NiehausNiehaus News News September 2005 Volume 44, Issue 09 Niehaus Companies, Inc. Purchases Former Ford Building On Main Street The old Dick Leonard Ford Dealership located • Vincennes IN next door to Niehaus Home Center. Niehaus Companies of Vincennes has dealership south of Vincennes along U.S. recently purchased the former Dick 41 in 2001. Leonard Ford building located at 1013 Main Street, next door to Niehaus Home Bernie said that people had been asking Center. him for years whether he would buy the building and now he can say he has. It is • Vincennes, IN Bernie Niehaus, CEO of Niehaus likely that Niehaus Home Center will Companies, made it known that there is • Terre Haute, IN expand its home decor area, especially with no master plan for the building as of now. regard to the Benjamin Moore paint and • Robinson, IL However, the back portion of the building, floor coverings, two of our stores most which once served as Ford’s service are, popular items. However, the remodeling will be converted to a “special order” may not start until winter. area. Bernie feels that the acquisition will be The old Ford dealership building has been good for our company as well as for Main vacant since Leonard moved his Ford Street. • Vincennes, IN Niehaus Companies Employee/Family Picnic • St. Louis, MO • Nashville, TN October 8, 2005 Harmony Park, Vincennes, IN • Catered by Schnitzelbank Restaurant • Inflated playground equipment for the kids • Awards • Door Prizes Mark your calendar - plan to attend! NHC WBM Karran Terre Haute Vincennes Vincvennes • Vincennes, IN Robinson St. Louis Top Shop Vincennes Nashville Vincennes Page 2 Niehaus News by Bernie Niehaus Things To Know Splinters Chairman of the Board 1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair. 2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish. 3. Cool whip will condition you hair in 15 minutes. My Aunt “Byo” 4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair. Viola Fuller died last week at the age of 94. 5. Elmer’s Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, She was my aunt and I gave her the name of peel “Byo” when I was a little boy and couldn't say off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any. Viola. Ever since that time she has been 6. Shinny hair - use brewed Lipton Tea. known to my family and my nineteen grand- 7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath children as “Aunt Byo.”As a little boy, I used water. to go to her house and play. She lived right 8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste. across the street from the old firehouse on Second Street (where 9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it! Vincennes University Davis Hall now sits). I loved to watch the fire 10. Arthritis? WD-40 spray and rub in, kills insect trucks come and go. stings too. 11. Bee stings - meat tenderizer. Byo was preceded in death by her two sisters, Ella Mae Hunter, Naomi 12. Chigger bite - Preparation H. Niehaus (my mother) and a brother, James Oakes. Their mother died 13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H. when Byo was only eleven years old. In his eulogy at the funeral, her 14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used son B.D. told us that their mother had gathered them all together instead of sutures at most hospitals.) before her death and ask Byo to take care of her siblings. They have 15. Stinky feet - Jell-O. all died now - my mother being the last - so now Byo’s job was done. 16. Athletes feet - cornstarch. She is survived by her son B.D. Fuller and his wife Karen and her two 17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub. grandchildren, Brook and his wife, In Memorium 18. Kool Aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the Holly Fuller, and Brittney and her hus- detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a band Brian Kirwer. toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff.) 19. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD’s! Wipe Byo and my mother both worked at the with a coffee filter paper. Brown Show Factory during the 20. Sticking bicycle chain? Pam no-stick cooking spray. Depression for .25 an hour. They said 21. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your they did the fancy stitching on the hands. Keep a can in your garage for your hubby. shoes. Her husband, Bert Fuller died 22. