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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1953)
Saturday, December 19, 1953 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. Salem. Oregon Par 7 680 t Salem's Friendly Home-Owned Dairy PHONE 3-1 CAPITAL DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS 405 State .Corner of Liberty TANKS GASOLINE - OIL - WATER - STORAGE SEPTIC TANKS V.VV. Rosebrauqh Co. L 7tlTrM'al r'utH Ttiot Lo it Since 1912 Phone 3 .' i . This Year Buy Useful WOOLEN GIFTS DIRECT FROM THE MILL KAY WOOLEN 260 SOUTH CUSTOM LAUNDERED SHIRTS LOOK BETTER 7 FEEL BETTER FIT BETTER Home of Semitone Dry Cleaning Only ZD Ceo. &&&?UZZ2T( Delivery 1264 Broadway tttiy JhMh Phone 3-3165 A Complete Line of PIPE & PLUMBING SUPPLIES Bathroom Fixtures Appliances - Hardware - Mill Supplies Saffron Supply Co. 325 N. Commercial Phone 2-4189, If no answ., dial 3-6478 or 2-4914 StFTHE NEW MODEL 33 CHAIN SAW 2.1 Actual Horsepower 20-lbs. Actual Weigh! 2 ModeI Available 12-inch Blade 16-inch Blade Tovne Equipment Co. 908 Edgewofer I for Doctors, Lawyers, Men cnants, jeacners. Farmers, Auditors. Tax Experts, Real Estate. Mea Traveluuf Men.' t, Hooiemakers, Milkman, Baky cry now jaen, lauodryiaea On fact, anyone who hsa ftaJ l V SOQS0 MM . M- MILL STORE 12th ST. Phone 4-1541 We thank you for your kind patronage during the past 27 years. May we take this opportunity to wish you all a Joy ous Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thomas Roen Chet Pickens ROEN TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Roen Typewriter Exchange Part j Of Salem's Business Structure 27 Years;Thos. Roen Founder Store Located en Court Street Entire Time, But Nat Out- frown It Location Four Timet; Large Departmentaliied Place of Butinett Located at No. 456. ' By R. KENNETH EVANS American are living today in a mechanized age, and strengthening the economic position of commerce, In all communities, in the use of business machines. These mod em machine are time-saver and augment the accuracy of accounting, communi cation and other factor which make for a sound economy. The Roen Typewriter Exchange, 1436 Court street, in Salem, ha been supplying these business machines for 27 year. The business has grown and ex panded, along with the out standing growth that has been experienced by the Capital ! city of Oregon. The store of the i Roen Typewriter Exchange has : been located on Court street from the day of its founding. I Due to the fine patronage ac corded it, from the very be I ginning and the efficient serv ice that has been maintained, j this commercial firm has out , grown its location four times. Today it is known as the "friendly store." Typewriters, adding ma chines, cash registers, calcula tors, duplicating and address- ing machines and, all makes of inew and used portable type ; writers are supplied by the Roen Typewriter Exchange. I The availability of these ma chines is augmented by office furniture such as desks, chairs. Steel Age filing cases, Mellnk safes in all sizes, Including floor safes and, other needed office equipment. , Service Is Paramount I It has long been known that any machine is only as good as the service behind it. Thos. Roen has always been aware of the fact of this statement and, since he first engaged in the office machine business. ; back in Superior, Wise., serv ice has been a paramount pol- ' icy behind every machine sold. I For some 20 years the Roens I were engaged in the office ma chine business in the Wiscon sin city. The family came into the west and located in Salem in 1826 and, established the Roen Typewriter Exchange on Court treet. It was first lo cated In much smaller store space than Is maintained today and its growth and good so ceptance is accredited not only , to the supplying of good ma i chines but, the efficient senr ice behind each machine sold, i The store is well depart mentalized with the various j machines attractively display : ed, each to its own depart ment. This makes it compara ; tively easy for the customer to select the machine in which he is interested. A service department Is maintained in a large room I directly