May 6, 1983 Page 3
SPILYAY TYMOO
Tribal Garage celebrates o p en in g
It’s a grand opening! The Tribal
Garage will have its official celebration
May 20.
Celebrating its growth from a
blacksmith shop in the early 1900’s, its
developihent info a motor vehicle garage
and finally the construction of a new
facility in July of 1982 the Tribal
Garage welcomes everyone to attend,
With 6000 square feet the Tribal
Garage houses a full line of service for
cars and light trucks. Its services include
a parts house, gasoline and diesel
pumps, mechanical service garage and a
wrecker service.
Parts are purchased at wholesale
prices and passed on to the customer.
Most standard and foreign car parts are
available. If they are not available an
order can be placed by 3:00 p.m. and the
order will be in by 8:00 a.m. the next
morning.
The parts shop carries hard to get
items such as door handles, snap rings,
“endless little things,” says Tribal
Garage manager Ron Kersey,
The garage service center also offers
savings to customers. The $22 an hour
labor cost is less than rtearby garages,
Appointments should be made three to
four days in advance.
The Tribal Garage is operated by
experienced personnel including: Ron
Kersey, manager; Bob Goodrich, parti
manager; Ken Lydy, head mechanic,
Ronald Suppah, Sr. and Vale Lesena,
trainee mechanics; and Erland Suppah,
service station attendant,
The grand opening activities will
consist of coffee, donuts and door
prizes. A re p re s e n ta tiv e from
Automotive Jobbers Warehouse will be
present to discuss automotive problems
and parts with those having questions.
PoZe Lesina inspects a battery connection. Lesina has recently
begun work at the Tribal Garage in the CETA program
Tribal garage
Grand Opening
May 20,1983
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Besides stocking parts on the shelves at the Tribal Garage parts manager Bob Goodrich spends much
o f his day taking part’s orders and locating them. The Tribal Garage has afull parts department with
everything from carburator kits to alternators.
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Everyone Welcome
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SpUyty Tymoo photo by
Journeyman mechanic Larry Hollenbeak installs a transmission in a vehicle brought in fo r repair. Two journeyman mechanics are on duty at the garage.