Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 122, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1931 — Page 16

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NEW MARQUEE IS PETTIS FEATURE Department Store’s Neon Sign Nationally Known. Probably the newest wrinkle In American department store exterior illumination and electrical display is the huge Neon tube sign and marquee erected last spiring by the Pettis Dry Goods Cos. and now a familiar sight by day and night to nearly half a million people. The Pettis’ store was the first big retail institution to “go theatrical” by employing electrical effects previously associated chiefly with theaters. And it has been the source of much inquiry and held the interest of scores of prominent department store executives throughout the United States and Canada. Today this beautiful marquee is the largest Neonized one in Indiana. It is 30 feet, 8 inches long and is suspended over the sidewalk 16 feet and 6 inches. Its height is about 7 feet. The front display board is 30 feet long and carries “The New York Store'* in 24-inch raised white glass letters while “Pettis” appears above in 15-inch wide red Neon letters. -

PETTIS 78* Amivertarq Sale The He* York Store • NO SALE LIKE THIS FOR 78 YEARS • Founded in 1853

Mirrors to Brighten Your Home There Is Magic in and Correctly Placed Mirrors! 78th ft* r 78th ft Am O Anniversary H • Anniversary M 9 Regularly $2.95. Size 11x24 inches. Regularly $3.95. Size llx26Vi Beautiful polychrome frame finished inches. Semi-Venetian style. Burin burnished brown and blue tones. nished in gold and silver. ' ■' .4*7. Regularly $5.50. Size 14x29 inches. Regularly $6.75. Size 15x30 inches. Arch top shape. Nicely engraved. New Adam Motif top. Ideal size. MIRRORS—The Most Useful 'and Most Beautiful Gift PETTlS—third floor.

Nearly 2,000 persons residing in Indianapolis and vicinity are dependent on the Pettis Dry Goods Cos. store for a livelihood, as normally the organization carries about 400 workers on its payroll, while at other times of the year the number is increased to 500 and more to handle the increased volume of business. Because of the firm’s interest in the general welfare of its co-work-ers, many of the present staff have been identified loyally with the organization for years. The Pettis store was the first in the state to provide lunch rooms where food was sold at cost or nearly so for the employes. It was the first to have steel lockers for their personal effects. It was first to have a physician at the service of injured or ill employes. It was first to install well-lighted and carefully ventilated work rooms for alteration staffs. It also headed the movement for shorter working hours, which subsequently were observed by other stores. The complete personnel of the Pettis store follows: OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS—Robert B. Gable, president; George P. Gable, vicepresident; C. F. Stewart, secretary-treas-urer; E. G. Callaway, George S. Pomeroy. Robert J. Elder, James A. Swan, directors. STORE EXECUTIVES—W. Stanley Truby, merchandise manager; Karl S. Isenberg, superintendent; C. F. 3tewart, controller; A. D. George, house manager.

