Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 9<br />
SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />
Seacord, Jefferson M. Senior member of Seacord & Slocum dead of peritonitis after an operation for<br />
gall stones - Mrs. Slocum the daughter of Seacord. 2-5-1919<br />
Seacord, John M. Seacord & Weeks.<br />
Batavia Mineral Wool Co. listed in Times of 1907 said succeeded by<br />
J. J. Kauffman in 1905.<br />
Says people not buying carriages - now buy bicycles. 11-11-1896<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Seacord married 25 years. 10-18-1901<br />
Mrs. Seacord joining her husband, now a government meat inspector in Buffalo. 1-15-1910<br />
Former mayor, dead. 2-21-1920<br />
Seacord and Dodgson Manufacturer of mineral wool pipe and boiler cover in a new factory - doing<br />
big business.<br />
To merge with Batavia Manufacturing Co. making mineral wool - sell wagons and<br />
9-10-1892<br />
carriages, farm implements, 113 Main and Evans Street. 1-28-1896<br />
Seacord and Slocum Jefferson M. Seacord and Henry E. Slocum of LeRoy to do business under the<br />
name LeRoy Trucking Co. 12-11-1914<br />
Rent 8 & 10 Main Street from Raymond Walker - the Brown Building. 1-21-1919<br />
To run two stores: One here at 500 East Main; one in LeRoy. 1-29-1919<br />
To open a tractor store at 8 & 10 Main. 1-29-1919<br />
Open tomorrow at 8-10 Main Street. 2-27-1919<br />
LeRoy business place sold to William J. Dugan. 1-2-1920<br />
Show Nash at the Fair. 9-18-1922<br />
Dance at the Seacord & Slocum garage to benefit the Children's Home. 4-13-1923<br />
Over 500 attend the dance.<br />
Celebrate 5 years in business. Came from LeRoy in 1919. Picture of: The<br />
4-17-1923<br />
former Dyke Rink. 1-23-19<strong>24</strong><br />
Has a fire truck as a demonstration. 7-16-19<strong>24</strong><br />
Ad offers Red Star oil stoves.<br />
Full page ad: Seacord & Slocum: Reconditioned cars. "Everyone rides in a<br />
3-4-1925<br />
used car." 5-21-1925<br />
Half page ad: Seacord and Slocum sold to Charles V. Ortner of Darien. 9-1-1925<br />
Spelled Secord in ad.<br />
Implement Company files incorporation papers, $75,000 capitalization - Seacord<br />
2-1-1926<br />
not in the Directory. Slocum a local resident. 7-29-1926<br />
200 or so attend a farm machinery show on East Main Street. 3-15-1928<br />
To have a Chandlers franchise - recently gave up Nash sales.<br />
Sold to C. V. Ortner of Darien. Farm Implements, Willys Knight, Overland.<br />
Started in LeRoy in 1914 as LeRoy Transfer & Storage Co. Moved to<br />
8 & 10 Main in Batavia in 1919. In 1921 bought the Dyke Roller Rink and<br />
remodeled it for a show room. Have been an International Harvester representative<br />
for 15 years. When Slocum gave up his Nash dealership he was the oldest<br />
Nash dealer in point of service in the US. Jefferson M. Seacord, head of the firm,<br />
8-27-1928<br />
died in 1919. He was the father of Mrs. Slocum.<br />
Harry Slocum to continue gas and oil business. Delivers gas and oil to farmers<br />
10-21-1928<br />
by wagon - has a large trade. 10-22-1928<br />
Moving their office from 564 to 562 East Main Street. 1-19-1929<br />
Giving 25 gallons Olixier Gas. Roger L. Peio won the gas.<br />
Whole page ad - most modern gas station, 562 East Main Street - pictures.<br />
5-23-1932<br />
Has bunks and showers - picture of Slocum. 11-23-1937<br />
Seacord and Slocum now recapping tires. 2-7-1942<br />
Picture of the interior of. 12-3-1943<br />
Arthur Hilken now a member of the firm. Joined as a salesman July 9, 1940. 4-19-1944<br />
Picture of, 562 East Main Street.<br />
Alumni have a banquet - those who worked there between 1914 and 1929 -<br />
6-29-1945<br />
25 in all. 5-26-1951
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