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4 PAGE 2 % Braxton Had F \ Had Beginning With Only One Employee In '31 ! *r T Braxton Interests Now In tegral Part Of White ville; Imagination Playi Large Part In Expansiot Braxton's Auto Service begai first of all with an idea, an ides $ whose hour had struck for fulfil ment. That idea, motivated by thi IS intelligence, vision, and energy o: <9 Lee Braxton, whose idea it was has come to fruiton in (13) thirteei J- years as one of the best and mos j. successful business undertaking! ever begun in Eastern Carolina. From a business with one em ployee in a building on the lo * now occupied by the Madisoi theater, Braxton Auto service hai i expanded consistently until thi if Braxton interests now compris< ' wholesale and retail automobili ! parts deliveries, a modern, up-to date garage with an abundance ol floor space, a car dealership, ? budget store recently moved tc ' South Madison street, and mon I recently a projected cold storage freezer locker plant for Whit~vill< for which Braxton and five othei otnf?lfhnl/)pra hnvp fnrmfrf n rnrD I oration. In thirteen busy years, the Braxton interests have come tc I# an intergal part of Whiteville Columbus county, and a wide Carolina area. The real success ol this undertaken is indicated in the fact that when Braxton went into business in 1931. he bought ad? vertisemer.t from The News Ref porter on credit payable during 7 the following tobacco season, i This, Braxton declares, was necessary because he had insufficient I capital to finance the advertising. A large advertiser throughout the years of his business experience. Braxton attributes much of the success of his business to the fact that he has freely used the newspaper to keep before the pubIlic the services he was seeking to render. Basing his business philosophy upor the idea of providing something for the community which it V, needed. Braxton has catered to public interests and needs since his business first got underway. "I believe," he says, "that the way to do business is to demonstrate to the general public that you are doing something beneficial for them and that you are doing it in the spirit of community service." (With uncanny foresight and imagination, he has anticipated the wants and needs of the people. When the war came, he was one of the biggest automobile dealers !in this part of the state. With goods he had been selling no longer available, he applied his imagination to making a successful transition from the one Jine of business to another so as to continue to render a service to the community as well as to take advantage of the period of prosper2j ity his judgment told him would i., accompany the war effort. From selling cars, he turned to j? selling goods still available in spite j of the war. Where once he had ? displayed automobiles, displayed '> books, dishes, furniture phono graph records and gadgets of g many kinds. The Budget Store I- v thus created was housed first in 2 the display room for new cars. | Only recently, he has rented quary ters for this store on North Madi4 son street and has installed a | varied stock of many items for r ; the business, home, farm, or yard. Still employing his Imagination I * in search of opportunity for | 4 greater service to Whiteville and ; the Columbus county, he recently if ennnaorad tha fnrrviotiftn A# a ii Dj/viiovivu nit IUI iiiauvu ux a J- corporation consisting of local men for the construction of a cold t storage, freezer locker plant in j Whiteville with a capacity for 1,* 000 lockers. Materials are now in g. the process of assemblage for this ' plant and actual construction is v expected to begin momentarily. An active leader in all civic enterprises, Braxton has headed city and county-wide campaigns with v great success. He has recently been appointed chairman of the transportation committee of the Whiteville Post - War planning " committee with the special assignt,ment of working toward the improvement of transportation and "t transportation facilities in WhiteSville and the county. One Bf the ,'big items suggested as a project ijrfor the committee is the survey ?of possibilities for an airport for jjthe county. Mr. Braxton's interest *in an airport has long been a pet hobby. At the beginning of his | ^fourteenth year of business in i-Whiteville, Braxton's pledges continued community service as the "basis for operation. FOR SALE New GMC Track Wz ton or larger Braxton Auto JSendcfc #. Auto Service Has yhendmenal Growth t | Hp - |fe sv ? w w . - x; <r..... ??