Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Minneapolis 71, Fort Wayne...
After 16 years of profit-sharing, W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co.'s 1,766 workers were used to bonuses. But last week, in the main plant at Fort Madison, Iowa, a notice went up that set men & women dancing among the machines. For the latest quarter, their bonus would total 50% of their pay-by far the biggest in Sheaffer's history, and more than double the previous quarter...
Sheaffer has been learning the reasons since 1908, when, as a ten-year-old, he watched his father, Walter A. Sheaffer, experiment with messy medidne-dropper-filled pens in his Fort Madison jewelry shop. Father Sheaffer got the bright idea of putting the dropper inside, scraped up $35,000 in capital, and in 1913 started his company. Craig, after two years in college, hurried back to the business. In 1921, his father took a big risk. When most pens sold for $2.75, he brought out one for $8.75-with a "lifetime" guarantee. The gamble paid off, and Sheaffer became...
...Fort Wayne 79, Baltimore...
...Fort Wayne 76, Rochester...