December I, 1919.] 



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of 75, which shows that talk is not c>sential to baseball, as 

 all the teams they met and defeated were other than mutes, and 

 some of them were strong teams. The team has a large fol- 

 lowing amone the other deaf mutes, silent fans who encourage 

 them by rooting from the bleachers in the sign language. With 

 the end of the baseball season the "silent" team has turned itself 





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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, has started a class 

 in law in the factory school, under capable tutors. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, will build a $200,- 

 000 dormitory for girls in its employ to accommodate 175. It 

 will be of brick, three stories high, situated in the Goodyear 

 Heights community. The management will be in the social 

 service department, under Miss Clara E. Bingham, and the 

 project will be operated on a cost basis. 

 L. C. Rockhill, recently appointed sales manager of The Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Co., has been con- 

 nected with the company for over 12 

 years, previous to which time he was in 

 the advertising department of a Cleve- 

 land newspaper. His first service with 

 Goodyear was in charge of the repair 

 department, and he was successively 

 made manager of the aeronautical de- 

 partment, manager of the automobile 

 tire department and assistant sales man- 

 ager in charge of tire sales. His pro- 

 motion to his new position is a de- 

 served recognition of his ability and his 

 long experience in selling. 



D. E. Day has been appointed manager of footwear sales for 

 the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron. Previous to coming 

 to the Firestone company last February, as credit man of the 

 footwear department, he was for eight years credit man for the 

 Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co., Mishawaka, Indiana. 



The B. & W. Rubber Co. is now instaUing machinery in its 

 factory at Homes and Talmadge avenues, Akron, and will start 

 manufacturing by the middle of December. The company will 

 produce a high grade of reclaimed rubber, and will manufacture 

 a line of mechanical goods. The officers of the company are : 

 H. A. Backderf, president; D. M. Bauer, vice-president; George 

 W. Payne, secretary ; G. J. Carter, treasurer, and L. Bognar, 

 purchasing agent. 



MISCELLANEOUS OHIO NOTES. 



The tire salesmen of the Rubber Products Co. held their 

 annual convention at the factory at Barberton, Ohio, October 30, 

 spending three days in discussing plans for the campaign of 

 1920. when the output of the factory will be doubled. One 

 evening the company entertained the visitors, together with all 



L. C. Rockhill. 



the factory superintendents and foremen, at the Akron City Club, 

 and the ne.xt evening a dinner was held at Smith's Hotel, Long 

 Lake, one of the many lake hotel resorts near Akron. At the 

 business and social sessions much enthusiasm was evident, and 

 the salesmen claimed that the company would be compelled 

 to triple its present output. 



The Pearce Tire & Rubber Co., Ashtabula, Ohio, has leased its 

 plant to The Colonial Tire & Rubber Co., Anderson, Indiana, 

 for a period of five years, and is winding up its aflfairs, the 

 Colonial company having acquired control of the plant. 



The Gordon Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, has promoted 

 to the position of sales manager its eastern special sales repre- 

 sentative, M. S. Lines, succeeding A. W. Senz, who recently 

 resigned. Mr. Lines was connected for seven years with the 

 sales department of the Michelin Tire Co, Milltown, New Jersey, 

 previous to coming to the Gordon company. 



The L. & M. Rubber Co., Carrollton, Ohio, has appointed 

 A. W. Senz its general sales manager. Mr Senz has been with 

 The Gordon Tire & Rubber Co., Canton, Ohio, for the last 



five years. 



The Buckeye Rubber. Products Co., National City Building, 

 Cleveland, incorporated under Ohio laws, has acquired the 

 plant at Willoughby, Ohio, recently used by the War Depart- 

 ment for the development of poison gas. The main building, 

 approximately 150 by 600 feet, will be equipped and operated for 

 the manufacture of heavy mechanical rubber goods, under the 

 direction of Edwin L. Stimpson, factory manager, recently 

 superintendent of the Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, 

 assisted by Webster Norris as consulting technologist. The 

 officers of the company are: Charles H. Roth, president and 

 general manager ; Webster Norris, vice-president and consulting 

 technologist; James M. Mackay, treasurer and sales manager; 

 C. V. Goepper, secretary. 



The Excel Rubber Co., Wadsworth, Ohio, has increased its 

 capital from $100,000 to $600,000. The officers of the company 

 are: M. H. Leatherman, president; H. D. Mench, vice-presi- 

 dent; R. M. Trump, secretary and treasurer. The directors 

 include Charles Farr, E. J. Krabill, C. M. Wertz, F. G. Alderfer 

 and John Manoly. The company will begin the manufacture of 

 "Excel" tires on its own account about the first of March. It 

 will also make a full line of accessories, such as reliners, blow- 

 out patches, hook-on and lace-on boots, vulcanizing rubber and 

 cement. 



The National Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio, at its 

 annual meeting elected the following officers : C. L. Merwin, 

 president; S. L. Warner, vice-president and general manager; 

 C. E. Miley, vice-president, in charge of sales ; C. W. Helman, 

 secretary, and R. B. Taggart, treasurer. 



R. H. Sotherland, formerly purchasing agent of The Mans- 

 field Tire & Rubber Co., Mansfield, Ohio, has resigned to identify 

 himself with The Columbia Tire & RubberCo., of the same place, 

 to take effect December 1, 1919. 



With headquarters at Cincinnati, L. L. Heidacher will serve 

 the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, as special representa- 

 tive in a territory extending from Sault Ste. Marie to Louisiana. 

 He was formerly truck tire manager at the company's branch in 

 Memphis, Tennessee. 



The Glamorgan Tire and Rubber Corp., Orrville, Ohio, has 

 increased its capital from $250,000 to $500,000. It was incorpor- 

 ated in October, 1918, under the laws of Delaware, to manu- 

 facture automobile and bicycle tires, inner tubes and accessories. 



The McNaull Tire & Rubber Co., Toledo, has been incorporated 

 under the laws of the State of Delaware to succeed to the busi- 

 ness formerly conducted by the McNaull Tire Co. of the same 

 city, the latter having gone into bankruptcy and been placed in 



