Merritt Clarke’s Store turns 100, and his Ford is running again

By Jack Sheedy CORRESPONDENT
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BANTAM — In 1943, Merritt Clarke looked at the worn tires on his 1928 Ford Model AA peddler’s truck and knew his days as a traveling salesman were over. Wartime shortages included rubber, and the truck he had driven to customers’ houses for 15 of his...

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