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Mr. Christal comes from an old Texas family whose earlier activities were closely associated with events which made much of the early history of the Lone Star State. His father, Roland Christal, was an old time Indian fighter, who fought in many raids against the red skins with Big Foot Wallace, famous for his prowess against the Indians in pioneer days.
His mother, Margaret (Spiers) Christal, was also a survivor of these historic times and lost several relatives in the early Indian wars.
The younger Christal was born February 27, 1871, at Kerrville, Texas, where he received his first schooling, but finished his education at the high school in Austin where he moved when about twenty years old. His first business experience was gained in the mercantile business in an Austin store where he secured employment shortly after leaving school and he later formed a partnership in the firm known as Christal and Wukasch, which continued in busi- ness for ten years. He was next attracted to the colonization business and for several years was en- gaged in bringing settlers from Chicago to the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville and it was not until 1914 that he made his first venture in the auto- mobile business. This he began in Austin with an agency for the Chevrolet automobile and the Indiana truck which, as stated above, was the venture next preceding the present Dallas business.
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In 1901 he was married in Austin to Miss Laura E. Lloyd, a native of that city. Her death occurred in the following year however, and some time later Mr. Christal married Miss Julia Neans, also of Austin. They have four children, Margaret, age 17, at the present time a student at the State University in Austin; Thomas, Jr., age 12; Elizabeth, age 7, and Rosa Lee, age 5. Mr. Christal's family now re- sides at 830 Elsbeth Avenue, Oak Cliff, Dallas.
Mr. Christal has long held the conviction that
Dallas is first choice in point of advantage for all men of big business who require first class com- mercial facilities and the plans that he is making for the growth and expansion of his business indi- cate that he is backing his convictions to the limit.
Socially, Mr. Christal has made a wide circle of friends; also he has been active in no small degree in the work of fraternal and civic organizations. He is a Mason and Shriner, with membership at Ben Hur Temple, Austin, a member of the Elks, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. Likewise he is a member of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas Auto Club and the Dallas Auto Truek Dealers' Association. His church affiliation has been made with the Baptists.
ERRY B. FREY, associated with A. T. Lloyd in the ownership of the Frey-Lloyd Auto Company, and manager of the organization. which was established in May, 1920, at 2208 Commerce Street, has been a factor in the automo- bile industry in Dallas for several years. His com- pany has the wholesale and retail sales agency for Jordan and Saxon cars in all of North Texas and a part of Oklahoma and New Mexico, and they ex- pect to sell two and a half million dollars' worth of cars during their first year in business, ending May 1, 1921. The company employs a competent sales and clerical force and keeps two salesmen on the road and is finding a splendid demand for the ears handled by the company.
Equipped with an extensive business experience in several lines, in all of which he has been very suc- cessful, the future of the Frey-Lloyd Auto Company is never in doubt. Beginning his commercial career with the Emerson Electric Company of St. Louis, during the World's Fair, having charge of the stock and parts department for five years, Mr. Frey came back to Dallas at the end of that time and for three years was engaged as a bookkeeper in the City Na- tional Bank. He left the bank in 1912 to become Texas sales manager for the Shelby Printing Com- pany of Shelby, Ohio, and in 1915 he left the com- pany and engaged in the automobile business, be- coming a salesman for the Overland Auto Company. Four months later he took over the Reo agency in Fort Worth, Texas, and conducted it successfully for six months, then sold it out and came back to Dallas and acquired a one-fourth interest in the firm of Tenison, Bair & Frey Company, and was general manager of the company for four years. Withdraw- ing from this firm he formed a partnership with Mr. Lloyd and established his present business. He is the owner of oil lands in Nolan and Brewster Coun- ties, West Texas.
Mr. Frey is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, born in 1890, and educated in the public schools there, and Dallas high school, also augmented by a.business course in Dallas. His parents were Fred and Lena (Frank) Frey, the latter deceased. His father is a native of Pennsylvania and came to Texas in the early days. He is now a retired citizen of Dallas. Mr. Frey was married in Dallas in 1912 to Miss Sophia Blakeney, daughter of II. J. Blakeney, of Dallas, and they live at 1002 Holland Avenue. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Dallas Auto Club, the Dallas Ad League, the Cedar Crest Country Club, the Koon Kreek Klub, the Trinity Rod and Gun Club and the Dallas Athletic Club, and always interested in every activity making for the general welfare and progress of Dallas.
