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Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14

Mrs. John Wallerstein, who has
been spending most Of the winter
in Monroe, North Carolina, is ex-
pected to return to join her family
here in Lewes, sometime In Febru-
airy.
Mrs. Lucy Lowe is seriously i'll
at her home on Kings Highway.
Her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
Captain and Mrs. Herbert Haz-
zard and family, formerly of Lewes
Beach, are now living in Japan.
Captain Hazard is in the u. S.
Air Force.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14

motion-and will carry him forward with
surge Of power that is a revelation all in ITSELF
And then the full proof of Cadillac's great
ness will begin to unfold itself!
He'll discover its incredible ease Of steering
and handling-so marvellous that the car seems
almost to read his mind.
He'll discover its amazing smoothness and
levelness of ride-so great that even the roads
toughest spots are difficult to perceive.
He'll discover its marvellous balance on the
curves and corners-its incredible quietness
of operation-its extraordinary agility in the
traffic lanes-and the reassuring action of its
big, powerful brakes.
And SO it will go-mile after mile-and
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14

In the SS United States, wood is
used only in the pianos and but
chers' chopping blocks.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14

Although many people regard
spiders as insects, scientists put
them in a different category.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14
A Great Discovery Is About to BE Made

The hand you see here is about to turn the
ignition key in a new 1855 Cadillac
It's the hand Of man who has never driven
Cadillac before-but who finally decided to
see for himself if all the wonderful things he's
heard about the car are true.
Well, he's about to make an important and
significant discovery He's about to learn that,
in 1855, Cadillac actually surpasses its own
great reputation!
He'll sense it the instant he makes the turn
Of the key-and hears the deep, rich, eager
answer Of that 25O-horsepower Cadillac engine.
He'll sense it again when he touches his foot
to the accelerator and brings that dynamic
engine into action. II will set him instantly in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
|Sovings and Loan
Institute to Sturt
On September 70

With an enrolment Of 208
members. classes of Washington
Chapter, American Savings and
Loan Institute, win begin on
Monday. September 26, it was
ANNOUNCED yesterday by the
chapter president, John H.
Thompson Of Washington Per-
manent Building Association.
All classes will be held in the
Auditorium of Perpetual Build
ling Association. starting at 4:30
lp.m. The classes and days
scheduled are listed below with
Instructors:
Savings and Loan Principles.
Monday-William E. Poulton,
vice president and treasurer, CO.
lumbia Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
Effective Business Writing,
Tuesday = Josephine Hedges
lEwalt. Washington editor of
Savings and Loan News, United
States Savings and Loan League.
Savings and Loan Accounting,
dnesday-WiIliam 81. Rip
Ipard, controller. Perpetual Build
ling Association.
Financial Institutions, Thurs
day. L. Garcia. professor Of
business and fiance at South
eastern University and instruc-
tor at Georgetown University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
cHIcAcoLlVEsTocK

CHICAGO. Sept. 10 M.-Buteher hogs
gained rs to so cents while sows we're
ahead 80 cents In the livestock market
100. was paid for . 81 head low on
Friday.
Steers sold steady to 100 higher
with load of high prime 1.l37 pound
psid a csaeos since MAY 1ish u.s. 6 g5ss
classes Of cattle were either steady or
higher. gains ransing to 30 cents In
.lUsDA) = salable hogs zoo. total
s sS5S hiahss aoS s sdvsne. ao oH
weights under 30 ~: sows around SO
s sasnsr; estimated ri Per cent receipts
butchers uniform n We g 70 and arsde IT,
several sales ct 1885 and 1890 INCLUDE
X fns b, both shI mixed and e grades siOsso
mixed L. 0 s 6s i sraass i5o. 9sso
most butchers over 200 Is, ct 1880 and
I3se Grade u a9S1SSso is IS sS.r.ss;
s9d 2 grades is0-iS6 Is. as hish as
aaS So aao late N the week . few lots
u. 00.I 90: sows weighins 400 ID. and
less closed at l4.25-l8.OO with 900 800
H. h vel. Esishts ss i3,S9,d4.bo and 100000
:. s Sci cattle 200. total 200: COM
sysniy steads e foos sishe asesi R.,i S
hiEhsr: 5uiis strong 10 mostly 50 hisheary;
steady: load hish prime i.is7 Is. Df fed
PAL RAJ. s .Is 3 -, xsisss. q 5s:ss SaIs
he Dl ana asfsSs SS Is yssi ne
i ioEo prime eso.1.i0o Is. steers 1850.
steers % T segersi o aao s s0od
modest supply hirh Choice y enS BRINE me
tss io sa pa inse 81 S:fs2:
a S9sa n sS good . and choics heifsIs
cows 10. 00-iiS.0 90: Gamers rs and A cutters
s:O0-1 90: utility and commercial bulls
I3.76-15.50; good heavy fat bulls 2.50-
ysaiers 90 m SSeo msSam snd
good stoekers and feeding steers 16. 90
1900; few common stockers down to
salable sheep none, total 100: COM
the week: included were Ioadiots OF GOOD
lambs a q 90: modersts ' numSsr sRojee
saf to low ZOO lambs %0' mainly o' is.6S:
around 1000: mostly choice srsding
Sd ps sHria oS ig sssr Inn a MG
Ing. 10o-106 h.. and grading mostly
choice with fail shoTn peits 1900 Z. 50:
ssSs S u snd $50 cs e sics
slaughter ewes 3.00-6,0 90; big deck good
and choice quality SO ID. washington
feeder lambs 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

