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<
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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
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door pri2e is a,so
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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
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| 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
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h S spent the P’ past
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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
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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
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rask a a and
and assoc,atpd
w ith the W estern A
uto f r je e Mead
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a re n B t rookings
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a S .h ad ^ e.\peiien
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helping to m ake th e best of its
r d n n p e a ar r A
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to th
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Western Auto Store
Opens for Business
TWO NEW BUSINESSMEN OPEN
WESTERN AUTO STORE HERE
type in this area.
’ »re brothers in-laws
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•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
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Fergus Falls pooled th eir small
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' ' 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
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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
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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
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( .11 u u n n d d er
.
“ 8,1 uction on H iehw av m i ' i.,«»
w n i 'i f _
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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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