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of in 1967. After his death, she came to club soda and cup of milk of magnesia, soak for 20 work at our Niehaus Home Center. minutes and let dry, will last for years. She was one of the first females on our 23. Wine stains - pour on the Morton salt and watch it sales floor. Byo was an energetic and absorb into the salt. friendly person who all the customers Viola O. Fuller Jan. 11, 1911 - Aug. 20,2005 24. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush liked. She later managed our Paint it! Department and was a valuable asset to the company. 25. Dirty Grout - Listerine. 26. Grass stains - Karo syrup. While B.D. was growing up, Byo took a very active role in his child- 27. Grease stains - Coca Cola, it will also remove grass hood, as he related in his eulogy. She was a PTA President, a Room stains. Mother, a Den Mother and a partner in his many practical jokes. Byo 28. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax - sprin- spent many hours at the kitchen table sticking sticks in hot dogs (over kle and let stand for 24 hours. a million, I think) for B.D.’s Pronto Pup stand - she was a good moth- 29. Remove labels off of glassware, etc., rub with er. peanut butter. 30. Heavy dandruff? Pour on the vinegar. Byo was also a very Christian woman, joining the First Christian 31. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat Diciple of Christ Church in 1940. She was active in the church serving the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty as a Sunday School Teacher for over 20 years. B.D. found over seven- film container and mix with the food color of your teen perfect attendance medals in her cedar choice! chest. Byo will be missed by many and 32. Tie dye a T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a like my mother she was a GREAT LADY. container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak. Page 3 Niehaus News Birthdays New Employees A FUN LITTLE TEST September the following employees will We want to welcome the following new This is based on U.S. info, so use all lobes be celebrating their birthday! employees to our company. of your brain. The average person only gets 7 right. NO CHEATING Tracey Englum Sept. 1 Brian Austin - WBM, Vincennes 1. On a standard traffic light, is the green Aaron Pearison Sept. 11 Nora Salinas - WBM, Nashville on the top or bottom? Kyla McKinney Sept. 12 Andrew Maas - Niehaus, Terre Haute 2. How many states are there in the USA? Dan McElroy Sept. 12 Raymond West - Top Shop, Vincennes (Don’t laugh, some people don’t know.) Matthew Plahn Sept. 12 Walter Burnett - Niehaus, Terre Haute 3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s Mike Leydet Sept. 15 Michael Jones - Niehaus, Terre Haute torch? Brett Wickens Sept. 15 Curtis Martin - Niehaus, Vincennes 4. What six colors are on the classic Kevin Toole Sept. 16 Darrell Dodson - Niehaus, Vincennes Campbell’s soup label? Tracy Catt Sept. 22 Julie Kays - Niehaus, Vincennes 5. What two numbers on the telephone dial Joshua Niekirk Sept. 24 Stephanie Fuller - Niehaus, Vincennes don’t have letters by them? Wayne Sullivan Sept. 27 Ransom Fisher - Niehaus, Terre Haute 6. When you walk does your left arm Cameron Bachelor Sept. 29 Gene Green - Niehaus, Terre Haute swing with your right leg? Roger Newhart - Niehaus, Terre Haute Happy Birthday! 7. How many matches are in a standard Richard Zellars - Niehaus, Terre Haute pack? Welcome! 8. On the United States flag is the top Anniversaries stripe red or white? September will mark the anniversary CONGRATULATIONS! 9. What is the lowest number on the FM date of employment with our company Aaron Pearison dial? for the following employees. 10. Which way does water go down the on his recent marriage drain, counter or clockwise? Mike Welsh 25 Years August 13, 2005 11. Which way does a “no smoking” sign Todd Donovan 8 Years Best Wishes To Both slash run? Doug Klumpp 3 Years 12. How many channels on VHF TV dial? Aaron works on the insulation crew at Janice Warren 2 Years Niehaus Home Center in Vincennes 13. On which side of a woman’s blouse Aaron Pearison 1 Year are the buttons? Brandon Phillips 1 Year 14. Which way do fans rotate? Chad Oliver 1 Year 15. How many sides does a stop sign Congratulations! Congratulations have? to 16. Do books have even-numbered pages Mr. & Mrs. Robert Spade on the right or left side? Our Sympathy on the birth of their new son 17. How many lug nuts are on a standard to car wheel? Benjamin Robert Spade Jean Fox 18. How many sides are there on a stan- on the recent loss of her brother July 22, 2005 dard pencil? May new strength come with the quiet comfort 8 lbs. and 22” long 19.