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By BECKY BURKE &
DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
L. V. Merrill, owner and operator of Merrill Motor Company, can qualify as an historic monument in the town of Washington. With his trade mark of a stubby unlit cigar protruding from the corner of his mouth, Mr. Merrill is a permanent fixture sitting behind the plate glass windows of his motor company. His business at the corner in the center of town has been around for as long as most of the under-50 generation can remember.
And along with his cars, Merrill deals in “helping hands." For every person who’s bought an automobile from the motor company, there are probably two more who've received assistance of some kind from this good Samaritan.
Back when a family was lucky to have a car, Merrill lent brand new automobiles to folks to use if tragedy struck.
“Whenever there’s sickness or death, especially a death in the family, Mr. Merrill just can’t do enough. He'd bend over a mile backwards for vou,’’ volunteered one long-time acquaintance.
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