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Libertyville Independent, 4 Nov 1926, p. 9

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NASH & es it gives me great pleasure to see, in the ,completion of the Wetzel & Turner building, so tine and> so thoroughiy nodu\n a sales and sery-- ice plant in Waukegan, our neigh boring city. --It seems to me there is a splendid esson for all ambt tious young' men in the dedication of this -- building, the erection _ of which was made possible only be-- caube Clarence Woetzsel and his part-- Spirit --of Achievement Conquers ---- It was> that ~indomitable . spirit of achievement which carried those young 'men over many trying and difficult -- situations in the earlier days of their joint undertaking just as it has carried many anotiher mab along the hard road to success. Both bad ~served ~their :'m in he United--States Navy at the glose of the war they joined forces and. lost no time in getting> down' to hard work.-- They started their bus-- iness in a modest way --And at the time they secured. the Nash fran-- chise, their elh!mw the sales department of our busin was a combination of those two qual-- itications, honesty and business abil-- and" Turaer tha» al the cash--in tho VOLUME XXXIV--NUMBER 44 _ _ SECMONX TWO LIBEBRTYVILLE, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 4, 1926 SPECLAL WETZEL & TURNER SECTION fore, that Messrse. Wetzsel and Tuarfier made very rapid progress and within a few months they had outgrown the modest building in which their s G::'uq l::: eover to _atreet and leas service ~station mearby, but. within a --year, ~they ~were again® casting about . for -- more »&fi quarters and they selected the 'building at Genesee and Belvidere .where their sales and service quarters were all under one roof. «ealized;. it was written. there> on the architect's" drawings -- facilities for the ownér--for with Wetzel and "Ownét's FirSt" And now --within uot.hgr"thm years 'we see them opening doors ot 1 salés and service + building, o ug tn I :&h.::h&ot ~nur ing in w . Ao€ 4 have been given first consideration. It n'fih'd oly one look 'at the plans for Wetze! and Turner building to show 'me why--the ambition of Handsome Genesee St. Building A Tribute to Their Enterprise and to Popularity of Nash Car s ity to display his y .mwhnhvamm sessed by hini.-- If the Gdealer good © business . man, . and . by mean a man who is constantly e chis business for the tw «Turn to Page Two) ¥+ SUCCEEDS Contfident . distributor . in es department confidence _ in Turner ~from was not: long Five years ago. as most Waukegan motorists recall, N. C. Wetze!l and . E. A. Turner.decided to enter the auto-- a séales fleld in this city, One had been in the rubber business--the 6ther hed been' conducting an automo-- bile repair shop. . They started with ls totai --capital 'investment of $1,000-- about $2,000 of which--went immediate-- ly teward the purchase of two Nash eir beautiful fivhflm;fl 'with 'a floor spate 22, the distinetion of --occupying th place in car registrations in the high-- lye&ruttfiumton&hkom ty. £ > * s "_'% "Mere's 'How They Started -->-- Wetzel & Turner made <their en-- trance in to the Automobile field: in the following manner: After <the> war there were some _ Their salesroom --was an Old, aban-- doned school house, far from sump-- tuous, to be sure, but it was a' place in which to start.up business, 'And;, most important of all, the' rent was reasonable--fifty; dollars . & * month men, though Woetzel counted himselt lucky for he stuck ~beyond-- others more deserving> of employer consid-- eration . during such a period.--But eventually, he, too, was back in Wau-- kegan, his home town, and waiting for the inspiration of what to do. OLfL course it was--tough. sledding-- that first year. These men each work-- ed long bours a day and they prob-- ably mmm 1t + 't :1 P ertian ie m IP To na _~ In March 1922, they decided to aban-- don~the --schooihouse -- dispiay > room, which.was only 35 teet by $0 foot, and It came when he determined to try for the local Nash agency.> Together ber, 1921, was conducting an re-- Started In Humble Quarters With On:.y $4,000--Now Rank Among Foremost In City ew Organizations Can Parallel _ . --~~Great Record of Wetzel & T urnc place. -- This time the two moved to .a better location and: lar-- ger quarters. -- Rent that 'year was $150 pet month but they met this in-- cm;'z'htm nuu:':y':au the build yse as a Pp. Then a New Bhiiding It seems a long jump to the new building which is just now being com-- pleted, and which, as stated betore, 3:::0" 21,500 square feet of floor -- ~It is located at 'the northeast corner of Genesee'st and McKin-- ley avenue, with s of 07 preulh Th n onl o ol cone lné't!i- y. company, moreover, with an ommc e melan effort in} overcoming varlous _ prob-- their career theso new dealers were :lnm:;rkl that situation eoqh?n"t:. posal: of used afi ' a2° & show thelr core they old 2ell rhen. They --fi"nfi'&.. "The -- display it3 + i e o e' .t -- & ~*THE \IME :-- Friday, November 5th,, "Owner's m'; + * * : Party and: Dance: in--evening, un L * ,to;."_' _A u'.g ® * C* 'w:- :?c. l Aulk h-_; T 'f';'- P *3 Facts About Wetzel and C Turner Opening ing of &:'?wm and ~Turner Com-- pany, Wau Dealers for: Nash THE PLACE-- _~ New Building, torner of Genesee stree tion." 'The display : : "(Tura to Page Two) ie room was not situated to the best advantage, nor was there ample room there for the used cars to be dis-- kegan, however,' Wwhich exactly suited it and the e $ was on the basis: of a co in tor each car sold.. But how to house. the cars? Now a tent--may suggost every-- thing they should {.lonewbufld- ing to enggest--stability --and : per-- manency and success----but a tent was e eniplimnes bnd hand Mfifi has been a famil-- there for posed of. n es m:l:e Wau-- W' o :~section ?