The original Dodge dealers were M.E. Biery and J.W. McCord, who according to Karl Wheeler, began in 1912 at 32 North Arch Street. They incorporated as the Central Motor Car Co. Karl Wheeler joined with them in 1914. In 1920 McCord withdrew and the company was reorganized as the M.E. Biery Motor Car Co. Wheeler took over in 1929 and operated the agency for about five years when it was taken over in 1933 by Joe Sarchione & Son.

Joe Sarchione was an outstanding example of an American success story, and of the opportunities open under the free enterprise system to any person with character, ambition and willingness to work. Joe came to this country from Italy at the age of 9 years old, without money or friends. His first Job at the age of 15 was that of messenger boy for a clothing company. He had a boyhood ambition to be a machinist in the Erie Railroad Shop at Jersey City, N.J. He worked for the B. & O. Railroad, the Illinois Central and the Pennsylvania railroads, and in 1920 became engine inspector at the Pennsylvania shops at Canton. Every locomotive had to pass his inspections.

Joe married Fannie Carvella and they had 8 children Mary, Joe, Eugene, Elizabeth, Angelle, Mildred, Harry and John. In 1917, while still engaged in railroading, he came to Alliance and opened a service station on East Patterson and Mahoning Ave.


Resigning his railroad position in 1920, he organized and incorporated the Mahoning Auto-Sales and Service Co. They sold Flint, Columbia and Hupmobile automobiles until about 1933 when he took over the Dodge franchise. His four sons, Joe Jr., Harry, Eugene and John, worked in the business. The first show room and garage were remodeled and enlarged several times to fit there expanding business.

In 1939 Sarchione built a modern show room and garage at 130 W. State St. He was a pioneer in the Union region, having established a Shell oil filling station there some years previously. In 1947 he enlarged the Mt. Union building, with a modern storage and service building, 120 by 120 feet, making his plant one of the outstanding service plants in the country.

In December 1941 Sarchiones and the rest of the nation was devistated with WWII. There were no cars or trucks available from 1942 to 1946. All four of the Sarchiones sons went to war in Europe and the Pacific. Joe Sarchione Sr. and his daughter, Mary, worked on vehicles and sold household appliances to keep his business operational. After the war the boys came home and went back to work for Sarchione & Sons and Mahoning Auto. In 1957 Plymouth and Dodge separated.The Dodge franchise went up to the store State Street and the Plymouth franchise stayed on Patterson Street in the original building.


Chrysler, Desoto and Imperial were added in the 60s. Sarchiones was Alliance's leading auto dealer through the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Then with the economy turn down and a near bankrupt Chrysler Corporation, Sarchione & Sons and Mahoning Auto Sales ceased the new car sales in 1981.

In 1982 Harry Sarchione Sr. and his three children, Harry Jr., Bonnie, and Joe, opened an automotive sales lot on Union Ave. It was named Sarchione Inc. and is still operating today. In 1984 Joe Sarchione sold his shares of Sarchione Inc. and opened Sarchione Sales & Service Inc. on Bayard Road in Homeworth. In 1985 Joe and his wife, Annette purchased the former Park Auto Drive-In Theater and sold automobiles for eleven years at that location until selling it and purchasing there current location in 1996. Joe and Annette's two oldest sons Joe Jr and John joined the family business in 2000. They enjoyed the business just as much as there father did. Taking after her brothers, Carvella also joined the dealership in 2003 With the family all working togather the sales were steadly rising every year. After a long period of planning the family decided it was time to build a new state of the art building to fit there ever expanding business. So in the summer of 2004 there new showroom began construction. Excitment grew for the family and the community. The new showroom was completed in the fall of 2004. Since the completion of the new show room Sarchione's has added and additional 2 acres of lot space for new inventory arriving almost daily. They now have over 140 vehicles in the inventory and are hopeing to expand again to fit the needs of their growing customers and business. The Sarchione Family has always had a great pride of there dedication to the United States Service. Carvella is a Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran and was in the United States Army from 2003-2008. Jefferson the youngest son graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2008 and is proudly serving as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corp.