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Show 10 fundftr, ZpUmUttt,19i9 SUNDAY HERALD FOVO P I I - " - Merc s ciamits Annual Sales Event Opens On Sept. 26 5 Provo Shopping Days six Jbig days of super bargains-liTProvo gtores will be held Sept. 28-Oct. n 1 underthesponsorship of the J-wtafi merchants couneil of the chamber of commerce. The bargain week, according to Ernest Steele, committee chair man, w will conclude with "dollar days" Friday and Saturday, Sept. , 30 and Oct. 1, with thousand! of dollars in merchandise credits riven away free. Mr. Steele explained that Provo Shopping Days constitute one of the gigantic promotion . events the merchants council mapped for the year under the direction of its chairman, Marion Halliday. ; - a Shopping Center Like Centennial Days, the special sales event conducted prior to the Fourth of July, Provo Shopping Days are designed, to dramatize Provo as a shopping center, Mr. Steele said. ; Throughout the week, Provo merchants will display banners and posters in their windows and -advertise special bargains for Central Utah shoppers. As , a special feature of the Veek, $1000 in dollar certificates good for merchandise at the specified, stores will be given way each day. "The certificates." said Mr. Steele, "will be distributed by a . clown known as Dollar Dan, who is likely to pop up on Provo; streets anywhere In the city. Dollar Bargains - They will be honored only on Friday or Saturday, the two "dollar days" which will wind up - the week-long bargain event. Members of the central committee com-mittee headed by Mr. Steele are ; Albert Groajean, William R. Firmage. Mark Berkhimer, and Clyde Olsem The advertising committee is composed of Lynn D. Taylor, chairman. Owen Johnson, Ted Morgan, and J. Frampton Collins 1 yriF n PEOVO SHOPPING DAYS A five-man committee maps plans for Provo's carnival of bargains bar-gains slated for the week of Sept. 26-Oot. 1. Chairman Ernest Steele (right front) is assisted in mapping the retail event by Mark Berkhimer (left) and (standing left to right) Albert Gros-jean, Gros-jean, Clyde Olsen and Bill Firmage. Provo Permits For Building Show Decline Provo building permits took another drop this week to a val uation of $15,950 as compared with the $20,875 listed for last week. Nine permits for the purpose of building several garages and only one home were , recorded in the Provo city engineer's office. The permits issued included: El- don A. Dixon, 270 N. 9th W., addi tion to home, $300; W. E. Field, 502 S. 3rd W business showroom. $3000; Mrs. A. L. Braner, 690 W. 4th S., garage, $1000; G. X.. Knud- son, 81 N. 6th E., home, S8000; Melvin Stewart, 90O S. 1100 E., garage, $1500; James F. Par amor e, 2900 W.- Center, garage, $1000; Jtocky Mt. District Assembly of God, 776 E. 2nd N., garage, $350; Mrs. . B. Norton, 789 N. 7th W.. garage, $400; Ralph J. Kuhni, 794 N. 9th E., garage, $400 and FinanceiitoLn A ews of Industry, Markets, Real Estate usmess Provo Girl, 15, Entry In Lux Beauty Contest Janet Spencer, 15, Provo, has been selected as live uun entries in a tional beauty contest beinc sponsored by Lux toilet -soap. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Spencer, 835 S. 7th E. Selection was made from a photo Janet submitted to contest officials. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U.R) The federal trade commission is going ahead with its plans to halt alleged widespread "gypping" of automobile buyers. desDite out- wpoken criticism from car deal ers. Henry Miller, director of the FTC's bureau of trade practice Seven Furniture Stores Plan Evening Shows For Sept. 28 A Provo's seven furniture dealers aire joining in presenting Home Fashion Time, Kmammojb style show of home furnishings. Time et for the event is Sept. 28 from 7 until H p.m. During the evening, special entertainment will be presented in, each of the following stores: Sears, Granite Furniture Co., Coons ' Furniture, Dixon-Taylor- 5hoe 5tore contest iNets iuu rairs Of Shoes for Welfa re Department ' ' More than 100 pairs of used but serviceable shoes this week were: turned over to the Utah county welfare . department as aresult of a contest sponsored by. Pratt's Shoes, 127 West Centerat.' Harold Baker, ease Work super-: visor, said the shoes will be given to needy