behind the sales and display room. This department under the supervision of Thos. Roen, Jr., better known to the trade and his friends as "Bud." Bud has carefully planned and installed labor saving equipment and work benches in the service shop. The shop is well lighted and ventilated which creates an environment conducive of good work. Bud Roen was raised, in an atmosphere of business machines and has been closely Identified with the business all of his life, with the exception of four years that were spent with the US. air Gladys Pickens James Mason -FOR- 456 Court St., corps, during the last war. Bud saw active duty in the South Pacific theatre and, after being honorably discharged with the grade of technical sergeant, re- j turnea w aaiem ana tne Roen Typewriter Exchange. Bud j has had factory training in; adding machine, typewriter and calculator. j The personnel staff of the Roen Typewriter Exchange : functions as a happy family. ' Mrs. c w. luiaays) Pickens, is office secretary and in the word of her father, Thos. Roen, "knows more about the intimate feature of the busi ness than anyone else connect ed with It." Gladys Pickens has charge of all the office account ing, reports, bookkeeping and general office details. She lit erally grew up in the business which, no doubt, has contrib uted much to her efficiency as office secretary. Chet Pickens is sales mana ger and has been identified with the firm for 15 years. Paul Bale, salesman, devotes much of his time to contacting the office personnel in the state house and supplying of fice machines when they are needed. He also act a city salesman and devotes some of hi time in the (tore. Experienced Mechanic Jame (Jim) Mason, has been a mechanic in the serv ice department for some ten years. He 1 familiar with all of the technical and mechani cal feature of business ma chines and, there is no ma chine in need of repair that cannot be put back into good operation condition by Jim Mason if the machine Itself warrants it. Working along with Jim Mason, in the repair department, is Lee Heffron. Lee has had 30 years experi ence a a typewriter and busi ness machine mechanic. The Roen Typewriter Ex change serves as a dealer for the R. C. Allen business ma chines, along with other na tionally known office equip ment. The success of the Roen Typewriter Exchange and, the arrangements of the store at 458 Court street gained the recognition of the R. C. Allen Business Machines Inc. In their house-organ, "Keyboard," pub lished in March 1893, two fuU pages were devoted to an ar ticle, along with pictures, out lining the fine record that has been established by the Roen Typewriter Exchange in Sa lem. This article, in part, said: Mr. Roen has been adhering to a strict policy of good service to his customers In Salem since 1826. The staff of the Roen Typewriter Exchange reflects an atmosphere of courtesy and 1 friendliness which has profit ably resulted in a reference to Roen's as the "friendly store." Pictures were shown of both interior and exterior of the store and of the suburban trucks which are used for serv ing customers located In Mar ion. Polk, Linn counties as well as occasional service calls into Yamhill and Clackamas counties. These modern service trucks, used to transport ma chines from the commercial centers in the region, to the repair department and, return them when they are back in good operating condition. "Bud" Roen Lee Heffron Salem -moving Across the Street or Across the Nation 1 Capital Cily Transfer Co. 230 S. Front Phone 2-2436 THE ELEGANT NEW '54 DODGE MORE TO IT - MOM IN II - HOIE OF II Stan Baker Motors S2S CHEMEKETA IMS Call 3 Salem SERVING SALEM AND WILLAMETTE VALLEY SINCE 1910 Grabenhbrst Bros., Realtors 114 1 Ubtrtf - InI Estate, Mm smsteteh, frtpertf HsMgiwitt'totmc. Inks Phew 2-2471 j.u -aigj.iusutni.-i- MAKE DAVIDSON'S AAA 24-HOUR TOW SERVICE DAVIDSON 530 Chemeketa Serving Haydife Building Blocks Fireplace Materials Water Proofing Compounds Exculsive Modernfold Door . Complete Lathing & Plastering Spacemaster Door Supplies Ra-tox Folding Door Diimilila Rlnrlr X. 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