The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-11
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RETURNS TO BENNINGTON
Harry T. SouthalI to Enter Emplo,
of e. w. Williams.

1
Bennington about July LIST. Mr.. South
all will enter a new field of salesman
ship as he is to become a member OF
e. w. Williams sales force at The
Bennington Garage Mr. Southall s
friends include about all of the popu.
lation of the vicinity who have come
In contact with him and in his twenty
| years OF experience as a salesman in
| The Drysdale store, he served most
of them at one time or another.
In establishing a connection with
| Mr. Williams and the Bennington
| Garage, Mr. Southall is joining one Of
the largest of the local retail organi
cations and probably the most rapidly
growing one. h. w. Williams, who is
sole owner and manager of the Ben
nington Garage, came to Bennington
six years ago last winter and started
doing a motor car and accessory sales
business and operating a general SER
vice station and garage in the brick
building on the Cottage hotel proper
| ty.
A year ago, the Burgess property
next west of the present location was
purchased and in the near future a
large business building and garage
will be erected covering the entire
property. Mr.. Williams has had the
leading part in putting the motor car
business on its feet in Bennington
and is entitled ii to a standing with
the best of the retail business organi-
cations. This standing, it had previ-
1aa n In Dannfnnfn,,
Mr.. Williams was qualified for his
task by years of experience in the
motor car business and by an early
training as practical mechanic In
the late nineties, when a motor car
could be housed in a tent and the pub
lie would pay money to go in and
see it, Mr.. Williams was engaged in
the manufacturing of automobiles.
From that time until 1911 when he
came TO Bennington. Mr.. Williams
constantly followed the motor car
bushes as means of livelihood He
worked for one of the largest manu-
facturers of motor cars in the coun-
try at one period for four years, in
the different positions of travelling
service man educating dealers repair
men, manager of contest teams, and
finally as salesman Mr. Williams
spent two years as salesman of cleo
trical apparatus for motor cars. visit
ing all the manufacturers of cars in
the country. coming into daily contact
with the engineers and designers OF
all the makes of automobiles and en-
gines, spending much time in their
testing rooms and acquiring a great
fund of valuable experience and infor-
nation.
In organizing a department at the
Bennington Garage for service and re.
pairs, Mr. Williams has been able to
train men himself for his responsible
positions. Alfred Elicit. the present
head of the service department has
been in the organization FIVE years and
having had peculiar qualities especial
ly adapting him to this line of work,
has absorbed the instruction and in
formation with great rapidity. Mr.
Elicit has made several trips away
for instruction in special lines and
will now rate with the best of general
motor car experts.
Many Bennington and Bennington
County people are well acquainted
with Ralph f. Niles who is Mr. Will
liams' chief assistant in the selling
Of motor cars. Mr.. Niles became a |
member of the organization in 1912.
coming to Bennington from Mont
pelier where he attended the Mont
pelier Seminary Mr. Niles has made
a remarkable success as a salesman
through his absolute integrity and
care in representing all matters ex-
actly as they are coupled with the
fact that he has had some of the very
best cars the market affords for their
price to sell. In the organization are
several bennington boys who are de
veloping well and promise to be |
strengthening members.
Mr.. Southalrs history does not need |
writing for Bennington people. They |
all know him to be a salesman and |
gentleman of the highest type and |
will all be glad to know he has be /
come connected with business wor-
thy of his effort. After a period of |
getting acquainted with the business |
from the inside, Mr. Southall's friends |
may expect him to call on them often /
in the interest of the great work of |
seeing that every family in Benning
ton county rides in motor the cost |
of shoes being now so high.