Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1936 — Page 22

Hoosier, Just ¢, Builds Hatchery Into World's Largest\®— = gras —— YAY Ali Dependable

It’s a million-dollar fish

story and true as gold— py T om « B AU L the color of their skin. > i 4 a ie ; Ba nr Appli lance:

The story had its beginning 36 years ago when the late Gus Garrett was a star n for an Indianapolis drug tompany, Gus was remarking that sales of a new kind of washing powder were churning real suds in the cash register, as it were, because his company was giving away a pair of goldfish with each order. But he feared the goldfish : mae Rl Pa : wn shortage, because there was no | i : . : : g a one or no place to raise them. : wy : “A good stream on our place,”

spoke up Gene Shireman from : i Ms. Gir 4 : bi : a down Martinsville way, fresh su iw ; Zig : : o ake Pie, BY ae ‘ CN Bll Value

of college and looking for ad-

venture. “I'll turn the creek into ] Wh : | th a spawning pool. Just send me % 5 gp : fio, ® down some breeders. I'm in the ; ss Go rs or : LC goldfish business!” a 4 RE segs : oS :

Gus Garrett Sar, is 100. . 7 a GA ] : The same Gene Shireman—"E, Gi 4 ri 2 : i across a beauty spot of 1400 acres : oh ee ; i i . : lo : Rs CONSOLE: 92.

bn the edge of the “Artesian City.” “Yes sir,” he said “There's no : ih Tie ; doubt about it, these Grassyfork ih ; # Ath A Small Caryiiig. Charge Hatcheries are the Jarg i the : “a : : : Se «4:2 Bands, 540-4000 kc. Continuous wor ere are nds ou a - ; iE a. trang there, covering 350 acres of water jr ean He : 2 8-Inch Speaker 3/4 Watts Output and I'll say there are 20,000,000 i Magha-Ceramic = Dial . . .. Receives American, gold fish in them.” i Police, Amateur. and Aviation Broadcasts . . a. Tone Control . . . Triple-Twin Output Tube . . & ND the gold is not only in the |@8 Full Floating Moving Coil, Electro-Dynamic Speakthe color of the fish. ; Ra ; er... Dimensions: 39!/4 inches high, 24 inches wide, “Why we—this is a closed 101/, inches deep. corporation now,” said the gold- = : fish king. “We have, $1,000,000 :

investea here. Weve grossed 11 | FSS | CROSLEY Pictured igh as a half million in a year a ; : oy ; on I's to fish a milli - A ” i . can ? % ; “ Mr, Shifeman smiled a bit, He ih CaN a = th : : : TF ; Unquestionably America’s Greatest Radio Value

— it did seem strange that . 2 ; 2 . be- An aerial view of Grassyfork Hatcheries at Martinsville. : 2 gE ii po Pe ig We lo v : : Pe Z 2 Bands, 540-4000 Kec. Continuous 5-In. Speaker

come such a gigantic enterprise. mere : So ; Ae S07 E Maybe it's just fishermans | ,,.. put only just the once” | man has a goldfish and lily pond when he ‘takes ‘his annual vaca- Yep, you, guessed it, He goes TI a, 3Y/4 Watts Output Tia Magna-Ceramic Dial . . . Receives American, Police,

luck,” he said. “Even laugh about \ A it myself. I never tell any one As for his hobbies, Mr. Shire- | in the yard of his own home and ! tion— : . up to Wisconsin to fish. EN : Amateur and Aviation Broadcasts «+ «+ « Tone Control « « « Triple-Twin Output Tube . . . Full: Floating Mov=

I'm in the goldfish | business. I thing else.” : ; : REE i \ rr. ing Coil, Electro Dynamic Speaker. Dimensions: |11//g

tell them Fm a banker or someMr. Shireman insists there's z Dothing- fishy about that “world's t ha BREEN) Ba in. high, 11 in. wide, 7!/; in. deep. largest” hatchery claim. fA f J Ra : 0 “I'm positive that we grow up to EB = LOLV) THERES JEST 11 UY Also See Our Complete Display of 5 per cent of all the goldfish in LATXY CAE ¢he world. Competition? The only Tu New 1937 Grosleys at 19.99 fo 17450 ; 2 : Liberal Trade-In Block’s Easy :

real competition we get is from A visit to the Victor will disclose to-you a’ complete showing of everything that

