MAHONING COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: HOLZ, Alfred (published 1925)
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History of Ohio
The American Historical Society, Inc. 1925
Volume IV, page 170

        ALFRED HOLZ.  Each line of business has its own problems which must
be solved in order to insure success. With these are allied the usual
demands of trade and necessity for good judgment and business methods, and
when these requirements can be met success is practically certain to
follow. Having been able to do this, and to turn out excellent work, the
Youngstown Coach Works, established at 201 East Boardman Street, has made a
success of auto painting, and is one of the leaders in this line at Youngstown.
        Alfred Holz was born at Wurttemberg, Germany, April 9, 1895, and
his parents were natives of the same country, and there both died. Until he
was seventeen years old Alfred Holz attended the schools of his native
land, but at that age began learning the trade of a painter, and worked at
it in Germany until 1912, when he came to the Untied States, and after his
arrival here was at Chester, Pennsylvania, for a year. There he continued
to work at his trade, and he also found employment at it in Buffalo, New
York, Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan, during a period covering
about seven years. In the fall of 1920 he came to Youngstown, and for two
months worked at general painting. He then commenced painting automobiles
at 819 Fourth Street, and three months later moved his business into the
Henderson Overland Automobile Building, where he is doing general
automobile painting and conducting a paint shop, the latter being connected
with the Cadillac Motor Car Company's place on West Boardman Street. He
employs eight mechanics, and is very particular with reference to the
quality of the work he turns out, so that he has established a reputation
for it.
        In February, 1917, Mr. Holz married Miss Louise Arants, of Austria,
and they have one daughter, Clara, born in June, 1918. Mr. Holz belongs to
the Lutheran Reformed Church. He is a republican. Fraternally he belongs to
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and he is also a member of the United States
Insurance Company.





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