|
Source:
History of Auglaize Co., Ohio -
Vol. II of 2 Volumes
Edited by William J. McMurray
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1923
BIOGRAPHIES
< CLICK HERE To RETURN To
1923
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >
< CLICK HERE to GO to LIST
of BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES >
|
|
CLIFFORD J. GAST &
GEORGE GAST, of the Gast Implement
Company of New Bremen, two of the best known young men in that
part of the county and successors to their father, the late
GREGORY GAST, who laid the
foundations there for the present company, have are sons of
Gregory and Bertha (Klopf) Gast, the latter of whom, now
living at Lima, was born at Piqua, this state. The late
Gregory Gast was a European by birth, an Alsatian, who came
to this country alone when about sixteen years of age and
located at Minster, in this county, where he became a proficient
blacksmith. Having mastered this trade he went to
Chickasaw, over in the neighboring county of Mercer, and opened
there a shop of his own. He married while living there and
after remaining at that place six or seven years came back to
Auglaize county and opened a blacksmith shop at New Bremen,
where he spent the remainder of his life. During the
twenty-three years of his business career at New Bremen
Gregory Cast Built up a dependable establishment, which has been
amply enlarged by his sons since they have been in charge.
About 1903 Gregory Gast added to his line the sale of
agricultural implements, and it is this branch of the business
which recently has been so greatly expanded. He died on
June 26, 1913, and the business has been carried on by his sons,
who "grew up" to the business and have expanded it to meet
modern demands and conditions. To Gregory Gast
and wife were born six children, George F., Lulu, Charles,
Romand, Clifford J. and Irene, all of whom are
living, Clifford J. Gast and George F.
Gast carrying on the old established business founded by
their father under the name of the Gast Implement
Company, general repair work and dealers in agricultural
implements and automobiles. Clifford James Gast,
general manager of the concern, was born Oct. 24, 1893, and was
reared at New Bremene. He was graduated from the high
school there and early became familiar with the details of his
father's business. His father's death occurring not long
after his graduation from the high school, he became associated
with his brother George and stepped into the business,
taking charge of the implement line, his brother taking charge
of the smithy end of the concern and the repair branch.
The brothers continued to carry on the business under the old
name of Gregory Gast until on Jan. 1, 1916, when they
formed a partnership and have since been doing business under
the firm style of the Gast Implement Company, and since
then have made many improvements to the plant and extended its
affairs in several directions, though continuing to occupy the
building so long occupied by their father. Clifford J.
Gast is a member of the local council of the Loyal Order of
Moose at Wapakoneta and George F. Gast is a member of the
local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at
that place. The brothers are Democrats and George F.
Gast is chief of the New Bremen fire department. In
the old days when the rivalries between the two sides of the
town (east of the canal and west of the canal) were such as not
only to find a reflection in the commercial and social life of
the town but in its civic life, two engine houses were
maintained, one east and one west of the canal, but with the
subsidence of that old feeling this unnecessary duplication was
abandoned and the fire fighting energies of the corporation were
centered in the new and well equipped engine house on the East
Side, though the quaint old engine house No. 1 on the West Side
is still standing and is preserved as an interesting relic of
the days that have gone. George F. Gast, the elder
of the partners in the affairs of the Gast Implement Company,
married Louetta Weinberg and has one child, a son,
Gregory, named in honor of the lad's grandfather.
Clifford J. Gast married Irene Dinkel and has two
children, Beverlly and Virginia. Charles
Gast, another of the sons of Gregory Gast, is a
structural engineer, employed on the staff of the John Gill
Company of Cleveland, and Romand Gast is factory
superintendent of the plant of the Lincoln Electric Company.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 66 |
|
|
GEORGE F. GAST - See
CLIFFORD J. GAST & GEORGE GAST
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 66 |
|
|
GREGORY GAST - See
CLIFFORD J. GAST & GEORGE GAST
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 66 |
NOTES:
|
