The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1962 Page: 4 of 28
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STORE HOURS:
DAILY 9:30 to 6 PM.
THURSDAY 9:30 to 1 P.M.
Realtor’s Meet
Slated Monday
Phil V. Hall, Beaumont realtor
and appraiser. will address the
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YOUR AULNORIZED PONTIAC DEALER FOR A WIDE CHOICE OF WDE-TRACKS AND GOOD USED CARS, TOO
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Thes.S.KresgeCo--oneolthe pperating in Michigan, Illinois, pressing for many "more units to quality and name brand merchan.
orlds lareest retail varetude Cati"------ T----— .. sopen in 1963 and later. dise at discount prices, men. nan
Featuring further refinements All K mart stores will feature
in the widely accepted principles functional, single-story construe-
of discount store operation,/tion. Streamlined, modem build-
K-marts offer a modern, well- ings — attractive on the outside.
$68
$7650
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world s largest retail variety de- Caiforna and Tennessee with an- 1
parment store chains, is going other unit scheduled to open May
ahead full steam in development 24 in Warren, Mich. Commitments
and expansion of its Kmart Dis have been made for 45 additional
count Department Store division K-mart openings later this year
and in 1963. equipped. full-line store, stressing de luxe trim on the inside —
According to Kresge president.,----------------------—— ---■ *-----■ •—
Harry B Cunningham, 32 leases
for new Kmart stores have been Cn,+ker, Dec;4:e
signed and deals have been ap bOUtnem rOCITIC
proved for 19 additional openings
I smart modern king-
! size 80-inch sofa,
arm chair with
ottoman and extra
matching arm chair.
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- planned. Lighting and fixtures are
of the most advanced type, com-
7 n—7---- Production of Budene Slated
usiness Review To Beginat Beaumont Plant
people buy Pontiacs for the bottom.
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^Currently there are five K-marts
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A lot of people buy Pontiacs just because they’re Pontiacs. Dandy. Even better “bemuses,”
though, are a Iontiacs good looks, its superb Wide-Track handling, its way of shortening
tedious trips. Try one. Ip a refresher course in how an automobile really should be.
Younhardlybelteverour eyest Quality-constructed piecea im up-to-the-minut.
n "ithextra comfortable Serofoam cushions . . . uphonstemed "I
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-e. of IW Choose from TWENTY-ONE rrhe lengths' r,vpl.rpaee too! Think
s—"cnd FORTY-NINE qualty graded rahrme anaohotgSEVEN distctive styles
Group Three -104” ^^’93
n ; ALL PRICES INCLUDE LINING
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encompassing 17 states and Can-
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"While it is still too early to ar-1
- - - -— — —. — rive at many firm conclusions.- the
Orange County Board of Realtors two large stores opened in the De
tomorrow at a luncheon meeting troit area this, spring continue to
w„the. Jack Tar Orange House enjoy most gratifying public ac
Halls topic will concern Vet- ceptance," stated Cunningham.
eran’s Administration require- “Sales of both units are running,
meats for approval of homes for well above projected figures.” I
.. loans. Excepting two smaller stores system totalled 1190.363,000 —
Hall has been actively engaged Originally planned as Kresge op $14, 970,000.
In the real estate and appraisal erations, the K-marts will — --
business in.Beaumont for the past in sze from 60,000 to w .ne ,n,
pyearHeia designated aP square feet. The majority will in nod was $17,133,000 - equivalent 42 states, th
■ Praiser for the VA, Beaumont dis- dude full-scale supermarkets sell- to 65 cents a share, compared to bia, Canada
"S, .. ing complete grocery, meat and 55 cents a share a vear ago addirlon to the variMw stomk .na
Hallalso teachesrealestate ap produce lines at Sharply dis Russells said Southern Pacific Kmart divisions. Kresge ^t®
ppposinga appraiser for several ounted prices., 1 .will invest about $93 million in erates a Jupiter ayin consi,
ara m^rat^fX th Cunning ham declined.to predict capital improvements this year, ing of limned selection discount
cRezervatipnssmpycpemmadeby pvisionswhich is headed by Vice iationTot plant and acquistion t reSdirecteaPrommonbeocompahyin
Menu ‘ DeRoache, pres iPresident C L Yobe, but indi- equipment to $225,000,000 in three executive and buying offices in
. _____________________ 'cated that negtxiaitom are prog- years. .Detroit.
complaining an
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Director of Sales Operations
Promotion Is Announced by United Gas
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Howard W. Eiser Jr., industrial in his new assignment Elser
salesman for United Gas P l pe will be responsible for direction o
Hne.Co., in Mobile, has been the company’s sales operations in
transterred and promoted to die- the Southeast Texas area which
trict sales manager of the Beau- includes Orange, and Southwest
moot and Lafayette district. Louisiana area.
