Posted by 8850dave on March 09, 2019 at 04:52:01 from (72.105.202.150):
It's great reminiscing with my nearly 91 year old dad about how he started the local John Deere dealership in late 1954, buying out the JD dealer in town then purchasing property that the Massey Harris dealer was located on to relocate his new adventure. Actually in the previous 2 years before he started the dealership he was able to get JD to host a plowing demonstration on one of their farms, that's when the buzz started thinking he had something in the works with JD. After he got the business moved and going he went to East Moline for a week's training at the branch office , there he meet the new president of JD William Hewitt who he thought came from California. He was very interested to talk with my dad. Later in a few weeks they had a dealers meeting and Mr. Hewitt spoke and when he finished his part they had a break when Mr Hewitt came walking down the aisle towards the Martin Bros.from Roanoke who were the big dealers at the time ,but Mr Hewitt walked past them and sat down with my dad and he said the look on their faces was priceless cause they had no idea who he was but again my dad and Mr Hewitt enjoyed visiting. As my dad has time these days to think about some of his past I am sure very happy to hear theses stories.
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