tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post8282895941106787410..comments2023-12-26T13:33:07.730-06:00Comments on The Midnight Freemasons: J. C. Penney On PersistenceTodd E. Creasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966451416841599132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-58119389840846594592016-08-26T08:30:23.339-05:002016-08-26T08:30:23.339-05:00Some of you may already know this but I've com...Some of you may already know this but I've come across a Freemason book "Morals and Dogmas" (on ebay...) that has been signed by J. C. Penney as a K.C.C.H. 32nd. Alvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641922330841115372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-51203164674917133482012-03-15T09:26:39.269-05:002012-03-15T09:26:39.269-05:00Hey Steve, I'd be interested in seeing that ar...Hey Steve, I'd be interested in seeing that article. J. C. Penney is on my list for the last book in the Famous American Freemasons series.Todd E. Creasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966451416841599132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-9619048803559783032012-03-15T06:44:13.065-05:002012-03-15T06:44:13.065-05:00I live about 20 miles from Penney's boyhood ho...I live about 20 miles from Penney's boyhood home, and wrote an article about him a few years ago. I learned he was truly one of those people who made it big after a meager start in life (the average 2-car garage is bigger than his first home) - but never forgot his roots. He thought the opening of his 500th store was a big deal, and he waited until he reached that milestone, then opened it in his hometown, Hamilton, MO.<br><br>Steve HarrisonUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02312773083379687077noreply@blogger.com