NAVY EXCHANGE NOTES
SPRING FESTIVALS in various parts of the world are a part of the month of March as
the annual spring clearance sale at Macy*s. We*ve decided to combine the elements
of both to give you a SPRING CLEARANCE FESTIVAL of values and sale items starting
Monday, 26 March 1962.
ON SALE AT SPECIAL clearance prices will be items of women*s clothing, records, yard
goods and many other items in the various departments throughout the store.
WITH SPRINGTIME COMES CLEANUP TIME and your chores around the house can be made
easier if you’ll get yourself some of the usefull household appliances now in good
supply at the Navy Exchange, From Automatic Coffee Makers to ice crushers, hand
sweepers to vacum cleaners and hand mops to floor polishers, we’ve got a fine sel
ection of time saving devices that will give you more time for everything!
ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING • IN -THE LOWER 48 is the big signs to have your car given
that Spring Tuneup. On Adak your car should have a tuneup more often than normally
recommended# Adak's weather and road conditions make proper maintenance of your
car a necessity and the Safety Inspection which is forthcoming (and annual too) is
another reason to check your muffler, etc#. If The Navy Exchange Garage doesn’t
have the muffler you need in stock you can order it now and insure that when the
Safety Inspection time rolls around you'll be ready#
WHEN JOHN PAUL JONES was making history for our Navy in the early 1800’s, shipboard
personnel had to rely on "bumboaters" or private merchants,' who rowed out into the
harbor to peddle tobbacco, sweets and other necessities to the men on board our
ships. The-sailors of those days would place their money in a pail and lower it
to the merchant who would send the merchandize back by the same means#. Needless
to say, selection and quality of merchandize was more often poor than not. It was
to prevent these shortcomings, that congress in 1909 established Ship's Stores r on
board our ships. This was only the beginning of expanding services to the men of
^ our Navy and-their families. Imagine the service you'd get if you had to depend on
p. "bumboaters” from Seattle? It's your Exchange, use it!
QUESTION: What is a Special Order and how is it placed?
ANSWER: A Special Order is an order for merchandize not normally carried in stock
and placed at the request of an individual customer. The special order desk is loc
ated in the Exchange Office on the 2nd deck of the Exchange building. Our Special
Order clerk will assist you in selecting your merchandize from our catalogs and plac
the order for you. When the merchandize is receivedyou will be notified to pick up
your order in the retail store.
LIMITATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 1* $1000 maximum# 2. Payment will be made when the
merchandize is picked up. 3. Please pick up your orders promptly after they are
received. 4. Do not place an order unless you are certain that, you will be able to
pay for it when it is received. 5. Mark-up is the same as that placed on stock
items. 6. Please do not ask for special orders of items identical or nearly equal
to merchandise in stock. 7, Please do not ask for special orders for items costing
lass than $5.00 unless you have a special need for the item such as a:repair or
replacement part, phonograph needles, projector bulbs, camera fittings,- etc. 8.No
additional charge is made for special orders. 9. Please have as much information
available as possible when you place your order (ie; brand name, model number, sixe
color, etc.)..
THE BEAUTY OF SPRING should be reflected in your hair style, an appointment at the
Exchange Beauty Shop will be certain to give you that refreshing appearance of
Spring. Call Mrs. Marj Barker at 515J or 355 or Miss Vicke Thomas at 515J or 053J.