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Show Check license of door-to-door solicitors, police chief urges A recent ordinance passed by the city council provides an excellent means by which citizens cit-izens may be protected from unscrupulus and unetheical persons who prey constantly upon the public, Chief Ashley Graham of the city police, stated this week. He pointed to the fact that the most frequent victims of these people are- elderly widows. wid-ows. To them is painted a glorious word picture of pro-motioned pro-motioned dividends which never nev-er materialize. They may also use the same approach by which the victim is convinced her home is unsafe and must be repaired immediately. Both the materials and services serv-ices of these con men are usually us-ually inferior in quality and higher priced than the same goods and services from our own hometown merchants, who pay taxes and maintain a home and place of business and stand behind their products, pro-ducts, the chief noted. Each and every salesman who sells door to door in Springville, must be licensed by the city. If he cannot or will not produce a valid license li-cense bearing the signature of the mayor and city recorder, he is in violation of the ordinance ordi-nance and the police department depart-ment would like to be notified fmmediately, Chief Graham stated. Licensing all salesmen provides pro-vides a means of checking into the background of all individuals individu-als who call at homes to do business. There are many reputable rep-utable merchants whose business bus-iness is door to door sales of (continued on page 10 col. 7) Check licenses of door-to-door salesmen (continued from page 1) a well-known quality product and these people will be happy to show anyone their license. The ethical salesman knows the value of keeping the un-scrupulus un-scrupulus individual out of his business. The police officer said that background checks are made of all persons who make application ap-plication to sell door to door in Springville. This has resulted in the rejection of some applicants appli-cants who did not possess the necessary qualifications, which includes among other things, moral integrity. The license fee is to defray costs of the check rather than a source of income the officer stressed. He further warned that each citizen should be "His brother's broth-er's keeper," and keep a watch for those people whose chief business is to cheat the unwary un-wary public. Chief Graham said 'that the police officers would appreciate appreci-ate a call from anyone who is approached by a door-to-door salesman without - proper license. li-cense. Wins degree Kenneth H. Anderson, husband hus-band of the former ReNee Bawip who will be remem- bered as a teacher at the Lincoln Lin-coln School, recently, has received re-ceived his doctor's degree from the University of Southern Calif., according to word received re-ceived by an aunt, Mrs. Joseph Jo-seph Rawle. Mr. . Anderson will now teach and do research work at 1 Pamona State College and . they will make their home in , Los Angeles. i |