The Delphos Courant from Delphos, Ohio • Page 3

DELPHOS INDUSTRY ON PARADE 38 Years Experience Stand Behind Myers Cleaners And Furriers, Inc. By NoHynne Grewc For a community of this size, we in Delphos are most fortunate to have a good number of fine industries representing the city. Each one holds its own in its paiticular phase of living and stands out in the field of quality, economy and utility. Myers Cleaners and another organization to be added to the growing lint of Delphos industries, is no exception. Today Myers Cleaners and Furriers is an independent organization headed by Mr.

Jack Myers, of the company's founder. It is by Jack Myers, Mrs. Charles H. Myers and Betty Myers. Charles Myers, founder of Myers cleaners in 1922.

established the organization in a business room of an old building situated at the site of the present post office. At that time Mi Myers operated a tailor and pres-, Shop. From there lie moved into the spot Vogt and Vogt Rest am ant occupies today and specialized in denning and pressing and ladies ready-to-wear items. His next move was into the location of Credo's Furniture store. In 11)33, Myers Cleaners was moved into present site on North Main St.

At that time the company occupied the building where only pressing is clone today. Nineteen thirty-eight Mr. Mvers rented the Mox building which bordered the other. There he went into the fur storage business and opened the first portion of his storage vault. Three years later in a large vacant lot on that same block was purchased from Standard Oil Co.

and built up as part of Myers. Already in 1032. Myers had eight delivery trucks which went from house to house soliciting business in this area. By December, 1941 approximately 20 routes represented the local Cleaners. After that time operations were changed from house to house solicitation over to cash and carry branch store operations.

With the. war in 19-15 Myers boasted of 15 branch stores and fHill hud 4 routes left out of 20. The organization picked up its volume business however with the cash and carry Today, ISHiO, Myers has 20 stores, 2 routes (which still solicit jfrorii house to house in this urea) ann.a self-serve'laundry in Lima. All processing work is done here at Delphos for Myers' 20 branch Garments are received at the stores ami taken back there for delivery. They are Eight original trucks of Myers Cleaners are viewed in front of ilieir garage in the Edwards 31dg.

located where Hanshumaker Motor Sales is today. The date is 1932. In the background of Myers' cleaning room is shown the 450 Ib. capacity automatic washer-exiractor purchased in 1958. i trucked here to and from the i stores.

Myers' stores are located in Indiana (3) Auburn, Decatur, New Haven; in Ohio at Celina, Defiance, Fostoria, St. Mary's, Tiffin, Van Wert, two at Findlay, five at Lima and three at Marion. All garments received at Myers are given full attention and are put through the complete cleaning cycle. First they are put into large dry cleaning washers filled with a cleaning solvent. From there they are placed in a large extractor where all excess solvent is removed.

Lastly, the clothes are moved to the tumblers or dryers for the final step of the cleaning- process. A recent addition to the dry cleaning machines at Myers was made in 1958. This machine is completely automatic and is a combination a r-extractor. (Their other machines are. manually timed.) At capacity the washer-extractor holds 450 garments per load.

boasts of having the only automatic machine, of this size in Ohio. It i.s I also one of three machines like it in the state. I Myers' employees follow a reg- Above is the home of Myers Cleaners and Furriers, Inc. NEW! TWIN-CARTRIDGE FOUNTAIN PEN with matching pencil Holds more any other fountain pen Never even goes near an ink bottle Unique push-top pencil feeds whole barrelfull of lead automatically Introducing pen and pencil Ml dramatically pew writing In a generation, Ttw foimUln Mtt with handy of liquid Ink not from meuy Ink bottle. It a full more real ink than any other fountain pen.

And cartridge your them in the pen to make sure you never run out of ink. Choice of 32 replaceable The beautiful pencil It the only of kind. Jurt fill the barrel th a whote handful of lead! and thafa all the nlllnig you do. Puihing the sliding op automatically. IMI avaleWe AFAR I PWJcH ttrik ing.

new colon. automata iular schedule for the complete dry cleaning processes. The ac- i tual cleaning is begun each evening at 8 p.m. and is followed by. the spotting of at midnight.

This a most important process, thus various shifts are put on throughout the early morning. A largo percentage of spots come out with dry cleaning, but for the more difficult stains different chemicals and steam are used in spotting. At 8 a.m. pressing is begun. Some is done by machine and others by hand.

All in all Myers clean and store furs and any other type of garment. The organization has a total employment of 81, 24 of which are store managers. The establishment, all on one floor, has available 20,000 sq. ft. of working floor space.

Across the front, the building measures 200 ft. and from the front to the alley, it i measures 133 ft. deep, According to Mr. Myers, Myers Cleaners and Furriers, Inc. has no maj'or expansion plans but "We are always looking ahead arkl keeping up to date with our processing and management." Slate Childbirth Series It St.