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OMER LYNE, president and general man- ager of the Texas Auto Supply Company, 109-11 East Sixth Street, Fort Worth, has been engaged in the automobile supply busi- ness in this city for the past decade and has with his energy and ability increased the business of his concern four-fold in the past few years. His name has been interlinked with all movements in the auto supply line for this city for a number of years and he is well known throughout Northern Texas for his accomplishments as a practical business man. The Texas Auto Supply Company was established in this city in 1911, in retail. The business grew rapidly and Mr. Lyne became an executive of other stores located in Dallas, Waco, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso. In 1919 the company changed from the retail to the wholesale business and at the present time is engaged in wholesale trade ex- clusively. The officers of the concern are: Homer Lyne, president; C. B. Lyne, vice-president, and E. L. Sorrels, secretary and treasurer. The home of the company, which is located at 109 East Sixth Street, has a floor space of over seventy-five hundred square feet; nineteen employees are kept busy sup- plying the service of trade and eight salesmen are on the road for the company. Its field of business is not only throughout Northern and Western Texas but also extends through a number of counties of Southern Oklahoma. The first year of business, 1911-1912, was approximately seventy thousand dol- lars while the year 1920 brought a total of approxi- mately three hundred thousand.
A son of Texas soil, Homer Lyne was born at Palestine, Texas, in the year 1889. He is a son of J. P. and Ida May ( Mayfield) Lyne, the former during his lifetime being a railroad man, while the latter was a native of Texas. Mr. Lyne's early edu- cation was secured in the public schools of Fort Worth and after his graduation there he secured a position in the general offices of Armour and Swift and later was connected with the Southwestern Tele- graph and Telephone Company. After two years of service with that concern he went on the road as a traveling. salesman for the Richmond Sales Com- pany, having as his territory Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. Then was promoted to the position of branch manager at Rochester, New York. This was an exceptional promotion inasmuch as Mr. Lyne at that time was but 20 years of age. He returned to this state some years later and in 1911 organized the Texas Auto Supply Company, of which he is now the president and general manager.
In fraternal orders Mr. Lyne has membership in the Masons, being of the thirty-second degree, the Moslah Shrine, the Scottish and York Rites, and the Elks. He is a member of the Rotary Club, Fort Worth Club, Glen Garden Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Fort Worth. Mr. Lyne was one of the organizers of the Fort Worth Auto Trades Association, of which he is now a director. Mr. Lyne has always been an ardent supporter of Fort Worth and is of the belief that from a distribut- ing standpoint it is the greatest city of the. state. LAUDE MABBERY, member of the firm of Mabbery-Hill Motor Company, Fort Worth, has been identified with the imple- ment and automobile business for the past twenty years. Before coming to Fort Worth and entering the automobile business he was the assist- ant manager of the International Harvester Com- pany, one of the largest implement houses in the
world. Having visited this city a number of time: he came here in 1919 and organized the Mabbery-Hil' Motor Company, with Mr. J. C. Hill of this city Since that time they have been the local distributor. of the Haynes Motor Car, recognized as among th. best now manufactured. The home of the compan; is located at 510 Throckmorton Street and consist- of the most up-to-date automobile show rooms. B. . sides the two members of the firm three persons are employed to care for the business of the concern.
A native son of the state of Missouri, Claude Mabbery was born at Kansas City in 1883. He j- a son of J. W. Mabbery who is a native of Missouri and has been active in the implement business of that state for the past forty years. The younger Mr. Mabbery received his early training in the public schools of his native city, where he made an intensive study of the art of manual training. After finishing school he began his business career in the implement line. He was a traveling salesman for the International Harvester Company, having as his territory Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. He was later made assistant manager of this concern, which position he held for several years. He resigned this position in 1919 and came to Texas, locating at Fort Worth, where he had visited and picked his bride some years before. He organized the Mabbery- Hill Motor Company in July of 1919 and since that time has been the senior partner of that concern.
In 1910 the marriage of Mr. Mabbery to Miss Bessie Rintleman was solemnized at Fort Worth and they are the parents of one child, Fay Elizabeth. age seven years. The Mabbery home is located at 2204 Park Place, Fort Worth.
