October 1, 1919.; 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



37 



PERSONAL MENTION. 



H. L. McClaren, formerly president and general manager of 

 the Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., New York City, and the Racine Rub- 

 ber Co., Racine, Wisconsin, has divested himself of all other 

 interests and pur- 

 chased a substan- 

 tial holding in the 

 J. & D. Tire Co., 

 Cliarlotte, North 

 ( 'arolina, of which 

 li- was recently 

 r U' c t c d president 

 ;iii.l active general 

 numager, succeeding 

 William F. Smith, 

 who resigned in his 

 favor. Additional 

 equipment is to be 

 installed to allow 

 increased produc- 

 tion, and additions 

 to the plant itself 

 are to be built. In 

 addition to its pres- 

 c n t product, the 

 company is plan- 

 ning to manufacture 

 cord tires and will 

 It is hoped that the 



McCl.^re> 



install special equipment for this purpose 

 production of these can be started in the autumn. 



A. J. Sobien, formerly secretary and treasurer of The Anchor 

 Rubber Co., Barberton, Ohio, has resigned and become asso- 

 ciated as af director with the newly organized Virginian Rubber 

 Co. at Charleston, West Virginia. 



P. A. Doyle, formerly general sales manager for the Ten 

 Broerk Tyre Co.. Louisville, Kentucky, has recently resigned 

 and accepted the position of manager of the central district of 

 the International India Rubber Corp., South Bend, Indiana, 

 with headquarters at Kansas City, Missouri. 



Harry M. Giles has been appointed general superintendent of 

 the South Philadelphia Works of the Westinghouse Electric & 

 Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He succeeds 

 the late Oscar Otto, killed in an automobile accident in August. 

 For a number of years Mr. Giles has been superintendent of 

 marine erection for the company. 



E. T. Peterson, formerly district sales manager for the Com- 

 mercial Car Unit Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been 

 appointed manager of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, 

 Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Buffalo, New York. 



R. B. Pierce has been promoted to the position of district 

 manager of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., with headquarters 

 at 4600 Prospect avenue. Cleveland, the office of the company's 

 Cleveland branch. 



.■\lf P. Fischley has been appointed manager of the Kelly- 

 Springfield Tire Co., 4600 Prospect avenue, Cleveland, succeed- 

 ing R. B. Pierce. 



C. O. Brandes has been appointed export manager for The 

 Ideal Tire & Rubber Co., Cleveland, manufacturer of "Grey- 

 hound" tires and lubes. 



J. C. McQuiston, manager of the department of publicity of 

 the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., East Pitts- 

 burgh, Pennsylvania, served as chairman of the exhibition com- 

 mittee of the Pennsylvania Electric Association which held its 

 annua! convention at Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, on Sep- 

 tember 3-6, 1919. An unusual feature was the housing of the 

 exhibitors in a large tent divided into separate booths with a 

 wide .lisle in the center. 



Robert I. Wishnick, formerly general manager of A. Daigger 



& Co., manufacturers, importers and exporters of chemicals, oils, 

 and colors for the rubber trade, has been elected vice-president 

 of the company. 



Louis Birkenstein, of S. Birkenstein & Sons, Chicago, Illinois, 

 rubber scrap dealers, has resigned his position as chief of the 

 Surplus Property Division, office of the Director of Storage, 

 his resignation becoming effective September 1, 1919. 



Richard Blickenderfer, formerly with the Thermoid Rubber 

 Co., Trenton, New Jersey, has been appointed manager of sales 

 for the Dural Rubber Corp., Flemington, New Jersey, at Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania. 



II. G. Vanderhoef has been promoted to the position of gen- 

 eral sales manager of the hard rubber and electric storage bat- 

 tery-jar department of The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Chi- 

 cago, Illinois. 



Sam J. Turnes, until recently advertising manager of The 

 Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Chicago, Illinois, has been pro- 

 moted to the position of general sales manager of the tire de- 

 partment, succeeding John W. Maguire, resigned. 



William J. McDavid, until recently associated with the Rus- 

 sian American India Rubber Co., the Treiigolnik of Petrograd, 

 has opened an office at 111 Broadway, New York City, and been 

 appointed correspondent of L. Sutro & Co., London, England. 



Dan McAvoy has been appointed manager of the Omaha, 

 Nebraska, branch of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, 

 Pennsylvania. He has been acting as traveling representative 

 of the company in Nebraska and Iowa. 



Alfred Varian, Jr., formerly with Charles F. Garriques Co., 

 is now connected with the C. B. Peters Co., IS Maiden Lane, 

 New York City, and will continue to handle wood pulp for the 

 trade. 



A. E. Gordon has been promoted from the position of super- 

 intendent to that of general manager of the Beacon Tire Co., 

 Beacon, New York. 



George L. Sullivan, for three years advertising manager of 

 The Fisk Rubber Co. of New York, Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts, has resigned to associate himself with the J. Walter 

 Thompson Co., advertising agency, New York City. 



Robert Duncan, of Duncan & Eraser, Limited, Adelaide, South 

 .Australia, is in the United States on busmess. 



CANADIAN NOTES. 



The Stanyon Rubber Co., Limited, is now located at New 

 Toronto, Ontario, the factory being at 27 Brock avenue and 

 the office at 23 Manning Arcade. The company manufactures 

 dipped rubber goods, featuring toy balloons and nipples. The 

 factory is of fireproof concrete construction, two stories high, 

 with 30,000 square feet of floor space. The officers of the 

 company are : Henry Stanyon, president ; Charles H. Stanyon, 

 vice-president; and Leonard L. Stanyon, secretary-treasurer. 



The I. T. S. Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited, has recently 

 removed from 28 Temperance street to 22-26 Mulock avenue, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



George L. McCrae has been appointed manager of the sole 

 and heel department of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Lim- 

 ited, Toronto, Ontario. He will be assisted by C. R. Harsh- 

 man. Mr. McCrae has been with the company eight years, and 

 ■ will continue to manage the mechanical rubber goods department. 



.'\mcs-HoIden-McCready, Limited, Montreal, Quebec, of which 

 T. H. Ricder is president, has opened branches in Halifax, Que- 

 bec City, Ottawa and London, Ontario, and Calgary, and are 

 planning to open branches in Regina and Saskatoon. ' Rubber 

 footwear as well as leather will be carried. 



In the big plant of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., at 

 .-\kron, Ohio, 23,000 workers are employed. The factory con- 

 tinues in operation twenty-four hours each day, in three shifts 

 of eight hours each. 



