The Winslow mail., 1925-01-09
UNION OIL COMPANY
MAKES CHANGES OF
OFFICERS In STATE

Lining up his forces to make 1925
the greatest year in the forty year
history of the organization, c. w.
Ralph, director of sales and trans
portation, has announced important
changes il the sales personnel in the
Union Oil company of Arizona, it was
learned here yesterday from E. w.
Brewster district manager.
The choice of Mr. Brewster for the
local post, succeeding Harry F. Warn
er, who has been transferred to the
Seattle sales district of the Union Oil
company, follows eleven years exper-
ience in the petroleum industry, the
entire length of which has been spent
in Arizona.
Mr.. Brewster started with the Union
in 1914 as a clerk in the Phoenix Of
flee. Two years later he was made
agent at Kingman where he succeeded
so we'll that he was recalled to the
sales force at Phoenix in 1917. Four
years later he was appointed assist
ant district sales manager at Phoenix
which position he held until the pres
ent promotion.
j. P Osborne, newly made assistant
manager, has been with the Union
twelve years He has had extensive
connection with traffic and marketing
problems.
The Phoenix appointments are only
parts of an extensive strengthening
campaign by the Union j. NJ Geary,
formerly manager of refined oil sales,
is appointed sales manager, with sup
ervision over all sales of the company.
E. S. Sharp, formerly district sales
manager, Los Angeles district, is ap-
pointed manager of stations. Mr..
Sharp's duties will include supervision
over all properties and equipment of
the sales department and all depart
mental matters, excepting those con-
cerning actual sales. L. M. Bridgman,
formerly district sales manager for
Western Washington. is appointed
vacated by Mr.. Geary.
Long service in the oil industry and
exceptional work in their former
duties have been rewarded by Mr..
Ralph in his choice of the Union Oil
men who are starting the new year
with added responsibilities. J. M.
Geary, the newly appointed sales man
ager, has been with the Union for
seventeen years, having started in as
special agent at Seattle, and returned
to San Francisco for a year before
being made district sales manager at
San jose In 1916 he was transferred
to district sales manager at Los An
geles and two years later was taken
into the main office fold as manager
of refined oil sales-the position he
has held until his present promotion.
The appointment of E. S. Sharp to.
the position of manager of stations
comes after ten years with the Union,
prior to which he spent fifteen years
in the oil industry in the east, haw-
ing been associated with Mr.. Ralph
when the latter was northern dis
trict sales manager of the Indian Re-
flning company at Chicago.
Under the guiding hand of G. W.
Ralph, the sales organization of the
Union Oil company has developed
with amazing consistency to it's pres
ent position in the petroleum indus
trv of the west Since Mr.. Ralph's
advent in 1914, the sales of the COM
pany have quadrupled while the ter
ritory covered has been increased
yearly. Less than 100 distributing
stations and no service stations were
operated by the Union in 1914. Today
the distributing stations are nearing
800 while approximately 400 service
stations are owned and operated, and
Union non-detonating gasoline and
Aristo motor oil are names to con-
iure in five states. into British colum-s
bia. the Canal Zone, Hawaiian Islands
and many foreign countries.