Word: lem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Between lectures at the University of Chicago Small Businessmen's Seminar, Lemuel R. (for Robert) Crockett slipped into the corridor for a smoke. Thin, dapper Lem Crockett was in caskets-V.P. and general manager of the Evansville (Ind.) Casket Co., Inc. Like most U.S. businessmen and manufacturers, he was worried about Government controls...
...Take the last war," Lem explained to a reporter. "Son, the Government buried us in controls. Take sizes, for instance. Before the war we were making a nice job -6 ft. 6 by 26. Along comes the war, and the Government tells us what to make-6 ft. 3 by 22 was the largest. Son, the morticians had to fit them in with a shoehorn. All because the Government didn't know people had been growing bigger." Lem flicked an ash off his brown Palm Beach suit. "You've seen those high-class metal handles. We couldn...
...Lem noted sadly that his real expensive model in all-bronze ("Sell quite a few to Chicago-call it our gangster model") was no more. "Those guys will have to settle for wood," said he with finality...
...Supposing ten years ago your grandmother passed away," continued Lem, bowing his head in an automatic reflex of respect. "Maybe she had one of our high-class caskets, maybe she had the middle or low class. Whatever she had, when tragedy strikes your family again . . . you're going to want the same job as your dear grandmother got. But it can't be done . . . You'll have to have the wood; won't be any more steel. Sure, we can fix up the inside a little extra-more plush and all-but folks like the outside...
...Lawton, Okla., Judge Lem Foster fined Clifton Minner $20 for picking Daniel Clark's pocket, then fined Daniel Clark $20 for public drunkenness...