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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1. 1912. 



Obituary Record. 



FRANCIS DANE BALDEESTON. 



FRANK D. BALDERSTON <licd siKldenly on the afternoon 

 of May 11, at his home at Charlesgate, Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts. He had been at home for three or four weeks 

 troubled with inflammation of a vein in the leg, diagnosed by 

 the physician as phlebitis. No apprehension, however, had been 

 felt by liis family or his physician, and the fatal termination 

 of the disorder came most unexpectedly to all. 



The funeral services were held on May 14, at the Chapel 

 in Forest Hill Cemetery, the Episcopal service being read 



Fr.ank D. Balderston. 

 by the Rev. Alexander Mann, of Trinity Church. There 

 was a large attendance of his business and social friends, in- 

 cluding not only all the members of the Boston office of the 

 United States Rubber Co., but representatives of that 

 company from various other cities. 



Mr. Balderston was born in Baltimore, Maryland, Febru- 

 ary 16, 1863, and moved with his parents to Boston in 1877. 

 After graduating from the English high school of that city 

 he entered the employ of Balderston & Daggett, of which 

 firm his father was the principal member, 



Frank Balderston's connection with the National India 

 Rubber Co. was, aside from his conspicuous fitness for 

 the position, in the nature of an inheritance. As far back 

 as 1857 his father, John C. Balderston, acted as distributor 

 •of the products of the Providence Rubber Co,, which later 

 ^became the National Rubber Co. Twenty years later he 

 •moved to Boston and formed the co-partnership of Clapp 

 •& Balderston. Later the firm changed to Balderston & Daggett, 

 and acted as the selling agency for the National Rubber Co., of 

 ■which Mr, Balderston was a director. When in 1887 Colonel 

 'Colt secured control of this company, changing its name to 

 the National India Rubber Co., Mr. Balderston became vice- 

 president and the firm of Balderston & Daggett continued 

 to act as selling agents for the reorganized company, Mr. 

 Balderston devoting his entire energy to the National 

 •products. On his retirement from business his son Frank 

 ■was made manager of sales for the tennis shoe department 

 •of the National India Rubber Co., and was very successful 

 in this important line. 



Frank Balderston was in many respects one of the most 

 lovable characters that the rubber trade has known. He was 

 always a gentleman, quiet in his tastes, fond of out-of-door 

 sports, such as golf— in which he excelled — and with a rare 

 faculty for making and keeping friends. 



As assistant secretary and later as secretary of the Rubber 

 Club of America he was brought into close touch with men 

 in all lines of the trade and was universally liked and re- 

 spected. Mr. Balderston was married to Miss Clara E. 

 Banchor, of Boston, in 1895, who survives him. 



RESOLUTIONS BY THE RUBBER CLUB OF AMERICA. 



Whereas, Death has removed from our midst our beloved 

 fellow member, Mr. Frank D. Balderston, it is 



Resolved, That the Rubber Club of America has lost one of 

 its most loved, useful and loyal members. 



Quiet, friendly, conscientious — one who did well whatever he 

 undertook — a cultured, sincere, helpful gentleman, his sudden 

 passing is sincerely mourned. 



Resolved, That the Rubber Club of America in particular, and 

 the rubber trade in general, have sufi^ered an irreparable loss. 



Resolved, That we extend to his family our sympathy for them 

 in this great bereavement, and that these resolutions be engrossed 

 upon the records of the club. 



Henry C. Pearson, 

 Elston E. Wadbrook, 

 George P. Whitmore, 

 Committee on Resolutions. 



IGNACE PLAMONDON. 



Ignace Plamondon, for over a quarter of a century general 

 superintendent of the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, 

 died on .'\pril 23, in his seventy-fifth year. 



Ignace Plamondon came to Canada from New Hampshire when 

 14 years of age. He secured employment in the rubber mills of 



Ignace Plamondon. 



the Canadian Rubber Co. of Montreal, Limited, over forty-five 

 years ago. After working in the mills for some years, as a 

 reward of his ingenuity and skill, he was promoted to the position 

 of general superintendent, which position he filled with great 

 advantage to the company for over twenty-five years. 