In fraternal orders Mr. Mabbery is affiliated with the Masons, being of the thirty-second degree; a Knight Templar; Scottish Rite and Mirza Temple Shrine. In local civic organizations he is identified with the Fort Worth Automobile Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
Since coming to this state Mr. Mabbery has ac- quired the real "Texas Spirit" and is now a devout booster for his state and city. His future policy and endeavors as a citizen will be of inestimable value to "the railroad center of the Southwest."
FORGE F. DAY, energetic and enterprising automobile man, manager of the Fort Worth branch of the Texas Paige Company, corner of First and Throckmorton Streets, has the local agency for the Paige automobiles and trucks and expects to do a business aggregating one-half million dollars for the year ending July 1st, 1921. Mr. Day never loses an opportunity of demonstrating the efficiency and splendid qualities of "America's most beautiful car" and this enthusiasm has been re- flected in an ever increasing volume of Paige sales since he took charge of the local branch in July, 1920. The branch occupies 65 by 145 feet of floor space and ineludes a show room, parts department and service station. Employees number thirteen, in- cluding three salesmen. J. R. Roach of Dallas is president of the Texas Paige Company and W. A. Isaacs secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Day was born at Mason, Michigan, in 1884. a son of George F. Day, now deceased. He attended the public schools and the high school at Lansing, Michigan, and started his automobile career in the plant of the Olds Motor Company in 1903. Ile re- mained with the Olds factory until 1906 and during his service there covered every department. He then went to Detroit and later was on the road selling
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:. wks in Virginia. He then went with C. F. Spitdorf and Company and was later made manager of their .. anch house at Detroit. Mr. Day then went to · anada and had the ageny for the Hupmobile and .. at Toronto. Later he became connected with the tieneral Motors Company handling the Oakland and "en the Maxwell. During the war he was con- "wvted with the ordnance department of the United states Army at Cleveland, Ohio, having charge of « ght shops throughout the war. He was then con- .weted with H. W. Kane and Company buying and welling steel until his removal to Texas in the early part of 1920.
Mr. Day was married at Graham, Texas, in 1920 tu Miss Lillian Shannon, a native of South Carolina. A firm believer in Texas and in Fort Worth, Mr. Day confidently expects this city to become one of the leaders in commercial and industrial lines in the Southwest.
OHIN H. ARMISTEAD, proprietor of the Central Auto Supply Co., dealer in automo- bile accessories, 611 East Tenth street, is one of that group of progressive merchants who have made Oak Cliff the thriving city that it really is. Dallas is a big city and it is necessary that the citizens west of the river conduct business institutions as large and prosperous as can be found east of the stream. Mr. Armistead saw the oppor- tunity presented and as a result he has built up a concern that does as fine a business as can be found in the State. A Ford car can almost be built from the stock which he carries. Other makes of cars can be fitted out with every accessory that the most exacting owner could desire. His place lacks but one thing-floorspace, and he is trying to get more of that right now.
The Central Automobile Supply Company main- . tains a gas filling station, repair shop and storage space as well as a full line of merchandise common to the trade and tires and tubes. Seven employees are necessary to give the business attention and trade is accomodated from 6:30 a. m. until mid- night.
Mr. Armistead is not a native of Dallas nor of Texas but he has made as many friends here as some of the oldest inhabitants. He was born in Tennessee in 1871, son of D. H. Armistead. He was educated there and after his schooling went on the road. He sold trucks in Texas and Oklahoma and also engaged in the mercantile line. During his travelling days he covered Texas, Oklahoma, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Tennessee and New Mexico.
He was married here in 1912 to Miss Bessie Rob- inson of Dallas. They make their home at 43112 East Eighth street.
Dallas is the best city in the world according to Mr. Armistead. He is one of the strongest workers in the Oak Cliff Business Men's Club which is striv- ing to make that part of Dallas a big, progressive community. He is a member of the Dallas County Tire Dealers Association and maintains an affilia- tion with the Odd Fellows organization. .