Rita's for expectant parent-- to be conducted bv S-'-. l'." i in Li-ma will take the fiivt da oni Thursday, September 8. This cla-'s is slated for 2 p.m. in McAuley Hall tiudito-ium, 798 We.st Market lUrett. rV.hiM 1 afternoon "Preparation for Childbirth" classes will be -held i'ram 2 to p.m.

on Thursday, September a'lid October Ut'h. The third und fourth will hs ovonh.g from 7:30 to 9:30 on Scuu'-nvier 2'i, to who HIV durii-g tha day to attend c-me pf the Subjects listed for the classes will include anatomy a-nd physiology, growl'h of the hjihy, la-bur and delivery, hygiei-o of pregnancy, infant care and family vela A-t of evening ehi-: i 1 i tour of 'he maternity department will on con- Folio-wing th four exe: ri of 01 hour cadi will be held. int-cres-ierl in Natural exercise.5 arc u-ged to aiU'iid t-ha "Preparation for Childbirth" cl-ass in ordar to gain an of pregi.a-ncy, labor and delivery. THE DELPHOS PRINTING and PUBLISHING CO. Conference Set Thii District Fsill Conference of the American Legion will b-a held i in New Bremen on September 22, according to organization spokesmen.

Registration will be at 9 a.m. on thai day, and the meeting will be held at 10 a.m. I All reservations should be mado with Mrs, Mayirard Koester (te)e- phvjne before Svpteinber 19. A Classified Ac! IN FESTIVAL Nine more cars were added today (Friday) to the list of antique cars to be exhibited at the Antique Automobile Festival to be held in conjunction with the Old Fashioned Bargain Days, according to spokesmen for the.Delphos Chamber of Commerce which annually sponsors the event. A 1913 seven passenger Cadillac valued will be exhibited by Herbert Lenner of Carey, Ohio.

Fred Wilhelm will show a 1910 Chevrolet. 1013 Fords will be exhibited by Charles Everhart, Kenton, and Gary Me-, Connor, Marion, Ohio. Homer Dolson, Marion, Ohio, and Doyle Reigel, Leipsic, will both bring 1915 Fords to the festival, and John Gamble, Upper Sandusky, will show a 1914 Ford. George Liebreth will exhibit a 1903 Oldsmobile with a curved dash, and Stanley Johnson, Wayne, will show a 1933 Franklin V-12. There were only 250 of these Franklins made.

These additions to the list bring the number of cars schediildd to be shown 'here to twenty-four. The automobiles will be shown from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 17. The fi'rst fifty cars entered will receive 10 gallons of Gulf gasoline free through the courtesy of the Wreede Service Station, two complete meals ut Delphos restaurants, glass antique car tumblers and an assortment of other gifts from Delphos merchants.

The Chamner of Commerce will also award a cash prize of $10 for the oldest car entered in the festival anil another () prize for the oldest Model Ford ilisnlavi'd. To be eligible for prixes, the cars must be in running- order. and Mrs. R. C.

Mueller, Mr. Mrs. Cletus Mys'-s. Robert Mueller, Mr. and M's.

RobiM" Nartker. H-i'lty Myers, Miss Edna N'olte. Mr. and Mrs. Robert ybermoyer, Mrs.

Frances Ober- nieycr and Mr. und Mrs. R. F. Osting.

All ticket returns must nvade with Edna Nolle by Friday, September POLIO CASES ARE REPORTED Polio has cropped up in the with thie known victims and 'two suspected cases, it 'betsn re.ponted by Dr. C. A. Morgan, WcH County healv'n GETS 60 COUNTRY CLUB SLATES DINNER of Delphos Country f'iuh, will hold a dinner on Surday, September IS, at t-he club house. Th dinner will he nerved ut p.m.

by the fluff of rct-it-uiru! it, and tickets must be purchased in advanre from memihcj- of -the committee The Hoffman Duo Lima, who furnished music for the spaghetti diiiner la.j>t at the club, will -aKfain lie on -hand to provid cn- Refresh mt-r'ts will al-io be uvailubl-e ftntJ fhcrc will fou playd. Meniibcrs of the 1hi. uffai'' are: Mr. and Tom Archriearon and Mr. u.

Mrs. Hob Porter, ri, -Mr. add M.M. John Ma.foh, Mr. a'-d Mrs.

H. T. McUonaW, Mr. und Mrs. John Metxncr, Mr.

aid Mrs. A. J. Meyer, Sreiie Miller, M-r. and Mrs.

Max MilJer, Mr. and Alex Miller, Dr. Mrs. Clint Miller. Mr.

mrj Mi.s. DO.II Mox, MLss Paula Mr. Jerome M-oe-nter. Mr. and Mrs.