people on the county assistance as-sistance rolls. - . The 100 pairs of shoes were the beet of - some 1000 pairs brought to PratTs during a recent contest won b. Jimmy Nelson, 14, of M7 N. 10th W." J Jmhrjr amassed 1,650,000 poinU $250.00 . Allowance For ! YOUR DOG On a new International. Dog not accepted if he ean't eat hamburger. - ANDERSON'S A. in the contest, based on mer chandise purchased and the number num-ber of old shoes brought to the store on "old shoes day." Lynette Huff, 10, of 734 N. 4th W. was second with 1,340,000 points, while Chloe Ann Madsen won third place with 1,140,000; i Others of the top 10, listed in order,, were Steve Johnson, Ronald Ron-ald Wilkins, Jimmy Westover, Ben West, Verl Muhlstein, Norma Blake and John Woodward. Glenn C. Pratt, store business, manager, said a bicycle wasgiven away as first prize, while a radio-pljfotograph radio-pljfotograph . recorder set went to the second place Winner. Prizes also went to the next "eight, con testants. Upward Business Trend Seen by Firm President SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 17 (U.R) President Gwilym A. Price of the Westinghouse Electric corpo ration believes that: an economic readjustment has been reached and - that the trend - now is up ward. Russell, Taylor's. Consolidated and Utah Valley Furniture. Gift Certificates No mere' ndise will be sold during the openhouseiours, but special gift certificates with a total value of $750 wlILbe award ed, according to Harold S. Hintze, general chairman of the autumn furniture show. This will be the third annual festival of its kind held in Provo. Mr. Hintze reports that decora tive arrangemnts and displays will be more - complete than in former years. Object of the furniture fur-niture show is to allow the entire family a chance, after work and school hours, to join in the planning plan-ning of the home. , Working with Mr. Hintze on committees 'for Home Fashion Time are Sidney Russell, chair man of the furniture Section of the retail merchants council of Provo Chamber of Commerce; Don Taylor, Charles Halford. Mavis Ma-vis Hafen, Lynn Taylor and Elden McKell. . . Improvements At Alpine Villa Are Announced ex- PLEASANT GROVE An tensive program of renovation and refurnishing soon wiy be completed at Alpine Villa,' according ac-cording to Francis A. Burton, secretary-treasurer of the company. The villa,' which has been under un-der new management since I. F. Pratt sold his interests some time ago, is being improved in every department, Mr. Burton said. The 46 motel units are being refurnished. White Venetian blinds are being installed in these same units plus the 24 "apartments. The banquet rooms PR0V0AN GETS SCHOLARSHIP IN RETAILING Wayne C. Pomeroy, former city circulation manager for The Daily Herald, this week began a retailing, course in New York City on a special scholarship one of 74 given throughout the nation each year for an intensive, inten-sive, advanced retailing pro gram at New York university and some of the biggest stores in the city. The scholarships are offered by New York uni yersity and 30 of the top New York stores, . Mr. Pomeroy, who holds a master degree in economics from Brigham Young university, univer-sity, will take a short course at NYU and then enter a store of his choice in New York for 12 weeks of practical training during dur-ing the Christmas season and top business months of the year. He will then begin another 10-week 10-week period of practical train-ing train-ing plus advanced university study. Mr. Pomeroy was an employe of The Daily Herald for two and a half years, first as a district circulation manager and later as Provo city manager in the circuljion department. His wife and small daughter accompanied accompa-nied him to New York. Collection, Credit Agency Organized At Spanish Fork SPANISH FORK Establish ment of the Utah County Collection Collec-tion and Credit agency at 258 N. Main St. in Spanish Fork was announced an-nounced Saturday by Willard R. Meeks, manager. Mr. Meeks, who has been associated asso-ciated with Rowan and Grow, realtors, is a World War II veteran vet-eran and has had several years experience in connection with collection and credit service. He said business firms arid professional pro-fessional offices in the county will be contacted