The Brunswick news., 1922-10-24
RALPH M|NEHAN
IS MAKING GOOD
Former Brunswickian in Auto
mobile Business in Atlanta
on Quite an Extensive Scale
During Past Few Months.

The Brunswick friends of Ralph J.
Minehan, who for the past seven years
has been engaged in the automobile
business in Atlanta, will be pleased
to know that he has entered largely
into that line for himself.
Mr.. Minehan, who was at one time
connected with the News staff has
formed copartnership with Samuel
J. Porter of Atlanta for the handling
of Hudson and Essex cars on a large
scale.
The Atlanta Constitution in it's
issue Of Sunday carried the following
story of the new company which will
be pleasing to the many Brunswick
friends of Mr.. Minehan:
THE Porter-M -Minehan company re-
Gently organized by Samuel C. Porter
and Ralph ]. Minehan to handle
Hudson and Essex cars at retain in
competition with the J. w Goldsmith
Jr. Grant Company, state distributors,
will open for business tomorrow.
They will occupy the two stores at
SIS and $40 Peachtree street, and
the large automobile service station
building in the rear of these stores.
The service entrance will be from
North avenue.
Messrs Porter and Minehan, though
occupying their service station, de
livered several new Hudsons and Es-
sex cars during the past week, and
it is predicted that with theiE formal
opening they will rapidly become one
if the large volume retail dealers in
Atlanta.
MANY prominent local firms have
taken the opportunity to congratulate
these young and progressive business
men upon receiving this valuable fran
chise, a good number of firms doing
this not only in person, but through
the medium of the press.
There are probably no other two
local automobile men, formerly hold
ing subordinate positions, that have
a greater number of friends either in
the trade or in other business and so
cial circles, than Messrs. Porter and
Minehan.
"Mr. Porter has been with the J. W.
Goldsmith, Jr-Grant company for a
number of years. serving as general
manager for the past two years. Mr..
Minehan has been in the automobile
business for about seven years. the
past year as retail salesman for the
Goldsmith Grant company.
"Mr. Porter, who is president and
general manager of the new company
states they have arranged for corps
of trained Hudson and Essex mechan-
les, and that they have equipped their
shops with the most modern and effici
ent equipment possible to secure
Their service space will compare fav
orablv with some of the largest il
Atlanta.
Mr.. Porter will have active super
vision of all the departments of the
business. and he promises to offer
the motoring public a measure OF
service in every respect worthy OF
the commendation of the most cr:ti-
cal. Mr.. Minehan will head the sales
organization. which is now being
formed. He is well fitted to handle
this position, as his entire experience
in the automobile business has been
in the sales end.
J. w. Goldsmith. Jr., president of
the Goldsmith-Grant company, who
distributed Hudson and Essex cars
in Georgia state that he feels fortun
ate in having two men in his organi-
zation to whom he could give t lis
valuable franchise
"The appointment of these men ae
dealers will be of real service TO the
present and future owners Of Hudson
and Essex cars. They are both en-
tirely competent to handle the sales
and service in an admirable way. and
with the opening of their stores, car
owners will have the option of taking
their service to either organization. -