Exhibit 24.1


                       THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                   RELATED TO
                          REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
                        9% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
officers and directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints RICHARD J. KRAMER,
C. THOMAS HARVIE, THOMAS A. CONNELL and DARREN R. WELLS, and each of them, his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-4
or other appropriate form and any and all amendments to any such Registration
Statements (including post-effective amendments), to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the registration under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to $400,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 in exchange for
any and all outstanding 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, with power where
appropriate to affix thereto the corporate seal of the Company and to attest
said seal, and to file such Registration Statements, including in each case a
form of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to
such Registration Statements, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set
his or her name as of the 13th day of July, 2005.




                          SIGNATURES                                      TITLE
                          ----------                                      -----
                                                         
                                                              Chairman of the Board, Chief
                    /s/ Robert J. Keegan                    Executive Officer, President and
                ------------------------------                         Director
                       Robert J. Keegan


                    /s/ Richard J. Kramer                   Executive Vice President and Chief
                -----------------------------                        Financial Officer
                      Richard J. Kramer

                    /s/ Thomas A. Connell
                -----------------------------                  Vice President and Controller
                      Thomas A. Connell







                                                                      
                    /s/ James C. Boland
                ----------------------------                             Director
                       James C. Boland

                     /s/ John G. Breen
                -----------------------------                            Director
                        John G. Breen

                     /s/ Gary D. Forsee
                -----------------------------                            Director
                        Gary D. Forsee

                  /s/ William J. Hudson, Jr.
                -----------------------------                            Director
                    William J. Hudson, Jr.

                     /s/ Steven A. Minter
                -----------------------------                            Director
                       Steven A. Minter

                   /s/  Denise M. Morrison
                -----------------------------                            Director
                      Denise M. Morrison

                     /s/ Rodney O'Neal
                -----------------------------                            Director
                        Rodney O'Neal

                   /s/ Shirley D. Peterson
                -----------------------------                            Director
                     Shirley D. Peterson

                   /s/ Thomas H. Weidemeyer
                -----------------------------                            Director
                     Thomas H. Weidemeyer
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