The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 February 1963 — Page 13

Businesses In St. Joseph Co. Show Decline -.•latuutcs idea .’>l recvntlv by j. Aubrocht, district manager he Chicago otthe of Dun & । street, reflect the activity ‘ 1 । , business population in St. , .ph County during the pa t , r Figures obtained from a . . aal count of the Dun & Brad- . i Reference* Book for Janv, 1963, totaled 3186 manufar- . tt .|-s wholesalers and retaiktra this area as compared to 3279 January, 1862. 1 Dun & Bradstreet Reftr•ve Book lists all manufai tura hok«ak r« and retailers who ■ k or grant commercial credit, t does not include some of the rva v and professional husinessuh as beauty and barber h< ps. security dealers and real

BIG WHEEL I Mrs. Stella Moore... and thou* sands of farmers, factory workers, truckers, houscwiccs, teachers, retired pe^pe . . . thr^c a"a the ina dor-ou - " r f Indiana 3 fwc Electric C : YOU arc probably an owner «. • I ’ a w.h, ■ . v nut or a j> n ‘ n j direct shareholder. 11 <! >d^ of ‘ insurance companies, !• cn. 1 Orders, church org uuz dions and pension funds invest in Indiana's live Electric Companies because they arc sound investments, well managed, serving a growth area, and tightly linked to America’s future. It is sound business management demanded by investorownership that has brought us tho world’s highest standard of living ... by pro', iding the most I abundant, most depei.l hie, lowpriced electric power *u tho 1 dd. fl t ,Jr:ld" 31. d.U-nt- •• I feed WIPSCO ■ ) L*J i INlorthoim Indiana Public Sarvica Company symbol of zer,ice in - J i 5

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