Mr. Speaker. there are countless examples of business success achieved under the incomparable American free enterprise system yet none of them exceed in irpressiveness the story of the Wolf family of Altoona. Blair County. Pa. It was over a century ago that Adam Wolf a German immigrant landed in Hollidaysburg. Pa.. and combining his talents as a cabinetmaker and undertaker. as was the custom at the turn of the century. he opened a store that was to prove the forerunner of the largest chain of independent furniture stores in Pennsylvania. In the year 1902 Charles E. Wolf. a son of Adam Wolf. opened the City Furniture Store in Altoona which marked the beginning of the first store in the present chain of 17 modern furniture stores. 15 of which are located in central Pennsylvania while the other 2 stores are in Cumberland.
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