Cashton Community Series

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Mitby’s TV and Appliance

Contributing researchers:

Arturo Acosta

Logan Christianson

Irving Diaz

Ethan Harris

Noah Hemmersbach

Amber Hoeft

Mira Mellen

Edgar Mosqueda

Keona Mickelson

Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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History of Mitby’s TV and

Appliance • Business opened in 1945

• Lester Mitby

• Mitby family business

• Refrigerators were the first

appliance sold

• Expanded by purchasing other

buildings

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Goods or Services? The goods they sell to customers

are appliances and TV’s.

The services they provide are fix-

ing appliances and TV’s.

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What You Can Find/See

• Refrigerators

• Washers and Dryers

• Stoves

• Dishwashers

• Microwaves

• TV’s

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Photos and Captions

Mike Mitby is the third genera-

tion working at his family busi-

ness.

Electronic boards found inside appliances.

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Using Math They use math by adding money

and ordering the right number of

parts.

They also use math for billing.

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Reading and Writing • They need to read manuals.

• They need to fill out and read

paper work.

• They need to read addresses to

deliver.

• They need to read to under-

stand costs.

• They need to write good

advertisements.

• They also need to write letters to

customers.

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What If You Worked Here?

• Logan would be a delivery guy

• Mira would be a seller

• Irving would fix people’s things

• Keona would bake things in the

ovens

• Noah would put more applianc-

es and TV’s in

• Arturo would help if something

was really hard

• Ethan would be the boss there

• Amber would show people

around

• Edgar would fix TV’s

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Interesting Facts • They have delivery trucks

• They have old fashioned TV’s

• They have many different kinds

and sizes of TV’s

• They sell 30 appliances a week

• They fix 20 appliances a day

• The delivery men have to move

300 pound appliances

• The building is more than 100

years old

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Map Mitby’s Appliance and TV is

located at 819 Front Street in

Cashton, Wisconsin.

Photo ?

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Glossary • Business- a store or a factory

• Appliances– a small machine that has

a particular use

• Customers– a person who buys some-

thing

• Manuals– a book that gives instruc-

tions or information

• Billing– a notice of money for some-

thing bought or for work done

• Advertisement– a public announce-

ment describing what is special or

good about something

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg