St Benedict High School - Benedictum Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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V HARRIGAN 6' REID COMPANY Heating and Plumbing Engineers Sheet Metal Work CAdilIac 0243-0244 1345-1365 Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Michigan V Page fifty-th

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Gas is best FOR THE IMPORTANT HOME SERVICES - - - COMPLIMENTS COOKING OF WATER HEATING REFRIGERATING W. J . STORE N INCINERATING CO M PA N Y O MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY 415 Clifford Detroit 26 lllll. O fifty-ffm'