anaheim-bulletin 1959-04-13

YOUR MONEY’S WORTH ‘Club’ Furnishes Reliable House Maintenance and Repair Service By Sylvia Pocter How would you like to have reliable house maintenance and repair service at your command 24 hours a day, seven days a week? How would you like to get the competent service at prevailing prices immediately in an emergency and within a reasonable time in other cases — no matter whether your need was for a TV man or a tree sprayer, an electrician or an exterminator? How would you like to get the service in a package deal — involving a call to only one telephone number at a home service clearinghouse, a single bill from the clearinghouse only once a month? Of course, you would like it and chances are you would be willing to pay an annual fee to get peace of mind about home repairs and to have the servicemen available to you when you want them. Which explains the phenomenal success and just in the past few months, the spectacular growth of a new concept in service to the homeowner — and why a 35-year-old resident of Roslyn, Long Island, by the name of Arthur Yeckes is a superb candidate for America’s next class of self-made millionaires. The idea of a service “club” for homeowners is not entirely new. There are established clubs in Los Angeles and Detroit. Two Years Old But Yeckes — who began operating his Allied Homeowners Assn. out of his own house less than two years ago — has developed some new services. will answer an emergency call at any hour. When a contractor does a job for a member, he bills the AHA and before paying, Yeckes deducts 10 per cent as his commission. The AHA bills the member once a month for all services the member used during the month. The idea is basic and simple. Yeckes brings the right homeowner and right contractor together and for this service he collects a membership fee from the homeowner, a commission from the contractor. The contractors like the idea because it gives them a mass market and they don’t have to worry about collecting from their customers. The homeowners like it because the clearinghouse finds the contractors for them, guarantees the work won’t be shoddy or the prices outrageous. From nothing in June 1957, AHA has grown to a membership of 2,500 and, “I could have many more, but I can’t take in too much territory around here and still keep control of the situation,” says Yeckes. Members are now channeling an average of almost $300 a year in home repairs, $1 million a year up, gross work through AHA’s telephones. Going National And now Yeckes is going national, establishing branch AHAs on a franchise basis. (He charges $1,000 for a franchise, takes $1 from each initial membership subscription and 1 per cent of the gross work done. “It’s worth it,” he declares. “I’m giving essential know-how.” Apparently, many others agree. In the past couple of months, he has franchised local Winter Wheat Crops Estimates Revealed. WASHINGTON (UPI)—The agriculture Department today pledged a winter wheat crop of 9000 bushels will be harvested year. This estimate compares production of 1,179,924,000 lb of winter wheat in 1958. The estimated crop, added previously estimated produce 233,000,000 bushels of spring wheat would mean a total wheat cation 1,199,236,000 bushels this. This compares with all wheeled production of 1,462,218,000 bushels 1958. The condition of the 1958 crop as of April 1 was esti- at $4 per cent of normal. Pa- were reported at 80 per cent of the same date. SACKED OUT BUFFALO, N. Y. (UPI)—Mary Panek, 65, laid claim paper sack containing $10,000 which three boys fo- a vacant lot. She told poli- hid the money in the lot bldd“I was going away for a fe- didnt want to leave it house.” The idea of a service "club" for homeowners is not entirely new. There are established clubs in Los Angeles and Detroit. Two Years Old But Yeckes — who began operating his Allied Homeowners Assn. out of his own house less than two years ago — has developed some unique angles which have wide appeal. And his concept is now starting to sweep the country. Specifically, here is how it works. Members of the Allied Homeowners Assn. pay an annual fee of $10 for the first year, $5 annually thereafter. In return, they get the privilege of calling AHA's central switchboard whenever they want the services of over 250 contractors, suppliers and specialists in about every possible type of repair work a home could require. AHA has carefully screened each contractor on its list. It guarantees the contractor's work will be satisfactory, that the prices quoted will be in line with the general level, that a serviceman will show up when called even for a picayune job, that a repairmen It's lots of FUN to dial your own long distance calls Have you tried Direct Distance Dialing yet? It's the most modern thing in telephoning, the fast new way to call friends or family out of town. Enjoy the extra fun and satisfaction of dialing your own call tonight. "DDD" is always yours at low, Station-to-Station rates (see below). See how little it costs to call someone in... Bakersfield . $ ,70 Sacramento . $1.15 Redding . 1.25 San Francisco . 1.10 Station-to-Station rates, not including tax, for 3 minutes after 6 p.m. weekdays and all day Sunday. ANAHEIM The men and women of Pacific Telephone in Anaheim New business officer Keystone P-1101 Winter Wheat Crop Estimates Revealed WASHINGTON (UPI)—The Agriculture Department today predicted a winter wheat crop of 966,236 bushels will be harvested this year. This estimate compares with production of 1,179,924,000 bushels winter wheat in 1958. The estimated crop, added to previously estimated production of 13,000,000 bushels of spring wheat, would mean a total wheat crop of 199,236,000 bushels this year. This compares with all wheat production of 1,462,218,000 bushels in 1958. The condition of the 1959 rye crop as of April 1 was estimated at 84 per cent of normal. Pastures were reported at 80 per cent of normal of the same date. SACKED OUT BUFFALO, N. Y. (UPI) — Mrs. Mary Panek, 65, laid claim to a super sack containing nearly 10,000 which three boys found in vacant lot. 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