EO. A. ANDLAUER, president of the Mason Tire and Rubber Company of 2020 Main Street, was the moving spirit in the decision to open this business in Dallas and it was natural therefore that he be chosen president and general manager. The firm began in April, 1920, as state distributors for Mason Tires and Tubes and
Solid Tires and the business has been a pronounced success from the start. Their nine traveling sales- men cover Texas, Western Louisiana, Northern Mex- ico and the wholesale business is increasing rapidly, while twelve competent employees keep busy in the house. Mr. Andlauer is most intensive in his work and the force of his sustained effort is reflected in the enthusiasm of his employees. That the southern field for tires is a prolific one is a self evident fact, and it is a question of constant sales and efficient shipping service. In 1918 previous to coming to Dal- las and opening this business Mr. Andlauer was in Fort Worth as branch manager for the Miller Rubber Company and resigned from them to establish the business which he now directs.
Mr. Andlauer was born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1891. His father passed away when the son was eleven years old. Ile attended public schools of Kan- sas City until he was sixteen when he went to work for a wholesale dry goods firm of Kansas City and remained in their employ two years. At that time the Goodrich Rubber Company of Kansas City of- fercd him a place with them, giving him the privilege of learning the adjusting business, which he studied for six months and this was followed by a period spent in Akron, Ohio, in the sales factory school cov- ering instruction in the auto rubber department, Finishing his course in Akron he returned to the Kansas City branch and for three years worked in special sales and advertising work covering Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. The following two years found him with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company of Kansas City. Oil then lured him and he left the tire interests and for one year he operated in the oil business, choosing the famous Goose Creek section near Houston as his field of activity. Although re- entering the tire and rubber business when he came to Dallas, Mr. Andlauer still retains valuable oil holdings and is chairman of Board of Directors of the Buie Oil Company of Fort Worth.
In 1917 in Olathe, Kansas, Mr. Andlauer was mar- ried to Miss Statia Perky, a native of Kansas City. They have one child, a daughter born August 21st, 1919, named after her mother, and the family home is at 4214 Ross Avenue.
OGER M. RANDAL, vice president and man- ager of the Slaughter-Randal Company, wholesale dealers of tires and tubes, and located at Commerce and Houston Streets, has had ten years experience in the tire and automo- bile trade and possesses a thorough knowledge of every phase of the business.
This company was organized in April 1919, with Mr. Randal as one of the promoters and organizers. Capital stock amounts to $50,000 and about $50,000 worth of goods is kept on hand. Seven people are employed by the concern, including four salesmen who cover Texas territory. Jobbers are established in all of the principal cities of the state, while deal- ers are stationed in smaller cities and towns. This company represents the Vietor Rubber Company, a concern that has been making rubber for twenty-two years. Victor tires and tubes are handled, and tires of many other standard makes. Business is on a steady increase and Mr. Randal predicts wonderful things for his firm during the coming years.
A native of Texas, Mr. Randal was born in Bosque County on February 14, 1884. His father was G. W. Randal, a ranchman, now deceased, and his mother was Francis Lane Randal of Georgia. He attended
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the publie schools of Waco and Baylor University, and it was while he was a student of the latter that he received through Senator Joe Bailey, an appoint- ment to Annapolis, Maryland, completing his edu- eation at the Naval School.
In 1905 he entered the cotton exporting business at Waco, continuing here until 1910 when he came to Dallas to organize the Slaughter-Randal Company, then State Distributors for the Republican Rubber Company. In 1915 he formed a partnership with Mr. Adams to establish the firm of Randal-Adams Automobile Company, distributors of Packard and Chandler Cars, and was actively associated with this firm until being accepted for service in the United States Army. On enlisting, he was designated Captain of the Motor Transport Department, serv- ing in various training camps until the Armistice was signed.
Mr. Randal was married in 1917 to Miss Nellie Blair House, daughter of Reuben House of San An- tonio, well known Colonel of the Texas Militia, and now deeeased. Mr. and Mrs. Randal reside at 2902 Oak Lawn Avenue.
He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Dallas Country Club, Dallas Automobile Club, and the Dallas County Rubber Dealers Association. Mr. Randal is an energetie, enthusiastie citizen, and be- lieves that among the cities of the Southwest, Dallas is second only to Kansas City, but rivals that city as a jobbing eenter.
