Garden City, Kansas

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://willysdealershipproject.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://willysdealershipproject.com/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys De</B><B>alership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kansas"><U><B>Kansas</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Dealership Name Unknown</div> <div> Unknown Address</div> <div> Garden City?, Kansas</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Submitted by Lance Macmaster, the <A HREF="http://www.gctelegram.com/obits/jan00/deslongchamp24.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gctelegram.com/obits/jan00/de"><U>Garden City Telegram obituary for George P. Deslongchamp</U></A> provides some clues about a Willys dealership:</div> <bR> <div> "Mr. Deslongchamp served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946, serving with the petroleum engineers. After the service, he and his wife moved to Garden City. A farmer, he also owned and operated Willy's Jeep dealership from 1946 to 1961. He then owned and operated a J.I. Case dealership for 15 years, retiring in 1976."</div> <bR> <div> No mention is made of the business name, if it was specifically in Garden City, nor whether the Willys dealership closed or changed hands, either at the same or a different location.   The opening of the Case dealership is another clue, but also no mention is made whether it operated at the same location.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>