Here is my list of consecutive years of dividend increases:

			   Consecutive	Consecutive	Year
Companies		   Dividends	Years Div.	Noted
		                Since	Increase	Increase	
FANTASTIC FIFTIES					
Proctor & Gamble		1890	51		2007
Genuine Parts (GPC)		1948	51		2007
					
FABULOUS FORTIES					
					
MMM (MMM)		        1916	49		2007
Emerson Electric		1947	47		2004
					
Cincinnati Financial		1954	46		2006
					
Coca Cola (KO)		        1893	45		2007
					
Johnson & Johnson	 (JNJ)	1944	42		2004
Lancaster Colony		1963	43		2005
Lowes		                1961	42		2004
Colgate Palmolive		1895	41		2004
Pfizer (PFE)		        1901	41		2006
Nordson		                1963	41		2004
Merck		                1935	40		2004
					
THRILLING THIRTIES					
Eli Lilly		        1885	38		2004
Gannett Co. (GCI)		1929	36		2004
PepsiCo		                1952	35		2007
Abbot Laboratories		1926	35		2002
W.W. Granger		        1965	35		2006
Tootsie Roll		        1943	37  3% Stock	2007
National Fuel Gas Company(NFG)	1902	34		2004
C.R. Bard (BCR)		        1960	34		2006
					
Wal-Mart Stores		        1973	34		2007
BB&T		                1934	33		2004
Morgan, J.P.		        1892	33		
Leggett and Platt (LEG)		1967	33		2004
McGraw-Hill		        1937	33		2006
Becton Dickinson		1926	33		2005
VF Corp	jeans, etc.	        1941	33		1941
					
Hershey Foods (HSY)		1930	32		2006
Philip Morris		        1928	32		2003
Automatic Data Processing       1974	32		2006
Johnson Controls (JCI)		1901	32		2006
Wash.Real.Inv.Trust (WRE)       1962	32		2004
Kimberly-Clark(KMB)		1935	32		2004
RPM (RPM)		        1969	32		2005
Nucor		                1973	32		2005
Kimberly-Clark		        1935	31		2002
Connecticut Water Service	1956	31		2004
General Electric (GE)		1899	31		2006
United Dominion REIT		1973	31		2007
McDonalds		        1976	31		2007
CenturyTel(CTL)			        30		2006
Carlisle(CSL)			        30		2006
					
TWINKLING TWENTIES					
Bank of America			        29		2006
Johnson Controls (JCI)		1901	29		2003
Automatic Data Processing	1974	28		2002
Walgreen's		        1933	29		2004
					
Scherwin-Williams		1979	28		2007
Abbot Laboratories		1926	27		2002
WGL Holdings		        1852	27		2003
Rohm & Haas (ROH)		1927	27		2006
Wrigley		                1913	27		2007
Alfa	insurance	        1974	26		2001
Merck		                1935	26		2002
Harleysville National	bank	1986	26		
					
Bandag		                1976	25		2001
May Dept. Stores		1911	25		
Aflac		                1973	25		2006

Note: some records are not up to date so they actually may have more
years of consecutive increases than listed.  It takes 34 consecutive
years to go back before the 1973-1974 recession.  Tootsie Roll gives a
stock dividend and maintains the dividend level.


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