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Dobson finds dollars in a "haunted" house
JT'HE Shirley House had a reputation. th< in to conic to prei ho.*, p uv hud put ,'ii A People sa .1 it > it h nri!-',rl C'ulamlv cud ti ru>n wi*ni dec./, tlie oah ul *ho t
5t was an eyesore as it hid in an overgrowth lh * o 'it hmiMifd old Hmlej House
of brush, with shutters tightly locked, its
DiK,on not onh not ever cent of h"
boards bare and unpaintcd.
..mm . link vln tne Sl.uVv Hou.c was
Dobson, master painter, didn't believe in ghosts. But he saw in the1 Shirley House an idea for a money-making `'Save the Surface" campaign.
He approached the owner with some "Save the Surface" facts, and,agreedto paint'the SI ill* / IIou iMdi'.v/ rh m -ai iL dn. e. ol the profil*- if thuhuiM c miU lu M la t few weel:1 *pn , tl. Shirk y Il ''o l * l< ok cm a new and brip,htoi ?oo\ Thn launched.his "Save the 'Surface"
sold at a ne. *l moht. He. d-o seemed to i >ny pmnlin coiitmc-s fr*ni poo]*lc who liodioii.t to* '"i theil ij o v -alldSLurlev Houpv th it two t ic v men vC acvie. I to hii pe-mt m\\ Ami the in.m ol ad pouitsxi work `tiUgtv to Dolt, in
Not all p rut err hive Dol> on'* opportun if But with the. lu'p of the* Sivclhc Sui fv* " rimp ign, on.. pj*ut*i c..n pioiitublv e.aplth. rvu and pc,->iuJ v j Uic rc
udl jninte. 1 hoivx o
campaign.
You fellow town'p.oplc wmit bet
\ -aThe local newspapers carried Dob-'
i" homes nl linttu u>n Tdlfhe.ni;
son's: invitation to inspect the much "
' h . it imji'i to .<, rh> surface
i
changed Sh'rU v House. The lor i*
You'll find ihot i real, 1 ve inlrest in
movietheatre flashed his message on
vmu hour i/>'vn will urn over enough
the screen, D' 1 n-i .1 uni in in vitation to all his prospects asking
punting worklokiij) emu bu'* eve.iv 'month of the year.
This advertisement appears in the following publicationsAmerican Painter 6f Decorate)--April '
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