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nd administrative offices of the W C. Bradley Co., the W C. Bradley Co. Museum, and the D. A. Turner Memorial Chapel. The chapel was a gift from the employees to the shareholders, given in grateful appreciation during the Company39。 s centennial celebration in 1985. In the late 180039。 s, Bradley also became the General Manager of the Merchant and Planters Steamboat Line. He shipped groceries and fertilizer down the Chattahoochee River to plantations, all the way to Florida, and returned to his warehouse and mills loaded with cotton, as well as providing traveling acmodations for passengers traveling to and from the plantations. W C. Bradley was the dominant figure the last twentyfive years of Chattahoochee River steamboat history. In 1923, Bradley donated the entire steamboat line as well as operating capital to the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. In 1917, Bradley purchased five plantations fortyfive miles south of Columbusalong the Chattahoochee River. Today they form the base of the Company39。 s Farm Division, one of the largest farm operations in the state of Geia .... with 4,000 acres of row crops including peanuts, soybeans, corn, and wheat .... 30,000 acres of timber .... and a modern scientific swine handling facility producing over 10,000 hogs per year for market. Also in 1917, D. A. Turner married Bradley39。 s only daughter, Elizabeth. D. A. Turner immediately began learning to manage the pany39。 s diverse operations. In 1919, Bradley and Earnest Woodruff anized an investment syndicate and purchased the Coca Cola Company for $25,000,000. Bradley became Chairman of the Board and remained active on the Board for 27 years, until 1946, just one year before his death. His soninlaw, D. A. Turner, joined the Board in CharBroil Employee Handbook 7 7 1923. D. A. Turner retired from the Coca Cola Board in 1980, and was replaced on the Board by his son, William B. Turner At the end of World War I, in the sugar crisis, Coca Cola almost went broke. The syndicate was unable to borrow the money to save it. Bradley went to New York and borrowed four million dollars in his own name to help save the pany. During the early 2039。 s, Bradley continued to diversify his holdings. in 1920, Bradley acquired the Hamburger Cotton Mills and renamed them Bradley Manufacturing Company. In 1925, the W C. Bradley Co. acquired control of the Columbus Iron Works. The Iron Works, dating back to 1849, had manufactured cannons and cannon balls as well as gunboats during the War Between the States, and in 1872 the world39。 s first mercial ice machines. When Bradley took over ownership they began manufacturing circulating heaters and stoves as well as horse drawn farm implements. The Textile Mills were sold duringthe 4039。 s. When W C. Bradley died on July 26, 1947, D. A Turner became Chairman of the Board. Four years before his death, Bradley and Turner formed the W C. and Sarah H. Bradley Foundation. Since that time the Foundation has contributed over $23 million dollars to charitable, educational, religious and cultural programs, and for munity improvement. The W C. Bradley Co. has always made a strong mitment to its employees and to the munity to provide a better quality of life. As the agricultural belt moved west, and electricity outdated the wood and coal burning stoves and heaters, the Iron Works manufactured its first cast iron CharBroil Barbecue Grill in 1949. During the 6039。 s they added gas grills. In 1973, the Manufacturing Division moved from the Columbus Iron Works to a new modern plant in Bradley Industrial Park, and became known as W C. Bradley Enterprises in 1977, now known as CharBroil. Today the original Iron Works facility is the Columbus Iron Works Trade and Convention Center, one of the most beautiful and unique convention facilities in the country. . Turner died on August 11, 1982. An excerpt from a resolution from Columbus Bank and Trust Company honoring his life stated, Fundamental to all his admirable qualities, Mr Turner had a deep abiding love and appreciation for people. Because of his example and leadership, an atmosphere of patience, kindness and unselfishness developed that allowed others to grow. Mr. Turner exemplified integrity and stability. He never departed from a basic set of values and priorities that established him as a pillar of strength in a world of constant uncertainty and change. Though he received countless honors and enjoyed prosperity in every respect, he remained a simple man with humility who attributed his successes to his Maker and to those around him D. A. Turner39。 s son, William B. Turner. assumed the title of Chairman after his father39。 s death, although he had been actively managing the Company since he became Vice Chairman and Chief Executive CharBroil Employee Handbook 8 8 Officer in 1973. D. A. Turner39。 s soninlaw, Lovick P. Corn, assumed the duties of ViceChairman of the . Bradley Co. after his fatherinlaw39。 s death. On August 4, 1987, William B. Turner stepped down as Chairman and turned the management of the Company CharBroiler to the fourth generation of the founder39。 s family. Stephen Turner Butler was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and William B. Turner, Jr. was elected President and Chief Operating officer of the W C. Bradley Co. Today the W C. Bradley Co. continues to be a financially sound and growing Company. The Company is prised of three primary businesses: manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing. These businesses share the mon bond of marketing leisure oriented family products. The Company39。 s extensive property holdings including prime mercial property, industrial property, warehouse space, investment buildings and development properties are managed by the W. C. Bradley Real Estate Division and the Bradley Farms Division continues。
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