Image from Brackenridge shows USPS on the left (east) and the southwest corner of Baker and South Clinton Streets is now a parking lot. Former Pennsy Elevation railroad tracks are still to the south. Street View from Google Maps.
February 13, 2022 post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook. Comment by Admin: they owned property for three blocks near the elevation, including part of the property where the post office was built. 1500 South Clinton was the official address for Grieger Chevrolet, the main lot and dealership were on the north side of the elevation both where the post office sits and behind Mike's Car Wash on the other side of the street. They also had a used car lot, where the current bus station is on Baker. DeHaven actually moved to the Grieger location very briefly, and adjusted their now famous jingle to reflect the 1500 South Clinton Street address.
1935 Chevrolet Bowling Team. Standing left to right--C. A. Grieger, O. J. Reed, and A. W. Grieger. Sitting K. Burris, L. Sunderland and W.Schnoor.
"July 19, 1938: Richard Dean, Warsaw champion, is shown weighing in at the track for the next day's News-Sentinel Soap Box Derby while Donald Butler, Warsaw runner-up, waits his turn. Assisting, from left, are C.A. Grieger, a Chevrolet dealer; an official from Toledo Scales; G.D. Munson of Warsaw, sponsor of the race there; and F.E. Bennett, advertising manager of The News-Sentinel. The man at far right is unidentified. Fort Wayne, Indiana."
- Steve Grundstrom, America in the 1930s.
The Clarence A. Grieger obituary is on page 14A in the March 8, 1970 The Journal Gazette newspaper. All the material on this page is online. There is likely more information to be found inperson in the local
The Genealogy Center at the
Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indianaand elsewhere.
RICHARD W. GRIEGER, 87, died peacefully Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Born in Lafayette, he was associated with Grieger Chevrolet for 30 years. He was an avid fisherman and outdoors man; a pioneer of organic gardening; an advocate for nature conservancy; and a loving husband and father. "He had a spiritual kinship with all living creatures, and a particular affinity and kindness to those who had less." Survivors include his wife, Phyllis of Fort Wayne; sons, John Grieger of Seattle, Wash., David (Yvonne) Grieger of Manhattan, Kan., Mark Grieger of Fort Wayne and Matthew Grieger of Ventura, Calif.; and grandchildren, Brooke, Samantha and Luke. Graveside service is 3 p.m. Saturday at Highland Park Cemetery, 2403 E. Wallen Road. The Rev. Norman Conklin officiating. Arrangements by D.O. McComb & Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road. Burial in Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne. Memorials to Friends of Matea Park, 16015 Bayview Blvd., Grabill, IN 46741. Fort Wayne Newspapers Legacy.com obituary.
H. O. McGee Names Two to Ride With Him in Attempt to Beat Fast Train — Saxon ! Representatives Out in Field— Haynes Increases C apital to $1200000 — Other News Notes.
BY DAN GOODMAN
H. O. MeGEE who in a 1916 Cadillac “Eight” will attempt to lead the way from Indianapolis to Terre Haute next Sunday in a race against the Pennsylvania Company’s fast train “The St Louisan,” yesterday decided who will make this daring trip with him. The lucky or unlucky as you will — are Clarence A Grieger shop foreman of the Terre Haute Cadillac service station, and William A Egner a Brazil chauffeur.
McGee is salesman for the Cadillac cars both in Indianapolis and Terre Haute and he decided to make the run to the test the car. He will take up the race at the Washington street bridge as the New York flyer pulls over White River shortly after noon.
The train makes the seventv-two miles in one hour and forty minutes so it wille necessary for McGee to go up hill and down over good road and bad at a rate of 43.2 miles an hour. He has been given permission to tear through all the towns on the way. In fact the streets will be cleared and he will be given clear track.
McGee will carry a message from Mayor Bell to Mayor Gossom of Terre Haute he will be met by a large delegation of motorists and they will eat his dust into the terminus point.
Terre Haute is considerabley aroused over the contest as well as the curious on motor row. His attempt undoubtably will cause considerable comment along country-side next Sunday.
The route will be along the National Old Trails road, which is probably in worse condition than any other route between the two cities, and is intended as a demonstration of what the car can do, when properly handled under adverse conditions. Mr. McGee is confident that when the Pennsylvania train whistles for the C. and E. I. crossing at he Union Station in Terre Haute, he will be on the Wabash avenue crossing at Tenth street to watch it pull into the train shed.
Rain Puts the National Road in Too Bad Condition for Race With Train.
Harry McGee, Cadillac agent of Terre Haute, has postponed his race with the St. Louis flier on the Vandalia railroad from Indianapolis to Terre Haute, scheduled for tomorrow, because of the bad condition of the road. Incessant rain has made the National Road soft and dangerous for high speed. The race will be made later and likely on Labor Day, or next Sunday. [ Roads were still dirt in 1915 ]
Clarence Grieger, who has been associated with the Terre Haute agency, will be the manager of the Richmond plant. He will employ service men and a general office force. A local representative will also be a part of the organization, but has not yet been selected.
Miss Eleanor Grieger and Mrs. Emma Forsythe of Hanna are visiting their brother Clarence Grieger and wife, at the Fowler hotel, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bredlow, of Underwood street.
