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...spending of the 35 to 44 group is expected to give a mighty lift to such key segments of the economy as housing, furniture, appliances, apparel, autos and financial services. Already this group spends 50% more than the average consumer for furniture and one-third more for appliances. John Widdicomb Co., a top-of-the-line furniture manufacturer, has increased its advertising to attract these people, while Chicago's John M. Smyth Co. retail furniture chain has expanded its interior decorating services to appeal to the more sophisticated customer entering early middle...
...year-old Widdicomb Furniture Co. had been the first big Grand Rapids producer to go completely contemporary. In 1942 it hired star Manhattan Designer Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings to match the best Queen Anne and Louis Quatorze with sleek modern. By this year most other companies had gotten into the act, were turning out their own handsome lines in native American woods. An outspoken critic (Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale) of both fake antique and engine-room modern, Robsjohn-Gibbings sounded off for Grand Rapids modern last week. Said he: "People aren't fools. In general, the public taste is right...
...nine: Imperial Furniture Co., Mueller Furniture Co., Johnson Furniture Co., Johnson, Handley & Johnson, Grand Rapids Chair Co., The Widdicomb Furniture Co., Ralph Morse Furniture Co., John Widdicomb Co., Brower Furniture...
...dropped his support of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 when the G. 0. P. split, but has voted Progressively for the Norris Muscle Shoals bill. No Congressman spends more time on the nation's business than Representative Mapes. He has a little law office in Grand Rapids' Widdicomb Building, seldom gets home...
George R. Widdicomb has been elected manager of the Andover football team for next year...
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