The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-27
SWIFT SUCCEEDS PAUL zENS
Harold Hart Named to Have Charge Of
Truck Department Sales and John
Rose Will Be in Charge of Foreign
Trade -- Recognize Good Work.

With the opening Of the Chicago au-
tomobile show on Saturday evening
announcement was made to dealers OF
the reorganization Of the sales de-
partment of the Thomas B. Jeffery
Company which has brought advance
to men long in the employ of the com
pany and long interested in this de-
partment Of the big organization. f..
G. Seward is named to succeed E. S.
Jordan as sales manager for the pleas
ure car department of the business and
he will have as his assistant, w. B..
Riley The truck sales department will
be in charge of Harold G.. Hart and
John A. Rose is named as in charge
of the foreign sales department.
Mr.. Seward, who goes to the leader
ship of the sales organization, has been
active in the Jeffrey business for the
past ten years. He had his first ex-
perience in the automobile game with
the Jeffrey company and later spent
three years in the sales department OF
the Velie company. He returned to
the Jeffrey organization more than five
years ago and since that time had been
assistant sales manager. Mr.. Seward
is widely known to the automobile
dealers throughout the country and he
has had much to do with the develop
ment Of the record breaking business
of the company during the past
two years.
Mr.. Riley, named as assistant sales
manager, has been brought up in the
sales department. of the Jeffrey organi-
cation and he has been in close touch
with the business Of the department
for eight years.
Harold Hart, who takes charge of
the truck department, won his spurs
as salesman in the pleasure car BUSH
ness, but since the truck business be-
came big factor in the automobile
trade he has been student Of the
needs to- this end Of the business. He
has been active in promoting the
"Jeffery Quad" and he knows prac-
tically every dealer in the country.
Mr.. Rose, who is placed in charge
of the foreign department, has been in
charge of this work for some time.
He has been one of the leaders in the
Jeffrey organization in placing big
foreign business during the past two
years.
At the same time announcement Is
made of the appointment of William
j. Swift to succeed Paul Zens as pur-
chasing agent of the company. Mr..
Swift was formerly alderman from the
fourth ward, but his connection with
the Jeffrey company and the purchas-
ing department dates back nearly ten
years. He has been assistant purchas-
ing agent for several years and has
been in charge Of the department. since
the retirement of Mr.. Zens.
The Jeffrey company has one Of the
most notable displays at the Chicago
show and it is of course proving the
most interesting exhibit to the big
Kenosha crowds at the show. All of
the new models Of the Jeffrey car
are being shown and big sales are be-
ing reported. During the week the
Jeffrey factory in Kenosha viii be
featured as part of the show and it
is expected that hundreds Of the show
visitors will come to Kenosha to visit
the Jeffrey plant. The entire sales
organization of the company will be in
Chicago during show week taking
charge of the Jeffrey exhibit.