Word: heitman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite President Roosevelt, there was evidence last week that the U. S. is returning to horse & buggy days. In Huntingburg, Ind., President Herman Heitman of Huntingburg Wagon Works (largest in the U. S.) announced: "The Depression didn't affect us in the least and today we are expanding. Present trends indicate a decided increase in business...
...Buggyman Heitman has 80 men working six days and three nights a week. Last year they turned out 9,000 wagons and 3,000 buggies by hand. More than half were sold in Louisiana, where descendants of French Acadians dislike automobiles. The bearded, button-shunning Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania also give Herman Heitman much business. Explained he last week: "The Amish people are unalterably opposed to ostentation in any form...