Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1920 — Page 17

Page Three

Section Three.

Beoartmenf Heads of Decatur General Electric Plant

w \ \ / '-jssS ’*s- > * ■* E. W. LANKENEAU Os Fort Wayne. A brother of Oscar Lankenau, of this city, who will be the general foreman of manufacturing and will have one of ths most responsible positions at the local plant.

/''AS > > \ la L » jM JI r. ”**'**SjyS EJx- ' FRED BRAUN L’Hf ! <i f * ‘ t ■'•* Well known Decatur citizen who hhs bein'employed by the G. E. for sometime and who will be the yard foreman at the Decatur plant.

I '"'■'* _ M ? J •*■-* *!<£'****'■■ • ’>» w® /•••• , •/''' IfeI —Building Solidly as Wc Grow— I ■ Readily - Step by Step, the Kirsch-Reppert Lumber Company’s business is growing and we, the individual units who compose it. are growing wiili j g I been many an example in the boom towns, of business that grew 100 fast-Lumber firms that rose to huge proportions almost over mght. f "■ ( , iual|y they grew far faster than the caliber of the ones who controlled their destinies, and when adversity came they were unable to meet it. | ' have se t oll r mark in Decatur very, very high, and we are going to be prepared to keep it when we reach it. f 1.-., h day-eaeh month-each year-we solve the problem of how to make this lumber business necessary to a few hundred more people. I . Wc .,re going ahead a little faster all the time, but never so fast that we lose sight of the principles that all businesses must maintain H they wou < | K build for the future. g To Our Old Friends and The Stranger at our gate we bid you Welcome. I The Kirsch Reppert Lumber Company I “Build Now —Bn Decatur.” I I .'r .dU.«: i ir\ -r ‘!’ . H I J?® ... - -trti i iTiWi ii

/r A \ «$. \ * I I ’ \ / ik / J \,. .•<;•■ / If ' * FBf - CHARLES SAUNDERS Well known young man of this city who was appointed employment manojer a few weeks ago and who has received hundred: of applications for work at the Decatur G. E. plant.

/ '/J B'A ft ' I / I F>y4‘ *Jk ’JmS - i T - J \ FRANK BRAUN A son of Fred Braun, the yard foreman. Frank has been employed at the- Fort Wayne Works for a number of years tut will move back to Decatur and will be the foreman of the assembly department. _

DECATI’R DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, APRIL HI, 1920.

/ -« /•< \ WSwv MR. L. P. SHERRICK Who has been in Decatur since the G. E. started to build their plant and who will be the foreman of order and stores and production when the local plant begins operations.

/1 i \ . A..-a t -■<. \ j > Jlifi ; ; T ?•$ j/ CASH LUTZ Os Fort Wayne. No relation they say to Attorney C. J. Lutz, of this city, but who will be the foreman of the finishing department of the local plant.

/ / . i i W \ A K 4 W V MR. LANGSTON Os Fort Wayne. A competent employe of the G. E. and who will be the foreman of inspection tests at the Decatur plant.

\ " Vi ' . ■ Jr%( '■ BERT GAGE An Adams county boy who has been working at the Fort Wayne Works and who will be the mechanical foreman at the Decatur plant.

Lit w \ . > \ Sk J* a jslfc, .. j. Ir JIS WAYNE BURNETTE Enjoyed at the Ft. Wayne Works but who will come to Decatur as the foreman of automatic screw machine department.

I v ’ 1’ I • . \ I \, / i MR. KOHLS Os Fort Wayne. Faithful worker for the G. E. and who will be the foreman of the winding department, Decatur plant.

/ '* ■ \ / 4 \ a- ■ I \ • / . ■ MRS. CHARLES SCHICK A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley, cf this city, who has been employed as the Works Nurse, Decatur plant.