O-ttine" Dr. and Mm. Morris. Dr and Earl Mi.rri.-. Mr.

I Mrs. Kd' i H-i'l Tom Mi' Three of the cases occurred in one family, the Charles Myers, family. None of the ithrec members of the Myers family 'had 'Had the, polio Another vic- Donmi Sumun, 8, had had two shots, and Dr. Morgan warned -it takes three h'hots lo give fiiKil as-sui-ance of immunity. The di.se-ui.se appeared i-n the family several woeks ago when eight-year-old Cha.rles Myer.

111 beca.m'e ill. He recovered, however, witfh no evidence of jiaraly- bis. lit was no-t until the ot-her two mc.mber-i of Ihe family beca-nie ill that Charles' symptons were reviewed with a diagnosis of sus- jiected polio. Next to become the mother, Palsy i 2SI, who has in o-n arm. Finally, (''aria Jo.

ill wi-i'h in "lie. leg. T'hey are patie.n;,^. in the view Memorial Hospital Forl Wayne. The report on Donna Sumun came to Dr.

Morgan by way of till-. Indiaii.a of Heallh, diagnosis, was m.ide in the Pai'kview Hospital. 'had had jiever had it.hc one. Apparently due to having two Do-ma i is rwoveriivg effects, hut Dr. Mo may be weaknes.

Is-f-t in wake. T'he case lo ajjiiea-s- in "lie Willshii'o area, Dr. Morgan rai'-l. jnvolve-s a livi-ug the. lin i-u Indiana.

Coi i-equen'Jy he has no information on that case, except that is is classified as sus- polio. Approval of the building plans for the addition to the Delphos Country ('Hub, has been received from the State, it was announced today (Friday) by .1. Frank Shumaker, president of the board of directors. The plans were approved as submitted with one minor exception on which agreement has been reached. Plans and specifications for the general construction work and for the plumbing are available now at t'he office of J.

Frank Shumaker. Plans arid specifications for healing and electrical work are not available yet, but an announcement concerning them will be made as soon as possible. Bonds for the addition arc- ready now and will be issued as soon as payment is made. Money is needed now to begin eoiistruc- ition and subscribers are urged to i make payments as soon as possible. Shumaker also said that, to complete the building with air conditioning an additional $5,000 will be needed.

Members are urged to subscribe for bonds which will pay 4 per cent interest. Subscriptions may be made through F. It. McKowon at the Commercial Bank. Wife Of Former Delphos Man Dies Mrs, Joseph C.

Gwdcnwui, of Ohio, passed nvvliy Friday, Se.p'lc'nilber 2, in St. Hospital in Linva. She bud been ill for rioiine lime to her den'lh. include ihcr Joseph formerly of and several children. Funeral arc incomplete.

'Hie ibody i.s at Mie Hogankainp Funeml Home in Lima where f.rk',n.d|3 may call. THE DELPHOS COURANr Wednesday, Stept. 7, 1960 Several more awards have gone to local and area youths in the Ohio S.tate Fair. Vincent Ebbeskotte, Rt. 2, DeK plio.s, added to his array of laurels by getting first prize in the Hampshire boar division.

His brother, Nobcrt, Vincc and Richard R. Thompson, Rt. 2, finished second, third and fourth respectively in the Hampshire gilt class. All three also received ratings with other entries in this class, and two "II" ratings went to Norman Heidelbaugh, Spencerville. Vincent Ebbeskotte also received an on his second entty in UHJ Hampshire boar class of the FFA swine division.

Richard R. Thompson won two "A's" in the Hampshire boar class. BGSU Will Offer Extension Course Ilowlir-g (ifM-ii Stale University will offer extension course in Investigations in the Teaching of Social Studie.i at High School ihe first seme.sti.'i- uf Ihe KHJO-6'1 w-hool year, Dr. Ualuh (Jeer, director of off- caimpus minoui'ced today. The couiwe presents an of various awl principles of organisation of studiu-is in th elementary i-'ec- or.dary Hchools, and study of teaching jna'te-rials and first, meiiting will be Monday, Sept.

Hi, -ut 'i p.m. in Jefferson High School. Th-reu hums credit. Courses are being offered in 1 riort'hwest Ohio an-'l in c-ac-h of bramihb.s Hryji-n. and deals are as hot as Comet sales! at 4.

and a COMET sedan is yours! Chances are good that your present car will more than cover the down payment. If it's an above-average trade-in, your payments can be even less each month, Thest terms may vary slightly according to the pricing policies of individual We have Comets available for immediate deli very -order yours today! HANSHUMAKER MOTOR SALES 222 N. Canal St. Delphos, Ohio "In he.iler init und l.n'a! ime-. Whilu ii! inns cption.il at axtra cost..