ADVERSIGN - Key Persons

Jeff Arbuckle's grandfather and owner of Adversign was Lawrence "Beedy" Arbuckle. He had a successful sign business prior to World War II designing and installing signs for Sealtest Ice Cream Soda and all types of commercial vehicles/trucks in the greater Kansas City area. He practiced the lost sign art of "wall lettering"…hand painted lettering still visible on the exterior brick walls of many of Kansas City's oldest buildings. Beedy was drafted into the Army in 1943 and served on the island of Saipan until the war ended. He came home and began working for "Adversign Sign Company" at 8th & Grand in downtown KC. When the original owner (Robert Fixley) was injured in an auto accident, Beedy partnered with a fellow sign painter and bought the business in 1947. Eventually, Beedy bought out his partner and Adversign built and moved to a new building on Holmes in downtown Kansas City. As his three sons grew older, they would become an important part of the company. By 1968 Beedy Arbuckle and sons, Gary, Denny and Chris, were all partners in Adversign.