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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



December 1, 1920 



Goodrich Honors Twenty-Year Service Men 



TiiiRTY-EiGHT vctcrans of The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. who 

 have completed twenty years of service with the company 

 were initiated into, the Goodrich 20- Year Service Order at the 

 Second Annual \'etcrans' Banquet and Entertainment held in 

 Akron, October 26. 



Gold service pins were presented to the veterans following the 

 banquet, which was attended by company officials and the 175 

 Goodrich employes who last year became members of the honor 

 order. The event was marked by addresses by VV. O. Ruther- 

 ford, one of the veterans who in two decades rose from a clerk- 

 ship to vice-presidency, and by Bertram G. Work, president, and 

 H. K. Raymond and C. B. Raymond, vice-presidents. 



After the presentation of the medals, an all-Goodrich minstrel 

 and musical entertainment was staged to show how the spirit of 



seven stores. Compare that with today. Now the company is 

 capitalized at more than $ 100,000,(X)0. its sales last year were 

 $141.0(X),IHI0, and it has 108 branches and 88 foreign agents. We 

 hope that when the members of this class lay down their responsi- 

 bilities, equally great additional progress will have been made." 



Interesting talcs of the days when the Goodrich company was 

 a "youngster" organization were told by H. K. Raymond. He 

 kept all the old veterans chuckling over humorous reminiscences 

 of the days when the company had only four or live small build- 

 ings, and everjone knew each other. 



"More than 10 per cent of the people who were with Goodrich 

 20 years ago," Mr. Raymond said, "are still with us. That is 

 almost a world's record. It speaks volumes both for the loyalty 

 of the workers and the loyalty of the company. Loyalty is the 



Left to Right: A. E. Roach, William Zeitler, J. Gilhoolev. W. O. Rutherford, George Schwai.bach. Earl Hanna, O. Leemaster. H. F. Gudehu 



Joe Glatthar. 



Left to Right: C. H. Smith, Chicago; J. A. Wright, H. E. Boyer, J. A. Kunkler, H. J. Zimhekman; E. E. Leach, Boston; H. F. Burgner, C. E. 



KiTTINGER, H. A. BaUMAM. 



Left to Right: G. A. Mealy, \V. D. Holland, W. S. Grove. Harry Cope. .Toseth .Sawyer; (.). K. Butlfr. Yokohama; W. C. Lake, William Toiiey, 



J. Shoemaker. 



Left to Right: O. T. Sch\v\rtz, 



F. Christensen, A. F. Waldman, C. S. 



T. W. CULLEV, Cl 



Goodrich honors its veterans. Percy W. Leavitt, a veteran of 

 40 years' service, was master of ceremonies. He is said to be 

 the oldest active rubber worker in the United States. 



In accepting the medals on behalf of the "new" 20-year vet- 

 erans, Mr. Rutherford told of the progress which Goodrich had 

 made during the last two decades, largely as a result of the loy- 

 alty of the old-timers. "In 1900," Mr. Rutherford said, "the 

 Goodrich company had a capital of $3,000,000, its annual sales 

 were about $5,000,000, its employes numbered 1,500, and it had 



r.oNSBi'BY. F. F,. Ri.ower, Denni.s Phelps, Herbert Plant, John Sawyer, 

 :arles Wilson. 



most desirable trait in human nature. There is no question 

 that much of the uncertainty of today is due to lack of confidence 

 in the other fellow. When things are readjusted again, the true 

 value of loyalty will be again evident." 



Branch managers and representatives from Goodrich branches 

 in all sections of the country attended the banquet and entertain- 

 ment Several of the veterans were unable to attend on account 

 of now being stationed in foreign countries. Their medals, with 

 congratulatory cablegrams, have been sent to them. 



