Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1951 — Page 31
' “WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1051
J. C. Arnold |
‘THE STAGE IS SET'—J. C.
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in Job and in Size; J. F. Harris Was Outstanding Net Star
ft) district manager for the Goodyear: Tire and Rubber |
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Co., with headquarters here, and Jack Harris, district store supervisor, inspect a carload of new
tires received for the Goodyear Service Stores grand opening. It's their final okeh of the big event.
The biggest man in the Goodyear Tire & Rubber organization here is J. C. Arnold, visor for* Goodyear hers, is as “Hoosier” as
district manager:
He’s big not only in his job, but he's also
big in size. . Standing 6 feet, 413 inches tall and weighing 224 pounds, you know Mr. Arnold must have been an athlete before you ask him. He played football, halfback; basketball, center; when he was a student at Drury College in Springfield, Mo.
Born at Oakland City
Rorn at Oakland City, Ind, Mr. Arnold was raised and educated in Missouri. Typical of his Hoosier background, he was raised on a farm and worked at it, too, before he went to college. A graduate of Drury College in business administration, Mr. Arnold used his salesmanship and executive ability to advantage while still in college. He worked his way through college by selling books for the Midland Press, Inc, lishers. His success in that part-time field earned him a position as field representative for Midland when he graduated from college. It was his first fulltime job.
Assigned to Des Moines
A “born” salesman, Mr. Arnold got his first job with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 33 years ago. After a training period at the Akron headquarters in product adjustment of the sales department, he was assigned to the Des Moines, Towa, district. [ater he went into thé wholegale division where he spent 10 years. In 1932, Mr. Arnold was promoted to manager of Goodyear retail stores in the Philadelphia, Pa.. district and was in charge of 24 ontlets. Following an manager of retail stores in Chicago, he came to Indianapolis in 1936 as district manager, the pogition he still holds. Mr. Arnold. is a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club,
assignment as
businessmen who are the top men in their businesses, and the Navy Club.
His home is at 4728 N. Kenwood
Ave. Although he fishes, hunts and
plays at golf, Mr. Arnold's “real” hobby along with Mrs. Arnold, i8 his three children and five grand-
children. ., ‘
Chicago pub-|-
the! Junto Club, an organization of 100
J. E. (Jack)
people come.
Key Operators Of Stores
Here are the people who direct the operations of the expanded Goodvear Service Stores, 627 N. Delaware St.: J. C. Arnold—District manager for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Jack Harris — District store supervisor for Goodyear. E. 0. Lane—Manager of Goodyear Service Stores at 627 N. Delaware St. Don Arnold and Thomas {Sparks -— Assistant store man|agers. | Paul Haine—Service manager. Jack Billingsley—Retreat plant jmanager. Don Litmer—Customer budget manager,
Offers Complete Ice Box Service
Complete refrigeration gervice lis ‘offered to the public at the
basketball semifinals.
Harris, district store super-
: ; . | Born in Washington, Ind., he further | more wear with the lining fas-| eo strengthened his standing as a|tened to the shoe without the
Hoosier by playing in the Indiana} High School Athletic Association That was in 1925 and he was a forward for the Washington, Ind.,| High School, which was defeated in the afternoon game of the atate finals.
Salesman
Mr. Harris had himself as a successful salesman
Kuceessful
established
even before he joined Goodyear. While attending Indiana Univer-
sity, Mr. Harris paid his own ex-| penses by selling magazines and waiting on tables at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. That magazine selling job prompted Mr. Harris to major in advertising and marketing in college. Looking for a major company
lon which to try his skill, Mr.
| Harris applied to Goodyear after, graduation and was accepted. That was in 1928,
Opens New Store
His first assignment with Good- | shoe products
!Goodyear Service Stores. year was as a Among the hundreds of home salesman in Boston. After two i : : vears he became a wholesale supplies always in stock in aq salesman in Boston and after dition to the complete ine of three years opened Goodyear’s automotive supplies -the Good- Rew store at Lynn, Mass. year .Service Stores at 627 N. After five years as a store Delaware St. offers refrigeration manager in* Springfield, TIL, and
equipment of General Electric and International Harvester. The homemaker can purchase refrigerators of every model and capacity of each manufacturer. as well as deep freeze units to suit the need of any home large or small,
Store Front Has 391 Glass-on-Steel Blocks
The attractive white front of the enlarged Goodyear Service Stores building contains 391 glass-on-steel porcelain blocks. The porcelain exterior has “lifted the face” of the Goodyear center to make it one of the most attractive on Delaware St, The new store is easily identifled, too, by the huge sign G-0-0-D-Y-E-A-R on the front. Each letter of the new sign stands four feet high.
