Stan

Stan Sailors, born in 1920 in the Falls City area . He attended schools in Richardson County. After graduation from high school in 1938. he attended Peru State College. He earned a teaching degree in 1939 and taught country school in district 83 northeast of Falls City. In 1941 he went to District 99, Preston Ne school. He joined the Army in 1942 and was in the signal corps. Dec 12, 1942 he served in North Africa, 1943 in Sicily, then to Winchester England till D day +4 to Normandy. Then he went to Belgium, France, and Germany. He was discharged September of 1945 . After the war he returned to Falls City, Ne and started in the shipping receiving department of Sidles Company in 1945. After a few years he was promoted to outside salesman. In 1958 he was transferred to Centerville Iowa as a manager. The manager of the Falls City store retired 4 years later and Stan was transferred back to Falls City in 1962. In 1977 the store was sold to Stan and he became owner operator. He retired in 1998 and the sons John and Chuck took over operation.

John

John Sailors, President of Sailors & Sons Inc. Was born in Falls City Ne. He attended school in Falls City and graduated from Falls City High School. He attended Southeast Community College in Milford, Ne. He graduated from the Diesel Tech program and worked as a mechanic for Armbruster Motor Company till Joining the United States Air force in 1969. He was stationed in Colorado Springs Co. for 2 years and in Ramstein Germany for 2 years. He was discharged in June 1972. He moved to Kearney Ne. and attended Kearney State College for 2 years. He moved back to Falls City in 1989 and opened the machine shop for Sailors & Sons Inc. He worked managing the shop till Sept of 1999 and moved to assistant manager and turned shop duties over to the current shop man, Thad Harms. Email John at ssailors@slinkcom.net

Chuck

Chuck Sailors, Vice President of Sailors & Sons Inc. was born in Falls City Ne. April 27,1953. Graduated from Falls City High School in 1972. Attended kearney State College for 2 years. Then worked at Rockwell International in Kearney Ne. in the machining division. In 1977 he moved back to Falls City to join the family business. He started in inventory control and later went to outside sales. In 1989 he started assistant manager position and later to manager. His email address is mrautomotive@sentco.net.

Thad

Born and raised in Thedford Ne, Thad was a member of the US Navy from June of 1986 through 1990. He received a medal for heroism for action taken during a gun turret explosion aboard the USS Iowa in 1989. In June of 1990 he was honorably discharged. From 1990 to 1995 he worked in Rapid City, South Dakota at adams machining. In 1994 Thad won 1st place in the VICA statewide contest for automotive machining. From 1996 till the present time Thad has been employed at Mr. Automotive in Falls City. He is an ASE certified master engine Machinist. He has had16 years experience, from small engines to large diesels, Thad can handle them all. Thad enjoys his 2 children Tyler and Abbigail. In his spare time he enjoys drag racing.

Daisy

Daisy is a 2 year old yellow lab. You could call Daisy the store mascot. She is a very friendly dog that loves kids. She isn't much for working though, you can find her sleeping in the front window for most of the day. She does enjoy traveling from Nebraska City every day to get to work.