The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 23, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 June 1978 — Page 28

Tom Socks features sportswear Tom Socks Store for Men was founded in 1955 by Tom Socks, a native of Anderson. Specializing in casual wear for men, Tom Socks prospered and Tom Prickett joined the firm in 1959. Construction began in 1961 on an addition to house the expansion into ladies sportswear, too. At this time, it became known as Tom Socks Sportswear. Following the death of Mr. Socks. Tom and Nancy Prickett purchased the store from Betty Socks. They operated the store until May of 1975 when they sold it to former employee Teri Caskey and husband, Jim. Mrs. Caskey had managed a men’s store in Elkhart for 7 1 2 years before returning to Tom Socks. Ben Franklin came to s Syracuse in 1973 Any town that shows any promise for growth needs a good, well-stocked department store. And Syracuse, being such a community, has just this type of store. It’s the Ben Franklin Store, located in Wawasee Village on Pickwick Road. The store marked its opening on November 7,1973, and since that time the store has shown continued growth. Part of this gorwth is due to a growing community, but as much as this is the fact that the store’s managers. Bob and Diane Marion, have kept the store well

Thursday, June 29 Thru Ik' 1 I Wednesday, July 5 "Birthday Sale-A-Bration" i'. It's Our 3rd Birthday! X - ONE WEEK ONLY - X. Ladies' x BETTER DRESSES i GOLF SLACKS 30% off ”J sundresses sums sport coats y_ 30% OFF CASUAL SLACKS Long Sleeve DRESS SHIRTS 20% off 20% OFF TENNIS SHORTS 20% off .T.X" SWIMWEAR 10% off . (+■ ______ I 20%-60% off yv TENNIS SHOES 20% off \ ■<. 'Tom Socks sportswear , X* SaLmSa wawasee village phone 457-3664 £ -J 9 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30-5:30 Open Friday Saturday 9 To 6 dNwEgJS /i Sundays & Holidays 10 To 1

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stocked with up-to-date mechandise. They are good, first class merchandisers. The Ben Franklin Store is well lighted and has wide, accommodating isles where shoppers can browse around at their leisure. Cordial clerks are always available to make shopping easier. The store shares a big parking lot with tis neighbor, Hook’s Drugs, and over 50 vehicles may be parked at one time “right at our front door,’’ so says Mr. Marion. Following is just a sample of the merchandise on easy display at Ben Franklin’s: Fabric, ready-to-wear, shoes, automotive, health and beauty aids, stationery, greeting cards, toys, small appliances, jewelry, hardware and paints, domestics and an all-around assortment of summer vacation needs. If you're a permanent resident or a summer vacationer, you’ll do yourself and your family favor by visiting the Ben Franklin Store in Wawasee Village.

The Mail-Journal serves the Lakeland area

The Lakeland community is fortunate in having one of the largest and best equipped printing plants in the Midwest. It’s The Papers Incorporated, with the main printing plant located at Milford. The present facility has as its flagship The Mail-Journal, a weekly newspaper issued each Wednesday and serving the best interests of the Lakeland area with local news of people you know. The Mail-Journal and its sister publications, several issues of 'the paper’ are produced by the offset process and represent the finest in photojournalism. They are loaded with pictures of local people and events, and The Mail-Journal is on sale over the counter through the area. With around 60 employees and “an

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army” of young deliverypersons, the firm has offices in Syracuse, Warsaw, Goshen, and Elkhart. The company has its own delivery system serving door-to-door customers in Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties and parts of Marshall and Noble Counties. Aside from its own The Papers Incorporated prints a host of other newspapers, shoppers and commercial work from as far away as 100 miles. The printing plant is fully computerized. The reputation of the company has grown to a point where it is a topic of conversation at regional and state meetings of journalists and advertising accounts executives.