A Brief History of Nashua Motor Express, Inc.

In 1906, Philip Michael, then fourteen years old, immigrated to the United States from Greece and went to work for the International Shoe Factory in Nashua, New Hampshire.

At age 30, in 1922, he purchased a second-hand, one-ton Dodge truck and began a daily, two trip service between Nashua and Boston, Massachusetts, hauling beef and beef by-products from local packing houses. In those days there was no refrigeration of loads and the cargo was loaded wherever it would fit…even if it had to be strapped to the fenders and the roof of the truck!

Every two or three years he added another truck to the fleet. This was the start of Nashua Motor Express, Inc. Philip ran the company from the back room of his home on Palm Street with his wife, Carrie, and his three daughters, until his death in 1952. At that time, the company consisted of 13 straight trucks.

In 1953, Philip’s daughter, Alpy and her husband, George Juris, incorporated the company, and in May 1960, moved it from its cramped quarters to its present location on Amherst Street. By that time, the company had 19 straight trucks, 4 tractors, and 5 trailers and was operating from Nashua between Boston and Laconia and intermediate points.

At the time of his death in 1979, George Juris had expanded the company’s operations to include all of New England. His wife and daughter, Diana, took over the day-today operations of the business. Shortly thereafter, his other daughter, Nancy Juris Pappo and her husband, Joe, joined them. In 2002 Alpy Juris passed away, leaving her daughters, Diana and Nancy, to continue operating the family business.

Nashua Motor Express, Inc. is one of the two remaining New Hampshire-based, family owned and operated trucking companies.

 

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