China and Japan, original homes you would expect to find in the Christmas stocks of a big furniture store. ; : ; ; ; 3 Allowance of the goldfish, and that com- a A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY ARTICLE FOR XMAS DELIVERY! 1 : BLOCK'S—Fifth Floor,

petition isn't a drop |in the pond. They can’t touch any markets

outside the Orient. ; Fst ; vw i, . = ; : 1 Yi ¥ 1; “ ; ie en ; . River, NJ, Is as lage as any of || ANd a cas » ; Mo . See Crosley's Famous WLW RADIO

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Orient.” 2 » 8 1 ® & : . St a 3 ; Sie yf gg si . i B deilacd iiiat Shits % _ ; hE ym i r. = & 2 | Li mar Exhibited “for the first time in Indiana at Block's. - bred Hoosier goldfish are : : a hr ; re V : oy = ShiS Wesk ONLY: The Uliiats.in.Bagie Ac 4 . swimming around in bowls and J ; . ] : : ; Ba : vik ans gi ; -BLOCK’S—Fifth Floor aquariums in every part of the : 7 3 dig ; sti PE globe, explaining that they can be transported in everything from an ice cream pail or a milk can to a - modern Grassyfork-made aquarium, He admitted that the London . market scarcely had been touched, but— “Stanley Bryam, our sales manager, just got back from there $id, Vg re Slamming to open a * ; \ : ; : Ee ndon station,” said the Grassy- ; A) \ ; *e 18 hn Va IX | : — . In Trade on This New 1936 When Mr. Bryam started on his : : European sales jaunt several weeks ago, instead of carrying brief cases like the average sales- -- man, he had for himself a tank of

Hoosier goldfish. He crossed on | : $7 i ( RR a REED DOLL so ot

the Queen Mary | which en- : : : y 5 gh 3 : ] eouniered a berries Som. in == CARRIAGES ie ir ERY : : Regularly - Plus “It was rough sailing for e : hg? Tan or n wh. Just: Mr ae a 33 : rt corr mb a Bese 1 Tin or fn. ny Jus lag, . STREAMLINE = Ld Li 89.50 3 Oli Washer Lhe hen mot. we | CYCLES i... 3 { — oS YELOCIPEDE $ g 95 ll Z If Mr. Shirema d Mr. B The heavy construction ; ; = ; ; A streak of red , ... in the “VM Si” i # have BDYthing. to Go With (he |] nium lene service... ti SP Al Sst iaaale ull Apress {a LL. : Ww | Soparaions there will be big = 00 the Ra Coa ince on d g pA e nd * , . : 3 i a ; NO DO mi PAYMENT aquariums of Indiana goldfish | 4 DOW : . atur ay and onday : \ fz ors ’ ” an a : : over in London for King Edward's : : : : | : : } er Week room In’ M and Je every “drawing : RX: ne i - ke L % : a Only $1 P 1 J room in Mayfair. a ; : Mr. Shireman looked down into an aquarium and Sap 4 X 3 ~ Bshed (out some Compare this Washer Value with-any other

Teal fish information. : : 2 : i. : that will. at its price or $30 more. You will realize why.

Have Deen lucky “in colora- TO) C/A SR 2 ast a iy 4 Ey thousands of ‘Indianapolis Housewives Buy pie _— eight 1 Judes there are | && 35 4 AE PE ria al SR i 4 Apex and Save the Difference. Jbut there are about 70 different || : wh Sal al i a. : | T Streamlined J wa | |. BLOCK'S—Fitith Floor.

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blends of colors—that’s alone to say nothing of the tropicals.” . | : There swam aro before him

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