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Imagine a five-person crew pampering your car while you fill up at a gas station. One attendant washes your windows, another inspects under the hood, one checks the air in the tires, and another sweeps out the interior.

I might not mind paying four bucks a gallon for that kind of service.

Berl Davis remembers that service and attention to detail being the heart and soul of the Master Service Center, where he worked in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Davis reels off the names of his co-workers pictured: Leroy "Shorty" at the rear pumping gas, Jim on the door, Russell the general manager in the driver's seat, Ed on tires and Elmer under the hood. (I'm going with just first names, since I can't verify the spelling of their last names.)

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Clarkin's crossing his fingers for a big snowfall.

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