Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 December 1938 — Page 16

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1 STORE STAFFS PLAN HOLIDAY

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4 manager of the L. 8. Ayres & Co,

Fusic Groups to Carol; Gifts,

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OBSERVANCES

. creased today with the announce-

And Bonuses to .Be Distributed.

The tempo of pre-Christmas festivities in Indianapolis was in-

ment of various stores and firms of holiday observances for employees. W. Rowland Allen, personnel

announced that, although no formal observance would be held by the management, employees would follow their usual custom of holding spontaneous celebrations throughout the store. Chiief of these, he said, will be th rendition of Christmas carols from the first floor balcony by the Ayres Christmas Carolers, a choir of 38 women organized 17 years ago. The choir will sing from 4 to 4:30 p.. m. daily, beginning Monday and lasting ‘through Saturday. The L. S. Ayres & Co. Colored Glee Club, an organization of 10 singers, will stroll through: the streets Christmas eve singing Mristmas. carols. The glee club, orized by the employees themselves, is under the direction of! Clifford Long, a nonemployee.

Block to Give Address

During the day, members of va-| vious! departmehts will hold breakfasts and teas, and informal cele‘brations will be held by other de-

partments following closing of the!¥ 0 for & /n mi

‘store.

Employees-of the William H. Block |: Co. will gather in the store after):

closing hours to. hear the annual

Christmas address of M. S. Block,|. which will be broadcast throughout:

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the store over the public address system. The Christmas Eve talk, is. an-an-nual function and was instituted several years ago. It carries Christ|/mas greetings from the management to the employees. Miss Ruth Noller, organist, will give two half-hour recitals of Christmas music each day beginning today and continuing through Saturday on the company orgatron in the store’s sixth floor auditorium. Recitals will be given from 12:30 to 1 p. m. and 3 to 3:30 p. m. Children to Be Clothed ; Harry Wright, manager of the Star Store, said: “We will follow

our usual custom, and will clothe] ° 15 or 20 children through the com-

bined efforts of the store and thegties, heve the lowest average civil

employees.” O. E. Campbell, manager of the local J. C. Penney: Store, announced a cash Christmas bontis, equivalent io two weeks salary, for all regular employees. This has been a regular practice of the Penney Co. for the last two years, Mr. Campbell said.

The «Crown Laundry & Dry|

Cleaning Co. employees will hold a Christmas supper and party at the laundry Wednesday, Walter H. Montgomery, president, announced. Gifts will be distributed to the employees; he said. Presents will be given to employees by the management of Good-

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SURVEY SHOWS TAX RATE HERE

Levies Lowest Where Cities own Al Utilities, League Reports.

Two Indiana cities, which own their water, light and heating util-

city tax rates in the state, a survey by the Indiana Municipal League showed today. Indianapolis, owning a gas utility, has the highest tax rate in the state, according to ‘the survey, which was taken on the basis of

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palities. The two cities with the lowest rate are ett, with a ci rate of 34 cents, and Linton, with a rate of 50 cents. Their average rate is 42 cents. : The survey, just completed by the league, classifies In a municipalities according to the kind and number of utilities they own and operate. The classificatons are: No utilities; water, light and heating utilities; water and light utilities; water utilities; gas and light utilities.

Twenty-seven cities operating no utilities have the highest average rate, with the exception of Indianapolis, of $1.1496. Indianapolis’ civil city rate in effect this year is $1.25. Cities owning an electric power utility tend toward lower tax rates than those owning only a water or only a gas utility. But cities owning both water and light utilities have lower rates than those with only a single utility, the survey showed. Th eaverage rate for three Indi-

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: —-- ana municipalities owning light utilities is 53.67 cents, compared to the average rate of 43 cities owning water utilities with an average tax rate of 95.65 cents. League officials explained that the difference was in the tendency for a light utility to make greater prof-

its than a water utility. These profits usually were put in the cities’ general funds to reduce . the tax loads, they said. In 25 cities operating both water and light utilities, the average civil rate is 53.38 cents, according to the survey. :

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