Elected:April 12, 1987 Inducted:June 25, 1987 Born:January 26, 1916 in Woodson, Texas Married:Athalene Manning Children: Juanita Welch Procter Clifford Wayne Diane Welch Scott History: Started in a repair shop in 1932 U.S. Army Transportation Corp. 1943-1945 Studebaker Dealer 1945-1964 Jeep Dealer 1958-1964 International Harvester 1961-1964 Ernest Holmes Distributor/Dealer 1958-1980 Fleetwood RV Dealer 1980-1987 R.E. is…

Oscar Weeks was graduated from Hillsborouglt High School in 1948 and served a three-year term with the US Marines. He took part in the Inchon Invasion in September 1950 and was wounded December 3, 1950. In the meantime his father had been pioneering as the first distributor for Ernest Holmes Company and the first ever…

Any industry member in the great northeast will tell you that Murray Rude knows the business and is a skilled operator. He first operated a tow truck at age 13, in the lot, of course, but by then he had been around, and involved in, his father’s business. As the years passed he became a…

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John Schrock is one of the experienced operators who received excellent training and then transmitted his talents to the emerging Ernest Holmes Company. He was instrumental in the RC 50 Railroad Crane Program. He also pioneered in changing marketing from factory to field installation, and in stocking distributors. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Worked for Hubbard Manufacturing Co. in various capacities, and served as a tow truck operator. Professional Engineer, Indiana 1943 Chief Engineer, Hubbard Mfg. Co.1944-1953 President, Hubbard Mfg. Co.19S3-1975 Lift-a-Loft Corp. 1975-1978 Indiana Industries 1978-1980 John Hubbard Engineering 1980-1987 Patented Hubbard Stiff Legs Hubbard is one of the great engineering names in the equipment facet of…

John Baugh became involved in the towing industry in 1969 as a salesman. He started his own business under the name and style of HOUSE OF WRECKERS, and became a distributor for Century Wrecker Corporation, for Northern California, one of that company’s first. In 1984 as his success in sales mounted, he expanded and moved…