Rusty Chard's & His Sinclair Truck

Regressing a little from the Union City Postcards ....but wanted to post this picture of my dad and his Sinclair truck, for those that may remember my dad. The picture was take at our home on West High Street. He took over the Sinclair dealership in Union City from Herb Hedricks in the mid 1950's, after working at Merchant's Hardware from about 1940. After retiring from the oil business he returned to work part-time at Merchant's and drove a school bus for the Union City Community Schools. He fully retired in the early 1980's and my folks then moved to Gilead Lake south of Bronson, where they had built a cottage in 1960.

Sinclair Bulk Plant in Union City

The picture above was sent to me by my brother Marty. This picture brought back memories of when our dad was the Sinclair dealer in Union City. We remember making trips to the bulk plant when we were kids. Everything looks pretty much the same in the picture as we can remember it from the 1950's when we would go their with our dad. Not sure the exact date my dad took over the Sinclair dealership, but would have been in the mid to early 1950's. The bulk plant sat across the railroad tracks from the grain mill.