Talk:Barber-Greene

I am the daughter of John D. Turner who joined Barber-Greene in 1925. I so enjoyed your bringing back memories of Barber-Greene, the start of the company, the depression, for I was born in 1931. My father was sent from Birmingham, Alabama to Aurora, Illinois, to study the company and to return to Birmingham to help his father who had the largest dealership in Alabama. The economy hit the skids and my grandfather's business collapsed. As a result, my father was left in "Siberia" as he called the area, and he signed on to work for Barber-Greene for he really had no other choice. He worked his entire life for Barber-Greene, becoming one of their vice-presidents. His field of expertise was advertising and promotion. He told me that his father chose Barber-Greene because they had the finest business ethics in the field and he wanted his son to work for this great company over all others. I was very proud of my father. The community embraced him and at his funeral, many of the business community leaders attended.

I have a book, OUR FIRST FIVE DECADES WRITTEN BY: Mr. H. H. Barber, Mr. W. B. Greene, and my father. You probably have this from excerpts from the American National Business Hall of Fame but Just in case you do not, I just wanted you to know it has interesting photos and text. Sincerely, Cynthia Ann Turner, Ccaturner 12@aol.com --

--Cynthia Ann Turner 13:22, 13 April 2009 (PDT)

I am not authorized to send you more information but I believe you have hit the high spots of this fine company's history. Wonderful that it is preserved. Thank you. Sincerely, Cynthia Ann Turner

--cynthia ann turner 18:16, 13 April 2009 (PDT)

Dear Sirs: I hesitate to give you what I have for I have no one to give me authority to release the material. You have a great deal of information and I believe it covers most of the major moves of Barber-Greene. I can only tell you that it was a fine, very ethical business during my life in Aurora, very innovative. Sincerely, Cynthia Ann Turner

--Cynthia Ann Turner 18:57, 13 April 2009 (PDT)

Dear Sir,

With reefer our recent correspondence with you it is for your kind information that being a defence supplier of Ministry of Defence. Please be informed that for Un requirement of Bangladesh army the ministry of defence will purchase the heavy equipments as under. So if fall any items in your products range kindly send us the budgetary quotation, hard product catalogues and technical data sheets by courier to us.

1) Hot Asphalt paver machine trailer mounted : Quantity : 05 2) Mobile crusher medium : Quantity : 05 3) Constitution Aggregate spreader : Quantity : 05 4) Asphalt concrete cutter : Quantity : 05 5) Broom sweeper : Quantity : 04 6) Truck sewerage : Quantity : 04 7) Concrete mixture Turk : Quantity : 04 8) Compressor Trailer , 105 cfm , actual free air delivery 2.97 meter cubic/ minute : Quantity : 04 9) Generator 70 - 100 KVA Quantity : 15 10) Generator 100 - 160 KVA Quantity : 12

Thanks in advance for your kind co-operation.

With best regards

Major Alam Defence Consultant M/S DEFENCE ICON

Postal address: DEFENCE ICON REZAUL ISLAM, MANAGING DIRECTOR Road # 01 , Block # E , Holding # 40, 1st Floor (Right Side) Banas-Sree Housing Project ,Rampura Dhaka -1219 Bangladesh Tel / Fax : 88027200812 Mobile: 8801819151010 Email: csociety@bdcom.com / nazmareza@yahoo.com / defence@nikunjacommunication

--Major Alam 02:22, 27 July 2009 (PDT)

UK branch still exists as BGP - Barber Greene Paving - in Preston, Lancashire. The former large factory in Bury St. Edmunds is now the local council offices - the opening plaque can be seen by searching on www.geograph.co.uk

--John Goldsmith 03:57, 25 September 2009 (PDT)