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FREE'S... on t or over halfWhen the 1925 Chevrolet (pictured) came on the market, Chevys were well on the way towards being- the nation’s No. L choice of car buyers and Tuffrec Chevrolet of Green Mountain was seven years old. Tuffree's has been on the winning- Chevrolet team ever since.John Tuftiee, father of Dclmar Tuffree, opened his Chevrolet dealership at Crcon Mountain in 101 S. He soon established a name for fair dealing and the agency grew and flourished. Car buyers came from a wid-area including the city of Marshalltown to deal with John. When he died in 1964 at the age of 76, he was one of the oldest Chevrolet dealers in the state.Dclmai s start in the car business was as a mechanic in his fathers garage. That was in'1933. He continued to work as a mechanic until the early ’50s at which time he assumed some of the management chores as well as sales work for the family firm. In 1958 Delmar became the Green Mountain dealer.Two years later, in October of 1960, Delmar moved the agency to Traer. He brought his tools and equipment with him and moved into the building at the south edge of town in which the business is still located. The building had housed Chevrolet dealerships up until a few months- before Tuffrec moved. It was built in 1917 by the late George Cavalier. . '. - ....... IIV.- H.wvai LU unvn. J11S w:mu the duties as bookkeeper m Tracr as she had in 'Green Mountain, in 1962, Dave Tuffree complete his SC \ ice in the aimy and joined his parents in the operation of the firm serving as a car salesman mrt- do partment manager and working in the shop from time to time as the occasion demanded. A second s™ Do fAmerica '’nS “ ” MraUUih «“ ^ «* •» ~ - serving i„ the Peace Corpst ' SouUr’Me arc grateful to the people of the Traer area for the fins patronage that has enabled our a-encv to row and prosper and pledge our best efforts to keep Chevrolet* and Pukka the ■•winning team” in Traer ^ move mlo the town s second century.WARM CENTENNIAL GREETINGSlrom your friends 011 llie winning leatnDon Dane - Clark Wood - Paul Larsen - Larry Larsen _ Opal Ilarringlo,, Dclmar luflrco - Arlene Tuffree - David Tuffree - Al Xcymeyer - Harold Jurgens
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Traer Star Clipper
Traer, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 10, 1973
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