the treatment they got. Few. II
any, businesses can boast Of so
many long records Of service.
Practically every official Of the
company has come up through
the ranks.
President Burrus started work
behind a soda fountain. Board
Chairman T. N. Beavers began
as q pharmacist. So did Vice
President r. s. Paylor. ar. An
other vice president. T. B. Gill,
was . cosmetic clerk In 1922.
Secretary r. D. Gibbs. nephew
lot the founder. started work In
the company warehouse. The
treasurer. Harold j. Althouse,
began as a bookkeeper.
| OF 81 top executives and ON
Icials now In the Peoples or
Iganization or retired, only one
a tax specialist-joined since
1885.
Financial Expansion
In the first 20 years Of the
drug chain, all working capital
required for expansion was
taken from operating profits.
But then the growing pains were
felt. Inventories at stores and
warehouse we're increasing. costs
were rising, accounting records
were inadequate and cash was
decreasing. It became necessary
Ito raise additional capital.
In 1925 the company was in
corporated. 1t sold preferred 8
lper cent cumulative 500 par
value stock and common no par
value stock. Further expansion
brought the number Of stores to
t82. Then the need for more
capital was felt again.
Under a 1928 reorganization
plan, the preferred stock was
redeemed and new capital was
raised by having banks UNDER
write the sale of $2.5 million OF
l61a convertible preferred stock
w alue 500. All Of this was
acquired or redeemed by the
company, under option provi-
Isions. between 1880 and 1899.
Stockholders interests was in
creased several times by 100 per
cent stock dividends and issuance
Iof IS par value shares for no
Ipar common stock.
The Peoples chain has had
only three presidents. When NAL
colin Gibbs died in 1914, he was
succeeded by Mr.. Beavers, an
IIndianan who came to the COM
lpany as pharmacist after q stint
in the Navy during World War /.
Mr.. Beavers was promoted
from pharmacist to assistant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

store manager, to manager. to
the store operations division and
to vice president before he be-
came president. He followed the
founders policies and developed
special interest In financial as
poets Of the corporation.
He Yves made chairman Of the
board in 1919 and Mr.. Burrus
was elected president. Like Doc
Gibbs, he came from Union City,
Tenn. When he applied for a
Job at Peoples. the boss asked II
he had had any experience be-
hind q soda fountain.
II told him, No. and also that
! had no experience In front OF
a fountain. either" he recalled
II think that first day at work
was the most miserable in all my
life. The Shriners were holding
q convention In town, and you
can imagine how they kept us
running down at Eleventh and
q streets"
Mfr. Burrus has demonstrated
some Of the fortitude of Mr.
Gibbs in making the grade. Some
years ago he developed tuber-
culosis. Doctors gave him three
months to live. He determined
to lick the disease and went to
Q sanitarium. The treatment and
his patience paid OF.
And, like Doc Gibbs, he be-
lieves In the employees.
"All We can do as executives, y
he says, us to use our best
Judgment In making decisions
We do not meet our real boss,
the customer, as the men in the
stores do.
"The real burden Of assuring
our future success falls entirely
on the store personnel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

