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F WESTERN A U TO GROWS RAPIDLY solar B ack in 1929 w hen G atnbh Skogm o w as e x p e rim e n tin g its early ra p id g ro w th , it felt th< need of an assu re d su p p ly ol high q u a lity b a tte rie s to sell a t reaso n ab le prices. S ta te C o rp o ratio n w as o rg a n ized a s a m a n u fa c tu rin g (sub- sidiarv of G am bles an d is now' a LOS ANGELES BATTERY PLANT leading m a n u fa c tu re r of su ch i’otlucts as VARCON b a tte rie s , um sel th a t they lived i„ a tiny he w ide lines of H O M E G U A R D * ° ° r ’ 3' room a p a rtm e n t at p ain ts and v arnishes, and |x>pu- ai (O R O N A IX ), hom e w ash in g V ™ a m ° n th ’ took $100 out of he business for living expenses m a c h in e s a n d H O M EG U A R D in sulation. M odern e n g in ee rin g a n d 1 no W estern A uto S to re will and plow ed th e rest back into n< w cars, sp are p a rts and cash i t s e a i t l , lab o rato ries »ire m ain" open F riday, S ep tem b er 10. w ith a open Vor ^ e d u i e d to fained in com pany p lan ts. reserves th a t w ere to prove so g ig an tic sale of a w ide v a rie ty of valuable in the y ea rs to come. O ver th e last few’ y ears, th e the authorised dealers. * ’ M cKprna" a " d Mead are au to m o tiv e and household m e r * ('in p .,n \ has developed an d w ide- chandise. D uring th e sale, w hich 1> d istrib u te d th e re v o lu tio n a ry lings. He w as in the service s ta C oronado a u to m a tic w ash in g m a will co n tinue u n til S a tu rd a y all chines, m an u fa c tu re d by th e B eam visitors to th e sto re will lie given tion and g arag e business there, free novelties in th e form of y a rd and his w ife is o p e ra tin g a re s ta u sticks, tu m b lers and balloons A ra n t th e re now. Mead has th ree X door pri2e is a,so r ? ” e u fe a tu re a full line of h ard w are children, one of whom is just com pleting a hitch in the N avy ' | Mead, and John M cK ernan. w ho «terns, along w ith C oronado a p His d a u g h te r is m arried , and pliances. f o r the past few w eeks G eorge a ,e opening th e W estern A uto \ t . i - a n o th e r son is finishing his last O’Keefe, zone su p erin ten d e n t of StoreJ n th e new C am pbell build- H M v e cK X ernan ' ¡ n ' \ i has h S spent the P’ past ’‘St y e a — r ........... *™«>« rn in of high school m in v aiito C alifornia re ta d sto res and Jo e W isner a inK th ls F riday. Both m en cam e 14 5 ars in Alfuras, and has been M_n . . . . . n,a has ,ad had lr a train soecialist w ith the p p aren aren t t o organi- o ,ig in a,ly ««om from N N eb e b rask rask a a and and assoc,atpd w ith the W estern A uto f r je e Mead ra tin n 1S- ,n ,n K in g in re »»»•ciausT w n n the r e a n i - ' . ............ auto ” a re n B t rookings o rg a n !-, have sppnt the last few o r a y s ea k a rs an in d sto re for e past re e y ypars e a rs .1 lh ^ a s had ,On " • C h,ca* ° ’ and zation have been p in f° F th ,h<? PaSt th thrpp ov."! \ ,Cago’ and ***> also g ' a and Alt,,™« n - lh tinnin a S .h ad ^ e.\peiien n e n c ce e in helping to m ake th e best of its r d n n p e a ar r A Itu ras» C alifornia T h e v P ” r,o o r r t« to th fh a a t t he bp owned o w ned and and n op- in a air ir condi condi Æ flì Western Auto Store Opens for Business TWO NEW BUSINESSMEN OPEN WESTERN AUTO STORE HERE type in this area. ’ »re brothers in-laws _ •Id as it m ay seem, a tra g g ic cyclone in w est c e n tra l M innesota in 1919 had a good deal to do w ith ' ’am le’s G ave avn J in 'ra m b le ’s new sto re in C u n /.. c tion. On a s u ltry S unday aftern o o n in m id-June, 1919, a ro a rin g tw is t ing cyclone stru c k F erg u s Falls, M innesota, leveling h u ndreds of hom es and business buildings and killing o v er 50 people. T h e H u d son-E ssex g arag e survived th e tragedy, but the local autom obile d ea le r d id n ’t. N ine m onths later, B ertin C. Gamble, 24, and P hillip v ; Skogm o. 28, heard th a t th e dealersh ip was still open and wmnt to F erg u s F alls to look over th e sin.ano”. skoKmo. a ' ----------- ----------- Fergus Falls pooled th eir small a iX ,t , ,Hea" nK * ' ' f ,n ' a hefore CTming »° nrook- TH E W ESTERN AUTO STORE