grocery store has
made greater progress in this dl-
rection than have the hundreds Of
A85P stores which dot the length
and breadth of the nation.
It is a far cry from the grocery
of a couple of decades ago, with
it's hodge-podge of goods, its food
Stuffs exposed to dust and germs
and its general lack of neatness,
t. the modern markets conducted
today by A&P.
New Stores Spacious
Shoppers who patronize A81P
stores today find large, roomy'
well-lighted stores, with foods dis
played in the most pleasing man.
ner and kept under the strictest
conditions of cleanliness.
The new motif in store decora-
tion used by A81P is soft green
in two harmonizing tones. Shelves
are filled with an orderly array of
fine foods, the bright labels vying
with one another for the atten-
ton of the shopper.
Specially constructed display
stands, upon which a plentiful
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Direct Transactions

There nothing startling about his store except its method
of doing business This not only but essential to
country growing fast America At that time cities
growing rapidly More and people unable to buy
food direct from the farmers their grandparents had Domes
tic foods well imported and coees bought and
sold many times before they reached the profit
was added each time they changed hands.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

S. W. link, general superintend
ent of the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company in charge of loca
operations, announced today tina
the most extensive sales plans eve
considered will be in effect during
the next several weeks.
Mr.. link said:
'FOr a long time it was the
personal feeling of the men in
charge of the various branches
Of APPS Southern Division
that they and their respective
organizations would like to do
something extraordinarily fine
for their divisional president,
o. C. Adams, as a mark of their
loyalty and respect to him who
has done so much during his 40
years with the company toward
making their jobs SO pleasant.
$50 we all put our heads to-
gether and decided to give our
leader a company anniversary
party which we think will live
forever in his memory. Every
person in every branch ware
house territory has pledged
himself or herself to excel dur
ing the next several weeks any
previous effort they have ever
made for their company. This
starts right from the clerks in
the stores to those in charge,
and includes every department
in the business.
Insofar as the public is con-
cerned this tribute to our divis-
iOnal president will be the most
significant from a value giving
standpoint that we probably
have ever offered. Naturally I
am most anxious to see the A.
& P. family under my care give
the best account of itself in
cOmpetiti0ny,swith other similar
groups in atdivisiOn and what
is more, Know that they will"
So the public is cordially in
vited to be guests at this grea
celebration sale which will holt
sway in A&P stores for the mex
three weeks.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Mr.. Hartford was the founder, has
rooted itself deep into the hearts
of the American public and today,
after IS years of business life
marked by continual progress, the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company is grocer eXemplar to
almost every State in the Union.
Canada now has numerous A6EP
stores and others are opening as
rapidly as opportunities permit.
Here, as in the United States,
A&P stores are meeting the same
reception and fine patronage as
that accorded stores in other COM
lnunities where new branches ap
pear.
In the early days of the COM
pany's history, the line of mer-
chandise handled consisted mainly
of teas, coffeeS, baking powders
and spices. Today, the people Of
the nation know the Atlantic and
Pacific stores as distributors OF
nationally known and locally IA
11IOuS VI dlIuS W IIlCl ClC1IdIlOAOC.
Son Now President
John A. Hartford, a son of the
founder of the Atlantic and
Pacific is now president. In recent
years, the company has been d.
vided into six divisions, each of
which has its own executive board.
Officials believe that the growth
of the Atlantic and Pacific or
ganization may be attributed to
the loyalty and integrity of its
employees. Promotions are made
through selecting store managers
for supervising positions in the
field.
Free insurance is given to every
member of the organization after
six months service, regardless Of
position. Additional insurance
may be obtained at nominal cost.
There is a spirit of friendlinesS
existing in the organization, which,
officials believe, makes for con.
tentment among all employees.
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As O mark OF affection and
esteem for their president, Oliver
C. Adams, the entire staff of
store supervisors, managers and
clerks and employees of the ware
house, bakery, meat and pro
duce departments of the south
ern division of The Great At
lantic and Pacific Tea Company
have united in one great effort
to commemorate the 40th com
pany anniversary of the man
who has the signal honor of
having opened the first economy
type grocery store his company
placed in operation and of which
there are more than $4,000 like
stores in the United States and
Canada today.
Mr.. Adams career with The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company makes a story which
might we'll have been written by
Horatio Alger.
Enters A&P Ranks
Beginning as a boy in his
teens, after having completed
three years of high school and
one year of business college
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Starting in a small way with
tea, Mr.. Hartford was able to
meet the insistent demand for
good food at reasonable prices
by buying direct and selling di-
rect at one small profit. Since
that time his principle has been
successfully applied to all Of
the 1,400-odd food items car
ried by the modern food
market.
Growth of Idea
Though many other concerns
have adopted the method instj'
tuted by George Hartford, it re.
mains for A&P to honor his
memory with a special week to re-
mind employees and customers of
his development which has meant
so much to food distribution.
The chain store idea, of which
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Clerks of TODAY
Managers of
TOmOrrOw

One of the fairest policies en-
ployed by any company IS that
preached and practiced by The
Great Atlantic g. Pacific Tea
Company in promoting from its
ranks those men and women de-
serving of recognition.
This point is best illustrated
by the career of Oliver C.
Adams. who rose from a store
clerk to the president of the
Southern Division, the largest
of six company divisions.
The entire executive staff OF
the Southern division, consist
ing of a first vice president, six
vice presidents, treasurer, Secre-
tary and eight directors, are an
men who have advanced them
selves from either field, office or
warehouse positions. These
same opportunities are apparent
today to those who excel in their
services and guard the good
will of their company"
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
MaCarOni Foods
Rich in Energy