customers. But o single stor,
could not buy and sell enough.
| The solution? More stores.
Seven years after he and Mr.
Silsby started their business, Dot
Gibbs opened Peoples Store No
II. And this week. on the 50tt
anniversary Of the founding, thu
chain consists Of 155 stores-ir
the District. Maryland. Virginia
West Virginia. Tennessee, Penn.
sylvania and Ohio. 1t now EN-.
tploys 4.549 persons.
Does $57 Million Business
When he conceived the idea Of
his drug chain, Mr.. Glib.
Thought he would be satisfied
with q total OF 20 stores. He hac
underestimate the possibilitie.
and the interest he would de.
lvelop.
The first year at Store No. !
he and MIR. Silsby did a $4,000
volume Of business. In this 5Ott
anniversary year. the chain /.
doing an estimated volume Of $5T
million.
Mr.. Gibbs acquired control oil
the Peoples organization In the
early days. He bought out the
Silsby interest when his partner
died in 1908. This was in &C.
cordanee with the wishes Of the
elder partner. for the two mer
had got along together from the
start.
Before long. Store No. / wa.
moved to the corner Of Seventh
and K streets NV. its present
location. Store No. 2 was opened
at Seventh and E streets in 1912
Four years later, two more were
ladded-at Seventh and M and a,
Fourteenth and U streets NV.
Despite the success of the
growing chain. many sedate old
timers regarded the outfit as q
brash upstart with manners un.
becoming to the drug business
After all. Peoples didn't cater t.
blue bloods up on Massachusetts
Iavenue.
Enters Elite Territory
So development in 1915
proved a critical turning point ir
the company's history. That was
the year Peoples bought out the
old w. S. Thompson store on Fiji
tenth street NV, near the cor
lner of G.
Thompson's was a store for the
elite. Situated across the stree,
from the Treasury and around
the corner from the White House
1t had come to be known as 1.-THE
pharmacy Of the Presidents. -
The reference was jutifled, for all
the Presidents since Abraham
Lincoln had had charge accounts
there. So. too. had the White
House, itself.
The decorum at Thompson's,
where staid and courtly gentle
men waited upon the carriage
trade, was as much Of a contrast
with Peoples on Seventh street
as anyone could imagine. When
the purchase was announced. a
lot Of old citizens shook their
heads in disbelief.
But Mr.. Gibbs and his asso-
ciates recognized this as one of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

the biggest challenges yet en-
countered by the young organ
ization. They ma it correctly.
Charles Small. who was man.
lager for the Thompson firm, wa!
retained in the same capacity
Personnel trained in the People.
chain were sent in to help mod.
ernie the business along line.
Mr.. Gibbs found successful.
ut was a tough situation,
said George B. Burrus, present
president Of Peoples. Our peopl,
learned a lot from the Thomp,
son folks and they learned some.
thing from US, 1t was severa
years before the changeover wa.
a real success
I'VE realized that a drugstore
has to be built around its pre-.
lscription business" he says.
This is a truth OF which Doc
Gibbs never lost sight, even while
stocking merchandise never be.
fore sold at pharmacies. To him
1t was unthinkable for any drug.
store to have a mediocre pre-.
scription department. He in.
sisted on hiring skilled and con-
lscientious pharmacists and sup.
plying them with the best avail.
liable drugs.
I'VE have faithfully followed
that policy" said Mr.. Burrus.
This year, Peoples will fill 2.s
million prescriptions business
OF better than So million.
Faith In New Ideal
Doc Gibbs faith in employe,
was illustrated almost 80 year.
ago. j. w. Pollard. then CHIEF
of Peoples soda fountain service
and now retired executive, rec.
commended a revolutionary In.
novation.
He wanted to sell sandwiche:
and cake and pies at his foun.
tains. Nobody in the organiza.
ton ever heard of such thing
Doc Gibbs was skeptical. but Mr.
Pollard said he was sure the
public would like the idea.
He got the go-ahead. Today
food at soda fountains is moi
only a multi-million dollar bust
ness at Peoples stores but q
fiourishing business at drug
fountains almost everywhere
The commissary in the People.
warehouse at First and p streets
NE. alone employs 70 persons.
Fast photograph finishing IL
another nonpharmaceutical serv-
ice operating from the company
headquarters.
Apparently the employees liket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Peoples Drug Grows
To S57 Million Chain

