The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 5

Srtbuuf OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK FOR LACROSSE JAYCEES THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTING CONTEST Mail lo. La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce Box 589 La Crosse, Wisconsin I would like to make this La brightest Christmas. Please enter my home in your 1963 Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest. Deadline for Entries, Dec. 24, 1963.

THREE ZONES FOR JUDGING: North Side South Side North of Jackson St. South Side South of Jackson St. NAME ADDRESS I LIGHTING CONTEST La Crosse householders who wish to participate in the Christmas home lighting contest sponsored by the La Crosse Junior Chamber Commerce may fill in and mail this blank to the Jaycees before Dec. 24. Further information may be obtained from Willis Clark.

4-6998, or Richard Wrobel, 4-4047. Local Chamber Warns I Of Christmas Frauds The Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce warns persons to he on guard against fraudulent and misleading sales and promotional schemes that flourish during the Christmas season. Each year thousands of hurried and unwary shoppers are victimized by sharp operators who step up their activities during the holiday season, says D. J. Petruccelli, general manager of the La Crosse chamber.

He said the local chamber this season has received complaints of unordered merchandise arriving at local homes, sympathy appeals for donations from organizations which are either non-existent or i channel very little of the collected money to the charity they claim to represent, and a number of mailed flyers which claim fantastic bargains which in fact are not bargains at all. According to the National Better Business Bureau, with which the local Chamber is affiliated, these seasonal swindlers drain millions of dollars annually from consumers and business men throughout the U.S. They capitalize on the Christmas rush and the fact that people tend to be more generous, more trusting and less likely to turn down a request at that time of the year. Petruccelli said holiday shoppers can protect themselves by avoiding fly-by-night operators and by making Christmas purchases from dealers of known reliability. Based on past experience, he said, the following schemes can be expected to make their appearance again this year: Mail-order bargain offers quoting toys, watches, jewelry and other items allegedly at a fraction of the retail price.

When the gift arrives it may be a cheap imitation of the item thought to have been ordered. Mail and phone appeals for donations from unknown charitable organizations. Attempts to collect on COD packages supposedly for your neighbor who, the deliverer says, not The packages may contain unordered merchandise or merely paper or cotton wadding. Mail-order schemes in which you get a claim stub telling you that the shipper is holding a package which will be sent on return of the stub and a small amount. If you send the money you get a cheap pen-and-pencil set or something similar which you never ordered.

Unordered merchandise appeals by unknown charitable organizations with requests for donations for the goods shipped. Personal appeals by mail from self-described needy individuals seeking clothing, food, fuel and funds. Distribution of courtesy cards for purchasing gifts at discounts from fictitious prices. Petruccelli said various perfume hoaxes were prevalent in past years and have already reappeared in some areas in one form or another. Prime targets are executives who buy gifts in quantity at Christmas.

Sales may be attempted in offices, at factory gates, on the street or door-to-door. The most widespread perfume scheme involves the sale of well-known brands of colognes and toilet water re-bottled in small, purse size containers by companies having no connection with the original manufacturers, said Petruccelli The purse-size containers generally are similar in size and appearance to those used to sell small quantities of genuine perfumes. The public is fooled into believing that it is buying expensive perfume at a bargain price. Petruccelli said. Actually, cologne and toilet water is being sold at several times the regular retail price of the product packaged by the manufacturer himself.

Other prefume hoaxes involve the use of counterfeit labels of well-known brands on cheap imitations, phony pricing and the sales of spray containers labeled with the initials of nationally known fragrances. The sprays are concocted to simulate those fragrances. Petruccelli made these additional points: Consumers who receive unordered merchandise through the mails generally are not obligated to return it or pay for it, unless it is used. They are required to surrender it if the shippers or their agents call for it within a time. Sales may be final.

Ascertain conditions of sales and obtain guaranties in writing. Examine purchases before Christmas. expect transient vendors to be around after the holiday to listen to complaints. ir: 1st I I I ST I I I ww' i ri also marks the work of our experienced institution in the trust field-serving generation after generation, beyond any one lifetime. Come discuss our Executor- Trustee services with us soon! LA CROSSE TRUST CO.

