William Minor Sr

Interview Date: 3 August 1993

Bill Minor was invited by the Brimfield Historical Society to speak at its meeting about Brimfield Auto Sales and Brimfield Motor Company. The presentation he made that day was recorded on cassette tape.  In April 2022, Kim (Claybaugh) Hanks converted the cassette to a digital recording. 

Below is a tag and timestamp for this audio recording. The original cassette recording is not high quality. Because of this there are places of the digital recording that may not be audible or discernable. There are likely spelling issues with names and places in the timestamp. 

When searching for key words/tags, names, places, and dates use spelling variations if needed.  

00:00 No sound
00:12 Introduction by unknown member of Brimfield Historical Society of Bill Minor 
01:11  Brimfield Motor Company and J H Dungan garage, old Auto Sales Company
02:20 Brimfield Transfer Company
03:25 Blackhawk Motor Transit Company
05:00 Dungan Family Members, Grant Minor, Clifford Cady, Claude Merrills, Everritt Merrills
05:33 Chrysler Plymouth contract [dealership]
06:17 Dungan School Bus business
08:25 Brimfield Motor Company
10:08 Business Property at west end of Brimfield
10:40 Fire at Brimfield Motor Company 
13:55 Recovery from the fire, Emery building
16:15 Question about Jack Church, Kelly Building, Harding, Reinhart, Dungan Lumber yard
17:59 Question about Roll Top Desk in Kelly Building
19:43 Sale of Brimfield Motor Company and Retirement of Bill Minor, Cobra Tire Company
22:00 Questions, discussion of fire and burglaries in other businesses in town

Bill Minor 
John Dungan 
Auto Sales Company 
Brimfield Motor Company 
Brimfield Transfer Company 
Blackhawk Transit Company 
Peoria 
Kewanee 
Grant Minor 
Clifford Cady 
Claude Merrills 
Everritt Merrills 
Chrysler Plymouth 
School Bus 
J I Case 
Kaiser Cars 
Dodge Trucks 
Allis Chalmer 
Fire 
Emery Building 
Jack Church 
Kelly Building 
Harding 
Reinhart 
Dungan Lumber Yard 
Bank 
Roll Top Desk 
Cobra Tire Company 

Interviewed by: Brimfield Historical Society

Interview Format: mp3 Recorded from Original Cassette Tape

Total Time : 32:13

The interview is archived at the Brimfield Public Library District in Brimfield, Illinois.

The Brimfield Oral History Project is a long-term effort to record the stories of Brimfield’s past in the voices of those who remember and make these original sources available for generations to come. This collaboration is a partnership between the Brimfield Public Library District, the Brimfield Historical Society, and the Peoria County Genealogical Society.

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