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Show J. C. PENNEY CO. MANAGER LEAVING LEAV-ING FOR. CONVENTION-. R. H. Evans, Manager of the J. C. Penney Company store in this city, left for Ogden, Sunday, to attend the semiannual buying Convention iof store pianagers for the company. The Convention will be held at Hotel Bigelow. ' Over 1,050 stores will be represented repres-ented in the eleven district conventions conven-tions which will be held during the next five weeks in the most central locations throughout tha -United States. "The Buying of all merchandise for each store Is done by the local manager, man-ager, said Mr. Evans. "Extensive assortments of all lines of merchandise are presented at the convention by the Buyers from the York headquarters who are specialists in their particular lines of merchandise, merchan-dise, and who are engaged every. day of the year in sifting out of the markets mar-kets the smartest styles and the most outstanding values. "A very rigid policy of the J. C. Penney Company is maintained constantly, con-stantly, in the buying of only such merchandise which measures up to an exceptionally high standard of quality. ' , "During these conventions, tha merchandise is selected by each manager, man-ager, which in hi8 judgment is most suitable for the respective store, and by a daily contact throughout the year between every store In the chain with these highly specialized buying departments, the very latest in style and the most outstanding values are constantly maintained." ' The facts which Mr. Evans jilves ; regarding the growth of the J. C. Pen- ; ney Company are very Interesting. j He states that since the establishment " of the first store by Mr. J. C. Penney j in the little mining tewn of Kemmer- ; er, Wyoming. 25 H years ago, 1025 . tores are in actual operation and the i sale8 quota of -196,000,000 which the Company has set for this year, will in :, all probability be accomplished. t - . . I |