Sad to see what has become of a great Case dealership.

Tgrasher

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Not long after CaseDC3 posted about dealerships in Madison County IL, I found this picture on the internet posted by Tracey Kleibocker, a Case collector, and in older times, a neighbor of mine. The picture is of the old Shattuc Imp. building that once had new tractors and implements sitting all around. The window on the left is covered but once looked into sales brochures and the parts counter. The first door on the right was wood with windows and a entrance door in the center, one I went through many times. The next door was to the service area, where I studied the mechanics at work. The next door was storage.
In summer it was busy with farmers needing parts, in winter it was a place to catch up on gossip and get a new calendar. Ernie Fruend was always with a smile and never knew a stranger.
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I must have been 5 yr old when Pa quit milking so my memory is a little blurry. He got a winter job setting up machinery at the local Case dealer. But here's the thing, I think he was setting up Oliver plows. Does that sound right that Case dealer would be selling Oliver plows? This was Cutkosky and Jones Imp. Mankato, Mn.
 
Very sad site, it is hard to see them today, as they were a gathering place for farmers and alike. Ma & PA hometown dealerships. Like seeing family farm fall into disrepair
 
I must have been 5 yr old when Pa quit milking so my memory is a little blurry. He got a winter job setting up machinery at the local Case dealer. But here's the thing, I think he was setting up Oliver plows. Does that sound right that Case dealer would be selling Oliver plows? This was Cutkosky and Jones Imp. Mankato, Mn.
i think Oliver/White did make certain models of plows with Case paint and emblems. not sure exactly when (early 70s??) or what models
 
Not long after CaseDC3 posted about dealerships in Madison County IL, I found this picture on the internet posted by Tracey Kleibocker, a Case collector, and in older times, a neighbor of mine. The picture is of the old Shattuc Imp. building that once had new tractors and implements sitting all around. The window on the left is covered but once looked into sales brochures and the parts counter. The first door on the right was wood with windows and a entrance door in the center, one I went through many times. The next door was to the service area, where I studied the mechanics at work. The next door was storage.
In summer it was busy with farmers needing parts, in winter it was a place to catch up on gossip and get a new calendar. Ernie Fruend was always with a smile and never knew a stranger.View attachment 91592View attachment 91593
Here are a few more dealership ads from southern IL. I know I have Shattuc ad somewhere too, when I find I post it/
 

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Not long after CaseDC3 posted about dealerships in Madison County IL, I found this picture on the internet posted by Tracey Kleibocker, a Case collector, and in older times, a neighbor of mine. The picture is of the old Shattuc Imp. building that once had new tractors and implements sitting all around. The window on the left is covered but once looked into sales brochures and the parts counter. The first door on the right was wood with windows and a entrance door in the center, one I went through many times. The next door was to the service area, where I studied the mechanics at work. The next door was storage.
In summer it was busy with farmers needing parts, in winter it was a place to catch up on gossip and get a new calendar. Ernie Fruend was always with a smile and never knew a stranger.View attachment 91592View attachment 91593
Yes, it is sad to see these places owned and run by small businessmen and their families, now abandoned and in disrepair. Places that were once teeming with activity and providing a much needed service to their community. Thanks for posting this reminder of times gone by.
 
Tod,

Sometimes Soechtig is listed as being from Mitchell and sometimes Granite City. Do you happen to know if they moved? Thanks, Don
Don,
Mitchell, IL was settled in the mid-1880s, the Mitchell family from Chicago bought 4000 acres to raise cattle. Turns out the ground was too swampy, so they drained it then laid out a town, and got a post office. Granite City was built around Mitchell, which had never been incorporated. To this day the 1000 or so people in Mitchell always vote no. So Mitchell is a town, "in" Granite City. Mitchell is only 5 miles east of my entire family on my dad's side.
The farm in the photo on Shaefer Rd. is my cousin's place his grandparents lived across the road, and his grandmother was my grandfather's sister. The Canal was built in the 1940s when my grandparents moved east. Of, course all the urban sprawl in the photo was all farmland. My family once owned ground on both sides of the canal. By the way Schaefer Rd. is the Shaeffers who founded the American Farm Heritage Museum in Greenview, IL. Sherry Schaefer is the daughter of Oliver. The Shaefers were an Oliver dealer in Granite City and Hamel IL. Sherry is the publisher of "Heritage Iron" and "Oliver Heritage" magazines. In the small world of things, me and one of her aunts have the same Godparents.
 

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Don,
Mitchell, IL was settled in the mid-1880s, the Mitchell family from Chicago bought 4000 acres to raise cattle. Turns out the ground was too swampy, so they drained it then laid out a town, and got a post office. Granite City was built around Mitchell, which had never been incorporated. To this day the 1000 or so people in Mitchell always vote no. So Mitchell is a town, "in" Granite City. Mitchell is only 5 miles east of my entire family on my dad's side.
The farm in the photo on Shaefer Rd. is my cousin's place his grandparents lived across the road, and his grandmother was my grandfather's sister. The Canal was built in the 1940s when my grandparents moved east. Of, course all the urban sprawl in the photo was all farmland. My family once owned ground on both sides of the canal. By the way Schaefer Rd. is the Shaeffers who founded the American Farm Heritage Museum in Greenview, IL. Sherry Schaefer is the daughter of Oliver. The Shaefers were an Oliver dealer in Granite City and Hamel IL. Sherry is the publisher of "Heritage Iron" and "Oliver Heritage" magazines. In the small world of things, me and one of her aunts have the same Godparents.
Thanks for the answer, Tod. It's a small world.
 

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