December 1, 1920 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE OBITUARY RECORD 



WELL-KNOWN CHICAGO MECHANICAL RUBBER MAN 



FRANK B. Henderson, for twenty years general manager of the 

 Chicago branch of The Manhattan Rubber Manufacturhig 

 Co.. Passaic, Xew Jersey, died November 10, 1920, after six 



weeks' illness with pneumonia, at 

 his home, 5036 Woodland avenue, 

 Chicago, Illniois, aged 57 years. 

 For many years Mr. Henderson 

 was associated with E. B. Preston 

 & Co. and W. D. Allen & Co., Chi- 

 cago, and was one of the senior 

 members of the mechanical rubber 

 fraternity in Chicago. His next 

 connection was with the Boston 

 Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Cam- 

 bridge. Massachusetts, where he re- 

 mained only a few months, resign- 

 ing to join the forces of the Man- 

 hattan company. 



When The Manhattan Rubber 



Manufacturing Co. opened its Chi- 



I-R.VNK B. Henderson ^^^go branch. Mr. Henderson was 



appointed general manager and built 



up the business from practically nothing to the largest branch of 



the company. His death is regarded as a distinct loss to the firni. 



He was a member of the Chicago Athletic Club. Midlothian 



Golf Club and South Shore Club, all of Chicago. 



Mr. Henderson is survived by his widow, Nellie Henderson; 

 two sisters. Miss Martha Henderson and Mrs. Edward Nell, of 

 Indianapolis, Indiana; his daughter. Miss Ellen Henderson, and 

 two brothers. Charles and Harry Henderson, associated with him 

 in the rubber company. 



The funeral was held November 12 frum his late home. Burial 

 was in Graceland Cemetery. 



PROMINENT PITTSBURGH PURCHASING ACENT 



El-VIN Loi-rine McGrhw, purcha.sing agent and traffic manager 

 of the Standard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburgh, Penn- 

 sylvania, died suddenly October 8, 1920, in the Hotel Imperial. 

 New York City, while on an eastern 

 business trip. 



Mr. McGrew was born in New 

 Alexandria, Ohio, March 11, 1863. 

 He was educated in the public 

 schools of Jefferson County, and at 

 the age of sixteen entered the em- 

 ploy of the Pennsylvania FJailroad 

 as a telegraph operator. He re- 

 mained with the railroad in various 

 capacities until 1900, at which time 

 he resigned as agent in New Cum- 

 berland, West Virginia, and went to 

 Pittsburgh to I'lll the position lie 

 held at the time of his death. In 

 that capacity he was prominently 

 identified with the rubber trade, be- 

 ing a large purchaser of various 

 grades ofcrude stock for use in the 

 production of rubber insulated wire at the factories of the com- 

 pany in Perth .Amboy, New- Jersey ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; 

 Oakland, California, and Hamilton, Ontario. 



Mr. McGrew was for two years president of the National 

 Association of Purchasing Agents and one of the prime movers 

 in its organization. He still retained his position as one of its 

 directors He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 of Crafton, Pennsylvania, the Free and .•\ccepted Masons, the 



rj.vi.N 1.. McCSrew 



1. O. O. F., The Traffic Club of Pittsburgh, and The Rubber 

 .\ssociation of America. 



He is survived by his widow, .Annie Elliott McGrew, a daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. F. L. Dudgeon, and a son, Elliott B. McGrew, all of 

 Crafton, Pennsylvania. 



FORMER DIRECTOR OF UNITED STATES RUBBER CO. 



Commodore E. C. Benedict, nearly 87 years of age, a retired 

 hanker and former director of the United States Rubber Co., 

 Xew York City, passed away at his home at Indian Harbor, 

 Greenwich, Connecticut, November 23, 1920, after more than a 

 year of illness. .\ more extended obituary will appear in our 

 January issue. 



J. D. Raw, a director oe The Portage Rudber Co., and retired 

 merchant, died at his home, 317 Rhodes avenue, Akron, of heart 



faihire, November 7, aged 67 years. He came to Akron from 

 Marvsville in 1909. 



THE EDITOR'S BOOK TABLE 



•■PIANT.ATION RUKRER AND THE TESTING OF RUBBER." By 

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Part I. The Preparation of Rubber. Treats of Hcvca bra- 

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.A comprehensive bibliography is included, covering the orig- 

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Professor Whitby has earned the gratitude of every student 

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Two members of the Bureau of Industrial Research, New York 

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