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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1925-12-18, Page 3`07 171p, "1774 �Af CUMBER 18, -1925. IV THE HURON. ZX 1''WIK Vis wit "011"HIRIS, il ow, VKk4i 'J UP-_ U, P", 04 , A . , 1 'a A 14,4 -A W-* A� 9 4 A% 51.1". Gm 1,11WIVIVIK"WX 'T" 0I 'iN Ar IRS MY M N - P , M ea y d -MV -ii IFUKI qg, , 'A . ..... IN $ W#A1, VIM$ .. Q9 _ I 511R, poll or,b], 01�t,�,,i�l M) # R "I'll . . . . . . . . . . . fta e' beeff carriage v gle neratfoij the� ,viree, gone til the ,p . resent' y ere not kvown wt6ide vaiitk whore" they V made, their. veh�,_ J. L q AWKWIM. Fisher 'i -he, Zarked t)D his, uncle that before he f i Ifty years old he meant to be 1, a position "where I wo'n?t have'to 106a* Whit an,ybne else does."' He had the ambition. of owing his. own business whative.r it might be, for his father had been an . oWner not an �employee like his father before him. Bilt first he had to be an employee �.� luck steered him to a good place. Re went to work for the C. R. and J. -C. Wilson Company, then the largest -carriage building concern in the world. He went to.the drawing room at $4 a ,day. and shortly afterward, was in charge of the room. For a t&muet Henry Ford occupied space in 'the same building, and - there is a photo- Flsher,,bo4y, bo ls,,,established 7bim zelf vi%h Ws, -,.A wil Jamwi �the 'bodies. If, as a writer in the New one of - th in: Was. th i6na, As tki§ bi*W ' 'ilk th la ofher a.- car ge, 'York Worldsays, the Fishers. under- Me A bftQiet_in_l4w,:w4s, "ai) ':p1fhol4tqrsr aid' -the three' combined wei* ims .19- turq.,out14rm Wagons' -4nd bui. ZWA.4' `44 th�, children 6nie ajo�g` Handkerchiefs ... 5c to $1.50 th�Y were' - obliged to go to work, VO per.cent., the body company had 'to increose.suffl-cientl1r. to meet nine -gar Lawrence Fisher' -was a stern zMan who believed some in book learning -biA 'a Urpatest - good deal more In honest -toil. -He had eleven children # i the - course 4 time, all of them (!.6- rvi ce. living -,but one. The family pr4sper- 'pa0ty ofAe plant one y6ar might modestly and acquired such ac-' pie Vt tessories as a Shetland pony an& a. saxophone. Fred, the elcler, learned nm- -the carriage building trade and in at. the. ' 111 t age* of twe I nty,five he ariie% -we A. -to Detroit to. get 4, job. , Before y ",10 arn n g he -is c dited -with hav; Zarked t)D his, uncle that before he f i Ifty years old he meant to be 1, a position "where I wo'n?t have'to 106a* Whit an,ybne else does."' He had the ambition. of owing his. own business whative.r it might be, for his father had been an . oWner not an �employee like his father before him. Bilt first he had to be an employee �.� luck steered him to a good place. Re went to work for the C. R. and J. -C. Wilson Company, then the largest -carriage building concern in the world. He went to.the drawing room at $4 a ,day. and shortly afterward, was in charge of the room. For a t&muet Henry Ford occupied space in 'the same building, and - there is a photo- _" Kff� 0 The Great C-1-ift-ishmas 't i's ore hows I ts Readin( ss., graph -extant of the two men istanding before the same benh V11% though they were never associated 0 0 o 01V -in b4siness. Those were the days Now"at lots Very Besto BriamL.L.Lioul OfIntapp-wrl inexpel,11.1 -w Ford and others were tinker h'n," y e bu estions for ing With the first "horseless car- 99 -riages,", and 'it was iytural that Fred, Christmas fromr should cons �r the question Fishe ki its, A VLerlotablr., Bazaar of "ol'oday nelpfulness and Econ- his:own standpoint, namply thz�- 7buildxAg 4-a3itomobile, bodies which-, w6dTa -ed from the rear axle instead.of be - T V -0my. No trouble to make Sellections, Your Money w"ll go Farthejr to 'gtgild th6 strain of being push- ing pushed from pulled from the front of :axle and at a pace raugh faster than that of the av'eragp roadster. The Wilson.company w . as one of the first to branch out from carriage building -to the making of auto bodies, and it -was natural -that Fred Fisher and his brothe-b Oharles, who had joined 'him, :sho1414 entertain the same ambition. In 1908 they put it into effect. Their big idea was the building of carriage, bodies of interchangeable parts in quantity production from a set of 'wooden patterns. The Fisher Body Company was organized with a ca�ital -of $50,000, and Albert Fisher, an uncle who lived in Detroit, was the first president. Shortly afterward the two nephews bought him out. But at the beginning it was a struggle to get the- money together, and for a time it seerned that it 'was not to be 'had. F16r years. their troubX6 was to Taise enough money to carry -on their buiiness, which was expanding with a 'balloon�-Hke swiftness. No motor car coxpLpany ever had quite the same problem.' The Fishers had to g can - ital to meA the expansion of all'the miotor makers w1fo bought their wil Mother 'bodies. If, as a writer in the New th i6na, As tki§ bi*W ' 'ilk 'York Worldsays, the Fishers. under- -`Wa� taken hi to lual o& .1 theY wei* ims took to make bodies for nine cars, and each car increased its output owly Neckties ....... 25c to $1.25- Handkerchiefs ... 5c to $1.50 VO per.cent., the body company had 'to increose.suffl-cientl1r. to meet nine Gloves ......... 50c to $2.50 Gloves ........ 50C to $3.75 increases� of- 20 �6r cent- An order vf - 10,000 cars which strained the ca- # 9hirts ........ $1.50 to $5.00 (!.6- rvi ce. - 'pa0ty ofAe plant one y6ar might pie Vt _" Kff� 0 The Great C-1-ift-ishmas 't i's ore hows I ts Readin( ss., graph -extant of the two men istanding before the same benh V11% though they were never associated 0 0 o 01V -in b4siness. Those were the days Now"at lots Very Besto BriamL.L.Lioul OfIntapp-wrl inexpel,11.1 -w Ford and others were tinker h'n," y e bu estions for ing With the first "horseless car- 99 -riages,", and 'it was iytural that Fred, Christmas fromr should cons �r the question Fishe ki its, A VLerlotablr., Bazaar of "ol'oday nelpfulness and Econ- his:own standpoint, namply thz�- 7buildxAg 4-a3itomobile, bodies which-, w6dTa -ed from the rear axle instead.of be - T V -0my. No trouble to make Sellections, Your Money w"ll go Farthejr to 'gtgild th6 strain of being push- ing pushed from pulled from the front of :axle and at a pace raugh faster than that of the av'eragp roadster. The Wilson.company w . as one of the first to branch out from carriage building -to the making of auto bodies, and it -was natural -that Fred Fisher and his brothe-b Oharles, who had joined 'him, :sho1414 entertain the same ambition. In 1908 they put it into effect. Their big idea was the building of carriage, bodies of interchangeable parts in quantity production from a set of 'wooden patterns. The Fisher Body Company was organized with a ca�ital -of $50,000, and Albert Fisher, an uncle who lived in Detroit, was the first president. Shortly afterward the two nephews bought him out. But at the beginning it was a struggle to get the- money together, and for a time it seerned that it 'was not to be 'had. F16r years. their troubX6 was to Taise enough money to carry -on their buiiness, which was expanding with a 'balloon�-Hke swiftness. No motor car coxpLpany ever had quite the same problem.' The Fishers had to g can - fhAt was alf cqbs#d',fW, MA, th ital to meA the expansion of all'the miotor makers w1fo bought their Fat 1% Mother 'bodies. If, as a writer in the New er' i6na, As tki§ bi*W ' 'ilk 'York Worldsays, the Fishers. under- -`Wa� taken hi to lual o& .1 theY wei* ims took to make bodies for nine cars, and each car increased its output owly Neckties ....... 