FEATURING PRICES THE PRESENT GENERATION MAY NEVER SEE AGAIN

EXECUTIVE OFFICE—Rissa L. Tompkins. Florence Schaftner. Patricia Surber. Mildred Satterwalte. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE—Marie BusseU. PERSONNEL DIRECTRESS —Nina MitcheU. PERSONNEL ANALYST Harold E. Stuckey. GENERAL OFFICE —James Thomas, Ida Searcy, Nellie Waggoner, Lillian Calvin, Gladys Fike, Edna Bottin, Lennra Scholl, Anna Flisk, Edna Thompson, Mary Spellman, Mary Bailey, Evelyn Little, Wanda Barker, Howard C. Clayton, LucUl© O'Connor. CREDIT OFFICE—Fred Blaydes, manager; Myrtle Williams, Ruth Ratcliff, Josephine Berry, Charles Hall, Opal Gorrell, Wilma Wright, Amy Pope, Elizabeth Bailey, Ethel Grlnstead, Louise Hartes, Mary Mulvihill. Oneida Clark. Jess© Cammack, Ernest Parks, Anna Fisher, Ruth Walker. BEDDING —Clarence Kauffman, manager; Nellie Mohr. William Goodnecht. PATTERNS—LiIIian Sherman, Virginia Hildebrand. NECKWEARr— Anna Lory. manager: Leona Reynolds. Ruth Bader. LACES AND RIBBONS—Anna Lory, manager; Blanche Parker. GLOVES—Freda Scheck. manager; Jessie Lemon. O. L. Mers. Eva Davidson. Irene Slagle. HOSIERY—C. J. Atkinson, manager; Gladys Emrick, Claraene Panschar. Irene Konoble, Dorothy Hutzell, Josephine Miller. JEWELRY—Freda Scheck. manager; Louise Harrison. Caroline Windlscti. Dorothy Wheeler. LEATHER GOODS—Freda Scheck. manager; Estelle Miller. Yvone Percifleld. Lois Carter. HANDKERCHIEFS—Anna Lory, manager; Myrtle Davis. LlNENS—Clarence Kauffman, manager; Ruth Flora. DELIVERY—Kirk Thomas. manager: Carl Dicks. Donald Hartley. Erwin Franke, Orville Phillips. Raymond Chevalier. Gilbert Schwartz. Joseph Eisen. Carl Staubt, Frank McKinley. Peter La Russa. ADJUSTMENT —Laura Field, manager: Mary Gerlach. Helen Wade, Marie Jewett. BOYS' CLOTHING—C. J. Atkinson, manager: Mildred Cory. Viola McClain.

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BARGAIN TABLES—Theresa Robinson, manager: Mary Jane Wallace. Virginia Gifford. Jennie Mae Austin. Helen Moriarty. Mildred Trieb. Edith Mills. SUPPLY ROOM —Carl Satterwalte. PHOTO STUDlO—Herbert J. Skinner, manager. CONTINGENT FORCE Elizabeth Martin. Dorothy Billings. Carolyn Smith. Letetia Gioscio. Betty McKee. Margaret Lehman. BEAUTY SHOP—Edith Carter, manager: Clara Welch. Charlotte Chastine. Fred Irwin. Maudie Reek. Nellie Bradfleld. Mabel Hanna. Pauline Dillard. UMBRELLAS—Gertrude CarroU. MUSIC—Sue Adams. Ruth Smith. OPTICAL—Dr. George Keller, manager: Carl Weigard. William Groger. Ray Goodwin. Blanch Anderson. FURNITURE— Sidney Ruben, manager; Elmer Dicks. Harry Taylor, Bert Moon, Foster Jones. Anna Millard. Harold Foye, Robert Fries. RADIO AND VICTROLA— Floyd Kenny, manager; Blanchard Boyle, Marsee Beckett, Joseph Pedigo, Frank Farmer, Mary Gladden, Stanley Money, Roy Pearce. George Oswell, Thomas Muchmore. MAGAZINES—Mary Straub. ELEVATOR OPERATORS—Frank King, starter; Dorothy Roles. Cassie Nelson, Della Facker, Olema Kerkoff, Jeanne Mc~ Naughton. Fern Hankins. MEN’S FURNISHINGS—C. J. Atkinson, manager: David Field. Walter Nelson, Ruby Roeckel, Robert Crim. Charles Schilling. NOTlONS—Lawrence Schludecker, manager; Eleanor Bader, Madge Hunter, Edna Moore. WASH GOODS—Clarence Kaufmann, manager; Lillian McGowan, Mildred Isgrigg. SlLKS—Clarence Kauffman, manager; Katherine Roberts. Myrtle Crouch. TOILET GOODS—G. G. Hampton, manager; Myra Woods, Adelaide Miller, Louise Levings. Elsie Gingrey, Doris Lockridge, Mary Schwimmer. SHOES —F. E. Conner, manager: Minnie Earnest, Larry McKown, Ralph Milhollin, Ernest Becker. BOOKS AND STATIONERY—G. G. Hampton, manager; Adelaide Taylor. Oladys Zink. ,

