| Show MANAGER LOCAL PENNY STORE LEAVES FOR DENVER H M neeley manager of the J C penny co store in this city Ls is leaving today to attend the annual spring convention of that organization at denver colo owing to the new conditions in the department store field which have been brought about by drastic reductions in commodity prices the convention which Is usually held to in april has haa been moved ahead to give all J C penny co store managers an opportunity to get full advantage of the new merchandising chan dising and price policies of the company price reductions running as aa high as forty per cent in many staple lines of merchants mer chanta handled by the organization have already been announced and further announcements regarding new price and quality standards may be expected according to mr neeley eight general convention points have been selected tor for the spring meetings covering all parts of the county the ahe Eh eastern stern tour being under the direction of mr H W hughes president of tha penny organization and the western tour being under the direction of george Ml A Itchell of the tha personnel division of the new york office J C penny founder of the J C penny co will make the trips on the western schedule and lew V day vice president and director of personal will make the eastern trip A notable feature of the conventions well be the elimination of the usual buying sessions and the substitution ution of additional programs devoted to selling methods and service standards nearly fifteen hundred managers will attend the convention session which will cover covar more than sixty abety percent of the retail trade area of the united states |
