Clifford Roy Airth

Clifford Airth became active in the Automotive Industry early in 1946 and sold his first tow truck that same year. Later, he was appointed by the Ernest Holmes Company as their Representative for Western Canada, which was subsequently expanded to also include the States of Hawaii and Alaska. In addition to serving as the Ernest…

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Wayman C. McCorquodale

Mac’s Towing Service was founded in 1945 and has operated continuously since, developing specialties in Heavy Duty Towing & Recovery, Air Bag Recovery and Hazardous Materials Handling. Wayman McCorquodale has served as President of the Cumberland County Wrecker Association, Chairman of the Fayetteville Rotation Wrecker Review Board, President of the Towing & Recovery Association of…

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Robert Samuel Short, Sr.

Several months prior to his marriage in 1945, Robert Short went into the automotive repair business in Wilmington, Delaware. His first tow truck consisted of a hand operated winch installed on a 1931 Buick automobile chassis and, over the years, he has designed and built a number of innovative pieces of towing and recovery equipment.…

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Robert J. Tracey

Robert Tracey organized and continues to operate Tracey’s Towing of Lincoln, Massachusetts, one of the leading towing firms in the industry. Robert Tracey has been one of the driving forces in several associations, including; ITA where he served as a charter member; TRAA in which he attended the founding meeting in 1979 and later served…

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Robert J. Driscoll

Robert Driscoll first entered the towing industry in 1958 and owns and-operates Driscoll’s Towing Service, Inc. of Pompano Beach. One of his primary goals is to improve the relations and understanding between the towing industry, police and fire departments and hopes to develop a “team” approach as a means of expediting their separate and mutual…

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Ralph H. Reavis

In 1928, Ralph Reavis went into business as Auto Parts and Electric and sold his first automotive wrecker that same year. During his fifty years in business, he sold only three different brands of wrecker equipment and at one time or another, was the largest distributor for each. Further, at one time, Ralph Reavis was…

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Jerry L. Bullock

Jerry first became involved in the Towing and Recovery business in 1965 as a driver. Two years later he went to work for Nelson Towing and two short years thereafter, bought the business. He went on to develop it into one of the leading towing operations in Oregon. Jerry was instrumental in forming the Independent…

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Helen Sue Jones

Helen Jones is one of those thousand wives who furnished what their husbands needed to become a success. But she did not stop there. She designed and built one of the industry’s most elegant administration buildings. She founded and sponsored T.O.W.E.D. which received a presidential award. She is President of W. T.R.A.A. and won the…

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