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Hunsicker, Robert WilliamBethlehem |
| History of Northampton County (Pennsylvania) and the grand valley of the Lehigh Page: 575 |
| Transcribed by Vicki Hartman; June 2009 for GenealogyTrails.com |
"ROBERT WILLIAM HUNSICKER—Among the young business men of the city who have won for themselves reputation and business success, Robert W. Hunsicker, owner and manager of the West Side Garage & Chandler Service Station, desires special mention. He perfected himself in automobile operation and construction, then by regular gradations reached his present position. He is a son of Mahlon and Rebecca Hunsicker, resi- dents of West Bethlehem. Robert W. Hunsicker was born January 16, 1891, and was educated in the public schools of the Bethlehem. He early mastered the intricacies of the gasoline engine and its relation to the automobile, becoming an appren- tice in an auto repair shop in 1907, continuing until rated an expert. In the repair shop he made many influential friends, and finally he accepted a posi- tion with E. G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, as chauf- feur, a position he held for about two years. He then became chauffeur to Charles M. Schwab, the great iron master, and for seven years drove his cars. But the young man was ambitious to have a permanent business of his own, and in May, 1917, he purchased from William J. Hummel the West Side Garage, an established agency for the Chandler and Monroe cars, and a service station, handling all auto supplies. In connection with the above line he conducts a general repair department, maintains a well equipped garage with a floor space, 60 by 150 feet, fine display rooms and office. The business is prosperous, and the young man is meeting with the success his energy and ambition deserves. He is a member of Salem Lutheran Church, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in his politics is inde- pendent. Mr. Hunsicker married, April 22, 1913, Elizabeth Scheele, and they are the parents of a son, Robert William, Jr., born May 25, 1918. " |
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