Automatic Age

July, 1938
99
AUTOMATIC AGE
27,000 Pennies! And Without
Coin Chutes
A R N T J O H N S O N , rural m ail car­
rier of Pipestone, M inn., turned
in 27,000 pennies a t his local bank
recently and purchased a snow m o­
bile, an dan auto equipped w ith skiis
and crawler treads fo r travel over
the drifts in the w inter tim e.
The pennies accum ulated a t a sur­
prising rate, Johnson explained. He
bought stam ps in sheets a t the post
office and saved the pennies which
were placed in ru ra l m a il boxes to
provide postage fo r letters and pack­
ages th a t were m ailed.
He started storing the pennies in
tobacco tins and the num ber o f tin s
grew fast.
Johnson took them to the bank in
two large m ilk pails, and bank officials
said th a t the heap o f 27,000 pennies
made one o f the largest piles o f one-
cent pieces they had ever encountered.
C.M .A. of N . J. observes
“Flag Day”
C oincident w ith the observance of
F la g Day, the C .M .A . o f N. J . held
its regular m eeting on Tuesday, Ju n e
14th, 1938 a t w hich its members were
surprised to learn th a t F la g D ay
exercises had been prepared by its
Vice-President,
M ilto n
H.
Lewis.
R isin g to speak as soon as the m eet­
in g was called to order by President
M alk in , M r. Lewis addressed the
m em bership and am o ng other things
said.
“ No doubt it w ill n o t be necessary
to rem ind you th a t today being desig­
nated as F la g Day, it is our d uty and
our privilege to salute our co u ntry’s
flag. Therefore, before M an ag er Stein
reads the R o ll Call and a t the sound
of the gavel three tim es, the m em ­
bers w ill rise in trib ute to the flag.
The officers and mem bers w ill face
the flag and give a m ilita ry salute.
F o llo w in g the salute and one sound
o f the gavel from the dais the m em ­
bers w ill resume their seats.”
This ceremony is unique in trade
association m eetings and is an in dica­
tion th a t A m erican business m en are
loyal to A m erican traditions and th a t
Amt Johnson, Pipestone, Minn., with
27,000 pennies he has saved. The to­
bacco cans proved a systematic means
of storage.
the flag of our own country is the
flag w hich still com mands the respect
and ad m iratio n of our m erchants.
F o llo w in g this F la g D ay exercise
the Association fo rm a lly adopted its
Association In sig n ia, w hich is an out­
line of the State of New Jersey in
the lower portion of w hich appears
the num erals, 1938, and in the upper
portion the num ber o f each m ember.
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