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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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1920. 



Safe RoaJs Federation of Massachusetts by the Associated In- 

 dustries of Massachusetts. The object of the Federation is to 

 reduce highway accidents through education and arousing of 

 public sentiment. 



The new canvas shoe prices of tlic Hood Rubber Co., Water- 

 town, effective August 2, show a general advance of 25 to 30 

 Iper cent over last year's prices. 



The baseball team of the Apsley Rubber Co. Athletic Asso- 

 .ciation, composed of factory workers of the Apsley Rubber Co., 

 Hudson, Massachusetts, holds the record of winning 12 out of 

 13 games played this season, including those with teams from 

 the .\nu'rican Rubber Co. and the Boston Woven Hose & Rnh- 



Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell, Massachusetts, inventor of the 

 O'Sullivan rubber heel, has been made a knight of St. Gregory 

 the Great by the Pope. This honor recognizes the charitable 

 work done by Mr. O'Sullivan for the Catholic churches of Lx>well, 

 and his many good deeds and acts of generosity. 



Apsley Rubber Co. B.^seb.vll Team. 



ber Co.. both of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Apsley team 

 .■has scored 118 runs to opponents' 32, and 159 hits to opponents' 

 73, while its batting average is .327 to opponents' .170. Norman 

 ihas pitched nine games, winning eight, with a record of 104 

 ■strike-outs. PloufFe has pitched four games, winning all, with 

 3. record of 31 strike-outs. 



The season's entire output of men's one-buckle and four-buckle 

 cashmerette gaiters at the Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, is 

 being made by the new machine-making process described recently 

 hi The India Rubber World.. Constant experimenting with the 

 machines and patterns has brought these shoes to the point where 

 they are not only a commercial success, but they show wearing 

 qualities superior to the hand-made arctic. The bulk of the out- 

 put at the present time is the four-buckle shoe. 



The Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts, has made a 

 number of changes in its offices in No. 1 factory. More floor 

 space has been added and better lighting arrangements installed. 

 A conference room for committee sessions has also been added. 

 "The factory was closed from July 31 to August 9 for the annual 

 vacation of the employes. An active campaign of education in 

 ■safety will be conducted among employes during the next few 

 months, the safety committee having been considerably increased 

 and the work reorganized. 



The President Suspender Co.. Shirley, Massachusetts, lias pur- 

 chased a two-story factory and ten acres of land in Clinton, in 

 fhe same state, and will equip the factory with looms for weav- 

 ing elastic web, together with the necessary spoolers and warpers. 

 It is hoped to begin production in September. This is the second 

 shop acquired by the company in Clinton, a stitching room for 

 finishing suspenders and garters having been established there a 

 year ago. The officers of the company are : C. Fred Edgarton, 

 president ; David C. Lash, vice-president and general manager ; 

 and F. H. S. Hyde, vice-president. The company is also selling 

 agent for the Knickerbocker Suspender Co. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN RHODE ISLAND. 



Bv Our ReRular Correspondent. 

 A UGUST saw the vacation period and the annual outing festivi- 

 ■**• ties attain their zenith for the year, it being a month marked 

 by unusual social activities. Factory outings were one of the 

 features and the reports from every one proclaimed the satisfac- 

 tion and enjoyment which resulted from these respites from work. 



The second annual outing of the overseers of the Hope Web- 

 bing Co., Pawtucket, was held July 24 at the Hummocks, in 

 Hamilton. The party left the company's plant in automobiles at 

 9 o'clock, arriving at noon, when a luncheon was served, at which 

 there were about 75 persons present. In the afternoon a base- 

 ball game was played, followed by a sports prograin, which in- 

 cluded several races and exhibition diving. At the conclusion 

 the gathering enjoyed an old-fashioned clambake. 



A full-course Rhode Island clambake, athletic events, and a 

 dance were features of the third annual outing of the Mutual 

 Benefit Association of the Davol Rubber Co., at Emery Park, and 

 attended by 250 members and friends. After lunch a baseball 

 game was played, followed by the clambake in the afternoon and 

 dancing. Prizes were awarded to the first and second place win- 

 ners of the various events. 



Another outing of importance was the third annual field day of 

 the employes of the Tubular Woven Fabric Co., held at the 

 grounds of the Warwick Club, July 3L A light lunch was 

 served, followed by a course dinner in the afternoon and a base- 

 ball game and a program of sports. Music was furnished by an 

 orchestra and dancing was enjoyed until 5 o'clock, when the 

 party left the resort for Rocky Point and at 9 o'clock the return 

 trip was made. 



The fifth annual outHng of the Revere Rubber Co., to Lake 

 Pearl on July 31, was enjoyed by more than 1,500 employes. A 

 variety of amusements was offered; competition in athletic events, 

 prize dancing and riding in launches and on the merry-go-rounds. 

 In the dancing contests Robert Clark and Miss Egan won the first 

 prize in the waltz. The married men asserted their superiority 

 over the bachelors in a baseball struggle and the solid tire de- 

 partment took the measure of the engineers' departirient in the 

 tug-of-war. 



The outing of the employes of the Atlantic Tubing Co., at 

 Duby's Grove on August 7 was a success. The dinner was a 

 big feature but there were many games that were decidedly in- 

 teresting. The baseball game between the married and single 

 men was won by the "free-for-alls." There was a tug-of-war 

 and Harry L. Lippitt, who was playing host for the occasion, 

 was captain of the winning side. 



More than 3,500 employes of the Alice and Millville rubber 

 mills of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. at Woonsocket and Mill- 

 ville, and of the Lawrence Felting Co., were the guests of the 

 Woonsocket Rubber Co., mill management, at an outing on the 

 company's recreation .grounds off Fairmount street, Woonsocket, 

 on August 7. The festivities began at 1 o'clock and ended at 

 6:30 o'clock. Early in the afternoon the Millville team de- 

 feated the Alice nine in a baseball game. Dancing was enjoyed 

 on a dance floor erected in the grove, while a large number of 

 booths of various kinds provided amusement and at some of them 

 refreshments were distributed free. 



The National India Rubber Co. has begun the operation of 

 a plan by which visitors may be shown through the entire fac- 

 tory by Miss Dorothy Hillard, who has been appointed factory 



