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WANTED
MEN AND WOMEN WITH IDEAS ■ i
ywc faut adventt4i*$ idetu? We're looking, for an advertisentent that will tell everyone just liow wonder* ful electric cooking if. If you think you can make up an ad like this, send it along and if we like your idea we'll use it in 30 newspapers of this area. ! j In addition to giving you credit in the ad for your idea, well select the advertisement we think best and send its originator his choice of a toaster, table lamp, electric dock, or hand iron. •
. ! ■ # • You don't have to be an artist... just make up any sort of rovgh drawing ... cut pictures out of magazines or newspapers if you wish . . then write the reasons why you like to use electric cooking. That's all there is to it. : * | • Hints: Most housewives prefer to cook electrically because it's (1) Clean, there's no smoke, soot or fumes; (2) Fast, heat is applied directly to the cooking utensil; (3) Safe; (4) Economical. You don't have to use these features, however, in your ad. We want your ideas, so use your own imagination. kll entries must be received by January 31, 1957 and become the property at the Potomac Edison Systnm Advertising Department. If you want to become an ad writer, just send your idea to: j Advertising Department, Northern Virginia Power Co., Hagerstown, Md<
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