Inflation realities and retailing gains in 1951 to 1956
The National Industrial Conference Board shows a shift in buying power from August 1951 to August 1956. Workers could buy 12 of 16 common items with less work in 1956, while bread and gasoline stayed the same and potatoes and haircuts rose. Retailing cost-cutting innovations boosted consumer purchasing power amid rising expenses. The free enterprise system and competitive retailers drive lasting consumer value.
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National Industrial Conference Board
U.S
Just Whitewash: Editor Attacks Socialized Utilities
In a Salem Indiana Leader tirade, the editor argues government owned utilities avoid taxes, mismanage funds, and drain local tax revenue. He warns that socialism brings higher costs and loss of freedom, condemning public ownership as wasteful white-wash.
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Salem
Indiana
Missionary Society meets in Greensboro Christmas program
The Greensboro Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Society met at president Mrs. Wilma McClung's home on Tuesday evening December 11. Louise Spicher led a program titled Around the World and a missionary Christmas offering was taken for foreign missions. A business meeting followed with committees named to handle Christmas boxes and organize January district meetings. Social hour featured gifts, games, and refreshments.
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Woman's Missionary Society of
Greensboro Baptist Church
Wilma McClung
Louise Spicher
Evelyn Howard
Louise, Spicher
McClung
It Happens Every Week Mrs. Roland Taylor
Mrs. Taylor's brother Howard Trice from Ventura California visited on Monday. Various local residents hosted and visited relatives across Delaware and nearby states. A Christmas chalk drawing and annual Christmas program are planned at Pilgrim Holiness Church and Pocahontas Hall. Caroline Memorial Post VFW will host a Christmas party for children Sunday afternoon after 2 o'clock with movies and Santa.
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Klair Jackson
Wilmington
Del
Richard Klair
Jackson
Mary Evans
Greensboro
Oscar Nichols
Raymond Nichols
Rehoboth
Velma P. Kerns
Ann
Chincoteague Air Station
Robert Kenney
Cecil Kenney
Irving Ober
J. E. Weaver
Clayton Wyatt
Roy Slaughter
Denton
Harry Blackburn
Roger Moyer
Middletown
Miss Williams
Washington, D. C
H. B. Bastian
Dover
Herman Kemp, Sr
Myrtle Draper
Harrington
Lacey Wilson
Roland Taylor
Taylor
Howard Trice
Ventura
Calif
Harry Karcher
Ida Thomas
Ollie Coffin
Gertrude Longfellow
Katie Webber
Alice Rash
Bill Carey
Kensil Rash
Woodside
Harry
William Stoops
Wilmer Starkey
Ralph Townsend
Easton
Ella Walls
Anna
Alfred Blackburn
Merrel I. Spence
Blacksburg
Donald Jones
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Barbara Wyatt
Washington College
Chestertown
Bessie Weiderhoeft
Erie
George Weiderhoeft
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Pocahontas Hall
Lelon Moyer
Doris Jean
Allentown
Liston Moyer
Caroline Memorial
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Incorporated
Benjamin F. Johnson
Mary Melvin
Market Street
Maryland
Caroline County
Mational Editorial Sss
Ethel Thornton
Blue Top
Ridgely
Pearl Eveland
Hillsboro
Aldine Bullard
Francis Karcher
Kent General Hospital
Sadie Ash
Ash
Edith Cochran
Rehoboth, del
Mildred
Lillian Ginn
Tset
Baltimore
William Stoops, Jr
Benjamin Trice
Bowen & King
Harrison St
Enston
U. S
Treasury Department
Conneil
The
Denton National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Tru- Val
Everngam’s Denton
Venient
Adams & Wright Hardware Co
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