{g c aG The First Tent > $ i3 5.+ Nok ie Pgla L'fi".!;% C s sn i en l o5 Fualpy t ot eiee P s Moct +o ind sRAAA t Tt the location on ecting <streets, t C 1. "With the close of October. busi-- ness," states> E.. H. McCarty, sen eral sales manager of the Nash Motons tompany, "the Nash --Motors Company celebrated 'the establishing Oot. a new sales record. - "October sales of the company sur-- passed . the biggest previous October #ince the founding of the company by a fall 43.9 per cent. Further inter-- est attaches to this remarkable record when one glances back over the past three years of Nash progress. < For ot : 1924 'i::. lad":oduoutoh' * b R P n totalled 43: care.. For the first ten monthis 'of 1925, Nash sales and pro-- duction rose to a volmune of 84,708 care, which was an tmorease over the ;FO period in 1924 of more than 91 _ During the first 10 months of this year, Nasit sales and production have woared to a mew high record Of 125, gwl. making an increase Over 'the --corresponding pericd of 1925 of ¥""' another way,October 'was & TOC-- «ord bréeaking month, because it was the : 26th .consecutive month--with three exceptions--that Nash sales end production 'have overtopped.the march 'by the corresponding month of the year previous. : The three Forty--Six and Three--Tenths Per Cent Increase in Sales . Sti Nash General Sales Manager.--Seven Bearing Crankshaft : Motor an Important Factor in Upward <Rise H. MeCARTY: POINTS TO GREAT RECORD BREAKING GROWTH OF NASH e wl of : Company cutive productionfigures by months for Nash, it shows that out of these 58 months 'up to and. including (Ocober of this year, there--were 48 months whonnlu'?prodummex- ceeded that of the same month of the previous year. When the Nash rise in sales is contrasted to the total in-- dustries' gain in sales, figured forward from an initial baseline in both cases shown that Nash operations in the past three yearse have been' upward at about a 45 degree angle, whereas the general trend of the industry has been: upward at about a 70 degree A epecial feature in -- connection with the formal opening of the Wet-- zel &: Turner building < will be the Owners' Day Celebration on Friday. . A special committee of Nash own-- ers is in chm of the program for the party in evening.-- Wetzel & Turner will furnish refreshments and music, and dancing will be in order. The committese® is also arranging several items--of . entertainment °in order to make sure that --a bengup time will be had by all. * "It is only fittingthat Nask own-- erse should be the first ones: to see guwoct the new building." says Ir. Wetzel, "for it was really the m(«»m'body that made the build-- ing possible." S PLAN OWNERS' _ > --~ DAY ON FRIDAY January, (Turp to Page Seven) ¥\ ors will find it easily the most at-- 'atn'cuve.' the most impressive look-- ing commercial structure in town. With its bandsome facade, Its super-- bly appointed display room, its wealth of luxurious features and details, it is an edifice that is a distinct credit to the City of Wauscsau and to the or-- ranization whose name it bears. A total area of 22,534 square feet of foor space, 3000 of which are devoted to the new car display room and 2,500 ot the used car show room, are figures that speak eloquently for the size of the building. In fact, spaciousness is one of its chiet as-- sets. Wetzel & Turner now have ample room to care for their fast in-- creasing Nash business. Thrée Departments with rich moulded plaster beams. Visitors will be. immediately im-- presgsed by the mezzanine. Access to this-- unique® feature is gained by means of a beautiful.. wroughtiron stair rail and terrazza stairs. Pri-- vate' offices in which salesmen may have unhindered_. conferences with their clients, open on this meszanine. ~~The floor space is amply large to ° accommodate the uncrowded display of six Nash cars. Plenty of light is afforded and the room is comfortably.. furnished, so that visitors may view with leisurely ease and comfort all the cars on display, and all the many features of these cars. ing is divided into three departments --the new car department, the used ear department and service depart-- finished without any tendency -- to-- ward gaudiness or ostentation. Forty-- five by sixty.--one feet in gize, it is fin-- ished inca dark red querry tile with the walls in a buftf "caen" stone ef-- mammoth "light service" foor. This is for jbos that, require little time for. execution--car washing, greasing, polishing, oiling and minor repai:ls. Splendid Service Facilities It is enclosed on three sides with glass, thus acssuring a maximum of light and sunshine. The floors are conttructed --of --reinforced conctets while the room is girded with 'stout wovden trusses. An up--to--date concrete ramp leadt :l?. m«t{ ; :.J.'i"&"&' floor all the © jobs requiring any . The service department is divided into two sections Directly in the rear. of the new car display is a Adjoining the new car displey room is a large used car show roomm where Wetzel & Turner's reconditioned car Offerings will be shown to advantage. «--Few motor car establishments have such remarkable facilities for service as Wetzel & Turner have in this 1ew The ceiling is admirably the efficient and spsedy exe-- (Turn to Page Two» display xd y Phei 23 Pheit's yA t eP (8 * «l «4

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