LP Gas, March 2014
Great news honey My mom is sitting there now pregnant with her third child and the washing machine had broken that day Coop continues And he says Great news I quit my job and Im going to start my own company And thats exactly what he did in the spring of 1959 Jarvis started the business in their home then moved to an office inside a welding shop then to a trailer behind the welding shop and eventually to his own office in Newport Beach Calif He was almost always home for dinner with the family which grew to include four children His family was incredibly important to him and my mom Coop recalls Casey and Helen raised four children JARCO employees and customers became like family as well They frequently came to the home for dinner and became acquainted with Coop and her siblings As much as Jarvis relished the sunny California coast he knew he needed a more central location to manufacture and deliver the JARCO trucks He settled on Salem Ill as the manufacturing base and added another location in Alberta Va Eventually the Alberta plant was closed followed many years JARCOs Quonset hut where trucks were fabricated in the early days later by the Newport Beach location Making a difference Jarvis found he could make a difference by reducing the amount of steel required for the propane bobtail but he successfully improved many aspects and his designs were widely adopted HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES He had a very strong work ethic in that he knew he wanted things done well and he knew he was very interested in quality Coop says Originally bobtail tanks were made from sections of pipeline that were capped says Robert Myers who met Continued on page 48 www LPGasmagazine com March 2014 LPGas 47
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