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Thursday, December 4, 1947
PALACIOS BEACON. PALACIOS. TEXAS
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TO REPUCE TOUR HOME?
Property values and building coats have steadily
mounted. Yet some home owners still depend on
a policy that is way short of today’s replacement
costs! If you haven’t checked this extremely im-
portant matter—do so now.
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GENERAL INSURANCE
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ftftiaytag Company Sets Jfasher Production Record,
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When the 54-year-old Maying Company of Newton. Iowa, produced Its live millionth washer recently,
the occasion was marked by a special ceremony. Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue and leaders in business,
Industrial, labor and civic organizations gathered to celebrate the event which set a now record In washer
production history.
Tom Smith, head of the research division, which developed the modern Maytag, Is shown upper left,
autographing tho one-piece aluminum tub which has had u largo share In building Maytag popularity.
Assembly workers are shown below lowering the tub into Its enameled steel Jacket. At right, Miss
Rosanno Morgan, 19-17 Maytag Queen, is christening tho machine with a bottle of milk. Looking on,
nearest the camera from left, are: W. I. Sparks, secretary of tho Maytag Company who has been with
the firm forty-nine years; Letha Trent, Miss Morgan’s predecessor as Maytag Queen; Roy Bradt, May-
tag vice-president In charge of sales and advertising and president of The American Wnsher and Imner
Association; Verne R. Martin, Mnylag sales manager; Fred Maytag II, Iowa Stato Senator and third
generation president of the wnsher company, and Iowa Governor Blue.
The Maytag Company made Its first washer In 1907 and Its millionth machine In 1927. Between
the four millionth Maying In lull and the live millionth machine, Maytag took three years time out
from peacetime production to engage In war work. The live mllliouth washer Is being retained by
Maying as a souvenir.
Local Representatives Attend Dinner
With Maytag Officials In Houston
The Mnyfac Company of New-1 achievement,
ton, Iowa, set " new world record) The Maytag Comnanv was found-
in production of washing mxchines oH in 1893 by the late F. I,. Maytag
when it compl ted the five millionth I and three associates whose assets
washer. Charles Luther of the Bay | w c, according to their own as-
Chcvrolet Comnany, Maytag dealer'argument: ‘‘Four ambitious men, a
I in Palacios, Texas, said this week
bslng officially notified of the
CHOICE
OF TASTE-WISE TEXANS
PEARL Beer's peppy and refreshing
tang has made it "thirst-choice" of
taste-wise Texans both yesterday
and today. For beer at its best, always
say. "Bottle of PEARL, please"!
workable iden, $2400 in capital, and
an abundant fund of confidence in
the future of America.”
The Company at first manufac-
tured farm machinery. The first
•'Tsher produced by Maytag was
h’tilt in 1907. It was operated by a
to ary handle. Then improvements
came in ranid succession. The first
cower washer, operated by a belt
from rn engine, was built early in
1909. Two years later an electric
motor model was produced. In 1914
•t small gasoline engine, safe for
home use, was found and a washer
named “The Multi-motor” was sold
to 1 omes without electricity.
Early in 1919, after four years of
experiment, Maytag succeeded in
ensting an all aluminum tub and
producing what was called in the
trade. “The washer that could not
be built.”
These earlier washers used a
dolly with pegs which pulled the
elother through the water. In 1922
Maytag pioneered with the gyro-
foam principle of washing after de-
veloping an aluminum agitator
which forced the water through thp
clothes instead of pulling the
clothes through the water.
With this new model production
increased and sales increased, and
in February, 1927, Maytag pro-
duced its 1-millionth washer. Five
years later ifc 1932 it produced the
2-millionth Maytag. In July, 1936,
it produced Che 3-millionth, and in
May, 1941, the 4-millionth washer
rolled off the assembly line. Short-
ly after that event The Maytag
Display Of Turtle
Bay Club Omitted
In “Tour” Write-Up
An apology to Turtle Bay Club
members for omitting their lovely
display during our Achievement
Tour. Not knowing I’d he called
'•non to report the tour, I failed to
take notes. Too late for publication,
11 recalled their lovely display of
articles made from feed sacks, pil-
low' slips that looked like real lin-
en, crochet that would make a most
acceptable Christmas present, a
j quilt that took hours instead of
weeks in the making (thanks to
the sewing machine) and last but
by no means least a little girls
pride and joy, her baby doll, all
decked out in what used to be feed
sacks, tho you’d never guess it.
Then Mrs. Jeffers report on the
amount she raised from two lbs.
of bean seed. You really learn
things on these tours, plan to be
with us next year.—Mrs. Ben Hill-
burn.
&
STATED MEETING’;
PALACIOS LODGE
NO. 990. A. F. A A. M
1st Thursday each month 7:30 P.M
Visiting Brethem Always Welcom
M. O. Burton, W. M
i. E. Friery, Se..
Company went into war production.
In addition to the famous Mas-
ter washer, The Maytag Company
now produces and distributes elec-
tric ironers, gas ranges and home
freezers.
The Company is retaining the
five millionth washer as a souvenir.
Charles Luther, O. B. Sexton, Ap-
pliance Sales Manager; Carl Ehlers,
Service Manager of the Bay Chev-
rolet Company and Mrs. Luther at-
tended a dinner at the Ben Milam in
Houston last week. At this dinner
meeting Mr. Verne Martin and Mr.
Bradt of the Maytag Company
from Newton, Ohio, presented this
Maytag as further evidence of the
growing public acceptance for this
washer.
Take a case of 7-Up HOME for
the Holidays—$1.00 per case (plus
deposit).
Fifty-three colleges offer Navy
men more than five thousand cours
However brillant an action, it
should not be esteemed groat un-
less the result of a great and good
motive.—Rochefoucauld.
$2,000 Top Prize
{Offered At 1948
Calf Scramble
With a 12030 scholarship to be
■ warded by t’.e First National Bank
of Houston rs the top p:-i/« offered
winners in 11 e HM7 Calf Scramble.
130 Texas farm boys eagerly antici-
pate the opening of tiie 1948 Hous-
ton Fat Stock Show and Livestock
Exposition on January 31.
Application blanks for the four-
year scholarship to Texas A. & M.
College will be mailed early in De-
cember to the hoys who caught
■""■amble calves at tho 1947 Fat
Stocks Show. The applications must
he returned by January 15.
Owners of the top 10 per cent of
the calves which are returned to
the 1948 show for display, will be
eligible for un interview with three
prominent judges who will select
.he outstanding boy. The winner,
who must he interested in studying
agriculture or livestock breeding,
will be selected not only on scholas-
tic end other qualifications but also
on the basis of an essay which the
hoys have already written on "What
I Have Gained By Feeding My
Scramble Calf."
In order to make the competition
thorough, an entire afternoon dur-
ing the show, which will be held
from January 31 through Febru-
ary 15, will be set aside for the
judging of the calves.
The $2000 scholarship will he
awarded for the first time in the
histo>y of the show by the Hous-
ton First National Bank because
the hank and the men behind it are
vitally interested in promoting im
proved agricultural and livestock
methods. This prize is perhaps the
must coveted of several which will
include cash awards and vacation
trips to other outstanding partici-
pants.
The 150 boys who will return
their scramble calves to the six-
teenth annual show represent every
section of the state of Texas.
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1947, newspaper, December 4, 1947; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725319/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.