Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1950 — Page 21

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1 BILL

Design Used In Kuhn Suite

On the second floor of the new} Bowe of North Side Chevrolet is

of color

Kuhn organization. Credit goes to Robert MecNeeley, interior decorator with

his endless hours of exa labor. oHng Dominating Mr. Kuhn's office is a huge crescent-shaped desk in bright yellow lacquer. Top of the is made of green leather gen with gold tooling. The swivel chair is bright yellow like the desk and is upholstered in calf skin. Desk accessories. including 3 Intro are all done. in

accounting and tool. depart-

ERE Linen Drapes The draperies are of handblocked linen, natural color with bold green pine sprays. Char-eurtains-are-used|— throughout the offices and lounge. The walls of the office are a pleas"Ing gray, the rug light pearl gray, and the ceiling light dove gray! accoustical material, Two chairs in brown and yellow

metallic stripes and the sofa in chartreuse matelasses and shot with gold thread blend well. Above the sofa in a block formation are six colorful Roman horse prints framed in chartreuse velvet. To the left of the sofa is a television chair in green printed hand-blocked linen.

~ The

sion set 1 in a smoked glass cab

inet with silver torchieres on either side. Paul Kuhn, vice president of the firm, has an office with beige walls and hand-blocked red drapes with a pheasant pattern. The furniture is in brown and chartreuse green leather. The desk is mahogany. The entire suite of roms carries

design with depictions of scenic Rome and graceful Grecian figures.- There is a small but modern snack bar.

Living Room’ Seats Conferees

One section of the second floor

like the'living room of a modern apartment. But it's not. It's the conference room, where executives sit down and plan their sales campaigns. It will hold 80 people at one time,

each--person desk and chair.

Interior decorators say that color is a great factor in the actions and attitudes of people. If that is the case, then the color scheme of this room matches the touch-and-go energy of the Bill Kuhn organization. All the, walls, with the excep-

tion of one, are done in a bright|]-

yellow. That one lone wall is done in a rich reddish brown, with a chalk board to chart sales cam

y,| Ordnance Dept. and a tool in-

1.2 separate’ payroll has And from $108,000 the

ments. In the center u the auto-

learn those things that would be of vital importance to him later. He found out what went on at the bottom ungs_ of the ladder...

Nd DURING World War .I he was a civilian employee in the

spector for the General Motors subsidiary, the old Northway Motor Co. Northway made tank

“motors, plane motor camshafts |

and 3-inch trench mortar shells. Later he became wholesale manager for Oldsmobile in Cincinnati. Then he took a ‘quick glance behind him, took stock of his funds and plunged into the presidency of the Midwest Glass Co. in Cincinnati. Midwest Glass made windshield wings and rear-view Bill sold out to his partner and went on to become wholesale manager for the Flint Motor Co., Cincinnati, and city representative for the Oakland Motor Car Co. On Feb. 1, 1932, he came to Indianapolis. In those days the clouds of depression were the. blackest. Everybody wanted to seil, but nobody wanted to buy. Nobody, that is, except young Bill Kuhn. ‘He bought the North Side Chevrolet agency. » - . AT THE beginning he had four employees, and in April of 1933 he was -joined by his cousin, Paul. They reported a first year gross of $100,000. In 1936 North Side Chevrolet be“came the leader in Indiana and has held that position to the present day. Since 1932, Bill Kuhn has added East Side - Chevrolet, | Central Chevrolet Co. of Marion, a used car lot downtown and the new North Side Chevrolet. From four employees, to over 200."

business zoomed to a little less than $9 million for 1949, Now Bill Kuhn, tall and bronzed at 53 with closecropped, curly white hair, can say that what he has.he won

Congratulations BILL KUHN

paigns. GOD LUCK

KUHN

ARROW SUPPLY CO. 733. Hinsle $1.

~ NORTH SIDE

We Suggest

Featuring

Broad

: We wish you continued suecess in your beautiful new building.

"$209 Nerwalde Ave.

BILL KUHN |

and his able associates upon the completion of the beautiful new

CHEVROLET |

Sales and Service Building

We join in urging the Public to attend the gala opening

TOMORROW-SATURDAY

While in Broad Ripple

You Visit the

NEW

air conditioned

MURPHY STORE

A completely modern store equipped to serve you ~ with quality merchandise for yourself, your family and your home at the lowest possible prices.

_ Cool airconditioned comfort . Open every evening until 8:43 11,200 square feet floor space 43 complete departments Large free paved parking lot

. MURPHY C0. |

“THE FRIENDLY STORE” 83rd me AND. OOLLEGE AVE.

Rippls

| become a part of his used car

HARMS SALES CO. |

Bill Kuhn ot the desk in his new office,

through hard work snd that be ‘If the war in Korea erupts In the ‘past all “his. offices doesn’t intend to call it-a day into a third world war, he may ‘were drab and were shared with for a long time yet. turn the property into a factory He has 37 years in the auto- producing for the needs of his mative field behind him and country. still has the will, outlook and - Ag Bill Kuhn puts it, hers imagination of a man in his gare thousands of things he twenties. Example? He doesn’t could do with the property and intend to sell the old home of = pyjldings of North Side Chevro-

wanted to- know how it felt to have one of his own. In 1936 Bill took up horses and fox hunting. He did it for the sport, fun and relaxation, and is an accomplished horse-

North Side Chevrolét, let's first home, so why should man. Today he hus a winter 1 . =» = he sell? home in Tryon, N £5 IF THINGS go as they are, But Bill is not all work and His home in liamapolie

old North Side Chevrolet will business. There's a lot of play stands on a 220-acre plot on

_ |outgrow its short pants.

_|Ripple, Bill Kuhn's new place will

one or two other executives. He

3 Kuhn Is Personification.

+"rading & good book or niovng eos view in mind—"We're

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BILL KUHN

le's Spirit

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Touse, electrical appliance the Paul Rich Refrigera-

new and to them personally. agreed

personification of the driving spirit that made Broad Ripple

With an gye out for more new ¥ sheerves that Bills

community They also noted hy Mr. Runs old location will open up m than half a block for additional business growth, Lyman Heavenridge, manager of the new G. C. Murphy store in

Broad Ripple, and a comparative “stranger: to-

“the community; had

The personalized service of most of the businessmen in this community is making her | say, ‘Let's go to town,’ and she| automatically means Broad

certainly serve to expand that

‘ahead that much further "There's a spirit in this shopping center that sets it apart from the rest of Indianapolis. Business competitors help each other solve various problems and freely recommend each other to a customer if they cannot satisfy him,

as bad business practice, a thing of the past. And the relationship between the store and the cus-

~ in him, and he has a contagious sense of humor,

‘Route 234, three and a half

operation. miles west of U. 8, 31.

The Chevrolet Dealers of Indianapolis 4

‘Extend Congratulations to NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET, INC.

official business. Shoppers appear

ters men in T shirts and old Between mouthfuls, the talk Jey and men got around to Bill Kuhn and his They feel at home, and they layout, : feel themselves to be a definite} What it means to Broad Rigple|part of Broad Ripple with an in- Fs terest in its probiems-and an eye ult to its future,

“|Kuhn at the present time is the

this ia jo say: John Doe lives on the 5 outskirts of Indianapolis or Broad "Ripple e

feeling and therefore will push usjf -

Throat cutting is frowned upon

tomer has lost its hard armor of}

and his organization }

Albert-G. Maas Go.

Cleaning Supplies : . 155 E MARYLAND ST. 33

Congratulations to Bill Kuhn

EET roses RAREST es mnie

Northside Chevrolet

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