The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 30, 1954, Page 7

‘Tite Week's Feature Advertisement ¥ Monday,.August 30, 1954 Dick's Tire Service Celebrates Fifth Birthday NO DOWN PAYMENT! Television Sets with Antenna Completely Installed RCA - ZENITH AND OTHER LEADING MAKES 7... .. peers a)... . $284.95 These Prices Include Channel 4 Antenna with Telescopic Mast which can be %, ; lowered by one person in event of bad weather PRATT'S RADIO AND TELEVISION SERVICE 614 STREET : TELEPHONE 2-7512 No gift is so distinctively You as your portrait. None will give so much lasting pleasure to those you love. Our photographers ‘are experts at capturing the full charm of your personality! Don Ray Portrait Studio 2 705 DUVAL STREET PHONE 2-3282 ‘Noon Until 9:00 P.M. Navy Personnel Welcomed CRAWFISH SEASON OPENED AUGUST 15th - THE EVINRUDE LIGHTWIN IS THE PERFECT MOTOR FOR THIS - KIND OF WORK Come In and See the Lightwin—and the Gomplete Evinrude Line for ’54 KEY WEST OUTBOARD Outboard Motors’ —'Boats — Tackle 1116 EATON STREET— PHONE 23715 Authorized SALES - SERVICE AND ACCESSORIES HARLEY-DAVIDSON AGENCY 190 DUVAL STREET ~ Frede Aunapu, Dealer Tis plea Moving?.. ... Request UNITED VAN LINES . Agent KEY WEST MOVING AND STORAGE WAREHOUSES 700 Elizabeth Street “Locally Owned For Better Service’ OVERSEAS CYCLE STORE PHONE 2.5353 Nights 2-8683 2 - Phone 2-6016 + « « Sturmy-Archer, 3-Speed Sold-Renied-Repaired st Barmera = 949.95 ILT MEN’S AND LADIES’ LIGHTWEIGHT Hand Brakes $43.95 and English Made BICYCLES , Operates on an old- rcs EES IN Store Is Headquarters For U.S. Royal Tires And Lodi Steam Recaps By BILL GIBB Dick's Tire Service is five years old. It is surprising, and apparently against modern laws of economics, to ob- serve how the business has grown... For Dick Hunter din vay, ak plowing @ reputation for honesty and integrity, ot Ci back’ the profits into the business itself. Those are the simple means by which Dick has estab- lished a tire service in Key West which is throughout Florida, As a matter of fact, Dick's Tire ‘ice is setting the pace in the National Field. ... av ererel times his eificient methods and modern sho ave been the subject of les in trade magazines whi circulate on a nationd] basis. Even his weekly column, figures in the industrial world. U.S. Rubber y of- ficials have complimented him for his civic industriousness and constructive form of adv . They have suggested to other dealers that it might be profitable for ‘them to fol- low his example. $ U.S. Royal Tires While Dick. Hunter will tell you that there is no better - tire on the market than: the U.S. Royal, he doesn't try to ‘bamboozle’ you into believing that no other tires are any good. ‘ “This is a free country,” Dick “Folks should make up their own mind about their tires by studying the records of various manufacturing companies. U.S. Rubber Company has consistently proven, down through the years, that its products are ‘tops’ and its guarantees unequaled.” Every once in awhile, someone will go buy a tire from qmother store and come to Dick and.ask him to.mount it free of charge. He grins about this since it is actually a compliment to the fine equipment and efficient workmen in his shop but he’also admits that it is a little irritating oc- casionally. “However, the only time I really ‘blow my top’ is when a Key Wester goes to Miami and buys cheap. second-grade or blemished: tires," he explains. “Invariably, ‘they will come in to me and complain that ALL tire'dealers are crooks because the tires they bought out of town were not satisfactory! weol #3 : “It stands to reason that a defective of blemished tire cannot be ‘just as good as new’. Otherwise, ‘prices never would be cut on such a tire, “First line, first quality us. Royal tires are, guaranteed “without limit as to-time.or mileage. They may cost’a few pennies more than ‘blemished’ tires but that guarantee is worth if. “It means that on tire bought in Key West, the guarantee is honored in Mianii, Chicago, Los Kedyeles, or “I used to live in Miami but since I've moved to Key West, I've transferred all my allegiance to the folks here on the Rock who are helping me to make a living. I sure can't figure out why Key Westers lack such loyality and go to Miami to buy!” Lodi Steam Recapping Dick's Tire Service installed the first and only LODI STEAM RECAPPING plant in Key West. The shop is equip- ped to handle all sizes of automobile and truck tires. The same guoxantee that goes with new U.S. Royals also ap- plies to Lodi recaps from Dick's. For certain types of work, recaj beiter than new ones, Dick says. Truck operators who have to drive over rough, cutting objects..prefer recaps. . Naturally, they are much more economical, too. If you've never been in a recapping shop, by-all means visit Dick’s Tire Service. Much of his equipment is an exact duplicate of that used in big tire manufacturing companies. And if you're not an expert tire man, you will find it diffi- cult to distinguish between: Dick’s Lodi recaps and brand new tires! Caters To Trucks Fleet owners have found that Dick's. Tire Service is the place to go for fast, reliable service. Such equipment as pene lug wrenches and 20-ton hydraulic jacks is a ig time-saver—not to speak of the ease with which tractors and trailers can be parked in the large lot at the rear: of the shop. Ase : Frank Radford has been foreman of Dick Hunter's ex- pert crew of tire Tepairmen for two and a half years. These workers are able to remove a complete section of a bruised truck tire and make the tire over completely new. Such wosk is called “section repair” and it provides the means for saving commercial fleet owners thousands of dollars a year, Frank and his wife live on Stock Island but they are loyal Key Westers—if not “born Conchs.” This year they will enter their child in the first grade of school. Radford = always available for advice or heJpful information about fires. & “Open. House” Postponed “open house” had been —— for September at an Ave., the location of Dick’s Tire Service.” It has tires are actually : Monroe Specialty Co. 1930 Flagler Ave. Phone 2-3014 SPECIAL FOR OPENING WEEK ONLY, AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 4 331% Off 0: 4/) PAINT BUY NOW AND SAVE i Lite-Insuring GULF LIFE HOME INSURANCE 4 MORTGAGE Key West Underuriters FIGURING the average mortgage runs 17 H. M. 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