Example in our own home
town . . For three decades.
1939 The Necktie Workers Organization
is located at
1317 Delaware Ave., Wellston, St. Louis County, MO
(West side, between Page Boulevard and Lenox Avenue)
1940 June 13 San Jose Evening News -
Neckties not a Racket! (see clipping on the right)
1941 Necktie Workers Organization is
located at
6150 Bertha Ave., Wellston, St. Louis County, MO
The building is
still in use today. Sandorn Maps indicate the
building was
constructed after 1939. Business is booming!
Now mailing out over a million pieces
a year.
1942 May 30 See article on
the right ..The
Miami News -
Necktie Workers Organization
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1951
"In St. Louis, the Necktie Workers Organization, in business
many years, sent out unordered neckties for which it asked $1 on
the representation that this would provide work for handicapped
persons"
Coronet Volume 30 Arnold Gingrich &
David A. Smart, 1951 - Social Science
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November 10, 1958 Miami
News
Necktie Workers, 6150 Bertha, Wellston, MO ("Only hires disabled
employees")
Not for profit solicitation for the disabled is exposed.
Tie Scheme Knotted Here .
Miami News - Google News Archive - Nov 10, 1958
Craig named the solicitors as The Necktie Workers , 6150 Bertha
Ave, Wellston, St Louis County Mo The group is Identified as a
nonprofit organization ...
