Show J C PENNEY CO OPEN thousandth STORE tito tho J 0 penney company has a announced 11 ced that store number ono one thousand will be 10 opened in beloit kansas about april birst A romantic interest oat attaches atta choa itself to tills this simple announcement and ono that proves oven even a business its aa largo as this oil ono la Is not devoid 0 sentiment and human interest the J G C company lins has purchased the stock and goodwill good will of W J deyos beyes local clothing and shoo shioo merchant it was waa in mr air keyes store that mr air sams sains tile the president ot of the company as well as several of the other executives and managers received their early mercantile ex por lonco tolice out of friendship for mr air keyes the J C penney company lins has refrained ti from opening it a competing store tit in dolois whon when mr air boyea recently expressed a wish to retire however the company offered off ercil to buy bily liia his stock and dispose of it and then open under their own name lit in a nearby location the lease lias has been signed and the store building la Is now lit in operation and will bo be completed in time for the opening in ili the early part of april E H C sams tile tho president of tile the J 0 penney company was borri born in simpson Sl about twelve miles from beloit after finishing school lit in lie attended high sell school 00 in beloit saturdays and after school hours mr sams worked behind the counter in tile beyes store later after joining the J C penney company lit in the early history of that chain store organization and working up tip to the presidency lie ho a always refused koopen a penney store in ili beloit in ili competition agal against list tile the man who had given him his early straining training thus tile J C penney co I 1 had extended it its 4 stores to the one mark and mr air keyes was ready to retire before the company invaded tile the field in beloit |