April 5, 1921
The Cadillac Retail Grocers and Merchants Association held a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss closing the stores on the Thursday afternoon of the coming Auto Show. It was decided that out of courtesy to the automobile dealers the stores would remain open to accommodate the visitors to Cadillac on that day and to make the business section of the city more interesting. âThe grocers do not anticipate any greatly increased volume of business during the automobile show,â said J.M. Bothwell, secretary of the merchants organization, âbut it was believed that to close on the first day of the show would not be fair to the other merchants who desire to make the streets look as attractive as possible nor to the automobile dealers who are spending their money and time to bring crowds to Cadillac.â