South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-18
4 ReniniSCenCe
By B. c. Stephenson

Long years ago Grandmother Wall
lived with he family IN the old
''Travelers Rest" which had been
one OF the early day hotels, at the
southeast corner Of Michigan and
Jefferson streets
Henry Studebaker had retired
from the partnership with his broth
or Clement and had taken up broad
acres southeast OF the town. acres
which are now built mp with modern
homes and comprise one or the
wards OF the city. Peter Stude bak-
or had not yet come into the firm
and was then located IN Goshen,
where he distributed Studebaker
wagons and carriages and a few
farm implements. Jacob was still
cub and starting his college educa-
zion at Notre Dame. &C. & J. n
Etudebaker," as the factory sign
read. was then the style Of the firm
and they were conducting their great
wagon and carriage factory OF the
future, then IN EN- bryO state OF de-
VeIopment. occupying the present
site OF the Auditorium theater, or
about two-thirds OF that quarter
BLOCK Patrick O'Brien and "YOp-
pie Hogue were the carriage paint
-ers. Ike Hogue and Charlie Walter
house were the wagon painters. IN
Gle J. r. COnover and Israel HOgue,
father OF the HOgue boys. were the
nvood workers. Z. r. IngersOl and
billie Rentfrow were wagon and
carriage ironers and Billie picked
his banjo In the evening on his front
stoop opposite our domicile. John
Studebaker IN these days would he
called Production Manager" Gle
,rrent worked at the forge and boss
ed the wagon and carriage iron
workers. and at that time the iron
ing OF a carriage was done IN
fantastic manner and included many
curliques. az that Is the Jay TO spell
it,
The foregoing is to introduce this
sstoryi
Grandmother Wall let the tea ket-
tie boil over, and the stove, being
unduly hot, one OF the stove lids
cracked IN twain. Grandma ap-
piled 20 her friendly neighbOr, the
blacksmith, Clement Studeoaker' to
repair the lid. Glen. as no was
faTniIiariy called by the villagers,
repaired and returned the lid and
offered TO charge Is cents for the
lob. Grandma was Mortified at the
excessive charge and in these days
would have called him a profiteer
Glen argued that he had carefully
repaired the lid with under strap
irons and that he had counter sunk
the rivet heads I'm the surface and
that the lid was stronger than when
new. They chewed the rag. as We
now say, and finally they compro-
missed on 10 cents. and the dispute
was thus aD1fcably settled and their
-FrrJ4F Inn before
In the success OF the Studebaker
brothers In after years. Glenn Stude-
baker never apologized for having
been a blacksmith at the forge. In
deed. during the Blaine-Cleveland
campaign OF 1884 the republicans
got uD a great industrial parade, and
the Studebakers. as usual with all
their undertakings, turned out the
larger portion Of the floats. ON re-
quest OF the Parade Committee
Glenn nut on a blacksmith's leather
aDron and n hickory shirt. open
wide at the front. and with the
sleeves rolled high for freedom of
arm, action in the old blacksmith
stvle. ne pumped the bellows. ham
rnered the red-hot irons and made
horse shoes throughout the two
hours of the parade Mind you. this
when the StuGcbakers were multi
millionaires. and Glenn StudeOaker
had not lost the neat trick or the
skill OF making a horse shoe. Pride.
the Studebaker brothers never
knew the meaning OF the word.
though in their later years they
travelled widely. but as they Travelled
ALWAYS boIstering their business,
domestic or foreign, and expanding
and extending their production un-
iii their agencies encircled the en-
tire globe.
Their rest and recreation was IN
connection with their business They
,ofnrled with people in America and
abroad in exalted position in wealth
or attainment. as with those OF
humble accomplishment and they
never grew away from their carry
friends. The brothers all died IN
the harness.
To retrace our step bit-it Is
refreshing 70 recall that Glenn stu
debaker. known so widely through
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