Evening star., 1942-02-06
Old Cardboard, Skill
And String Win $50
Wrapping! Prize
Lonsbureh & Bro.
EmpIoye Sturs at
Paper Economy Contest

Robert Fleming Of Lansburgh q
Bro. Department Store turned an
old piece of cardboard, . piece Of
string, a frying pan and assorted
odds and ends into $50 worth OF
Defense bonds last night.
Mr.. Fleming was the winner Of
the grand prizes in the bundle
wrapping contest. sponsored by The
Star, in cooperation with the
Merchants & Manufacturers Asso-
citation, and held In the Chamber
Of Commerce Auditorium.
The contest winner had the idea
exactly. He wrapped the most the
best with the least.
The purpose of the bundle-wrap-
ping contest was to demonstrate to
the operators Of local stores the
extent to which precious paper and
cardboard can be conserved by care
ful use of materials.
Three Problems Presented.
There were three problems pre-
sented to the best talent from the
wrapping departments Of the stores.
One of these was to tie up an as
sortment Of goods, such as q Gus
toner might pick up at q single
counter. -,
The second was to gather to-
Rether for q customer q number OF
things which might have been pur-
chased in different parts Of the
store. The third was to wrap up
some heavy equipment which was
to be delivered by store truck.
It was In the latter division that
Mr.. Fleming made his appearance.
He was handed q 12-inch frying
pan, two sharp pairing knives, .
hank Of clothes hne and some
clothes pins
The wrapping champ put al the
loose articles inside the frying pan,
then took an old piece Of discarded
cardboard, which he had picked up
around the store, and placed 1t over
the top.
Adds Only String and SK1n.
The cardboard was square, and Mr..
Fleming folded down the edges
Then he wrapped a piece OF string
around it. That and nothing more
He had q package which was secure,
neat and which had required not 90
much as q scrap Of new paper ma
terial.
In the other divisions the winners
were William H. Hudson Of Peoples
Drug Stores and Miss Elizabeth
Mayer Of the Hecht Co.
Mr.. Hudson did up neat bundle
Of a hairbrush, liquid tooth paste and
tissue, In a fashion designed to use
almost no paper. It was very com
pact and pleasing.
Miss Mayer tied up . mans shirt,
q slip, q couple Of neckties and q
pair Of women's bedroom slippers
Her point of superiority over the
others lay in her ability to make P
very tight bundle-without crushing
the shirt.
Mr.. Fleming, Mr.. Hudson and Miss
Mayer. all received $25 Defense
bonds, contributed by The Star. Mr.
Fleming, as the grand prize winner
got another s25 bond, put up by Muir
raw & Hester, dealers in paper boxes.
Others Win Prizes.
The winners of the other prizes
were: -.-...,
Clerk-wrap-Ten dollars in De-
fense stamps to Mrs. Ethel Via OF 8.
Kann Sons Co.; S. Defense stamps
to Mrs. Edith Moore OF the Hecht
Co.
Wrap and carry-Ten dollars IN
Defense stamps to Estelle Scott OF
Lansburgh & Bro; S. in Defense
stamps to Fanny Franklin OF Frank
r. Jelleff, Inc.
Wrap for delivery-Ten dollars IN
Defense stamps to Herman T. Phil
lips Of S. Kann Sons Co.; S. IN De-
fense stamps to Mrs. Nettie Lumpkin
Of Woodward & Lothrop.
The judges Of the contest were
Mrs. A. G. Watkins, president OF
the Federation Of Women's Clubs
OF the District Of Columbia, and
Mrs. p. c. Elicit, president Of the
District Of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers.
William Coyle, radio director OF
The Star, acted as master OF cere-
monies. The program was opened
with the singing Of The Star
Spangled Banner" by Perry Martin,
radio singer.
New Method Shown.
Fleming Newbold, vice president
and business manager of The Star.
spoke. Garland Shortt, operating
manager of LanSburghs, gave a
demonstration of the new methods
of wrapping packages with prac-
tically nothing, as compared WIN
old and wasteful methods.
Socrates Calevas, an employe OF
Iansbrgh's with pleasing voice,
sang two songs and Lansburgh's
employees put on skit, showing how
the new wrapping and delivery
policies Of the stores are affecting
the consumers.
Participating in the skit were
Bin Davies, Camille Payne and
Donald Jones. Arthur Gray was
the commentator.
Then came the catch-as-catch-
can wrapping contest, with employees
from leading business establish
ments competing in the three divi-
sions. While the Judges were out
films were shown to the audience