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By THE Ail
John Coni
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going to have
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experienced i
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John Plainer, manager of stereo
rubbers for Goodyear, said that
budene performance and handi-
ing characteristics are superior
to other polybutadiene syothetics.
One of budene a outstanding fea-
tures is Its cold flow resistance.
Bill itrtler
Insurance & Real Estate
. . . smal enough »• eppreciate
------ division, will begin next month at Tatten out from their original
the company's new Beaumont, shape at normal room tempera
Tex., plant, it was announced here tures thus creating hard-to-han-
today. . die shipping and storage problems
R. E. Workman, assistant gen- The new Goodyear synthetic re
eral manager of the division, an sists. cold fiow because of a unique
nounced commercial availability production process used to Impart
of the new synthetic during the special qualities to the rubber
American Chemical Society's Rub- Platner explained.
ber Division meeting here. He described one test in which
Under intensive development cube-shaped samples of different
for the past several years, budene polybutadiene rubbers were oven
can be used to make convexosiaged at 112 degrees Fahrenheit
belts haul longer. shoe soles wear for one day to simulate transpor-
better and tires travel farther and tatlon conditions and then were
run cooler, Workman said, placed on a Mfeir at room temp
in discussing the relative menu erature for three weeks tq simu
of various polybutadiene rubbers, late storage conditions.
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Why Pay More?
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P. O. Matthews, manager of
Speaker Is Named Eosee jtnbasunocompanyetn 1953
1 as an assistant engineer at Jack- f %
For Area Meeting son. Miss. He has been with the r*
"enn company’s industrial sales depart- i
Jack A. Turner of the oil ana ment since July 1961.
gas lease rental department of Prior to being named an Indus- I
Sun Oil Co., will address the trial salesman, he served as an |
. Spindletop Chapter, Society of Pe- engineer at Jackson from 1957 to I
troleum Engineers tomorrow. 1859 and at Mobile from 1959 to 6
The meeting will be held at « 196 „ .
Am. In the Fountain Terrace A native of San Antonio. Eiser
Room of Ridgewood Motel in Is a Eraduate of Louisiana Poly-
Beaumont. technic institute in Ruston. La. *
Dick 'Baker will introduce th. Mr. and Mrs. Eiser an ther a
- speaker and Roy Andorson whe two children, Howard wI and
preside. “Louanne Irene, will make their
' - -......_ home in Beaumont.
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. 100% NYLON CARPET
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ALL WOOL completely •
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Orenge, Texes
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• Repairs and Servicing
• Batteries
Home ar Office
Appointments
The Orange Leader” Sunday, may 20,1962
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PAINT-CLOG4
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soaked painters
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In many ihstan
vary to get dov
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A censideral
scapping was
ers noted that
there were 11
piled up.
NOTED — A
the Precinct 2
sit mer’s race is
Alvin Keown, lox
owner, on beha
£ K. (Bo) Rat
Ratcliff is far
of Me Lewis in t
Precinct 2 post.
5 ELEBRATE . Vinton men with a combined in the Tternattonal Howe in New Orleans. Participating in the
total of 90 yeara seryice with Shell Oil Co , were presented serv- ceremonies (left to right) are: RoScoe F Porter 25 years D E.
ice awards by B Dyto~. am Wee president, during a luncheon Prouty, 25 years; Dykstra; and 1Th M?I to? » years.
limited time sale on
I cUSTOM-MADE DRAPERIES
h Choose Fropatters and Colors
a Grouo One- $79"
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National
Poster C
I In recognition
Merchant Mann
trucks display t
Maritime Day P
The merchant
. ing honored nati
during National
The Maritime
lean ships siren;
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r . a K-mart will be surrounded with
tarmnas Are Uo well Highted, paved parking area,
- P designed to handle approximately
An improvement in business 1,000 cars.
conditions this vear over those ot The dynamic expansion plans of
early 1961 has resulted in better the Kresge Company are not coo-
first quarter earnings for South- fined to the K-mart division alone. I
ern Pacific. Kresge variety store openings
SP President D J. Russell ,.id haxe beenproiected at 40 for 1962.
first quarter rail revenues for the yih moresplanned for.1963 and
- -------- later. The majority at these units
“P will be built in shopping centers.]
- I ... . ___ . . I Currently the Kresge chain in-
range Net income of SP and its sub- eludes over WO variety and dis-
13B 000 sidianes for the three month pe- count units from coast to coast in’
> - equivalent « states, the District of Colum-
comnared sa u. f-nd. and Puerto Rico. 1n
ing complete grocery, meal and 55 cents a share a vear ago.
2= =23 at sharply dis- “ “ - - -
counted prices.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1962, newspaper, May 20, 1962; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1530587/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.