&?.?; : !w^HIIRb^^^BHH@/ TjHBk IH 1 ] I ? pPl; ? r ggr: , \ S lb, M 1 ^ , Lee Braxton believes in Whiteville and Columbus County, is direc I tor and past president of Whiteville Merchants Association, has held i office in Association from beginning of organization, was instrumental in organizing same; director of Whiteville Rotary club, Chairman of Transportation Division' of Post-war Planning committee, Colum bus County War Fund chairman of American Red Cross War Fund I Drive in 1944 and member of Executive committee Columbus County | Chapter American Red Cross; also, vice chairman Columbus County | War Finance committee and War Bond Drive; now active in helping build a much-needed cold storage freezer locker plant which he I ' has been planning for over four years. Mr. Braxton is president of! j Waccamaw Motor company and is also interested in several other j . business enterprizes here in Whiteville. . Outside of Whiteville he is past president of Virginia-Carolinas [ Automotive Wholesalers association and president of Holmes Students Association Alumni of Holmes Bible College, Greenville, South: Carolina, which office he has held for seven years. He has a wheel j chair program and loans them without charge to anyone needing them. I Also, he has a program of his own to help rehabilitate the young boys from Columbus county who are in training schools in our state and writes them regularly and sees to it that the boys have a little spending money and a little encouragement through his letters and visits. Braxton likes books and has a choice selection in his home lib- J rary. Also, he likes music for a past-time and plays a cornet and saw. When he announced that he had made his brother manager of the garage and auto sales he was asked what he was going to do tfithj his spare time. He replied that he hoped to go fishing and maybe a i few other things in his spare time after attending to all of his busi-1 ness, social, and civic activities. Someone has said that Braxton has a hundred ideas a day, and maybe two per cent of them will work. Braxton says as long as he can keep this percentage going, he will be okay. | Manager // You Don't Like ! BBack in 1941 when automobiles I automotive parts, the idea of j j branching out into radios, bicycles ? and other items presented itself, along with dishes, toys, rugs, | w i in me seen u. smiui ouuuing nexi i 1 Lawrence Sellers, Manager of j to Collins Department store. Brax- ] Braxton Auto Parts, moved to [ ton stated that he had always Whiteville ten years ago from j thought there should be a store Richmond, Va., has been with here in Whiteville where you could Braxton ten years starting as,find items that could not be found parts clerk, was promoted to man-'any other place in town. If you ager of Braxton Auto Parts two j will go through our Variety Store, and one-half years ago when the we believe you will find many ; wholesale department was sepa- items not carried by any other rated and moved into building store in Columbus County. This next to bus station. Lawrence is store is in charge of Mrs. Peggy : considered by the garagemen, Hinson and is operated by Mrs. I dealer, and service station men to h. A. Paxton and Mrs. W. C. Webe one of the most efficient auto scott. 'parts specialists to be found. ? Braxton Auto Parts carries a ices is up to the automotive jobj complete line of standard brands ber. No other phase of our aistrireplacement parts and supplies for bution center has the knowledge all make cars and trucks. Shop and facilities to do this, and since equipment and automotive tools the Government has declared that ! are also handled. In addition, com- at least twenty million cars and j plete, auto machine shop service trucks must be kept rolling for ' is offered on small parts on up the duration, therefore, he feels ' to a complete motor rebutld. All that the automotive jobber I sales are made at wholesale to au- is playing an important part in ' thorized dealers, garages, and winning the war on the home service stations, uutstanamg lines such as DuPont Paints, AC Spark j Lawrence is married and has Plugs, AC Fuel Pumps, and oil two chi'dren, Penny and Mary filters, Thermoid Brake Linings, Lee. He is a member of White- ' McCord radiators, mufflers, and ville Rotary Club. He always lisgaskets, New Departure Ball tens with a helpful understanding ; Bearings, Westinghouse bulbs, ear to the automobile service Federal Mogul bearings, Toledo man's needs and problems. The Steel Motor and Chaseis parts, mechanics say Lawrence is a good Globe Batteries, Mobiloil and fellow to know when they are greases, and many other lines of in trouble for parts in these days, the very highest quality most of He goes all out to help them, which are original equipment in . _ . ?Trprnn new cars and trucks. I .1 I A K A l\ I r r I I Two outside salesmen, Eugene " vrtlviTil X lut-tVJ Davis and S. B. Norton, cover p ij * r-vr? t rPl"DI?C seven counties in North and South -I * 'XVE?o ! Carolina. Fourteen people are em- 600 x 16 ? $15.28 , ployed in this business Plus Federal & Sales Tax j Lawrence stated that he is _ ^ looking forward to even greater ki?qYfnfl A lifn , demands for auto parts and equip- *Jl wAlVII lUlU ment and especially machine shop o ! service for the duration and in ijCrVlCG post-war years. The job of supplying the essential items and serv- WHITEVILLLE ? Mfcfc?? THE STATE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. fers or the purchases made with^ in a few minutes. MRS. PEGtil HINX). RETURN'S TO CAMP Eraxton Auto Servire in keep- ; m-, r o ,, ^ ... . in with their policy now in their T15 Russell F. Chauncev return- .... , ... .? . . . .. J , 14th year of operation to render ed to camp Monday after spend- ^ required by the autojng a twenty (201 day furlough at owner began a