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\\ av Drive-In SiteiSold to American Oili.«!1A Standard Oil service -station is scheduled to displace the ElmWay drive-in at thf southeasterly cort*'r erf Elm and HenryStreetsAmerican Oil Co which recent-!y exercised a pun-has* option on the Elm Way comer hav obtained a city building pennit tor erection then of a gasoline service station estimated to cost S20.000 And meantime, the Elm Way Drive In, owned by Joseph I ~i nrigraf and Clifford Kutu. has been rlos-Ii'I'd.Mr Landgraf said today that thlt; Elm Way is now permanent ly out of business and that some lt;rf the fixtures have already l**en raid. American Oil Co, has exer-lt;1sed its purchase option on the drive-in tract, he said, but a date for giving possession remains tobe set.The Elm Way was established in 1941 by Anton F. Landgraf. then a grocer at W. 9th and State Streets, and his grocery was taken over by his brother Joseph F.| Landgraf. Then, in 1947. tame aji change of ownership in the drive-h in with the founder retiring, andji th* Elm Way txlng acquired ty |lt; Joseph F Landgraf and his broth-«r-m-law. Clifford Kun/ who sincehave tip* rated th business fory earsJi**ph LirKtgr.il saw1 today that he pi.tns to retire. He proposes to -pend next winter m the south Imji will keep his residence in Alton. Mr Kun/ has not yet made definite plans as to the futureThe Elm Way tract fronts 204 t.-et on both Henry and ElmPlans of American O i Ias revealed in its building permits are to raze the presentdrive in structure and erect amodern service station with twoStreetspump islands.Recently American Oil acquired a service station site at Washington and E, Broadway where buildings now are being razed to clear the krfs.J*II
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Sat, May 05, 1962
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