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...typically American set of names. There was a Tomlinson, a Kiezanowski, a Morrissey, a Rolek, a Brown and a Selig. They came from all over the country: Westfield, Mass., Oakland, Calif.; Warren, Ark.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Aitkin, Minn.; Clearwater, Fla.; Baltimore...
...sales vice president when he quit in 1929 in the hope of working into the ownership of some likely business. He picked the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, but after two years there, took to the brush again. He rented the first floor of an old tobacco shed in Westfield, Mass., founded Stanley Home Products, and with six associates sold $72,000 worth of polishes and brushes the first year...
Prayers & Pep Talks. Beveridge built his original sales staff around former Fuller employees, kept 51% control of the company for himself. Fond of old-fashioned virtues, he rules his roost with a hand of iron, a heart of gold, and an eye on the Scriptures. His Westfield offices and the nearby Easthampton production plant are dotted with such slogans as: "The vision to see, the faith to believe, and the courage to do." Beveridge opens every business meeting with the Stanley prayer: "0 Lord . . . help me to enter into the mind of everyone who talks with...
...oldtime religion hits a fever pitch in the summer, when thousands of Stanley dealers journey to Westfield for "jamborees." There they are worked into such a state by inspirational company songs and pep talks that women often burst into tears...
Hubert Conover Foster '49 of Westfield, New Jersey and Leverett House was yesterday named manager of next year's varsity baseball team. The announcement was made by Peter N. Toulmin '50, present varsity manager...