25c to $1.25- Handkerchiefs ... 5c to $1.50 VO per.cent., the body company had 'to increose.suffl-cientl1r. to meet nine Gloves ......... 50c to $2.50 Gloves ........ 50C to $3.75 increases� of- 20 �6r cent- An order vf - 10,000 cars which strained the ca- # 9hirts ........ $1.50 to $5.00 Scarfs ........ 75C -to $4.50 subI440 holo I 'pa0ty ofAe plant one y6ar might pie Vt Hosiery ....... 25c to $2.75 be %howed the next yegi,'if the car sold well -;-by -an order for 25,000 cilrs. nm- Muffle?s ....... 75C to $3.50 Rand Bags ... 25C to $5.00 7loor space, equipment, material, inoney., workmen must be -found al- Hose .......... 50c to $1.50 Lunch and Bridge Sets ....... $2.25 to $8.75 :Most overnight to meet the- new do- =and if the businesa was'to ptoslpft. Handkerchiefs.. 10c to $1.00 Table Cloths, $3.75 to $15.00 Tlwi Fighers were helped in §offie of iigr -*otsi pr6blen�i W 's Loul ul� Braces ............ 50c to 75c Bedspreads $3.00 to $11.50 "g,"11. T 14endelssohn, 'architect abd engine6k, *110 was a e -time clonnectedwith, Arm Bands ...... ioc-,to 50i6 Comforters $195 to $25.00 Fancy Towels flie 1h i bought. aces ..... B a .... .25c to 75c each ....... 50C to $1.75 (bodie's frOm o, iwa`kiit ac. Leather -Aukinte , �' I eana hia. bro- -ther oh., join , e , .,coih pahr lit Sweater -Coats, $1.95 to $6.50 Novelties .... 25c to $3.50 4909P 'the 0*eatil Ac- . ..$8.00 to $9.50 Sweater Coat, $1.25 to $7.50 W 4tns tions to. . 6 expand n organiza- tion. The, feats, of Louis in thisi 10 - 'tirellas Blankets, wool, money and atingo.-hew buildings UM $3.00 .... $1.50 to pair .$10.50 to $13.25 '11i . n6iicoi, � - I a ort rd � 8ti di6dussed In* ,-Detroit. in 1,960 1* 610- Pred got House C oat, $5.00 to $8.W Drenes .$5.75 to $25.00 'he Mdi that kb1d111:QiW *ka to t lye the tAi"Of "Af6h-few CaPS - $1.25 to $2.50 RU S ...... $10-00 to $65.00 R 9b ub er Apron.. 50C to $1.25 _*0111d listen io'MM 4. , i6"Ahiwv ��Nenry Pord, It J4 be -ed '14 Overcoats $ . 15.00 to $35,00 Wool Bed Covers vist nobo,ay vibuid lqd4l, AWW ,.� go �!!h t4hoijt�, jQ, Rats ........ $2.50 to $5.00 each ....... $8.50 to $9.00 Hearth Rugs to .$2.25 $15 fhAt was alf cqbs#d',fW, MA, th eft gambldd'.6ti th1W.`V&anV# 4 i6na, As tki§ bi*W ' 'ilk -`Wa� taken hi to lual o& .1 theY wei* ims ar c flage VU11K I li�t Ail* *6 t # ar subI440 holo I pie Vt tn nm- Ifid AMOK All _V10 V, A g j)�g ul� , 7 N "g,"11. T CZ_ Br_o'theil�__ Muffler . ...... 75c to $3.50 �\ Neckties ...... 25c to $1.25 Gloves ........ 65c to $3.50 Hose .......... 50c to $1.50 Handkerchief ...5c to $1.0o Braces .......... 15c to 75c Caps .......... 50c to $2.50 Arm Bands ..... 25c to 50c 'Sweater's ....$1.50'to $6.50 Bloomers .... $1.50 to $2.50 Garters ........ 35c to 75c Toque ... I ...... 5,Oc to 75c Underw4r 75c to $5'.00 Soft Colla"��--- * �1. 25,c�to ��5c Shirts $5.00 Belts ........... 50C to $1.00 0. Sister Silk Scarf .$1.25 to $4.50 Boxed Handk'fs, 25c to $1.50 Silk Hose .. . . $1.00 to $2.75 Ribbon Craft Novelties .... 35c to $1.50 Fancy Gatters..35c to $1.25 Fancy Cuff Gloves .. - - .$1.00 to $3.75 Fancy Compact, 75c to $1.00 10 Hamd Bags .... 25c to $3.75 Beaded Bags. .$1.25 to $1.50 Flowers for Coat, 65c to L50 Evening Dress, $16.50 to $25 Sweaters .... $2.00 to $6.50 Combs & -Barettes, 10c to 50c Silk Underwear, $1 to $3.50 Bridge Playing Sets ....... $2.75 to $3.50 0so, 6"We a,. o.r _4 V�, 'J. 4 0 P",