Form 5
1. Name and address of reporting person:
Mark S. Scales
1536 Beech Street
Terre Haute, IN 47804
2. Issuer name and ticker or trading symbol:
General Housewares Corp. (GHW)
4. Statement for month/year:
1997
6. Relationship of reporting person to issuer:
Officer - V.P. Finance & Treasurer
1. Title of security:
Common Stock
2. Transaction date:
Periodic
3. Transaction code:
B*
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
750.797 (A)
Price 7.987 - 8.775
5. Amount of securities beneficially owned at end of issuer's
fiscal year:
2,761 (D)
1,432.587 (I)*
500 (I)**
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership:
Shares owned by the Karen K. Scales and Company**
9. Number of derivative securities beneficially owned at end of
year:
20,000
/s/ Mark S. Scales
February 13, 1998
*Acquired on a periodic basis by the trustee of the Issuer's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Represents shares acquired through
12/31/97, the latest date for which information is available.
**Beneficial ownership expressly disclaimed.
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