311 MAIN STREET I t)n I ST I I I 8 8 G-E MOBILE MAID DISHWASHER Buy it Use it for 45 days if not satisfied, return it for FULL REFUND! Remember, more women buy and use G-F. Mobile Maids than any other dishwasher! CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE AS LOW AS Includes Free Santa $128 Big G-E 12 Cu. Ft. Family-Size 2-Door REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Manv other models and sizes to choose from at BIG SAVINGS' Includes Free Santa $238 with trade G-E 10 Cu. Ft.

Dial Defrost REFRIGERATOR CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa w.th trade G-E 110 Volt CLOTHES DRYER Just plug it in, no special wiring needed. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa G-E 220 Volt 2-Temperature CLOTHES DRYER CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE $138 Includes Free Santa G-E 30-Inch ELECTRIC RANGE with automatic timer, calrod surface units and large oven. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa $198 with trade G-E DROP-IN RANGE with automatic timer fits right in your counter-top as a built-in. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa $209 G-E RANGE with large Eye-Level oven. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa $298 At Wettstein's you may choose from the largest stocks of GENERAL ELECTRIC major appliances, television and stereo in La Crosse! Buy where model selection is complete and immediate delivery is assured.

Yes, and we do have dozens of appliances in various colors in stock, plus left-hand door refrigerators for immediate delivery. At Wettstein's there are over 200 TV and stereo sets on display olone, including the fabulous new 1964 G-E Color TV. This is absolutely the finest color TV you can buy, bar none: G-E Color TV at Wettstein's is priced as low as Includes Free Santa with And always remember that there is no substitute for Wettstein's service your assurance that after your purchase you'll be satisfied for years to G-E 52-Gal. Glass Lined WATER HEATERS Christmas Sale Price Includes Free Santa $99 Glass Lined WATER HEATERS Christmas Sale Trice Includes Free Santa $129 Big G-E 14 Cu. Ft.

UPRIGHT HOME FREEZER Christmas Sale Price Includes Free Santa $244 G-E 12-Pound Filter Flo AUTOMATIC WASHERS 2-speed. 2-Cycle LOWEST PRICE EVER Only Includes Free Santa NO MONEY DOWN, NO PAYMENTS 'TIL MARCH with tradr G-E "Americana" 30" DOUBLE OVEN RANGES CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa We have so many dozens of other G-E values in our store on sale that they are too numerous to mention. 90 hurry in for the buy of a lifetime. $388 with trade G-E PORTABLE TELEVISION taken a large group of G-E portable TVs and marked them down to rock-bottom prices for this Christmas Choose from and at bargain her one of the new G-E 12-lb. personal portables at the amazing low price of only $9095 G-E HOME ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Includes AM-FM radio, stereo with 4-spccd record player.

and large television a truly versatile unit that the whole family will enjoy. Built to sell for much more than our special Christmas Sale Price of Choice of Walnut, Maple or Mahogany Includes Free Santa with trade G-E STEREO in Beautiful Mahogany Cabinet. You must see and hear this set to really appreciate it. CHRISTMAS SALE PRICE Includes Free Santa $158 G-E 23" Console TELEVISION with famous Daylight Blue Picture tube and a lifetime guarantee on its precision-etched circuitry. CHRISTMAS SALE Includes Free Santa ettstein with trade LIFE SIZE rprr MM vvith pur MM chase of any General Electric Major Appliance, Console TV or Console Stereo! Three-dimensional! Pat him te? ether and 72 inches rotund, ights up with just one regular household lamp (8-foot clip-on cord included).

Heavy gauge plastic colorful and rugged! and SONS 215 N. 3rd TELEVISION ELECTRIC DIAL 4-6868 I Si I i i 1 I i 1 I I I i with trade I i i I I I 1 i i I i i i i.