The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-02-10


active and growing business dis
trict, as new firms were estab-
ished and concerns changed
hands.
Wholesale Firm Here
The Redwood Auto Supply is
the name chosen by Clifford j.
Hanson for his new wholesale
automobile supplies firm which
will open within Is days in the
former Muehlbauer building on
Third street. Mr.. Hanson who is
a native of Sleepy Eye, has been
in the car supplies business for
the last Is years, most of the time
in Minneapolis. At present he is
working on the interior of the
store and waiting for the arrival
of stock. Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson
and son Dale who is in high school
are living in the Coleman duplex
on Mill street.
Coast-TO- Coast Sold
William j. Frank of Buffalo
Lake purchased the Redwood
Falls Coast-To-Coast store Friday
from Charles Nagell who has
operated it for the last three
years. He will take possession
February 81.
Mr.. Frank is well known in
Redwood Falls, having taken a
California trip with the Scenic
City band three years ago as sub
stitute for regular member. He
has been in the automobile, ac-
cessory, radio and service business
for % years and comes here well
qualified for the business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank and their
three children will move to the
city as soon as they obtain a
house. All are musicians.
Mr.. Nagell returned here We'd
nesday after purchasing another
Coast-To-Coast store at Boone,
Iowa which he plans to take over
the first week in March following
his marriage to Opal Blegen.
Boone has population of $4,000.
His new store is twice as large
as the Redwood Falls establish
ment, stocking refrigerators, oil
burners and similar merchandise.
Mr.. Nagel owns two other
stores, one at Marshalltown, Iowa
and the other at Iowa City.
Donald Scobie will remain an
employee of the store here.
Establish Cleaning Firm
Leo Dwyer and Helmuth Hagen,
former employees at the Pantor-
ium, are directing extensive re-
modelling Of the old Basement
pool room for a new cleaning and
tailoring shop. They expect to
open the place sometime next
week.
Tailor, Presser Come Here
Henry Switters of Granite Falls,
graduate of a three year tailoring
school in Germany, is the new
tailor at the Pantorium. He has
been in this country several years,
is married and has one child.
Another vocational school grad
uate, Clarence Emerson, is the
new presser. He attended a spot
tiers school in Roanoke, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson and their
three children come here from
Mortified.
New Operator
Veronica Mertz whose home is
at Springfield is a new beauty
operator at the Louise shop. She
has been working in Minneapolis
for the last year.
Rent Cafe
Mrs. L. A. Cheney and Mrs. By
ron .Whittet will assume the
management of the Redwood
Cafe March 1. They have rented
the restaurant and fixtures from
Guy, Joe and Eva Peavey, own
ers, who have been in active man
agement for the last six years.
The Peavey's have not announced
their future plans.
The entire first floor of the
Granite Block was taken over by
the Minnesota State Employment
Service this week as the Korner
Beauty shop moved upstairs in
the building. The place is being
redecorated.
j. w. Lauterbach, office head,
will have his private office in the
front room. The next office will
be for interviewing. The office
now being used for interviewing
will be a receiving room and the
room now occupied by Mr.. Lau-
terbach will be taken over by Irl
Starr, junior interviewer.
Hal Hanson, Gamble store
agency supervisor working out Of
Redwood Falls, Marshall, New
Ulm and Montevideo has taken a
room at the Herbert Hillger home
His home is at Alexandria and he
comes here from Hutchinson. Mr..
Hanson supervises seven agencies
out of Redwood Falls and 81 in
all.