Leo Navarre Wins a Car
Iron Foundry Worker Wins Kroger Sedan
What Am I Supposed to Do, Fall Dead?" He Asks When Notified of 'Break'
A Detroit Times story from the 1930s reports that Leo Navarre walked to work at an Ecorse foundry today, but tonight he will ride home in his new De Soto sedan. It was presented to him today, making him the eleventh winner of a new sedan given away by the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company in its "twister" contest open to Kroge
"What am I supposed to do, fall dead or something?" asked Navarre, unbelieving when he was interrupted at his work. Then, as he walked out the factory door and surveyed the glistening new sedan, he murmured to himself, "Oh boy, oh boy."
Work was almost suspended at the factory where Navarre works while his fellow workers admired his new DeSoto. "My wife and I spent a lot of time trying to calculate how many pounds of butter the Kroger stores sold last week."
The answer was 125,946 pounds.
Mrs. Navarre was no less surprised than her husband. "Don't tell me we've won a car!" she exclaimed at her home at 4514 Monroe Avenue in Ecorse. "I'm so glad. We have patronized Kroger stores for ten years and now, although the store is nearly a mile away at 4050 West Jefferson Avenue, we go way over there to buy.
We bought $8 worth of groceries at one time and my husband had all of us writing numbers that he had picked for the winning numbers. I wrote some and my seven-year-old son Billie wrote some. He wrote down the winning number, although his father figured it out."
The Navarres are lifelong residents of Ecorse as were their parents before them.
What Am I Supposed to Do, Fall Dead?" He Asks When Notified of 'Break'
A Detroit Times story from the 1930s reports that Leo Navarre walked to work at an Ecorse foundry today, but tonight he will ride home in his new De Soto sedan. It was presented to him today, making him the eleventh winner of a new sedan given away by the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company in its "twister" contest open to Kroge
"What am I supposed to do, fall dead or something?" asked Navarre, unbelieving when he was interrupted at his work. Then, as he walked out the factory door and surveyed the glistening new sedan, he murmured to himself, "Oh boy, oh boy."
Work was almost suspended at the factory where Navarre works while his fellow workers admired his new DeSoto. "My wife and I spent a lot of time trying to calculate how many pounds of butter the Kroger stores sold last week."
The answer was 125,946 pounds.
Mrs. Navarre was no less surprised than her husband. "Don't tell me we've won a car!" she exclaimed at her home at 4514 Monroe Avenue in Ecorse. "I'm so glad. We have patronized Kroger stores for ten years and now, although the store is nearly a mile away at 4050 West Jefferson Avenue, we go way over there to buy.
We bought $8 worth of groceries at one time and my husband had all of us writing numbers that he had picked for the winning numbers. I wrote some and my seven-year-old son Billie wrote some. He wrote down the winning number, although his father figured it out."
The Navarres are lifelong residents of Ecorse as were their parents before them.