Word: jarman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accessories department and served as sportswear editor. In 1954 she moved to General Shoe's newly acquired I. Miller as fashion coordinator of the wholesale branch, next year was hired as general manager and vice president of Miller's retail operations by General Shoe Chairman W. Maxey Jarman, who was convinced that fashion rather than comfort sold women's shoes. Jerry Stutz showed such a fine eye for fashion that shoe sales rose 20%; she became one of industry's highest-paid women, at an estimated $40,000 a year...
...laid out in Manhattan, the wristwatch advertisement showed a model, one Pete Jarman, in a false beard impersonating an antarctic explorer who had found the watch just the thing for polar expeditions. It was good, hard-selling copy of the Hathaway eyepatch school. And sell it did when the ad appeared a fortnight ago in Havana newspapers. Grinning and snickering, Cubans quickly bought out the local dealer's whole stock. But in spite of the ad's success, further publication was hastily suspended. Reason: Jarman-in-a-beard was a dead ringer for Fidel Castro, the tenacious rebel...
...spending $26 million for expansion this year: "We have good reason to anticipate improvement in 1957 in many of the industries which Borg-Warner serves. Sales are on the upcurve in automotive and farm-equipment parts, chemicals, aviation components and oilfield tools." ¶General Shoe Corp. Chairman W. Maxey Jarman: "People are buying freely. Employment is good. Retail business will definitely be up this year. I can see no signs of a recession or depression." ¶ Walgreen Co. President Charles R. Walgreen Jr.: "There are no signs of a recession in the drug industry. We are experiencing the best year...
Died. Pete Jarman, 62, longtime (1937-49) Congressman from Alabama and postwar (1949-53) U.S. Ambassador to Australia; of a heart attack; in Washington...
...plants. By 1941, his integrated company had 43 retail stores of its own, 10,000 other outlets, and sales of $24 million. Last year, with outlets in 18 nations, sales hit a new peak of $84 million, and General netted $4,000,000. Just before buying Johnston & Murphy, Maxey Jarman expanded by buying Massachusetts' W. L. Douglas (men's) Shoe Co. and the Nisley Shoe Co., a chain of 45 retail stores in the Midwest. He now has 23 manufacturing plants, more than 200 retail stores and 10,000 employees...