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THE INDIA RUBL.£:R WORLD 



[October i, 1906. 



OBITUARY. 



GICORGE HENRY FORvSVTII, for many years a director 

 and assistant manager of the Boston Belting Co., died 

 on September 6 at his Iiome in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, 

 after an illness of over two and a half years. The end, how- 

 ever, came very suddenly. 



Mr. Forsyth was born November 27, 1854, in Brookline. 



being the son of 

 William and Jane 

 (Bennett) For- 

 syth. The father, 

 born in Ayrshire, 

 Scotland, was a 

 son of John l-'or- 

 syth, a captain in 

 the BritisliArniN', 

 and amemtier of a 

 family whose his- 

 tory has been pre- 

 served for many 

 centuries. F o r 

 the (juarter of a 

 century before his 

 death (in i860) 

 William Forsyth 

 was connected 

 with the Boston 

 GEORGE H. FORSYTH. Belting Co., as 



were three of his sons after him, including James Bennett 

 Forsyth, the present general manager. 



George H. Forsyth became connected with the rubber com- 

 pany and continued active in affairs thereafter until forced by 

 declining health to devote less attention to business. He 

 traveled extensively in the interest of the company and was 

 well known to many prominent business men throughout 

 the United States, by whom he was highly esteemed. 



Personally, George Forsyth was wonderfully attractive. 

 Of medium height, with a well knit figure, dark eyes, regu- 

 lar features, and thick wavy irongray hair, he was always a 

 striking figure, and withal a manly one. He was alert, cap- 

 able, exceedingly businesslike, and up to the time that his 

 last illness laid hold of him pos.sessed of a cheery manner and 

 brilliant smile that acted as a tonic on all about him. The 

 disappointment and sorrow of his brother, Mr. James Bennett 

 Forsyth, who had made him assistant general manager and 

 who had planned to eventually turn over much of the detail 

 of the great business to him. in this disaster to his fond 

 hopes, may be imagined. The strong hold that the late Mr. 

 Forsyth had upon the trade was abundantly shown by the 

 many telegrams and letters of condolence sent to his mourn- 

 ing relatives and by the magnificent floral offerings that 

 came as last tributes of respect and affection. 



At a special meeting of the executive committee of the 

 New England Rubber Club, in Boston, on vSeptember 7, the 

 following resolutions were passed in relation to the death of 

 Mr. Forsyth, and a committee was appointed to attend the 

 funeral services, as a mark of respect to its late member : 



ir/iex'as, God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our 

 friend and fellow member, George Henry Forsyth, we, represent- 

 ing tlie New England Rubber Club, hereby adopt the following 

 resolutions : 



Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Forsyth, our Association has 

 lost one of its most highly esteemed and beloved members. 



Resolved, That the rubber industry has been deprived of one of 

 its most respected and valuable members — kind and affable to all, 

 honorable in his dealings, and always a friend to those in trouble. 

 Associated for many years with a large and successful enterprise, 

 widely known and higlily e.steemed, his taking away has left a deep 

 regret, his memory will live with us always. 



Resolved, That we extend to his family onr appreciation of his 

 hish character and our great .sympathy in their loss. 



.■\LliXANDl£R M. PAUL, President. 



ARTHUR W. STKDMAN, Vice-President. 



FREDERICK H JONES. Treasurer. 



HENRY C. PEARSON, Secretary. 



ROBERT L. RICE. Assistant Secretary. 



Funeral services were held on Sunday, September 9, at St 

 Paul's church, Brookline. 



Boston, September ii, 1906, 

 New EngIan<I Rubber Club, 



Henry C. Pearson, Secretary. 

 New York, N. V. 

 Mv Dl'.AR Mr. Pbar.son : In behalf of the family, I wish to 

 express to the officers, executive coinniittee. and members of the 

 New England Rubber Club our thanks for the beautiful floral 

 tribute sent for my brother, tieorge H. Forsyth. 



We also ileeply appreciate the kind words and expressions of 

 sympathy contained in the resolutions prepared and adopted by 

 the Club. 



Such kind and thoughtful consideration has touched us all 

 deeply. 



With much gratitude, I remain. Sincerely yours, 



JAMES BENNETT KORSVTH. 

 « * * 



Henrv Kep:ne, who for three years was secretary of and 

 a director in the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Co., died in 

 New York on September 9, after having been confined to a 

 room in the Holland House as a result of a cold contracted 

 at the time he was rescued from a burning building last j'ear. 

 He was a brother of James R. Keene, the financier and turf- 

 man, born in England and taken by his parents to California 

 in 1853 ; educated at Williams College; for some years on 

 the Springfield (Massachusetts) Rcpul>licaii ; in a banking 

 house in Paris ; and later in America held many positions 

 of trust, such as that of secretary of the Equitable Gas Co., 

 in New York. He joined the board of Rubber Goods Manu- 

 facturing Co. with the advent of the so called " Keene inter- 

 est," in 1903, and as such became a director in a number of 

 the subsidiary companies. 



A DEADLY GOLF BALL. 



TREASURER F. C. HOOD, of the Hood Rubber Co. , was 

 witness of a strange event last week, the decapitation 

 of a flying bird, by a golf ball. He was playing a match 

 with R. A. IvCeson, and that gentleman had just finished his 

 swing of the club at the fourth tee, and both were watching 

 the course of the somewhat highly driven ball, about thirty 

 yards from the tee, when thej- were surprised to see the ball 

 strike a bird in full flight. The head was decapitated from 

 the body of the bird just as cleanly as though a knife were 

 used. The ball continued for more than 100 jards. Though 

 a golf ball has been the cause of some remarkable happen- 

 ings, members of the club were surprised when told of the 

 affair, for they had no idea that there was such a carrying 

 power to a golf ball. — Boot and Shoe Recorder. 



