I met the smith family, you may quote something you read some place, I got
my facts from the family itself.
should I say as, john c smith, my friend was dying in broward medical
center. lots of things were in the change
there was also Rodi-Chris Craft that you did not mention, and Chris Craft
was also a Movie Producer, most people did not know that......john c Smith
was heavy set, about 5, 8'' and was a kind and friendly person, even to
the common guy on the street.

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Actually, Chris Craft Boats was founded by Christopher Columbus Smith.

As early as 1915, Chris Smith ran advertisements saying "Let me build you
a
Smith boat" under the company name of Chris C. Smith Boat and Engine Co.

The accepted beginning of Chris Craft Boats was February 1922, when Chris
Smith started "Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company"

In April 1922, the Chris Smith and Sons Boat Company ran an advertisement
for a line of boats where the line Chris Smith Craft was included at the
bottom of the advertisement. Soon after this advertisement, the boat line
name was changed and the first boat of the new company was the
Packard-Chris
Craft Racer



"Joseph Stachyra" wrote in message
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In regards to your name, I knew a John Christopher Smith, in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla. he was the Heir to the Chris craft boats. His
father
named the boat line after him. John C Smith, died around 1970
basically
from old age.