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Show HE SPENDS PENNIES lISftjKHHAF Unloads on Store Box of Subsidiary Coins SAV FRANCWOO, Feb. S A champion cham-pion penny spender has been found. He is Donald C. Bennett of 745 Ueary street. Bennett, a T'nlversity of California alumni. Is said to have wanered fraternity fra-ternity brothers of 1he Rift-ma I'M Kp-silon Kp-silon that sutsidlary coins In smaller denominations than dimes are acceptable accept-able for payments in sums greater than 2fi rnta, contrary t the opinions of authority on lenal tender. Here's how he won the wager: In need of additional bed clothing-for clothing-for his bachelor apartment, and In rossf-sston of a y tar's accumulation of one-rent pieces. Hennett. so his fraternity brothers claim, the other day barked a cart up to one of San Francisco Fran-cisco a leading; department stores, unloaded un-loaded a box of pennies and procured an all-wnol blnnket. Now he is hailed as the 'champ" of all rhatnpion penny spenders of state university graduate. gradu-ate. Treasury, officials at Washington mav well note the facta They pub-i lished the fact recently that exactly: I3.9?4.17C.19 In "coppers"' were "A. W. O L." from circulation, due to hoarders. hoard-ers. Bennett. In winning his newly acquired laurels, returned eieh,t hundred hun-dred and fifty of these. How liennett came to possess the small fortune Is not being whispered about. It is a small matter at that. I Ilut the new "champ" of penny spend- ! ers certainly must be much more than ' a mere spender.'' |