The Automotive and Accessory Dealers’ association of Tippecanoe county was permanently effected at a meeting held at the Hotel Fowler Tuesday evening and officers of the new organization were elected as follows: Clarence Grieger of the E. W. Steinhart Co president; W. J. Reed, Gibson-Overland Co., vice president, and W. S. Crowe, Columbia Tire and Supply Co., treasurer. A secretary will be chosen later. The county organization is not yet affiliated with the national association although it is likely that such action will be taken later. Virtually every local automobile and accessory dealer is associated with the new association, the purpose of which is to better cooperate in advancing the automobile industry and to support such projects with which the automobile public is concerned. Meetings will be held ’every month at the Hotel Fowler.
Clarence Grieger of the Steinhart company spoke before the Lions’ club Wednesday evening on the subject of automobile manufacture sales and service. He said that the curbstone automobile dealer would be a thing of the past two years from now and that all wildcatting in the automotive industry would be eliminated. He said that the present day dealer must supply high class service in order to maintain his standing. Service he said is the keystone of success in the automobile business.
1923
Photo of C. A. Grieger is fourth from left in the bottom row as manager of the Lafayette Branch of the Steinhart Company. This Fort Wayne Journal Gazetee image is dark, an easier to read lighter version of the same photos and test is in the Indianapolis Star.
Clarence Grieger Tenders His Resignation as Head of Steinhart Branch; Going in Business Soon
Clarence Grieger, who for the past four years had been the local manager for the E. W. Steinhart company, has severed his connection with the company and will embark in business for himself in a short time. Mr. Grieger will remain with the compay, however until his successor is named. During his residence in Lafayette he has been prominent in several oganizations and is president of the Lafayette Automotive Dealers association. He also served as the president of the Lions’ club. He has made a popular and efficient manager of the Steinhart branch and it was with much regret that the company accepted his resignation.
Automobile. Salesmen and Dealers to Meet in Fort Wayne,
By Associated Press.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Aug. 16. Fort Wayne automobile dealers, their salesmen and all dealers and salesmen within a radius of 75 miles of the city will participate in an automobile sales congress to be held here Sept. 11.
A general committee on arrangements is comprised of Clarence Grieger, Earl Moss, L J. Andrews, C. P. Lines, and A. L. Randall. The event will be under the auspices of the Fort Wayne Auto Trade association.
This city is one of a hundred in which these sales congresses will be held. The events are sponsored nationally by the National Auto Dealers' association and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Indianapolis is the only other Indiana city in which a congress will be held.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grieger and family of Niles, Mich., spent a day here with his father Wm. Greiger who is sick; and other relatives. Mr. Greiger is better at present and able to be setting up.
Clarence A. Grieger of Fort Wayne, chairman of the Allen county members of the association, spoke on the code administration in connection with auomobile sales.
Investigation of all income tax reports submitted by Clarence A. Grieger, Fort Wayne automobile dealer, was ordered yesterday by Judge Robert C. Baltzell in Federal Court here after Grieger pleaded guilty to a charge of evasion of his 1940-41 income tax. Grieger, 52 years old and for many years prominent in automotive circles, appeared in the court here on a criminal information affidavit charging him with fraudulent filing of a net income report for the two years. He pleaded guilty to evading taxes amounting to $18,645.
JUDGE BALTZELL ordered Federal probation olficers to investigate income tax returns filed by Grieger in the years prior to 1940. He released the automobile dealer under $5,000 cash bond withholding judgment on the guilty plea until the investigators determine if other tax evasions are involved.
The affidavit charged Mr. Grieger with filing returns showing a net income of $50,012 when his net income amounted to a total of $86,942.
Mr. Grieger was taken into custody and brought here immediately by Julius J. WichSer, United States marshal.
Federal tax evasions totaling $18,644 brought a two-year prison stentence and $5,000 fine yesterday to Clarence A. Grieger, 47-year-old Fort Wayne businessman and civic leader.
Appearing in Federal Court here before Judge Robert C, Baltzell, Grieger, an automobile dealer, admitted he had planned a "squeeze" on two dealer competitors who handle the same make of car by hiding evidence of accumulated sales under the name of a fictitious company.
Grieger also had paid $37,000 recently in back taxes for 19.17, 1938 and 1939, it was said. The tax evasion was charged for 1940 and 1941. Payment of delinquent taxes carry a 50 per cent interest penalty when fraud is proved.
THE DEFENDANT explained the evasion as "more or less of a misunderstanding by the auditor of my company."
Grieger, who has been in the automobile business in Fort Wayne since 1917, pleaded guilty to the charge last September. The affidavit charged Grieger with filing returns showing a net income of $30,012 for the two years when his net income amounted to a total of $86,942.
Clarence A. Grieger, wealthy Ft. Wayne auto dealer who received a two-year prison sentence and who was fined $5,000 on a charge of tax evasion will not have to serve the prison time.
The sentence was suspended today by Judge Robert C. Baltzell in federal court. Judge Baltzell placed Grieger on three years' probation after he told the court the fine already had been paid.
Judge Baltzell passed the original sentence two months ago after Grieger, 51, charged with evading federal income taxes totaling $17,000.
1949 - not sure if or how this Grieger Chevrolet in Muncie is related to the Fort Wayne Grieger Chevrolet?