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ADDING LONGER LIFE—A Goodyear attendant applies Camelback to an old tire carcass, an important step in Goodyear's
like-new recapping process,
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four years as manager of the multiple store group at Milwaukee. ha was promoted to store supervisor in the Milwaukee district. Two years as a store manager at the big Cleveland, O., store earned for Mr. Harris the district store supervisor position in Indianapolis which he still holds.
Product of IU
The Harris family,- except the daughter, Jill, who is still in high school, are Indiana Uni- | versity products. Mrs. Harris is an IU graduate. They met at the university.
Their son, also is
Jack,
ing at the interceptor flight base at Wilmington, Del. The daughter, a senior next term will attend IU. | The Harris family {5224 Hinesly Ave.
lives at
While Mr. Harris lists golf as
{a hobby, his outstanding interest
lis IU university sports, He still al-
| though his own participation was . in basketball, baseball and track 0 Fes
which just about covers the
|follows all the IU games,
ii. field, anyway.
Welcome Sign Out for WAI
The WAI always is welcome at Service tire life.
{the expanded Goodyear | Stores at 627 N. Delaware St.
To many
| information.
Whether motorist
the
“the works’’—a, tankful of gas
ioline, oil, and anything else he
might need.
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{one of the plans on which Good-
|year has built its success at the goodyear Service Stores’ reeap-| in ping and retreading service pro-
{service stores. Paramount
plaint is the record set by Good year Service Stores in its no rivet method of applying brake
| new brake lining to the shoe has, | been so gopularly accepted that the motor industry is now converting to the method Goodyear {has used for 12 years.\
[the lining adheres so well to the shoe that it becomes a part of
| special equipment.
a of the store |graduate of IU and is now anjonly for car servicing. Custom- | Air Force cadet in flight train- ers wanting to visit the home
Shortridge parking for their cars. probably also
| service station at-| |tendants the WAI is the motorist who wants only water, air and
who |drives up to the Goodyear Serv: ice Stores gasoline pumps makes outs all’ too ofterr cause serious a purchase or not, he will get |and sometimes fatal accidents. ‘the same courteous attention ex-| In addition, smooth tires make |tended to the driver who asks for driving hazardous. They increase
| Courtesy to the WAT driver is
No Rivets Used By Goodyear
; 4 ) # FOR SAFER BRAKES—J. L. | Fritch, manager of the Goodyear Service Stores brake and alignment department, demonstrates how brake lining is applied to the shoe without rivets.
Twelve years without a com-
ining. The unusual wav of attaching
Instead of using “Trivets to fasteh the new lining to the brake shoe, Goodyear cements it" on, then bakes it in an oven, Thus
it and can be removed only with
Goodyear promises 50 per cent
rivets. Maintains Brake Experts The expanded store at 627 N. Delaware St. maintains a staff] of brake experts to provide quick relining service. Often the work | is done on a while-you-walit basis] while the motorist leaves his car
to take care of other chores downtown. The method doesn't cost any
more than the old rivet style of relining says Goodvear's brake and alignment department manager, J. L. Fritch. Long experienced in his work, Mr, Fritch has been with the Goodyear Service Stores hera for six years.
Drivers Find Delaware St. Store Convenient
Busy Delaware St. is no problem to motorists when they want service—or make purchases—at the Goodyear Service Stores. The expanded automotive service and home supplies center at 627 N. Delaware St. has plenty of off-street parking space for the convenience of customers. There's no waiting in a line of parked cars, either, to obtain service for your car-no matter how large or small the job. The parking lot in the rear area of the store, east of Delaware St., and the large quarters of the service department provide facilities for servicing 60 cars at one time. In addition to the inside service space for cars, others receive on-the-spot attention at the gasoline pumps and at the battery and tire checking area on the north side of the huge Goodyear location. The parking area at the rear is maintained not
supplies showroom-—whether they buy or not—are permitted free
Warns of Danger Period in Life
‘EF. 0. Lane, manager of the expanded Goodyear Service Stores which holds its grand opening to‘morrow, Friday and Saturday at 627 N. Delaware St.,, warns that 90 per cent of all tire trouble occurs in the last 10 per cent of
“Riding on old, wornout tires makes the odds 10 to one against you,” Mr. Lane points out. | Thin tires cut, bruise, puncture easily and cause needless repair expense, delays and inconveniences. The weakened cord bodies of old tires'invite blowouts, Blaw-
. greatly the chance for skids, endangering not only the life of the car driver but the lives of others. The only safe course, Mr. Lane states, is to get badly worn tires recapped or retreaded at once.
New Lining - Cemented to Brake Shoe
Goodyear’s plan is to serve theiyide car and truck operators with!
| motoring public
driver spends,
. regardless non-skid of how much og® how little the mileage at lgss than half the:cost
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