LYDE C. HARTER, viee-president and gen- eral manager of the Starter Service Com- pany, Inc., dealers in automobile starter equipment and supplies, has seen the busi- ness grow from a small building with only six em- ployees, until today it occupies a floor space of twenty thousand square feet and numbers from fifteen to twenty employees at all times. A com- plete starter service is maintained furnishing service on all makes of starters and the parts department enables the company to make repairs or supply missing or broken parts on any starter almost upon a moment's notice. They are now equipped to render service on all makes of batteries.
Besides Mr. Harter other offieers of the company are: R. E. Cole, president, and S. S. Avarello, seere- tary and treasurer. In addition to the service sta- tion, the Starter Service Company is the factory representative for such well known equipment as the Eleetrie Auto Lite, Connectieut, Westinghouse, Northeast, Splitdorf, Atwater Kent, Dyneto, Gray and Davis, Bijur, Simms, Bosch and K-W Ignition. The company also aets as state representative for Zenith carouretors and maintains a parts and serv- iee department for the Delco, Remy and Klaxon equipment. A recently installed department gives service on Timken and Hyatt bearings, handling also Briggs and Straton panels and switches.
Mr. Harter was born in Fort Worth in 1894 and is a son of W. J. Harter, well known railroad man who has been connected with the Texas and Pacific Railway Company for a number of years. He re- ceived his education in the publie schools of Fort Worth and Saint Joseph's Academy at Marshall. He was connected with the Texas and Paeifie for ten years and then for a year was employed by the Texas State Bank of Fort Worth. After two years' service with the Chamber of Commerce as assistant to Mr. Gunun he became identified with the Starter Service Company in 1916 and on August 11, 1919, was elected vice-president and general manager.
A stauneh believer in the future of Fort Worth Mr. Harter never loses an opportunity to boost fo- his native city. He is a member of the Elks.
Mr. Harter was married in 1919 to Miss France : Sprinkle, daughter of O. S. Sprinkle of Fort Wort' They reside at 38 Jennings Avenue.
E. COLE, president of the Starter Service Company, is a native Texan and was born. at Bryan, June 14, 1885. He is a son of N. B. and Mollie (Rawls) Cole, and was edueated in the public schools of Bryan. He wa engaged in business at Bryan and San Antonio be. fore removing to Fort Worth. He is an expert storage battery man and was connected with the Fort Worth Battery Company before going with the Starter Service Company in 1916. Mr. Cole and Mr. Harter have worked untiringly to build up their present splendid business which is now ag. gregating around two hundred thousand dollars -per week.
On June 7, 1914, Mr. Cole was married at Bryan to Miss Aline Rhodes, daughter of a well known Bryan family. They have one son, R. E., Jr.
Mr. Cole is a thirty-second degree Mason, a mem- ber of the Scottish Rite organizations and of Moslalı Temple Shrine. He is a strong believer in Fort Worth and expeets it to ultimately become the eommereial and industrial eenter of the Southwest.
HRUSTON BOWER, partner in the Bower Auto Rent Co., rent service and garage. 1200-2-4-6 Commeree Street, has in four years-with his brother's assistance-built up as large and efficient a business of its kind as ean be found anywhere. To control the business that this firm does means that strict attention is paid to the comfort and safety of its patrons and further that courtesy and promptness are an asset to any organization. These brothers own and operate twenty-two Cadillac automobiles which are on duty twenty-four hours of the day and carry passengers to all points in the community. Their institution occupies a floor space of 125x200 feet and parking spaee in this large garage is sought by Dallasites who desire the best of care for their ears. Fifty-five employees are used in the running of cars, washing and otherwise taking eare of them. Four wash racks ean take care of fifty cars a day. A private tele- phone exchange is necessary to carry on the large volume of business that comes in.
Mr. Bower knows the business well and ever since the establishment of his own concern has striven to build it up by giving service. The work done by an organization of that kind requires the utmost in ser- vice and visitors to this city and loeal persons who find it necessary to rent a car have found that the Bower Company gives that kind of service.
Mr. Bower is a native of Dallas and was born here in 1891, son of E. G. and Virginia Scott Bower. His father was well known here in business eircles. He was educated in the Dallas Public Schools and later attended St. Edwards College at Austin. On leaving school he desired to learn the automobile business from the bottom on up so he went to work as a mechanie for the Munger Automobile Company in 1908. Hle was there for four years and then went to work for the Adolphus Auto Rent Co. where he re- mained until he and his brother formed the present partnership.
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