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posted 07-31-2006 02:59 PM            

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LEONARD REFINERIES WAS FOUNDED IN 1936 FROM THE FAILED McCLANAHAN REFINERY THAT HAD STARTED IN 1933 IN ALMA, MICHIGAN. JAMES LEONARD (WALTER'S BROTHER)OF LEONARD DRILLING CO. BROUGHT IN THE FIRST WELL IN THE NEARBY CRYSTAL FIELD IN THE SPRING OF 1935.
LEONARD BOUGHT THE ROOSEVELT REFINERY OF MT. PLEASANT, MI IN THE VERY EARLY 1950's AND THE MID-WEST REFINERIES IN 1955.
MID-WEST HAD REFINERIES AT ALMA AND GRAND RAPIDS, MI. LEONARD DISMANTLED THE BRIDGE ST. ALMA REFINERY IN 1966.
LEONARD BOUGHT FROM BARNEY SHERMAN OF FLINT, MI HIS CAVALIER STATIONS IN 1967 AND IN 1968 THE CAVALIER BRAND WAS CONVERTED TO BEST.
UNUSUAL FOR AN OIL COMPANY TO OWN BUT LEONARD DID WAS LEONARD OUTDOORS INC. WHICH WAS MICHIGAN OUTDOORS TV PROGRAM WITH MORT NEFF AND THE GREATER MICHIGAN BOAT SHOW INC.
IN 1953 LEONARD WAS THE FIRST REFINERY TO OFFER A 96 OCTANE GASOLINE AND BY 1957 HAD THE EQUIPMENT TO PRODUCE OVER 105 OCTANE GASOLINE.
TOTAL BOUGHT A STAKE OF LEONARD IN 1966 AND TOOK OVER LEONARD IN 1970 AND THEN CLOSED THE REFINERY IN 1999.
THE BRANDS THAT I KNOW OF CONNECTED TO LEONARD ARE LEONARD OF COURSE AS WELL AS McCLANAHAN GOLD SEAL, MID-WEST, ROC, POWER FLIGHT, CAVALIER AND BEST.

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posted 07-31-2006 03:25 PM            

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1933 McCLANAHAN MAP
THE McCLANAHAN NAME POPS UP AGAIN IN THE PURCHASE OF THE MID-WEST REFINERIES AS EITHER PRESIDENT OR V.P.

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posted 07-31-2006 03:30 PM            

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1936 LEONARD MAP

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posted 07-31-2006 03:38 PM            

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BEST MAP, STAMP BOOK, PATCH, NAME TAG.

FROM CHARLIE WELLS COLLECTION

PHOTO WORK BY GASPEDLER ON MOST PICTURES

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posted 07-31-2006 03:46 PM            

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LEONARD FLAG LOGO CANS FROM ROGER WINCHELL'S COLLECTION

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posted 07-31-2006 03:56 PM            

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LEONARD ONE SIDED BULK PLANT SIGN

IT IS IN A 2ND HAND / PAWN SHOP TYPE STORE THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE POOR PICTURE.

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posted 08-02-2006 06:41 PM            

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ROOSEVELT MAP

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MID-WEST REFINERIES MAP

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posted 08-02-2006 06:59 PM            

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LEONARD PLASTIC GLASSES

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GREAT START, DAVE...CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE!!! I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE LEONARD BRAND.

SORRY I DIDN'T REMIND YOU - BUT IT SEEMS THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM!

THANKS FOR DOING THE DEED THIS MONTH!

"COMPANY OF THE MONTH"
BY DAVE ROWLISON!

~DOC @ TAG.WEST
YOUR COTM CO-HOST

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posted 08-03-2006 11:08 AM            

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LEONARD STATION LOCATIONS AS OF JUNE 1958
AS OF THIS DATE THEY DIDN'T SHOW ANY STATIONS IN THE UPPER PENINSULA.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF A LEONARD MARINA LOCATION IN THE "U P"
MAYBE A "YOOPER" CAN TELL US IF THEY HAD MANY STATIONS IN THE "U P" ?

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posted 08-03-2006 11:17 AM            

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TOP : RUTH'S LUNCH & SERVICE NEAR LANSING
BOTTOM: GIL NELSON'S RESORT, SAULT SAINTE MARIE

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posted 08-03-2006 11:43 AM            

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THAT WAS THE HEADLINE IN THE OCT. 16, 1959 MICHIGAN OIL & GAS NEWS.

IN THE SECOND MAJOR COMPANY ACQUISITION OF A MICHIGAN INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY THIS YEAR , THE STANDARD OIL CO. OF OHIO AND LEONARD REFINERIES , INC. ALMA THIS WEEK SIGNED A CONTRACT BY WHICH THE ASSETS OF LEONARD ARE TO BE AQUIRED BY SOHIO IN EXCHANGE FOR 324,582 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.
LEONARD'S ASSETS INCLUDE THREE REFINERIES, TWO AT ALMA AND ONE AT MT PLEASANT, THE MICHIGAN-OHIO PIPELINE CO. OIL PROPERTIES, TERMINALS,AND PIPELINE.
IT SUBSIDIARIES INCLUDE McCLANAHAN REFINERIES INC. LEONARD PIPELINE CO. AND THE MICHIGAN CRUDE GATHERING LINES PURCHASED FROM THE PURE TRANSPORTATION CO. LEONARD OUTDOORS INC, AND THE GREATER MICHIGAN BOAT SHOW INC.
PRESENT PLANS, SOHIO PRESIDENT SPAR SAID " ARE TO CONTINUE LEONARD'S OPERATIONS WITHOUT CHANGES IN PERSONNEL, BRAND NAME OR CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION."

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posted 08-03-2006 11:54 AM            

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JAN. 8, 1960 ARTICLE IN THE MICHIGAN OIL & GAS NEWS:

FEDERAL SUIT TIES-UP BIG SOHIO-LEONARD MERGER. THE SUIT CHARGES THAT THE MAJORS WOULD CONTROL 90% OF THE GASOLINE MARKET IN MICHIGAN IF THE DEAL GOES THROUGH.

THE OTHER DEAL THAT PRECEDED THIS FAILED ONE WAS THE AURORA (SPEEDWAY 79) AND THE OHIO OIL CO (MARATHON)

WHAT WOULD OUR LEONARD COLLECTIBLES LOOK LIKE IF THIS DEAL HAD GONE THROUGH ?

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