French Print Handkerchiefs \nZLry 8C EACH Regular 17c quality. Women’s French Prints of fine quality linen. Hand-rolled hems. Very special at this price. Women’s Kerchiefs Women’s Novelty Prints Regular 35c value. Linen IQ All fast-color cottons, in 04 _ with hand-rolled hems lOC many patterns. 6 for “ Men’s Silk Handkerchiefs, 28c Regular 50c value. Fine quality silk. Colored woven borders and hand-rolled hems. Buy a supply at this low price. Men’s Kerchiefs Men’s Kerchiefs Regular 25c values. Fine quality Regularly 10c each. Fast colors, cambric with colored woven 1 o Colored woven bor- 4 9., borders * lOC ders 6 for wOC Men’s Linen Kerchiefs Boys’Cambric Kerchiefs Regular 29c value. Plain white 1q Regular 10c value. Colored wov- o with colored drawn work lOC en borders. All fast colors OC PETTlS'—street floor. Silk Umbrellas brellas —Silk and ft ft lisle mixed, 16— T gjjjjljicy patterns and novelty handles ip with matching tips and ends—rainFine durable covers both serviceable anc * a^rac^ve * All colors fast. In vs/ navy, purple, green, brown, black and white. PETTlS’—street floor.

HOUSE DRESSES—Margaret Werner, manager; Emma Davis, Ruth Rogge. FURS—Julia Berry. SPORTS WEAR—Hazel Cox, manager; Lucretta Lacy, Anna Van Arman. COATS—Florence Stroup, manager; Gloy Austin, Edith Smith, Anna Winter. DRESSES—Florence Stroup, manager; Theresa Lynn, Henry Edward Thomas, Pauline Jenkins, Lucille Costello. Ruth Moore, Elizabeth Dunham, Frances Lowe. CORSETS—Agnes Sparks, manager; Helen Breedlove, Alice Eck. SILK UNDERWEAR—Margaret Werner, manager; Vera Voorhees, Blanche Clayton, Ada Head, Gladys MahurOn. INFANTS* WEAR—Margaret Werner, manager; Loretta Quinlan, Lucille Wells, Opal Emerson, Mayme Whiting. DRAPERIES—Magnus Manson, manager; Fay Ramsey, Vera Shera, John Hufford, George Miller, Ethel Acker, Lewis Jones, Iva Saterbak, James Carroll, Marion Gruener. RUGS—Magnus Manson. manager: Michael Brestin, Major P. Harrison, Pearl Kerrick, Howard N. Barriger, Sophia Roesner, W. Fahrback, Paul Leeland Moore. TOYS—Sidney Ruben, manager; Walter John Cook. HOUSEWARES—Sidney Ruben, manager; E. Bailey, Roy Wilke, Mable Crossley, Flora Baldus, Rosela Quinn. Cordia Campbell, Myrtle Holcraft, Ebert Clark, Mable Leonard. CHINAWARE—FIorence Quinn, manager; Clara Ruble, Mae Stockton, Hattie Johnson, John Stewart. SILVERWARE—L. Gehring. STOVES—John Davis, manager; Edward C. Seigle. CASHIERS & MESSENGERS—MabIe England, Pauline Roberts, Edward LaForrest. Thelma Hancock. Edith McClellan, Clara Beesley, R. Campbell, Vera Bly, Katherine Dietz, Helen Wood, Nadine Bertelsman, Louise Smith. BASEMENT MILLINERY—WaIter F. Bastian, manager; Ernestine Bradfleld, Donna Sloan. BASEMENT DRESSES—M. J. ‘ Freeman, manager; Pearl Hendricks. Gladys Greenlee, Dorothy Kurtz, Naomi Davis, Frances Geddis, Anna Daley, Elsie Schmidt, Anita Shine.

