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Robert Anthony "Rob" KELLIKER

1877-1971
Born: Brunswick, Chariton, Missouri, United States
Died: Blue Springs, Jackson, Missouri, United States of America

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    <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p><span style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: arial">Retires After</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: arial">52 Years as</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20.5pt; font-family: arial">A Salesman</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: arial">R. A. Keliiker of</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: arial">Brunswick</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: arial"> Now Has</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: arial">Sons &#39;On the Road&#39;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt">BRUNSWICK</span><span style="font-size: 9pt">, Jan. 13&mdash; Robert</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">A. Kelliker of </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">Brunswick</span><span style="font-size: 9pt">, a</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">wholesale grocery salesman</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">known to hundreds of merchants</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">in </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">Missouri</span><span style="font-size: 9pt"> and bordering states,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">has retired after 52 years on the</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">road.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: arial">A salesman </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">for the A. C. L.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Haase Company of </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">St. Louis</span><span style="font-size: 9pt"> in</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">recent years, Mr. Kelliker wound</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">up his affairs with the firm this</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">month.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now, he thinks he will </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">have time to do a lot of things</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">he has planned &ndash; if he can just</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span>&nbsp;</span>remember what they were.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Mr. Kelliker&rsquo;s career as a </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">salesman began when he was a</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">&quot;junior clerk&quot; in the A. G. Kennedy</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">grocery. He decided then;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">it was to be a &quot;drummer&#39;s&quot; life </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">for him and at the age of 20 he </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">landed his first real job as a</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">salesman for the Charles Donovan</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Cigar Company of </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">St. Lou</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">is</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt">Life Not Easy</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">A drummers life was rugged</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">before the turn of the century.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Some made their rounds by</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">train but Kelliker traveled the</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">dirt and mud roads of </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">Missouri</span><span style="font-size: 9pt"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">by horse and buggy. It took him</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">60 days to cover his territory.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Drummers went out along with</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">the horse and buggy and salesmen</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">came in about the time the</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">motor car was taking over. The</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">new mode of travel was welcomed</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">by Mr. Kelliker and he</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">has worn out a good many cars.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">In the ensuing years he has</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">worked for several major wholesale</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">grocerv houses, including</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">H. W. Gildehause and the Goddard</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Grocery Company. In his</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Work with the Haase company.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Importers of olives and other Spanish</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span>&nbsp;</span>foods, he handled </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">accounts in the larger cities of</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Missouris</span><span style="font-size: 9pt"> and </span><span style="font-size: 9pt">Iowa</span><span style="font-size: 9pt">.<span>&nbsp; </span>Two sons,</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">Robert A Kelliker, Jr., and Raymond</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">Kelliker both of </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">Kansas City</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt"></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">are employed as salesmen</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">for the same company.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 9.5pt">1.13.1950</span></p>

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  • Residence: Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relation To Head Of House: Head

  • Residence: Age In 1930: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation To Head Of House: Head

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  • Residence: Age: 62; Marital Status: Married; Relation To Head Of House: Head

  • Story: 50th Wedding Anniversary

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