The owner noted the young
mans frailty and also that he
was lame. He doubted that
Malcolm would be equal to the de-
mands Of o stockroom.
The boy insisted he could dc
the job. To prove It. he offered
to work for nothing at the start,
The proprietor agreed.
After q couple Of weeks, the
store owner was 50 pleased with
his new employees performance
that he began paying young
Gibbs So o week.
In&ine. the salary was raised
and Malcolm began saving Z
part Of each weeks earnings.
He took . job ct another drug
store and enrolled at the WASH
|ington College Of Pharmacy,
After years Of spare-time study
he qualified as . registered
pharmacist.
Forms Partnership
His first big break came In
1905. A broker, whom he had
met as . customer Of the store,
wanted to invest some money In
10 business venture. DOC" Gibbs
was interested. He and the
broker. Howard w. Silsby. formed
% partnership.
II invested $500 I had saved, /"
Mr.. Gibbs used to say. mfr,
Silsby invested 5000.
II became president and he
became the treasurer-as he had
the most money" y
Their drugstore was In the coo
block Of Seventh street NV. In
the words Of Mr.. Gibbs, 1t was
built on service and displays.
But the building was Q small
one. The quarters were cramped
with 30 many displays. The part
ners induced their landlord to
let them use window spaceAin an
adjoining building.
Their ideas Of q drugstore
came ~ something Of Q shock
to many Neutrality-suspicious.. The
big displays. bargain advertising
and selling techniques. besides
the addition Of merchandise for
eign TO old-fashioned apothe-
caries-stirred up caustic COM
ments In the city.
At the same time. these meth
DDS stirred up business. Adver-
tised bargains brought In buyers
from all over town.
Finds Expansion Necessary
Malcolm Gibbs was determined
to give his customers the max
imum value for their money. He
wanted to reduce prices, but the
margin Of profit was so close
that he could not. and still sur
vive. AS things stood. he didn't
always meet current bills on
time. Until his death in 1914 he
remained grateful to The Star
for carrying" him as an adver-
tiser through the early critical
days Of the Peoples store.
Since prices could not be re-
duced. Mr.. Gibbs made up his
mind to buy merchandise in
large quantities 50 the resulting
savings could be passed along to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
BY JOHN v. HORNER

When Malcolm Gibbs got tt
Washington It was night.
He was weary after the long
train trip from Tennessee. And
no wonder.
A greenhorn from Union City
near the banks Of the Missis.
sippi. he had never been aboard
q sleeping car before. Who coult
expect q le-year-old rube tt
fathom the complications Of ar
1893 Pullman?
Mac Gibbs had q ticket reser-
walton for an upper. But he didn',
know what to do with It. He wa,
sitting bolt upright. trying Il
doze. when the porter discovered
him ct 2 am. The attendant
made up the berth and helpet
the young man climb to bed.
Though the gas-iit sleeper wa.
as. good as any then being oper.
ated by the Southern. the ride
was jerky and Malcolm Glib.
didn't sleep well. Nor could hi
relax all the next day. The ex-
element Of coming 10 Washing
ton was too much.
He was glad when the trair
finally pulled to . stop In the
station. He lugged his bag up
stairs and through the waiting
room to the street. His imme.
diate objective was his brothers
rooming house.
Taken for q Ride
Drawing hesitantly. youna
Gibbs hired . hanson and told
the driver his destination. In
doing 30, he betrayed his I'M
familiarity with the city.
after Q very long ride" he
recalled later, "the driver put
me down and charged me q dol
lar.
Imagine how I felt the next
morning when ] discovered the
depot was less than two blocks
away!
IT think this was the first time
! was ever taken for Q ride"
Il probably was one Of the last
times, too.
Malcolm Gibbs, the Tennessee
areenhorn. was destined to found
ana direct the Peoples Drug
store chain. now so years old
one Of Washington's most i'm
portant business and reputedly
the most profitable retail drug
operation ever established any
where.
Gets Stockroom Job
After his high school days,
young Gibbs worked for q while
for . newspaper In Union City.
He was restless. however. and
decided to follow his brother.
Campbell Gibbs. to the Capital.
II sought employment on The
STAR" he said. but was not
fortunate enough to get q job.
AFTER several weeks. upon
reading q help-wanted ad. I Sc
cured q job as stockroom boy
and man-of-all-work In q drug
store"
He proved himself quite a
salesman getting himself hired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 @.-The Asso-
ciated PresB index Of important COM
l9i w prices advanced this week to
a week ago the 1igure was 17l.o5 and
Q year ago lT0,37.
|eomponents hit new highs for the year
and food. livestock and textiles also
climbed. Grains and cotton declined
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-04
{. Of {. Approves Spending
$40 Million For Schools

