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The Official Newsletter of TEAMSESCO Spring/Summer 2002 |
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 Quality Service since 1913 |
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Is God’s timing truly perfect? Here is a wonderful example of how God is working in and blessing our lives. Over a year ago we decided to increase our business presence in the SC upstate. We tried to hire Mike Thompson, whom I had worked with at Electrical South, but were unsuccessful. We attempted to hire Doc Phipps, another strong candidate for that area, but failed. Shortly thereafter we looked into purchasing a motor service company in the Greenville area, but we ran into obstacles. We were discouraged. Then, in early January, without any pre-planning it became apparent that Mike Thompson should join our company. He did and began work in mid-January. In early February Mike hired Doc Phipps to join TEAMSESCO to help him in account sales management in SC and GA. At almost the same time we came to an agreement with Howard Demore of Greenville Electric Motor Repair and purchased his company in mid-February. Now we are positioned to do great things in this new territory. God had given us all that we had wanted; only He did it at the best time – His perfect time. |
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Our 90th Anniversary - The Early Years by Trey Smith, President
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THE EARLY YEARS CONTINUES ON PAGE 6 |
In 1911 W. A.
Lawrence founded
Lawrence Armature
Winding and Ferro
Fix Brazing Co. in
Charlotte, NC. To
pay for COD shipments
Lawrence often
borrowed money
from Charles Barker,
a tenant renting an apartment above the company.
As Lawrence was unable to repay
those loans, Barker agreed to take
some ownership in the company. On
March 7, 1913, the two men met at
3:00 PM in the Trust Building and
incorporated as Charlotte Electric
Repair Co., thus the humble beginning
of TEAMSESCO. The first
stockholders’ meeting was held on
September 12, 1913, at the company’s 2003
office located at
508 West Fourth Street
in Charlotte.
In 1918 W. W.
Hanks, an engineer
with Catawba Power
Co., now Duke Power,
and 24 year old W. Hill
Smith, Greg’s and my
grandfather, joined the
company.
Smith, a native
of Norwood, NC,
was working for
Barker at Marshall
Field & Co. as a
burlap salesman.
Smith declined an
offered transfer to
Marshall Field’s
Chicago office deciding that a career in Charlotte
better suited him and his new wife,
Esther DeArmond. Hanks served
as company engineer and Smith as
financial officer. In the early 1920’s
Paul Rhyne, Smith’s college roommate,
joined the company as a sales
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Hill Smith and Louis Bryson
While earning his BA in Business at Lees-McRae College, Hill managed several of the shops in Ski-Beech Village. He lives in Greensboro with his wife and three sons. Hill and Phyllis are active in their church and enjoy a variety of family outdoor activities such as water and snow skiing, hunting, and camping.
Louis has stayed up to date with technology through continuing education at technical schools and manufacturer’s seminars. He and his wife, Donna, have four children and eight grandchildren. Their spare time is spent “grand-parenting” and working with the youth group at their church in Gastonia. In January he took forty young people to the “Big God conference” in Myrtle Beach. Louis’ personal motto is “to provide the best service I can to my customers.” We are proud to have Louis as one of the “pros” on our team as an Account Manager based in Charlotte. |
Hill Smith joined TEAMSESCO
20 years ago in Charlotte at age
13. Before he was legally able to
work in the process areas, he was
the company’s handy man, doing
everything from installing fencing to
painting the building. He has done
machine work, repaired motors,
gearboxes, and hoists, as well as
wired custom control systems. In 1996
he joined our Burlington team soon
becoming
Branch
Manager.
He is now
one of our
top Account
Managers,
handling
the Triad of
NC. Hill,
my oldest
son, has
really grown
up in the
business.
Louis Bryson After three years
of electrical repair training in the
Navy, Louis began his career at
G.E. Apparatus Service in Charlotte.
He has a wealth of experience that
includes managing large motor
repair operations, serving as Quality
Assurance Manager for nuclear motor repair, and selling drives and motors
to all major industries.