SHOE REPAlß—Eugene Moore. Kenneth Orff, Johnny Evans. BASEMENT SHOES—Royce Johnson, manager; Irene Dietz. Joseph La Fata. Clara Silverman. Jerome Goldman, George Brown. CONTRACT—WiIIiam Bradley. WATCHMEN Everett M. Garrison. David Fortune. ENGINEERS—F. Mosey, J. Mills. H. Lyst, FLOORMEN—Cornelius E. Hardesty. Walter C. Brown. ADVERTISING Elaine Hendrickson, manager; Arlene Williams, Dorotha Schneid. DlSPLAY—Herschell Wheeler, manager; Ray Scott. Roland Clark. Claud Forth. PORTERS—Augustus D. George, manager; Cornelius Vance, Lee Harper, Rufus Jones, Sam Cook, Louis Ford, Joseph Pope, John Ware, Charles Miller, Posey Marlen, George Hatch. MAIDS—Julia Moore. Marie Sanders, Lillian Alexander, Hattie Johnson, Ruth Whitney. REPAIR MECHANICS Augustus D. George, manager: Elvin Edwards. R. W. Bauman, carpenters; Horace Brown, Robert Ramage. Charles Piersall, painters. RECEIVING ROOM—K. Reid Mull, manager: John Scott, Esther Moorhous, Maxine Rawlings, Florence Cunningham, Grace Smith. Adolph Brommer, Leslie Tharp. BUTT ERICK DEPARTMENT—Gertrude Koob. manager: Maxine Hutchins. Mae Krebs. EXTRA HELP—Walter Hornaday. Frank Bender, Goldie Milburn. Marianne Steinberg. Irene Spear. Beatrice Galloway. Omel Hunt. Helen Gaugh. Mildred Cruze. Lola Davis. Agnes Rice. Jeanette Maze, Helen Davis. Ruth Waechter. Nettie Moore. Dorothy Hardesty. Delores Means. George Spicklemeier, William Stockton, Melvin Guthrie. Mae Rush. Charlotte Piker. G. Woolen. Virginia Harris. Mary LeMonde, Jean Sheets. Mable Gardner. Christian Tvner. Clara Johnson. Bernard Mills, Mable Banks. J. R. Field. Jacob McClure. Wonderful Jones. Hays King. James Adams. John Bohannan. Thomas Passons, Sterling Ogle. Albert Pieper Jr.. Ralph Cox. Mary Belter. Marjorie Breeden. Ethel Whittenbrink. Bettv Waiss. Ruth Webster. Edna Baler. Ruth' Krabbe. Mary Damneicher. Grace Avels. Mrs. Joseph Kennon, Trula

Notions and Sanitary Goods 78th Anniversary 45c Kotex. Regular size. Deodorized. Soluble, ,22c 59c Kotex Sanitary Belt. Silk Elastic 19c 59c and 79c Brassiere. Form-fitting 59c $1,12-inch Girdles. Brocaded, lined, 3 stays... 78c $1,6-inch Girdles. Apron back. Silk elastic. .78c $1.95,14-inch Girdles. With silk elastic... $1.38 Women’s 50c Ribbon Garters in gift b0xe5....29c 19c Sew-on Supporters, silk elastic, 2 lengths.. 10c 39c 8-Pocket Shoe Bag 29c SI.OO Garment Bag 78c $2.25 Sateen Garment Bag, zipper fastener . sl*7B 79c 12-Pocket Shoe Bag to Match Garment Bag. 55c 79c White Ironing Pad & Cover, non-inflammable 42c 25c Dishcloth in cellophane wrapper, 3 cloths.. 19c $1.20 0. N. T. (250-yd. spool) Cotton Thread.. 85© $1 Madison Pac Sanitary Napkins iZ 4 boxes7Sc $1 First Quality Wash Cloths, pastel shades, doz. 64© 25c Polishing and Dusting Cloth (5-yd.) —.. 19© 79c Velveteen Coat Hangers, 6 for 48c $1.67 Modess Sanitary Napkins . . 2 Boxes Compact) 19c 60c O.N.T. (100-yd. spools) Cotton Thread, doz.42© PETTlS’—street floor.

