The Redwood gazette., 1936-10-15
MRS. HANNAH, MRS. PEN
KE, MRS. WILCOX
WIN TOP PRIZES

WIN LlllS week ) ISSUE Tie T6Su-
lar Gazette press run becomes
1000 copies, an increase of nearly
900 subscribers having resulted
from the efforts of 80 candidates
in the third great Gazette circula-
ton campaign which closed Sat-
urday night.
Eclipsing both the campaigns of
1880 and of 1884 in total volume
of business, the number of new
subscribers considerably exceeded
the 728 added in 1884 while in
each successive campaign the
number of renewals naturally in
creases. Today The Gazette's cir
culation stands at approximately
four times what it was in 1880,
exceeding that of any other paper
in the. trade area by over SO per
cent.
Winner of first prize of $500 or
an Oldsmobile in the campaign
just closed was Mrs. j. A. Hannah
of Springfield whose outstanding
work throughout the territory
gave her 4,295, 800 votes. Mrs.
George Wilcox of Redwood Falls
won first place in district one,
Redwood Falls, with 1,439 900
votes while Mrs. Charles Penke of
Milroy was a ceaseless worker to
earn 3,544, 200 votes and carry
away the second district first prize
of $500. Each of the capital prize
winners had the choice of auto
mobile.
Through the cooperation of
dealers, The Gazette was able to
offer 1887 models when available
instead Of 1896 cars as advertised
although any candidate could
have a 1896 model at once if she
preferred.
F. G. Hubbard won second
place ($100) and Miss Mae Man
tzke, third ($75) in district one
while Arnold Bernardy of Wabas-
so placed third in district two,
Mrs. Ray Iverson of Revere,
fourth; Mrs. j. G. Reynolds, Wal
nut Grove, fifth; Marie Tolzman.
Lamberton, sixth; Mrs. Carl Dahl,
Seaforth, seventh; Rudolph c. An
derson, Lamberton, eighth and G.
E. Scott, Delhi, ninth.
The task Of posting the 1889 in
dividual transactions of the CAM
paign, ranging from $1.5O to $40,
is large one but is being accom-
plished as rapidly as possible.
Even those new subscribers whose
payments were not turned in un-
til Saturday night should receive
their papers this week and with
very few exceptions credit has
given on labels for renewal pay
ments.
The Gazette asks the patience
OF its readers in occasional cases
where wrong addresses have been
given or for some other reason
there has been mixups and delays.
Our attention should be called to
matters of this kind Immediately,
as well as to any discrepancy in
the matter of credits for pay
ments. Bringing your receipt will
help check the error and correct
it.
In cases where families are get
ting two papers either through err
ror or through a mistake in sub
mitting the name of the subscrib-
er, please mail us card explain
ing the difficulty and it will be
corrected and proper credit given
at once.
All of the winning candidates
who attended the closing night
ceremonies and received checks
for their eight weeks experience
in salesmanship spoke highly of
the people they met during their
travels and expressed very sincere
appreciation Of the courtesy and
favor shown them.
Having contacted as many as a
thousand or more homes, they had
heard suggestions for the i'm
provement Of the paper which
were greatly appreciated and sew
eral expressed amazement at the
completeness with which The Ga
zette covers great trade area ex-
tending as much as 40 miles in
some directions.