Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

DX Circle Station

Posted Friday, October 30, 2015, at 12:00 AM

The new DX Circle Service Station held its grand opening June 29-30, 1962 on Highway 61 at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Beatty Oil Company operated the station across the highway from Wimpy's drive-in.

A few features of the station were listed in the Southeast Missourian advertisement:

Unique circular layout keeps pump-island lanes free for express servicing of your car.

New pump-island equipment makes your car much safer, more comfortable: air, water, windshield cleaner, vacuum cleaner. And top quality DX gasoline and motor oils. Fast credit card imprinter and cash register.

Air-conditioned customer lounge. Relax...enjoy color TV and refreshments as your car is serviced by experts.

Station hostess makes women and children feel right at home.

Six red and gold pumps dispense famous new DX Super Boron gasoline, new improved DX Regular gasoline.

One pump exclusively for Marine gasoline.

Fast car wash. Your car is sparking by the time you finish your coffee in the Customer Lounge.

DX Circle Station

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