Butler. E. Griffin. Nina Little, vioieue Hewlette, Nellie McElfresh. Hallie Brewer. Jean Lawrence. Jessie Knight. E. Hancock. Isabelle Gates. Esther Williams. Edith Alexander. Grace Dudley. Constance Stucky, Margaret Sandstrom. Paul Davis, Robert Ireland. James Shuck. S. Clark. J. H. Thomas, H. Baker. Beryl Green. Diantha Rldner. Rosa McCreary. A1 O'Donnell. Dorothy Marten. E. Dunbar. Margaret Thomas. Helen Sellmeyer. Gus SherlocK, Dorothy Wright. Helen Smith. Myrtle Stroube. Mary Gray. BASEMENT MEN’S FURNISHINGS—M. J. Freeman, manager; Zelma Doty. BASEMENT, MISCELLANEOUS—M. J. Freeman, manager; Richard Dailey, Bernice Inman, Pauline Slebert. TlßES—Frank Bender. SEWING MACHINES—Leone Saunders, manager; Paul D. Saunders, Fern Sprouse, M. Nersdel. BAKERY—Mrs. Oma Binegar. PICTURES—B. L. Lyman, manager; Margaret Hiner. Clarissa Lay. Rosalie Billman. Albert Fowler. PAINTS. WALLFAPER—S. Green, manager; Charles Grimm, N. Borlnstein. MEN'S CLOTHING—T. A. Rogan, manager; Edward Chevars, Joseph McCollum, Joseph Egan. Leona Foley, Adeline Glidden. LlßßAßY—Gertrude Hughes. Winifred Leaply. Mrs. Seth Audrey. BETTER JEWELRY—Harry Johnson, manager; A. E. Klewitt. SODA FOUNTAIN—Bernard Kabacker, manager; Bertha Hampton, Thelma Beckelheimer, Marie Kisner. Eugene Bradley. Rosemary Dowden. Willis Stott, Dora Smith, Ethel Bischoff. Helen Cusack. Lanette Meade. Esther Perkins. Justine Jones. Hazel Dungan, Ethel Chandler. Chloe Perkins. Betty Baker, Grace Holsapple, Bessie Procter, Ruth Morgan, Elnora Davis. Sallie Richardson. ORIENTAL RUGS—Harry Besirian. ALTERATION—DiIIard Harker. manager; Anna Anderson. Ethel Ackren, Florence Evans. Jessie Owens. Kenneth Harker. MILLINERY—WaIter F. Bastian, manager; Mrs. Murphy White. Bernice Hamrick, Mrs. John Russell, Dorothy Wegel, Clara Thaver, Daisy Sandstrom, Marie Kafader. Mildred Cruze, Helen Harris. Marie Hyland. Faye Arnold.

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FIRST TQ HAVE GOTHAM STAFF • i Pettis Established New York Headquarters Early. Seventy-eight years ago a flurry of excitement prevailed among women of Indianapolis when news spread that anew store exactly like the New York shops was to open in October in the Bates block,' Illinois and Washington streets, now occupied by the Claypool hotel. This first little one-room shop, representing as it did the newest smartness from seemingly far-away New York, took for its name “The New York Store.” In later years, as the little store outgrew its quarters and expanded, its strong association with New York city by name and by its merchandise grew more and more firmly fixed in the minds of eager Indianapolis shoppers. Early in the 50s, one of its founders went to New York to reside. and to watch the markets From that day to this, Pettis* New York Store has maintained a capable staff of merchandise scouts in New York— Aav.

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