Show Fred Fudge Former Favorite The following la is from the Ul Huntingto n ark Park P California Bulletin of ot June 21 21 IMS 1 and will wm prove of ot Interest to many man scores scorer of at our readers and all an will wm willmore be bemore more then than pleased to learn that Mr Ir Fudge Pud has hu reached the top In n his hla bull busi business ness Re career and la b now a financial factor facto facton r Sn i n the business world of at Southern Cali Cell fornia Mr Ur Fudge Pudge Pud e was war a long time tune reef real dent of or Park City married a Park City Cit y young lady lad and admired by all eU who had bad ha d the he pleasure e of ot knowing him In the good goo d old das daya gone lOne by The following la Sa the th de e story stets of his hla colorful Talk about true wait stories wait until l you read nad this one about Fred Fudge who wh o was wa we born In Bristol England May 15 IS 1 1880 1889 Must Blurt have ha been quite qu an event for fo r much celebrating took place In the of old d Pudge Fudge home bome Being active and full of ot mischief young you Pied Fred waa wu war hustled bustled off air to school at the th e era young and tender age of ot three yean year pee ra- ra what a break for tor the family as there ther e were we many other little Fudges Having absorbed all the th teachers ideas Idea s and being heln anxious to carry out some acme of his bis own own when Fred Pred passed the seventh event h grade the highest grade in the Kings Kings- Kingswood Kingswood wood Board School he ho started to work wor k at the age a e of or twelve his hie first tint Job being bein kg g in a fireworks factory It appears that tha t things became too warm for tor him there the theand re and he took a n new Job in a n shoo shoe factory facto at the tho fabulous salary of ot 75 cents centa per r week Rapid Advancement An ambitious sort Fred worked his h is way up rapidly and at 17 he was WM In charge of 0 the packing and shipping de department d dof e- e of ot the factory which was no eno n o J small factory we ve want you to know Fred fled I was particular where he be I Not having had an opportunity to travel before when Fred reached 20 he decided to leave the old home homo town and see sec 6 the world for himself No I didn't say he be started out for tor the World Fair at San Diego that Diego that was held In to Twelve days on the tho water and eight days on the train made a pretty tired man men out of or our hero and upon his ar ar- ar arrival rival rhal at Murcur Utah Uta a gold mining camp he realized r he was a n long way wa y from home Two dollars per day working in the th e mines appealed to Fred much very mUch price prices s were going up for labor Jabor and two years year s later our o hero was located In Park City Utah working in the lead le-ad and silver sliver S mines at a day yes day yes this is a n true story and he remained on the Job for tor r two 1 years Seems that there thero are too to o many twos in n this yarn Luck rails Falls Him m I Lady Luck turned her back on our traveling Englishman and the next Job in Kearsarge Michigan only paid i per ten hours working day and under under- underground underground ground at that Not being able to take It after aUer a 0 six months period Fred went wenton I Ion on to Montreal Montreat where he did much I roaming In the gloaming To the plea plea- pleasure pleasure j I I sure of ot mother and dad and all nil the little brothers ho he h finally landed in n the home I town where he lle took up the shoe trade again Tho rho left Liverpool on Sat Sat- Saturday I in 1013 1913 and not knowing about the tho leaving on Wednesday Wed a pre- pre previous I due to the tho forgetfulness of at the I ticket agent lucky for someone Fred Fred- departed for tor the U U. S S. S at the samo same time During the first days out a n man Jumped overboard and In n spite of or the captains captain's courtesy In backing up the ship or do ships back up up-to up to see If the passenger had changed his mind about going to the U. U S. S ho he was nowhere to be seen Fred had Park City In iii mind as ns his des des- watt walt wait dear de-ar reader render you will learn why later on in the tho story story but but much to his he was broke when he reached Chicago Yes like yourself this is really very difficult to Imagine but Fred was flat broke Being a n courageous youth he lie tried his hI hand at finding a n Job and worked for tor eight months for tor Selz and Schwab Shoe Factory at twelve dollars a week until he ho had money to go back to mind oi Ing In Park City Utah making quite n a apiece piece of ot money on the tho side leasing Right here Is where the heroine enters ente s tn HI Fred married Olive Mary Allen 01 I I on the first day of or August 1914 Two years of married life lite and continuous underground work ork found our hero 1 In n tailing lolling health he so Olive and Fred started to go to Oatman Arizona Not wanting g to miss the sights of ot the big city they the y stopped over in Los Angeles Stayed in L. L A. A I Youve You've guessed it Fred got stuck by b y buying a n half Interest in a n cigar stand at South Main street in Los An- An geles So the wolves of Main street took all the money mone he hod bad saved and there I was nothing left but to promote a part part- partnership in n a theatre located between n I ninth and twelfth on Central avenue a This proved a deal of ot six months month dura- dura duraI duration tion for Fred Freel sold his half interest Interest- I everybody was doing it t those days days and and and gave the other half halt away and then the th e sun really ally begin to shine In 1918 1018 being without knowledge of even driving a n car Fred Fudge the ori orl- originator originator of ot two tao years ears to pay local Ply- Ply mouth mouth-DeSoto and Willys dealer clealer started star d the automobile business on err the same I lot Jot with eight other dealers at 1135 South j I Main street Funny thing that these deal deal- dealers dealers ers en didn't know anymore about the au automobile au- au automobile t business than Fred Sales being slow one day Fred took tooka n a drive out into the tho country now sow called southeast s Los Angeles and bought flue five j mules and n a horse remember Fred had only o one AUTOMOBILE to sell the one oneo I ho h o was driving To make a n long story short the tho mules and the l were sold said soldon soldon on en street at a profit of fifty dol dot Tars lars Those were the good old days Two years ears later there later there Is ls that old two again Ted Fred Fred moved to 1157 South Main Bain I where competition was not so strong stron I 1 being belag only two other dealers on the lot I A short time flute afterward Freds Fred's Used Cor Car I Market was opened with much pomp and I ceremony mostly ceremony mostly moving the used cars can from Main street street to to 1201 South Broad Broad- way With a steady s Increase in sales and having baring made money mone Fred Fudge opened a n a new car Willy Knight and Overland agency in n Huntington Park in 1922 From then on you OU probably know the story Fred Is still doing business in the same location only he has added the Ply- Ply mouth-DeSoto mouth line of new cars can and has I I the tho two adjoining buildings on Avenue Avenue A used car cor sales department deportment Is located at Pacific Boulevard and West Florence Floren e Avenue A In Los Angeles Dame rumor has It that young George Fudge ago age 1 I years is ls already trying his hand at selling used cars I Believe Bellere It or n not l |