AvGfST 1, 1920.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



751 



MISCELLANEOUS MASSACHUSETTS NOTES. 



The first ol a series of Harvard University summer school 

 visits to industrial plants in this vicinity was made July 13, 

 when G. F. Miller conducted hfty students through the plant 

 of the Hood Rubber Co. at Watertown. 



One of the best features of the service work of the Hood 

 Rubber Co., Watertown, is the nursing of employes who are 

 ill. Rain or shine, a corps of efficient nurses makes a daily 

 round visiting the homes of Hood operatives who are out 

 because of sickness. Each nurse has her Ford coupe for 

 better comfort and in order to make the most of her time. 

 In working conditions, medical and dental attention, and 

 care in sickness the company is doing everything possible 

 to build up a body of stable working men and women. 



The Tyrian Service .\ssociation of the Tyer Rubber Co., 

 .'\ndover, Massachusetts, has recently approved a set of 

 badges which will be awarded to those completing one. ten, 



survived under difticulties until 1913, when it was taken over by 

 R. A. Whall, now its manager and treasurer, and incorporated as 

 one department of the Athol Manufacturing Co. Outdoor pneu- 

 matic rubber goods are its specialties, but it also makes mat- 

 tresses and cushions for hospital and domestic use. L. S. Starret 

 is president of the company. 



Hood Xurses Starting Their 1) 



fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and thirty-five years of service. 

 Several employes, including the general manager, will re- 

 ceive the thirty-five year badge. 



For the last few months, groceries have been supplied 

 to the employes through a cooperative buying plan. The 

 cost of goods has thus been reduced, and a supply of sugar 

 for the canning season secured. An athletic committee has 

 lately been appointed, and a baseball team organized. 



The recreation department of The Fisk Rubber Co., Chi- 

 copee Falls, has long been a potent factor in building up a 

 contented, efficient working force, and this season its ac- 

 tivities take on new interest through the addition of new 

 buildings and facilities at Fisk Park, including a new res- 

 taurant and handball court. The park night season of Fri- 

 day evening entertainments was ushered in July 16, when 

 the park was officially opened for the year. There were 

 the usual Red Tops' baseball game, handball, tennis, quoits, 

 trap shooting, special track events, motion pictures, fire- 

 works and dancing with music by the Fisk jazz orchestra. 

 The restaurant makes it possible for Fiskers to ro direct 

 to the park after working hours, get a good meal and make 

 the most of the long summer evenings aflforded by daylight 



Fridav afternoons there are special festivities for the mothers 

 and children of Fisker fartiilies, and this year the play- 

 ground section of the park has more new equipment for the 

 kiddies, such as swings and slides. Admission is by identifi- 

 cation card obtainable free of the recreation department. 



The Metropolitan Air Goods Co., Athol, Massachusetts, a sub- 

 sidiarv of the Athol Manufacturing Co. of the same place, is 

 building a new two-story plant. 50 by 140 feet, to be equipped 

 with modern machinery for the manufacture of hospital rubber 

 goods. The original company was formed in Boston in 1891 and 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN THE MID-WEST. 



(By Our Regular Correspondent) 



MID-WEST EUBBEE MANUFACTUREES' ASSOCIATION. 



THE MOXTHLY MEETING of the Mid-West Rubber Manufac- 

 turers' Association, held July 13, at the Chicago Athletic 

 Club, was largely attended. Much interest was shown by the 

 members present in the business of the Association that con- 

 tinues to expand as the membership increases. At this meeting 

 the following new regular members were elected. The Auto- 

 mobile Owners Tire Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota; The 

 Giant Tire & Rubber Co., Findlay, Ohio; Rotary Tire & Rub- 

 ber Co., Zanesville, Ohio; The Sponge Tire & Rubber Co., St. 

 Paul, Minnesota. The associate members elected were The 

 Utility Manufacturing Co., Cudahy, Wisconsin, and The Towar 

 Textile Mills Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. 



The first annual outing and summer meeting will be held at the 

 Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point, near Sandusky, Ohio, on Monday 

 and Tuesday, August 16 and 17, 1920. The price of tickets has 

 been fixed at $10. 



As this is the first general rubber trade outing ever held m 

 the Middle West, where so large a number of the rubber manti- 

 facturing plants are located, it has been decided to make the invi- 

 tation general to everyone in the trade whether members of this 

 association or not. 



Cedar Point is an ideal spot for a summer's outing. There are 

 commodious modern hotels, shady groves, amusement parks, a 

 fine bathing beach, and a trip to historic Put-in-Bay, the scene 

 of Commodore Perry's victory, is an added attraction. 



It is but a fifteen-minute boat trip from Sandusky to 

 Cedar Point, and boats run on regular schedule from Cleveland 

 and Toledo. The Cleveland boat leaves at 8:30 a. m., arrives at 

 Cedar Point 11:45 a. m. The Toledo boat leaves at 8:15 a. m. 

 and arrives at Cedar Point 1 :1S p. m. 



The outing committee is as follows: H. S. Vorhis, chairman; 

 E. T. Meyer. F. R. Henderson & Co., Chicago ; Paul A. Bloom, 

 Fred Stern & Co., Chicago : C. H. Taveniere, Charles E. Wood, 

 Chicago ; G. Matthias, Jr., Mineral Point Zinc Co., Chicago. 



MISCELLANEOUS MTD-WESTEEN NOTES. 



H. G. Olivier, formerly associated with the Goodrich and 

 Diamond rubber companies at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and 

 well known in the automobile tire 

 trade through his fifteen years of selling 

 experience, has been appointed manager 

 of the Indianapolis branch of the Mc- 

 Liraw Tire & Rubber Co. 



Tlie Altenburg Tire Equipment Co., 



liavcnport, Iowa, has purchased six and 



Mia- half acres of ground at West 



Davrnport, on the Rock Island railroad, 



and the new foundry and machine shops 



now being erected on that site will be 



ready for occupancy by September 1. 



The goods manufactured will include 



complete tire repair equipment and 



molds, cores and machinery used in the 



manufacture of new tires. The capital stock of the company 



has been increased from $125,000 to $150,000. 



The Surety Tire & Rubber Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is one of 



the new companies that are prospering. 



Two small buildings 



