Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 January 1942 — DEKOCK SUPPLY CO. ENTERTAINS LARGE CROWD AT FREE SHOW MONDAY NITE [ARTICLE]

DEKOCK SUPPLY CO. ENTERTAINS LARGE CROWD AT FREE SHOW MONDAY NITE

The free entertainment sponsored by the DeKoek Supply Go. Monday evening in the local school building attracted a ..very large croivd. Ralph DeKoek welcomed the people and introduced Victor Babcock, Jasper county Triple-A chairman. Mr. Babcock spoke briefly on the affects the all-out war was, and would be having on farmers. "He urged the sale of scrap iron. Mr. DeKock then introduced Mr. Ed Davis, a representative of the International Harvester Company. Mr. Davis outlined the International dealer’s Rlue Ribbon plan, which is a plan fo r the complete overhauling- of „ farm machinery by trained Blue Ribbon mechanics. TTo presented W. Hammerton with a diamond studded pip for his three year service as a blue ribbon mechanic and George Kamrninga with his first year, pin The Blue Ribbon is the customer’s guarantee that '.the farm ■■machine braving the blim ribbon is in ,\-T shape. Mv. Bruce Jordan, Hollywood sound mail, was then introduced by Mr. DeKoek. and conducted the urogram from then , on. Communitv singim: opened the entertainment, with the aceompanient boiiw rJnvd on an accordion hv a member of Mr. Jordan’s grouiV Alvin Verne Schema smlg “You are Mv Sunshine” as a solo. Resides the accordionist, who was featured in Solosf. a sitwer ;m/l dancer entertained tVm laved crowd Mr. Jordan exolained .some of hw work as a sound man for screen and radio and gave demonstrations of what he could imitate with his voice. Three movie reels were shown- in the program, all beim* verv ent'-v. 1 riiring and interesting, Mr. Jordan eloped the show hv having all Present sine “God Bless America”.