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1921 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



443 



PERSONAL MENTION 



James Newton Giinn, president of the United States Tire Co., 

 1790 Broadway, New York City, has been elected president of 

 the Lincoln Highway Association, to succeed F. A. Seiberling, 

 recently resigned. As one of the directors and founders of the 

 Lincoln Highway .Association, Mr. Gunn has long been in close 

 touch with the aims of the organization to stimulate interest in 

 highway development. An "ideal section" somcwliere along tlic 

 highway will be constructed and maintained by the L'nitcd States 

 Rubber Co. 



Louis V. Kecler, formerly with J. I'Vank Dunbar, is now with 

 E. G. Curry & Co., Inc., crude rubber broker, Woolworth Build- 

 ing, New York City. 



.R. J. Firestone, whose connection witli the rubber industry has 

 made him well known throughout the country, has been elected 

 a vice-president of the I'nited States Motor Truck Co., Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. 



John J. Brabam, Jr.. Brooklyn, New York, formerly with the 

 sales department of The Keystone Tire & Rublier Co., Inc., has 

 become a member of the selling force and been elected a vice- 

 president of the Delion Tire & Rubber Co., Baltimore. Md. 

 He will have his hcadeiuarters at the company's branch at 203 

 West 72d street. New York City. 



W. F. Roberson, for several years an instructor in the Miller 

 School of Tire Repairing, Akron, Ohio, has been appointed 

 manager of the Legion Schools .Association, Brooklyn, New York. 



K. H. Wilson, president of the Dural Rubber Corporation. 

 Flemington, New Jersey, has been appointed representative of 

 The Rubber Association of America mi the Motur Vehicle Con- 

 ference Committee for New Jersey. 



A PROMINENT RUBBER COMPANY EXECUTIVE 



JOHN U. Carberry, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of 

 the United States Rubber Co., has been with that company 

 since its organization in 1892, and his offic'al connection with 

 numerous subsidiary and otlier companies offers eloquent testimony 

 to his marked ability as a corpo- 

 ration executive. 



He was born in Troop, New 

 York, on January 16, 1869, and 

 received his education at the Port 

 Byron Free School and Academy 

 and Alban)' Business College, 

 from which latter he graduated in 

 1889. 



In 1890 he began his business ca- 

 reer as a stenographer to Charles 

 E. Bush, president of the First 

 National Bank, Orwell, Vermont, 

 ami treasurer of the Ticonderoy.i 

 Pulp & Paper Co. In 1892 lie 

 acted as secretary to the appraise- 

 ment committee during the for- 

 mation of the United States Rub- 

 ber Co., and after the company 

 was organized was employed as stenographer to the president and 

 secretary. In 1903 he was elected assistant secretary of the com- 

 pany, which offlcc he still holds. In 1907 he was elected secretary 

 to the president, and in 19|<) resigned this office to liecome assistant 

 treasurer. 



Mr. Carberry is also an officer or director in the following com- 

 panies: American Commerce Co., American Dunlop Tire Co., 

 Joseph Banigan Rubber Co., Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing 

 Co.. G. & J. Tire Co., General Rubber Co., General Rubber Co. 

 of Brazil, Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co., 

 Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., The Hartford Rubber 

 Works Co., Hastings Wool Boot Co., India Rubber Co., Lycom- 



III N D. CARnKRRY 



ing Rubber Co., Marvel Rubber Co., Meyer Rubber Co., Morgan 

 & Wright, National India Rubber Co., Naugatuck Chemical Co., 

 New Brunswick Rubber Co., Revere Rubber Co., Rubber Re- 

 generating Co., Shoe Hardware Co., U. S. Rubber Export Co., 

 Limited, United States Tire Co., Woonsocket Rubber Co., and 

 ten lumber, water power and other development companies. 



He is a member of the following clubs and societies: Crescent 

 -Vtbletic Club of Brooklyn, New ^■ork ; New York Athletic Club; 

 Lotus Club, New York ; Brooklyn In.stitute of Arts and Sciences ; 

 Cayuga Society in New 'S'ork : Champlain .Association ; Vermont 

 Society in New ^"ork. 



CLARENCE H. LOW— BONDS AND INVESTMENTS 



/^i..\RENCE 11. Low, familiar in rubber circles as secretary of the 

 ^^ United States Rubber Reclaiming Co., has recently retired 

 from active connection with the rubber industry to associate him- 

 self with the bond and invest- 

 ment department of Halle & 

 Stieglit.i. 30 Broad street. New 

 York City. Mr. Low will con- 

 tinue as a director of the United 

 States Rubber Reclaiming Co. and 

 of the Madison Tire & Rubber Co. 

 He is also president of the Na- 

 tional Chain Co., College Point, 

 New York. 



Mr. Low is a native Ne\>. 

 \orkcr. born in New York City 

 n 18,S5. He spent three years in 

 ,he lianking house of Ladenburg, 

 Thalmann & Co., the prominent 

 Broad street financial concern, and 

 in 1906 became interested in the 

 rubber industry and etitered the 

 Buffalo factory of the New York- 

 Rubber Reclaiming Co., later becoming secretary of the companv. 



In social circles Mr. Low is a prominent and popular member 

 of the Harmonic Club, the Sunningdale Country Club, the Up- 

 town Club and the American Iron and Steel Institute. He goes 

 in enthusiastically for athletics and is recognized as an expert 

 tennis player and a clever Ixixer. 



Clarence H. Low 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH 



By Our Regular (Correspondent 



THE NEW YOHK RUBBER COMPANY 



-piiE Xk« York Rubber Co., 84-86 Reade street. New York 

 City, is this year celebrating the seventieth anniversary of its 

 corporate existence. The company was incorporated under the 

 laws of the State of New York, August 9. 18S1, by John Grea- 

 ceii, Jr.. Benjamin Franklin Lee, and Charles Dutch. The fa- 

 miliar trade name "Wiccapee" has been used on its products since 

 the incorpc ration of tlie company. 



The New York Rubber Co., perhaps more than any other in 

 the rubber industry, has what might be termed a solid organiza- 

 tion. The office staflf has seldom been changed except by the 

 death of a member. At one time the combined service in the 

 company of 13 employes and officials was 324 years. The New 

 'i'ork ofiices have remained in the same location, 84 Reade street, 

 for an unusually long period. The Chicago branch is located at 

 323-325 West Randolph street. 



In 1858 William H. .Acken became connected with the company 

 and remained with it all the rest of his life. Within ten years 

 after he became associated with the comi)an>- he was appointed 

 treasurer, and in 1883 succeeded to the presidency, which he held 

 until his death, January 11, 1906. The office was then filled by 

 John P. Rider, who had been successively secretary and vice- 



