. History of Milwaukee, city and county . and organized the Reeke,Osmond Motor Car Company, but sold his interest in the latter in 1916 and againwent to Kenosha, where he became general sales manager for the Thomas B. JeffreyCompany. In 1917, hov/ever, he again came to Milwaukee and in the meantime theNash Motors Company had bought out the Jeffery Company. Mr. Reeke then organizedthe Alfred Reeke Company, of which he is president and which handles the Nash carsand trucks. On February 1, 1921, the name of the Company was changed to the ReekeNash Company. At this time he also organized the Reeke
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . and organized the Reeke,Osmond Motor Car Company, but sold his interest in the latter in 1916 and againwent to Kenosha, where he became general sales manager for the Thomas B. JeffreyCompany. In 1917, hov/ever, he again came to Milwaukee and in the meantime theNash Motors Company had bought out the Jeffery Company. Mr. Reeke then organizedthe Alfred Reeke Company, of which he is president and which handles the Nash carsand trucks. On February 1, 1921, the name of the Company was changed to the ReekeNash Company. At this time he also organized the Reeke-LaFayette Company whichcompany handles the LaFayette cars for the state of Wisconsin and upper have a fine showroom and offices on at Oneida, where they occupyseventy-five thousand square feet of floor space. The business has been developed alongsubstantial lines and the company sells a large number of pleasure cars and trucksannually. Mr. Reeke was the organizer of the First Milwaukee Automobile Association and. ALFRED KEEKE HISTORY OF .MILWAIKKK 681 became its firs! president and in ]91S he was conservation director of the automobileindustry in the state of Wisconsin and was also sales manager of the War Kxposition,\Thich was held in the Auditorium. On the 2Sth of July. 190.), .Mr. Reeke was married to Miss Delia Osborn of Mil-waukee, and tliey are widely known in the city where the hospitality of many of thebest homes is freely accorded them. Mr. Reeke is a member of the Milwaukee AthleticClub, the Itotary Club and the Aero Club. He likewise belongs to the BenevolentProtective Order of Elks and to the Masonic fraternity in which he has attained thethirty-second degree and also is a member of Tripoli Temple, Mystic Shrine. He hasmembership in the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, serving on its board ofdirectors and is chairman of its transportation committee. He is thus leniling hisaid to the study of business and civic problems such as engage t
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