friendly. home here. He has been in the ... .. , . ,, ..., . , confidential auto loan and finArmy since March 22, 1941 and n??.?u on.u , > . . . ance service on March 20th. 1943. has spent two years overseas. rr<-iEu /-n_ - , Since then hundreds of loans have Tl5th Chauncey is now stationed at the Army Air Base, Richmond, been arranged fend hundreds of : Va. , cars financed and refinanced I "THROUG BRAXTOf 109e. vi WHOLESALE AUTOMOTIVE In this building a complete stcck of nuton; ferent stock numbers are carried. A precision including:? Koetherizing I Pin Fitting I ^ Brake Drums Turned Cylinder Re-Boring | * Valve Seats Installed I t> . * - The Wholesal Braxton Auto Parts amiable and c; , .. , ... , ? ience in buildii Distributors of the follow- stations throu^ ing well-known standard throughout IIoi * brands of automotive Parts, cover this terr ? , , of transportatic Supplies and equipment:- possibje jn the American Hammered Piston Rings McCord Gaskets, Radiators and Mufflers Maremont Springs Dupont Anti-Freezze (Zerone and Zerex) Duco Paints and Varnishes . Dupont Cooling System Cleanser and Sealer Dupont Acid and Rust Inhibitor t i i _ r l n i . i oieao aieei rroaucis * "Standard" Replacement Parts for Starting "Standard" Parts for Lighting-Ignition Mobiloil Oils and Greases A. C. Spark Plugs and Fuel Pumps Globe "Spinning Power" Battaries Borg?Warner Transmission Gears and Axle Sha Crawford Seat Covers New Departure Ball Bearings TELEPHONE No. 8 -I % ^ "We Serve j through this service. Knowing that IP II C0,Tpeople like to handle their finan- [ jjCHCrS 03.**) cial matters in a confidential way j ^ with people they know and can pi trust was the reason this service! I Julio ITlnl was inaugerated. Without this] ni fi faith and trust the people have in i- \hnrj vn our services our thirteen years of r r continued growth and progress As Soon As would have been impossible. This; Granted, Man; is just another "Braxton Service,"; Machines To B< and we invite you to consult us ^ Braxton's about a loan or financing your! car. Our service is prompt arid Lawrence Sellers, courteous, no red tape, and we Braxton Auto Parts, will appreciate the opportunity of Automotive Parts Dii serving you. | Whiteville, said toda Mrs. Peggy Hinson is in charge pansion of his machin of this service and will be glad to jce was under way an serve you at ar.y time. Also, she priorities are granted has charge of our rental property machines will be ir and the operation of our Variety I motor rebuilding and Store. Mrs. Hinson has been with et' services to help ke< _ . . _ . . . cars and trucks rollinj Braxton Auto Service for four , ' cars are a long way c years. She was formerly employed eminent is urging an. by R. H. Burns & Sons, Attorneys, sistance in securing here in Whiteville. priorities for needed ! and when this expans PLANT LICE ! is completed, this will Use nicotine spray or dust in Up.to-date and comple the control of aphid* or ptant e shop in EastPI lice, is the recommendation of J.j Myron Maxwell, Extension ento-jan^ c9ua' *? any 1!1 mologist at State College. Lawrence stated that : ;h service we gro i AUTO P rgil Street Whiteville, N. C. PARTS, SUPPLIES AND EQl I Braxton Auto Pi E. Virgil Streei Door To Bus Sta HKJ May 1st, 1944, We be gin our 14th year c service with deep af BptV preciation for t h y H Generous business w hate enjoyed a n I vyffi with confidence in th future. The good wil ?f our customers i jg? cur greatest asset. lotive parts, more than twenty thousand difmachine shop service is alsc rendered here Valve Shop Service Mcti Rod Alignment * Arm Elec Keys Made * Cra| Reaming Glut \ le Department, employing fourteen people, is lpable Lawrence Sellers, who has devoted li ig up a service unsurpassed to automotive de lout Columbus, Bladen, and Robeson Counties ry, Marion, and Dillon Counties, in South C itory regularly every week to help our custc in and in "keeping" 'em rolling" in our all-oi War Effort, Hyatt Roller Bearings Carter Carbureters and Re Lamson and Sessions Bfelts. Puritan Brake Fluid Sparton Horns Kellogg Air Compressors DeVibiss Paint Spray Equip Allen Fast Battary Chargei Hein-Werner Jacks Black and Decker Shop Eq Van Norman Boring Bars Hall Cylinder Hones Bear Wheel Alignment Equ fts Linde-Air Welding Equipmi National Welders Electric \ Herbrand and K-D Tools The Man Who Services Your Car' i giving as: cSS Noah lirauS ion Drogram ? _ be the mo3t was cooperating with thte auto ma-anient and doing all pos,;|J^HI n Carolina serve the man who seniJ^BI the Sta te, car to keep out essential his company poitation ^going. ARTS I jl I JIPMENT JOBBERS I HI J 1 Hft; irts Located At 109 II t Whiteville, Next II m K a LAWRENCE SELLERS I 3i* Rebuilding B ature Rebuilding B trieal Service B lk Shaft Grinding <1 ch Rebuilding fl HI effeciently managed by the |H [> years of study and exper- jig alers, garages, and service ID 5 in North Carolina; and la larolina. Two road salesmen II imers in solving the problems II at effort to help in every way li pair Parts Nuts and Screws iment s uipment lipment ent and Carbide Velders OBDBKISSMnn rHITEVILLE, N. C. 1 : i
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