Biography of George M. Albertson, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

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Transcribed from:  The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923.

ALBERTSON, GEORGE M. is an ex-service man and has achieved a notable record in the automobile 
business.  He is now located at West Palm Beach, where he is a dealer in and distributor for 
the Dodge Brothers motor cars.

He was born at Waycross, Georgia, in 1894, was properly educated in that city and also attended 
the schools of Jacksonville, Florida, after his parents moved there.  Mr. ALBERTSON had acquired 
a thorough knowledge of both mechanical and business sides of the automobile industry before 
the war.  He was for several years located at Tifton, Georgia.  In May, 1917, he enlisted at 
Jacksonville in the United States Navy, and was in service nearly two years.  He was assigned 
to duty as machinist mate at Charleston, where he was trained, and subsequently was on convoy 
duty out of New York and on the high seas until the close of the war.  Mr. ALBERTSON received 
his honorable discharge in February, 1919.

Early in 1920 he came to West Palm Beach.  His success in the automobile business has been 
a remarkable one.  As the authorized distributor for this city and territory of the Dodge 
Brothers Motor Cars his sales had expanded to such an extent that by 1922 his old quarters 
were outgrown.  He then removed to and is now located in a large modern plant at the corner
of South Poinsettia and Hibiscus streets.  This plant contains a show room and also a completely 
equipped service and repair department in the charge of expert mechanics for the convenience 
of Dodge car owners.

Mr. ALBERTSON also takes an active and vigorous part in local affairs through his membership 
in the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club and the American Legion.