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William LOUDEN gets honorary Rotary membership - 1931

LOUDEN, SHANNON, JACKSON, LAURIER, GREEF, LINN, LYNN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 8/8/2011 at 20:17:20

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, January 2, 1931
Page 1, Column 5

LOUDEN GIVEN ROTARY HONOR

Given First Honorary Life Membership by Local Club Today

Today, on the sixty-third anniversary of his marriage, William LOUDEN was made the first honorary life member of the Fairfield Rotary club. The announcement of this distinction was made at the regular noon luncheon of the club.

Ralph SHANNON of Washington was the speaker on the club program today, talking on the highlights of merchandising problems, as gathered from various community surveys he has made with the aid of questionnaires throughout the surrounding country. "People who patronize stores andother business establishments like service," Mr. SHANNON said. "They do not like to see clerks stand and visit for a minute or two before waiting on them, and they do not like to have a filling station attendant stop to fix a tire on another car when they want gas. People want merchants to have a good knowledge of their merchandising and they like their wants to be anticipated."

"In addition to delays," Mr. SHANNON said, "people do not like impertinent treatment in stores." He cited the instance of two couples coming in to a town from their farms. The women went in to a dry goods store, where they were not treated courteously by the clerk. They left the store, got their husbands and went home, thus spoiling the sale of some farm equipment for the town's hardware dealer, in addition to not buying any clothing.

Joe JACKSON was in charge of the program at the meeting today, and music was supplied by Prof. William LAURIER, Dallas LAURIER, Elinor GREEF and Helen LINN. Harold LYNN, superintendent of Newton schools was a visitor.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.


 

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