Encore Macaroni. spaghetti and
noodles are rich in gluten and
starch, both of which are of
prime Importance in the human
diet.
Henry C. Sherman, PhD., SGD,
Columbia University, writing
about macaroni products, says
that from the standpoint Of fuel
value per pound, that is, the
ability of these foods to create
heat" and supply energy-maca-
roni, Sphagetti and noodles assume
positions in diet lists above such
other table favorites as boiled po-
tatoes, almost all other vegetables,
fresh or cooked fish and steak.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
FOOD CHAIN
EMPLOYS
$4,000
$4,000 Stores Are Operated
l., in U. S. by A&P After
IS Years of Growth

1t took lot of tea and coffee
10 stock a little store that opened
in New York city in 1859 and
which was later to be known as
the first of the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Co. stores.
But tea and coffee were com"
paratively easy to procure in a
port like New York and it only
took one or two men to order
and outfit the store.
Today, rs years later, it takes
q lot of stock, and not just tea
and coffee, to fill $4,000 Atlantic
and Pacific stores in the United
States, and it takes not one or
two men but 10000 to handle
this stock.
Magic in Distribution
From eggs to brooms and back
again to hamburger, everything
even remotely related to groceries
fill the stores. The stock doesn't
lust appear there unaided, al
though the amazing story OF the
distribution Of groceries to these
stores does sound like magic.
An inexhaustible fount OF
nlentv these stores seem to be.
Thousands troop into them day
after day, fill their orders, ana
carry out supplies. The next day
they come back again and tlnd
the things they took away are
replaced. It's all routine, but It's
fascinating. &c..
The organization maintains i've
large divisions. Each OF these dlVl'
sions. is divided into units, sucn
as the unit which supplies WASH
ington and vicinity. ,,
From great warehouses wn1cn
Kmell of a thousand good things
20 the groceries. The great ware
houses hold enough to feast a
tribe of Gargantuans, but so Tar
have never tried it.
Cold Storage Rooms
In cold storage rooms in the
basement they store their perish
able goods. Every day these are
rushed in their fastest trucks to
the stores.
Vegetables are purchased every
Nay and sent out to the stores
Dry goods go out three or four
times Q week.
R11t the matter of appraising
the great American appetite is not
done as simply. Food isn't just
stored in warehouses and shipped
around.
Trucks rumble through the
might over highways and deserted
city streets on schedules as reg
ular as trains. At certain hour
on a certain day the A6SP in
winchester. Va, or LeonardtoWn,
Nd. knows that the truck will
roll up with a fresh supply OF
feather busters and canned corn
A score of men direct the
activities of these trucks, see to
it that they get where they are
supposed to be when they are
supposed to be. A score OF men
here see that the trucks are
filled, another score sees that the
food is ordered to fill the trucks,
and so on until you find that
there are a thousand men in
Washington to see that you get
your spinach for dinner and that
your eggs are fresh.
224 Stores in Unit
Twv hundred and twenty-fou1
stores in this unit of the South
ern division of the A6SP organiZa-
ton pour forth food without in
terruption. And always there are
replacementS. The ranks are filled
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PRIME SERVICE,
APP AIM

In addition to high quality
foods, the Great A&P Tea Com.
pany offers type of service
designed to appeal to the most
exacting shoppers.
Every A&P employe is thor
oughly trained in retail grocery
salesmanship and must have a
good knowledge of the products
he sells before he is permitted to
make any authoritative state
ments about them.
Daily bulletins issued from
each local AS5P headquarters &C.
quaints the store managers with
new commodities, price changes,
market conditions on fresh fruits
and vegetables, items which are
most seasonable, and in general
sales ideas which are intended for
the customers benefit.
Many housewives rely upon
their A&P store managers for
suggestions, and since the in
auguration of the A81P menu
service several years ago there
has been a noticeable amount of
additional requests for informa-
tion that tends to make the task
of pleasing the family palates
much easier.
1t is a special feature of A&1P
service to take care of the chill
dren.
A6P managers pride them
selves on the fact that many of
their best customers send their
children to do their shopping, Sc
cure in their knowledge they will
receive the same prompt, court
eous service that they themselves
would receive.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
|Rajah' Dressing
Good Fish Sauce

Do you know that Rajah Salad
Dressing is more than a delicious
dressing-that it is ideal as a
sauce for meats, fish and fowl,
and that it is especially good as
a "binder" for potato salad?
Do you know that Rajah Salad
Dressing is made with the yolks
of freshly cracked eggs, and not
with frozen eggs, egg powders or
egg substitutes?
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
IT'S REAL MILK

White House milk is not a sub
stitute for milk. 1t is real milk,
all milk, and nothing but milk. 1t
is the purest of cows milk with
about so per cent of the water
evaporated away, leaving all the
richness, freshness, and nourish-
ment Of the original milk.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
BUSINESS HEADS HAIL
GEORGE H. HARTFORD
FOR HIS FORESIGHT

George Huntington Hartford, founder of
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company,
is being honored this week by that organiza-
tion, which grew as result of new develop
ments in food distribution introduced by him
more than three quarters of century ago, in
1859.
In that year. young Mr.. Hartford newly arrived in
New York. found himself in position to buy an entire
shpload of tea, cutting out many of the mddlemen's
profits usual in such transaction This led him to open
store and sell tea direct the public at about half the
then prevailing price.