New Employees Join Chance GENTRALIA-G Team
Arthaud forms A B Chance Co as product correspondent in marketing. Avery begins as time study analyst in manufacturing engineering. Arthaud reports to Richard Milhollin. Avery to Bill Whalen. Arthaud is University of Missouri Columbia graduate with utility industry experience in Illinois. Avery relocated from Springfield Missouri after Kraft Foods inspector role.
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Gentralia
G. Dean Arthaud
A.B. Chance Co
James L. Avery
Arthaud
Richard Milhollin
Business
University of Missouri- Columbia
Western Illinois Power Co“op
Jacksonville
Illinois
Northeast Power Co-op
Palmyra
Avery
Bill Whalen
Chance
Springfield
Kraft Foods
Social Security Rep Visits Vandalia Centralia and Mexico
A Columbia branch office representative will be in Vandalia on December 1 and 15 at the union hall from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. He will speak at Centralia City Auditorium on December 8 from 9 to 11 a.m. and every Tuesday in December at the Mexico courthouse community room from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Columbia
The
Social Security Administration
Vandalia
Union Hall
Centralia
Mexico
Employees Earn $40 in Chance Company Suggestion Awards
Five workers at A B Chance Company received suggestion awards totaling 40 dollars for proposed improvements. Three workers earned 10 dollars each: Roy Shilharvey Centralia Ronald Current Sturgeon and Robert Rockett Higbee. Two received 5 dollars: Charles Willingham Madisor and Edward Thompson Mexico.
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Centralia
A.B. Chance Company
Roy Shilharvey
Ronald Current
Sturgeon
Robert Rockett
Higbee
Charles Willingham
Madisor
Edward Thompson
Mexico
Training Class For Operators CENTRALIA
Twenty four A B Chance Co forklift operators completed a refresher course in forklift operation. It is the first of three planned courses, with later sessions for substitute operators and a longer basic course. Instructor was William E. Allen. Participants included David Anne Gerald Atkinson Donald Bradley John Brink James Colley George Cottingham Marvin Cox Lyle Crow Joe Current Charles Davidson Don Decker Lonnie Duncan Richard Elsberry Richard Hatfield Charles Luttrell Bruce Mills Jr Duane Mosley William Musser Harold Reams Darrell Reeves Gary Robb Bill Starks Herschel Sumpter Walter Turpin Earl Webb.
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Centralia
A.B. Chance Co
William E. “Gene” Allen
Chance Health and Safety
David Anne
Gerald Atkinson
Donald Bradley
John Brink
James Colley
George Cottingham
Marvin Cox
Lyle Crow
Joe Current
Charles Davidson
Don Decker
Lonnie Duncan
Richard Elsberry
Richard Hatfield
Charles Luttrell
Bruce Mills, Jr
Duane Mosley
William Musser
Harold Reams
Darrell Reeves
Gary Robb
Bill Starks
Herschel Sumpter
Walter Turpin
Earl Webb
Harris Begins New Dallas Job At A B Chance Center
CENTRALIA David Harris of Centralia has started as supervisor of the A B Chance Co service center in Dallas Texas, headquarters of the south central sales region. His promotion from product correspondent in the Chance marketing department was announced in late October. Harris joined the company two and a half years ago after graduating from Central Missouri State University and serving four years in the Air Force. Harris is married to the
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Centralia
David Harris
A. B. Chance Co
Dallas
Texas
South Central
Harris
Chance Marketing
Central Missouri State University
Air Force
Orschein Honors Henry Cupp for outstanding service
Henry Cupp, manager of the Orschein Farm and Home Supply, received a $20 gold piece at the company’s grand opening of its 50th store to mark the Bicentennial year. He was chosen with 21 other managers for training a new store leader, praised by G A Orschein for dedication to assets and growth. Emerson Electric Co. raised its quarterly cash dividend to 28 per share, payable Dec 10, 1976, with record date Nov 19, 1976, up from 20 cents.
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Henry Cupp
Orschein
Cupp
G.A. Orschein
ST. Louis
Emerson Electric Co
Chamber wary of Carter jobless rate goal 1977 plan
AP report on Chamber of Commerce chief economist Jack Carlson warning Carter's target to cut unemployment by 1.5 points in 1977 could strain plant capacity and provoke inflationary bottlenecks. He cites underinvestment, obsolete equipment, energy use, and environmental limits while urging policy to boost investor confidence and resist wage price controls.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Carter
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jack Carlson
National Chamber
Carlson
Chamber
Arthur F
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Congress
Northeast Seeks Unity to Restore Economic Leadership
Politicians in the Northeast form coalitions to revive regional economic clout amid perceived federal neglect. Rep. Michael Harrington leads the Northeast MidWest Economic Advancement Coalition, organizing hearings in New York Boston and Detroit to raise consciousness and press for more balanced federal support. The effort faces internal limits as legislators favor local contracts over cross-region gains. Albert Caquot, famed inventor of the World War I hot air balloon, dies at 95 in Paris.
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Northeast
Michael Harrington
Dmass
Harrington
Washington
Paris
Albert Caquot
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