B. C. GAM BLE I lesident & C h airm an of th e Board, G am ble-Skogm o, Inc. ivision o f S o la r c o rp o ra l,o n SUPER SBZZLERS ---- — — — >C,,Sanon 11 ^ r g d i n s y o u ’ll fin d fo or our “Grane next tllree pages for more and more specials! V 1,1 I . You Save Money When You Shop At Western Auto Supolv FREE FLASHLIGHT measuring cup P R IZ E S 2 Cell I — Get Your Free Ticket ---- Nothing to Buy----- FREE FREE FREE J I -7213 I'C u p size Reg. 13c O pening S pecial (L im it 2) Measuring Tumblers YARD STICKS Balloons CANDY DISH Brookings Store Ooen ** FREE FREE FREE ------ S ay ^ S ï T he H o m eguard p a in ts and Mi^hCS .ar<‘ in tbp p Ia’«t * • M ilw a u k ie w here m odern p lan t m a c h in e ry a n d scien tific te s tin g I «' »oratories a re m ain tain ed to assu re ad e q u a te o u tp u t and high quality. * H eading this m a n u fa c tu rin g a il L. F eld tk elle r, a d ire c to r of th e p a re n t com pany and p resid en t and d ire c to r of S o la r C o rp o ratio n . D uring high school and U n iv er sity ot W isconsin d ay s, F e ld tk e ll >r r ’w " M,nj ,“c ,ric a i p r° jp cts « ” d m W orld W a r I was an ab le in- sp«»ctor of electrical m a te ria l. At C hrom e plated, heavy d u ty sw itch ,nI\P hp w a* su p erv iso r of Globe E le c tric ’s b a tte ry p lan t and l a t 'T was se c re ta ry and p la n t 1.19 m an ag er of the E m p ire E le c tric a l Value < om pany, he used his ta le n ts in th e m a n u fa c tu rin g of b a tte rie s anil radios. IH Ju n e, 1929 F eld t- k eller joined th e G am ble o rg a n i zation as vice p resident and g e n eral m an ag er of S o la r C o rp o ra 6” Slip tion. JOINT PLIERS Reg 39c Sale Price -------- - , a! W ch slcr C ity, I„ w a. T hjs |a |)| m a n u la c lu rc s th e a u to m atic H.i.-.licrs not only for d istrib u tio n th ro u g h m ore th an 2.500 G am ble .S to re s , hut has licensed o th er 1 minus appliances m a n u fa c tu re s I to m ak e it . Here arc just a few of the many sensation ,I bargains you’ll Plies salesm an for a M innesota n , F T , 7, 7 " T firm , and Gam ble, la te a'l ly Mon.e! in th e ,Kn'ng S;llc ' Scc thc confectionery business at M onte video, M innesota, decided to m ake a boyhood d ream com e tru e by going into business to g e th e r In HEAT PRO OF >mrly Mav. Y921, they w ent to savings, borrow ing som e m oney and s ta rte d selling cars. A fter the tw o young m en lan d ed a t F erg u s Falls, things began to happen in th e autom obile busi ness in th a t com m unity. It had been th e custom , w hen w in te r blizzards settled in, for autom obile salesm an to sit around th e p o t bellied stove and w a it for w in te r to b reak up before s ta rtin g the sp rin g sales cam paign. G am ble and S kogm o could not afford th e lu x u ry of w in ter idle ness so th ey fought th e d rifts and bclow -zero w eath er, sold c a rs all w in ter an d com e F e b ru a ry and M arch, delivered new cars by th e dozens to fa rm ers who had bought them in snow -tim e. Before long the young p a rtn e rs held th e Dodge and F ord fr a n chise. opened o th e r autom obile agencies and w ere piling up a u to m obile sales exceeding a m illion do llars a y ear. B ert G am ble likes to haul out th e old financial sta te m e n t <1 the p a rtn e rsh ip and rem ind Y " • '« * a mu», 1 He is a g ra d u a te of the Arm - m J cn a arg e of 1 th e a u to p a rts unit eir new sto re will open in -G school a and n d <H G ong ong floor floor covering covering school St° re ’ ’ bppause of his ex- ! ’hp PPnter of th e th ree business plans " to set up a f h ™ ™ d p en e n ce in th a t p h ase of work | ( arnpbpH , vunuuiK, building, s still er c c o o ir ir d d ep ep a a rtm rtm en en t t soon soon ‘ Hg ( .11 u u n n d d er . “ 8,1 uction on H iehw av m i ' i.,«» w n i 'i f _ o j ^ h .. T 1M " K in C- '- S H O P A N D SA V E AT I 49c Value ------------ He is also d ire c to r of th e C am - f i e l d M an u factu rin g C om pany p ro d u cers of the n atio n ally -k n o w n ( am field to a s te rs and co ffeem ak ers, and has served f(>r raa y ea rs as d ire c to r of th e A ssocia tion i>f A m erican B a tte ry Mam facturers. 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