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Smith Chevrolet celebrates 100 years
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Lee and Larry Smith pose with a display of memorabilia from their dad and grandfather, who started Smith Chevrolet 100 years ago (Photo contributed).

The Smith family and the Turlock community celebrated Smith Chevrolet’s centennial anniversary on Wednesday — exactly 100 years after the original grand opening of the dealership. On April 1, 1926, Charles Lincoln Smith, Jr. purchased the Chevrolet dealership in Turlock.

“He had gumption and drive and vision and desire,” said Charles Smith’s grandson and current Smith Chevrolet dealer Larry Smith. “He was determined to make a better life for him, his wife and his young family starting off.”

Over the past century, the Smith family has continued to provide excellent customer service while helping drivers “See the USA in Their Chevrolet.”

For more information on the history of Smith Chevrolet, see the Yesteryears special section in the April 8 issue of the Turlock Journal.

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The Smith family, Smith Chevrolet employees and members of the Turlock Chamber of Commerce celebrate the business’ 100th anniversary on Wednesday (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).