individually and acquainted ac-quainted with the type of .service the new agency will offer. I Provo Roller Rink Reopens The Riverside Roller Rink at 551 W. 12th N. st., closed during the summer for remodeling, will reopen Wednesday. , Owned and operated by Jack and Boyd Smuin, brothers, the rink building has been improved through construction of a new entrance, closing in of all seating, enlargement of restrooms, and re painting. - Skating will be held every evening except Sundays and Mondays, with special arrangements arrange-ments made for -parties, according accord-ing to the operators. Trade Commission Maps War On 'Gyppers' of Auto Buyers JEWELRY STORE CHANGES HANDS The jewelry store at 71 N. 1st W. has changed ownership and names, , it was announced Saturday. Satur-day. V j 1 Formerly known as the Coffee Jewelry, the store is now Shipp's Jewelry Co., according to Warren E. Shipp, owner and manager, Mr. Shipp, who has managed) the store for the past four years,! purchased the business from M. R. Coffee of Bishop, Calif. Under Mr. Shipp's direction, the store recently was remodeled, with a new window arrangement constructed; and new showcases installed, i" A new sodium phospho-alumi-nate improves sizing of paper during manufacture; it also . enhances en-hances efficiency of water treating treat-ing processes. National Public Housing Termed Political Gesture SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 17 (U.R) A past president of the Nation al Association of, Real Estate Boards said in an address here Friday that national public housing hous-ing is nothing but a political ges ture. Hobert C. Brady told members of the United States Realty Association Asso-ciation that public housing is an evasion of the real problem because be-cause it discriminates against many families which need housing, hous-ing, i He contended that only one family in 10 would be benefitted by the national public housing. conferences, said the commission has a legal-duty to perform." , "It is not relieved of that duty he told a dealers' meeting, "im ply because a majority of people here would prefer it not to act." Miller issued the warning after dealers at a trade .practices conference con-ference Friday, voiced strenuous objections to rules proposed by the FTC to protect car buyers who pay on the installment plan. The meeting, called by the com mission, ended with commission officials and dealers at logger-heads. logger-heads. X Rules proposed by thei commls- siun siaii wuuia require aeaier,s to itemize every charge or which a buyer is paying in his install ment contract, to furnish an exact copy of the contract to the buy er, and to make no "false, misleading mis-leading or deceptive" statements concerning auto financing. The rules were supported in general by representtaives of the American Automobile association me ueiier Business Bureaus, inc., and of 'state governments. - Dairy Unit Marks 110 th Anniversary Ten ., years in ihe business of packaging and selling milk and other dairy products is being celebrated by- the Hi-Land Dairyman's Dairy-man's association with programs this week in Kamas and Roose velt.-The association was organ ized Sept. 26,-1939. Current officers are Bruce ASHTON'S USED CARS . 175 North 1st West OPEN EVENINGS See Classified Ad Fitzgerald, president; Ed Soren-son, Soren-son, vice president; W. E. Myrick, secretary and treasurer, and Directors Di-rectors Ernest Knight, Eugene Pace and G. L. Felton. General manager is Louis R. Curtis. The company has a milk plant at Murray and another in Roosevelt. Roose-velt. The latter manufacture! mainly butter and . cheese products. pro-ducts. . . 3 . : 3 i are equipped with huge mirrors, along with new drapes and new pedestal tables. The club building will be redecorated re-decorated for club parties and meetings. It can handle up to 200 people. A 35-foot neon sign, new asphalt as-phalt resurfacing of the grounds, and ground floodlighting are other features. Keith Hansen is the new chef in charge of the new Alpine Villa being cafe, Mr. Burton reported. ine Villa V Cafe CdmpIetelvXRedecorated ER NEW MANAGEMENT DINNER, LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PARTIES TWO BANQUET ROOMS FOR TWENTY TO SEVENTY Phone PI. 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