| Summary: | Case Garage - Reuben and Ross Case, Milton and Lee Howard, working on Will Noyes' car. SERVICE STATIONS With the coming of the automobile, service stations sprang up, and much of the work originally done in the garages was taken over by service stations. There were also the fuel trucks for farm machinery and home heating from Standard, Mobil, Deep Rock and Texaco. Bill Amundson was the Standard Oil dealer for 30 years. When he became administrator of Rest Haven Manor, the station was owned by Duane Martz, Lyle Johnson, Larry Johnson, and then it was purchased by Al Newman. Mr. Newman enlarged the facilities of A & W Standard with four additional bays for full auto repair, alignment and car wash in 1975, complete with licensed mechanics. The Standard trucks were run by William Heazlett, Derril Britch and Leon Halvorson. In 1972, it was sold to Mel Trudel, who still has the Standard Bulk along with a truck stop at his new facility on Highway 281. Trudel also operates a full chemical, fertilizer and custom-spray business called Mel's Spray and Farm Service. Among other early stations were Atkins Oil, with the bulk truck handled by Max Gessner. Peter Priest and Glenn Olson were partners in Mobil Oil, with Thor Shock as their truckman. Bill and Larry Hendrickson built a new station and sales center on Highway 281 with a Gulf franchise. They also did a thriving business in snowmobiles and boats, in addition to repair service. Bill Hendrickson has continued the repair business, and the station is now run by Bill Quick. Johnnie Steele owned Johnnie's Texaco along with Vernon Lipp. Others who were managers of service stations were Robert Timms, Kenneth Martin, Bud Osborn, L. L. Row, Hans Johnson, Dan Michaels, Pete Dahl and Lee Howard. Bill Lipp owned Lipp's Service Station. Westlind Oil came to Cando in 1964 as a propane center, and they built a new building in northeast Cando for bulk L. P. gas, as well as an addition for liquid fertilizer in 1967. Burt Grafsgaard opened the new facility, followed by Herb Livingston in 1972. Another outlet was built on Highway 281 under the name of Flying Jet, and Cando Propane is now the official name with Leonard Waldera as the manager. Lester Burkhart handled the bulk propane business in Cando for many years. Farmers Union Oil Company bought the Haas Builiding in 1965 and added full service and repair facilities. They are dealers for farm supplies, fertilizer, bulk oil and tire service, along with lawnmowers and farm accessory equipment under the Farmers Union Oil label. Enlargement was made on the service area in 1982, and Cardtrol, a self-service gasoline installation, was put into place. Managers have been Eli Delmaire, Kenneth Bulie, Kenneth Martz and currently Burt Huggett. Brent Newman opened an auto repair shop in 1982 in the new Anderson Farm and Auto Supply building, then purchased and moved into the former Ford Garage building. D & M Electric Motor and Supply have now moved in to share the former Ford Building. A graduate in motor repair, Mark Brehm is fully trained in the service of electric motors, power tools, construction equipment, fans and other electrical equipment. SNOWMOBILES A decade of booming times for snowmobile dealers, both sales and repair, came with the building of recreation snowmobiles, which also assured farmers of safe transportation during times of blocked roads. There were snowmobile parties, trail rides and races. Farmers Union Oil Company sold Polaris, Towner County Equipment sold John Deere machines, Hendrickson Farm Supply sold Evenrude and the Honda Shop sold Arctic Cat. Several snow-free winters in recent years hurt the business, along with the state of the economy; and now Cando Green Line (John Deere) and Cando Twin Honda are principal dealers. 64- Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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