Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-25

and enthusiastic meeting on WedneS- day noon at the Wauregan House when Clint E. Lane, auto tires and accessor- ies. gave very interesting talk on. the essentials of tire and battery service Mir. Lane in his talk showed what the tire and battery man is Ip against it in trying to render satisfactory and efi- cicnt service to the automobile-driving public He said in part:
 jThe business I conduct is retail auto- mobile tirr and accessory store. I have also installed one of the most up to date battery repair shops in New England. My business is divided into three distinct departments First-composing tires,- tubes and vulcanizing second-automo- tive accessories and when I speak of automobile aecessories I mean 100 and one articles that are manufactured for the inconvenience and convenience of the automobile owners and third. the bat tery charging and repair department Dividing 1t this way I will try and tell you of fthe different depa rtmerts and their real uses to the automobile and public.
 There are some 300 cifferentImakes ot tires merchandized in the United States. Of this 300 there are approximately F makes that are> considered by the tire merchants as being standard makes. By standard makes I mean those tires that for years have been the most used,
 Personally from my acquaintance and experience with the tire I handle think that it is as good as any tire you can possibly buy. The service we give to our customers is the very best that we know how 10 give. My idea of service is for the benefit of the tire user as much as the making of a sale. The merchant 1nprif fF1J a ] of business, handling Legitimate tires. offering to the public service That is Service' is up against stiff proposi- tion He is obliged to compete with makes of tires that are known to him as iipps or manufactured seconds. These tires are sold by dealers who invariably offer no service proposition to the GUS toner but merely offer rae buyer a cheap price on 8 cheap tire. While on the subject of service I want to say that we are like the doctors-always on the job. day or night. l could. talk tires till the cows come home. but really be- 'leve I had better lay off of this for a while and move along to the second. It is impossible to say much about acces- sories but the dealer who carries a complete line of these products always finds himself being asked for something he hasn't in stock or ever heard of.A general line of accessories. is spark plugs. brake lining moto-meters, oils. greases tire-covcrs. auto soap. tire i gauges, wrenohes and 100 other arti- c,se
 The lighting and starting battery is the third department I have my psA- 1 mess. The battery. I believe. personal | ly:~to be one of the most abused parts 1 of the automobile both from the user's standpoint and from the repair mans actions, The battery is really the heari | of your automobile for without it s5 1 per cent. of the cars manufactured today l would be unable to operate. <lt sllo1 d 1 therefore receive at least as much at
 tention as the tires but I can frankly l say that my experience for the pss three years has made me believe that | there are peone> running cars today whr don't know where the battery is sni 1 do not realize that it should be giver distilled water at least once every three l weeks. In some eases on some types o batteries more often than this. This service Of putting in distilled water bN battery man is free and doesn't take any great length of time 10 do. As fal i as the repair of a battery soas. abort | all the battery man needs is go3d con
 mon sense a little good judgment. ant being careful that the parts used irs, the reconstruction and repair of the battery are clean and put together properly
 Most of o:Ir batteries are received dry that is. they have not been charged. al the factory and no acid and no distilled
 water have been put in and, n othel
 words they are absolutely dead |
 takes about ten days to devflop a bat
 lery received in this condition before W,
 can deliver ito the user. During +hes. I ten days it is charged and discharged
 until tic gravity and positive and mega
 tive riates are fully charg Th,ls
 same form applies to a repaired batter.
 and is really the only way the batter! repair man can tell the condition of tn
 battery and the customer can get tn
 idea as to the length of life left in
 battery.
 Ths. I believe. covers the diffsr,G+ de
 partments of my business. and I wcul
 be only too pleased at any time to hay
 any member of the Rotary club or any
 body that is at all interested in the re
 pair of batteries or automotive lines t
 call at my store and either myself 0 one Of my employees will show ther
 around and explain the different use
 and appliances.
 Business session.
 At the business session Presiden William c. Park presided and Louis 4 , Wheeler whose sunny smile is aiway
 in evidence and acts as an incentive { good singing, was song leader Lo,
 as is always his custom. kept the boy ? buys busy with their song sheets an l called on several to render solos an l uuartette selections No one could T, sist Lou's smiling invitation to perforl l | and the musical part of the meetin
 was real treat Roy Nash. of the Ne,
 London club. rendered solo which wa highly appreciated for Roy possesses a
 unusually good voice.
 Grosvenor Ely. president bf the No 2 wien Rural Association, who was
 guest at the meeting. announced that tf :: annual community picnic would be he, 2 at Lowthorpe Meadows, Norwich Tow :, from to o'clock on Friday evenin 1 June 2. under the auspices of the Rur . association. He urged the Rotarians attend and bring their families ar friends. The community singing, whic . Is an enjoyable feature of the oicni t" and which takes place about sunse | will be led by Rev A. H. Abbott, I'll - members of the Rotary club ware askt : to locate their groups near 5he SGT = leader, This community picnic whit a became an annual affair several yea . ago has become an insti.utton in Il e ctw and is the. means of providing s
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