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Show I. G. A. STORES CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY "When IGA came into being as a small group of men, and at a time When the independent grocer was threatened with extinction by powerful and highly organized competition, we could not foresee such growth and friendly support, j Thanks to it, the independent has ! survived and is again the greatest asset to his country and its people. "This decade of history just completed is a tribute to courage and resourcefulness in winning a great fight for the continuance of individual enterprise backbone of our nation." In its short existence the alliance alli-ance has done a gross business of more than $3,000,000,000, Mr. Thorn of the local IGA store pointed out. "By pooling our resources," said Mr. Payne, "we have been able to overcome the great problems we could not meet as individuals and in so doing we have not only been able to better serve the public but to serve the American ideal of independent ownership and operation. opera-tion. "We feel it is a milestone in commercial history and we should like the opportunity to personally thank our many friends who have made it possible." |