The Board of Directors of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce YES
terday put their stamp of approval on the proposed $2Omnion bond
issue for Omaha schools.
In conjunction with the Boards action, Chamber President A. w.
Sorensen issued the following statement:
Omaha wants to provide the best possible education for its
young people. Certainly the first step in this direction is adequate
classroom facilities.
1--WE are faced with an estimated expenditure of SGT 600 600 to
provide buildings, equipment and sites for future schools for our grow
ing population. Many of our present schools have been in use for
over 80 years and are in need of modernizaton and enlargement. Our
public school enrolment of $4,000 will be increased to 81 600 by 1864
We must face the issue of providing the necessary facilities in time to
meet the demand.
while the payasyou go principal has many advocates" Mr.. Sor-
ensen continued, "te fact remains that the additional levy required
under this plan would cause increased taxes that would be a heavy
burden on all property owners.
1--WE believe that the proposed bonds can be sold at a favorable
late from the present levy, the total cost should be reduced to a reas-
enable figure.
"The bond issue will enable us to act now to meet this challenge,
to anticipate possible increased costs, and to provide in ample time
the facilities needed by our growing community"
Board members also heard final plans for the Chambers annual
membership drive, scheduled November IA to 10, which will seek to
enroll LOO new members to the Chamber roster.
The report on campaign plans was presented by Ralph R. Moser,
general chairman, who also reviewed the organization of the separate
teams which will conduct the drive
Seven such teams have been formed to obtain new members for
the Senior Division of the Chamber, while both the Junior & Women,s
Divisions will have separate teams contracting prospective members.
The entire organization numbers nearly 500 workers, MI. Moser
sMd.
Following the Board meeting, members of the Chambers special
Revenue Committee met to begin their activities for the membership
campaign.
The commhtee-made up of Chamber officers, directors and
campaign leaders-wnl seek increases in subscriptions from the
larger members firms of the Chamber of Commerce.
Reports were made to them by Mr.. Moser, Chamber Vice Presi
dent M. Cooper Smith, Daniel W. Campbell and Oliver W. Roberts
Chamber general manager.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-04

Youth Night
9

Sigma Gamma Rho sorority is
o~nsoring a CITY-W d E
YOUTH NIGHT Saturday night,
November 10. 1855 at the Near
North Side Y.M.C.A.
The program for Youth Night
will be a panel discussion follow
ed by a social hour. All high
school juniors and seniors are
special guests. All youth are in
vited. Youth is becoming more
and more delinquent they say.
Would you like to know how a.
dults can help youth? solve their
problems? Would you like to
know in what areas youth needs
help? These and more questions
will be discussed. See next
weeks issue for more infor-
nation.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-04
Industry Leaders To Exchange
Experience On Job Equality

The top executive Of five Of the nations leading industrial firms
are scheduled to lead a full scale discussion of both successful methods
elimination in employment. The discussion will be one Of the princi
pal events on the schedule of the National Conference on Equal Job
Opportunity, Eisenhowers Committee on Government Contracts.
Vice President Richard Nixon, who is Chairman of the Presidents
Committee, will preside at the Conference, which will be held in the
Treaty Room of the Executive office Building. More than IS of the
nations most important industrial leaders have accepted the Vice
Presidents invitation to attend.
Plans for the Conference, which the Presidents Committee has
been developing since last spring, were approved by President Eisen-
hover in August, and discussed with him again in Denver by Vice
President Nixon. The purpose Of the Conference is to study methods
by which American business and industrial organizations have been
able to reduce discrimination in employment opportunities.
The Conference will open at 2 PM and continue until 3 Pm. 1t
will be concluded by a dinner melting at 73O PM. at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Reuben B. Robertson, Jr, Deputy Secretary of Defense, in the
absence of Secretary Wilson who is in Europe, will address the con-
ference on Equal Job Opportunity in Military Procurement" after
the opening greeting by Secretary Of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Sec
rotary Of Labor James P. Mitchell who is also vice chairman Of Presi-
dent Eisenhowers Committee, will speak next on Using Community
Resources for Equal Job Opportunity
Fred Lazarus, Jr, president Of the Federated Department Stores
and a member Of the Presidents Committee, will serve IS moderator
for the panel discussion on Successful Experiences in Developing an
Equal Job Opportunity Program in Industry" following Secretary
MtcheITs talk. Participants in the discussion will include:
John L. Mccartney, president of International Harvester Compass
Walter H. Wheeler, president of PtneyBowes, Inc; Gwilym A. Price.
president of Westinghouse Electric Corp; Thomas Roy Jones, pres
Of Daystrom, Inc; and General David snnoff, chairman Of the board
of the Radio Corporation of America.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
be the speaker at the dinner meeting.
In addition to members of the Cabinet who will speak at the Con-
ference, the following will also attend: Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey, Attorney General Herbert BrowneII. Jr. Post
master General Arthur E. Summerfed, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
T. Benson and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Marion
B. Folsom.
George Meany, president Of the American Federation Of Labor
who is the only member of the Presidents Committee unable to attend
has designated Bert Seidman of the AT of L national staff to repre-
sent him.