Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1940 — Page 9
‘CANNING, FARM ~ MEET FEB. 6-7
Foals Plant Diseases on Program at Purdue 13th Parley. «»
: The 13th annual conference of na canners, fieldmen and meda] winning farmers will be held at Purdue Feb. 6 and 7. »
The first day’s discussion will include tomato plant diseases in relation to plant production and transportation, tomato plant certification, diseases of field tomatoes and their relation to the source of Plants. The discussion will be led by Purdue specialists, and representatives of the U. S. Department of AgriCulture Ys commercial concerns. The World Today” will be discussed by Dr. L. M. Sears, Purdue, at the first day's noon luncheon. . The second day. will be devoted to talks on seeding of tomatoes, fertilization, production of quality tomatoes, restoring soil fertility, spraying tomatoes to prevent disease damage, and leaf defoliation experiment progress report. The annual banquet, concluding the conference, will feature the awards of medals to several hundreds of Indiana's best tomato growers.
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Three Brothers Carry on in Business Founded by Father."
‘Bill, Harry and Sam Barrett haven't had much change in their lives. Today at 66, 64 and 60 years of age, respectively, they are managing the hardware store at 530 E Washington St., which their father, Haiman Barrett, founded in 1878 in the same ‘location. They have spent their entire lives with the store. Sam even was born in an apartment which the elder Mr. and Mrs, Barrett once maintained above the place of business. Share Management
‘None of the three went to college. They went to work in the store as soon as they werk able because they all thought they should help out their parents. .Bill does the buying, Harry han-
dles the wholesale end of the business and Sam oversees the seven
duties. They don’t have any particular titles. They don’t need them. Each knows what to do. The store remains much the same. as when their father founded it, except it now occupies all three floors of the original structure and an addition has been built extending it back to Court St. The elder Mr. Barrett founded the store as a second-hand shop after bribing his way out of Poland with his wife’s dowry money. Two years after he came to this country he sent for Mrs. Barrett, whom he was not able to bring along with him at the time he made his flight into Germany to escape compulsory military service in the Russian
Army. Second Oldest in City
Bill Barrett, who serves as a sort of spokesman for the group, says that no matter how tough business gets or can get he will always feel lucky that his dad fled from old Poland. The store was changed into a hardware store in 1890 and since that time has been known as “the place where you can get anything in the hardware line,” Bill says. Next to Vonnegut’s Hardware Co, it is the oldest in Indianapolis.
There have never been any fires in the store nor holdups, and only a few minor burglaries. Bill and Sam live together at 6471 Central Ave. Their widowed sister, Mrs. Fred Williams, who also is an equal owner in the business, keeps house for them. Harry lives at 3660 Coliseum Ave. Harry has three children and Mrs. Willlams
two. Backs Roosevelt .
Arthur Barrett, a son of Harry, is now working in the store. The brothers expect the business to pass on to the younger generation, and to continue to be operated as a family enterprise.
establish branches of the store. Bill
employees in addition to other
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he can President Roosevelt for President in 1940. “I realize this may sound a little radical for a business man. But I don’t think we have had a President since Abraham Lincoln who
man as has President Roosevelt.” Bill doesn’t advise young men to go into the hardware business. He says that building has reached a saturation point and that there will not be any big buildings, except maybe a few factories, built in Indianapolis for the next 25 or 30 years. Office spd¢e in the present buildings now is only partially filled, he says. The building business has been maintained by the policies of the Federal Government encouraging home building, and now ‘it seems the Government is tending to slacken up on that, he explains. The hardware business depends much on the building industry for its trade. “We are thankful that our dad skimped and saved to start up this business and that we didn’t have to start out on our own. We are fortunate and we appreciate it,” Bill concludes.
TAILOR’S IN A TRAILER FINDLEY, O., Jan. 26 (U. P.)— Elmer Runkle, the “tailor in a trailer,” and his wife are touring the United States, making trousers and sewing on buttons as they go along.
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LANGDON TO SEEK LEGISLATIVE SEAT
Without “any platform of promises or threats,” Fay Albert Langdon, Bates Motor Transport Lines
district manager, today was a Republican candidate for State Representative. In his announcement yesterday, Mr. Langdon said he had “no pet laws and no grievances.” Publicity director of the Indiana Motor Traffic Association, Mr, Langdon for 10 months conducted a radio traffic safety program. He is chairman of the inactive Junior Republicans, Tae. He lives at 3330 N. Meridian
SEVEN ROADS CLOSED FOR HIGHWAY WORK
Only eight detours were - in effect
on Indiana highways | this week. They were: : U. 8. 20—East of Michigan City, 15 miles; Ind. 26—Near Oakford, three miles and east of Fairmount, three miles; U. S. 30—In Valparaiso and east, three miles; Ind. 62—West of Road 129, seven miles; Ind. 67— Near Martinsville; Ind. 120—West of
Barretts of Washington St. Share in Management Of Second Oldest (Since 1890) Hardware Store in City
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Left to right, Bill, Father. Haiman, Sam and Harry Barrett . « « the father used his bride's dowry to
Snow Delights Honor, Tex.
Times Special HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 26.—This region was visited with one inch of snow this week and press and public went mildly haywire. On the front page of the Houston Press was a picture of Miss Mare garet Simmons, 19, making a snowball, It was the first snow she had ever seen.
ices driving in snow? Read this.” The story quoted a traffic policeman as saying “Above all, drive slowly.” Another story told of a 7-year-old boy who, having spent Christmas holidays in Indiana, brought back a sled. He hadn't figured on the snow, but turned out to be the envy of the entire juvenile population of the city. The headline, which indicates the voltage of the news, read: “Boy Rides to School on Sled.”
,|Some Deal With Retirement
Another story was headed: “Nov-
Road 27, and Ind. 218—From Delphi
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BILLS ARE FILED
Fund Benefits and Other ‘Pension Proposals.
Although the next session of the Indiana General Assembly is a year away, 12 bills have been filed for introduction wilh the State Legislative Bureau.
The first measures deal with re-
pension proposals, along with business and professional regulation | bills, according to Herbert Kinney, bureau director. Under the law Mr. | Kinney is not permitted to make!
groups sponsoring them give approval fcr public distribution. Legislators predict that the main issues of the next legislature will involve drastic revisions of relief administration in Indiana to correct some of the abuses disclosed during grand jury investigations here and in Lake County. Also tax law revisions are expected to be proposed in great numbers along with measures providing
-{more strict control of meat inspec-
tion in Indiana. One of the major bills expected to be introduced is one providing for a hospitalization insurance program for families in the middle and low income groups. A health insurance bill was passed by the 1939 legislature but it was declared unconstitutional bceause of 2 Sechnicalily in the wording of its e.
SHE BELIEVES SHE'LL KEEP. HOME, ESTATE
SALEM, Mass, Jan. 28 (U. PJ). —Jf Miss Bessie Thomas of Swampscott remains single—and she says she will—she will have a homestead and life income from. a $40,000 trust fund. If she marries the estate goes to the Protestant Episcopal Church
of Swampscott, under the will, of
her mother Clara, who died Dec, 27. Miss Thomas is 61.
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We Offer Our Congratulations to the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce on Their
50th Anniversary.
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explains, since the brothers didn't think it was wise. Bill reads a lot and is well versed in the topics of the day. He has traveled extensively ' over the United States. His chief hobby is the building of rock structures, ‘bridges and benches on the twoacre tract on which his home is built. As ‘to politics, Bill says he has always been a firm believer in President Roosevelt until the last| few weeks when it seems “he got the war bee in his hat.” But, Bill still doesn’t think there is any other man on the national scene he can support as readily as
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