1918 Car List from Willard Batteries

The Fairfield Auxiliary newspaper was running an ad in February, 1918 for W. A. Lewis & Co. who must have been the owners of the Willard Service Station. They advertised the Willard batteries listing the auto manufacturers who used Willard batteries naming well over 100 car manufacturers.

So, here is that list...

That's fun. There were more than that - list anymore car manufacturers that you know, ideally American made in 1918 but knock yourselves out...

Adding "modern" models - related trivia would be the sponsors of the Ed Sullivan Show - Plymouth, Dodge, Desoto, Chrysler and the Exclusive Imperial all by Chrysler Corporation

G. M. matched those five with Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile and Cadillac. 

And then remember Ford Motors had Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Continental - may have been a Lincoln thing, and they did that Edsel experiment with the grill that was shackled by a bad nickname.

Packard, Hudson, and lots others. The Maxwell didn't make that list - it was a contemporary at least.  This has gotten out of hand........

March 1943 - 50 Clay County Men Inducted

March 1943 saw the army build-up call for 50 men from Clay County. In an article at the same time, an Army official was quoted as saying the country would have to reverse the policy of not drafting fathers if a 10,000,000-man army was to be a reality. 

Do you have anything to add about any of these men...if so, please post a comment below...

1993 Spring Ranch, Tom Jones and Elizabeth Taylor

This is kind of a fun thing we ran across while writing the CCN column. Spring Ranch was getting ready to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail. Their fundraising scheme was to contact singer Tom Jones and actress Elizabeth Taylor to get publicity photos to auction off.

Do you know why they did this...  answer below

Left to Right Joni Jones, Hastings Convention and Visitors Bureau; Robert Siemsen; Robert Matticks; Kelly Kahman, field representative for Nebraska Department of Economic Development; Becky Matticks; Marion Fike, Jr.; Sonnie Fike and Rick Matticks.

The major historical story about the Spring Ranche area is the 1885 lynching of two of their local citizens, one named Elizabeth Taylor and her brother Tom Jones.