April 1, 1916.] 



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357 



pneumatic tires in this country, is due largely to Mr. Hall's 

 efforts. He was also a member of the University Club of 

 Akron and of several Masonic bodies. Mr. Hall was acknowl- 

 edged a man of keen perception in matters relating to 

 mechanics and engineering practices, and his judgment along 

 these lines was greatly respected. He is survived by a wife 

 and two daughters. 



JOHN HOPEWELL. 



As we go to press word comes of the sudden death of John 

 Hopewell in Washington. D. C, at the age of 71 years. Mr. 

 Hopewell was one of the leaders in the industrial and financial 

 circles of New Eng- 

 land. 



He was born in 

 Greenfield, Massa- 

 chusetts, but spent 

 his boyhood days 

 at Shelburne Falls, 

 removing to Spring- 

 held at the age of 

 21 and working on 

 munitions at the ar- 

 mory there. A few 

 years later he asso- 

 ciated himself with 

 the important firm 

 of L. C. Chase & 

 Co., Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts, and five 

 years later became a 

 member of the firm, 

 of which he was the 

 senior member at 

 the time of his 

 death. He was for- 

 merly president of 

 the Reading Rubber Manufacturing Co., Reading. Massachusetts, 

 a director of the Sanford Mills, Sanford, Maine, a director of the 

 First National Bank, Boston, and was connected with scores of 

 other important corporations. He was a member of the Algon- 

 quin Club, the Boston Art Club, the Merchants' Club, the Boston 

 Merchants' Association, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the 

 Boston Athletic Association, the Hunnewell, the Newton and the 

 Brae-Burn Clubs. He also was a Mason. He was an active, 

 public-spirited, shrewd man of affairs, and had a remarkably wide 

 acquaintance with the leaders in American business. He leaves 

 a widow, two daughters and three sons, one of whom, Frank B. 

 Hopewell, is actively engaged in the L. C. Chase Co. and the 

 Reading Manufacturing Co. 



BENJAMIN L. ANDREWS. 



Benjamin L. .Andrew^s passed away Sunday, March 5, at 

 his home in Beverly, Massachusetts, after an illness of several 

 months' duration. Mr. Andrews was born at Essex, Massa- 

 chusetts, on March 6, 1854. His first experience in rubber trade 

 was with the Clifton Manufacturing Co., with which he worked 

 for a short time as salesman for garments, but in 1894, desiring 

 to enlarge his line, added some samples from the Globe Rubber 

 \\'orks of Boston, under a commission arrangement, and the 

 next year he became the regular New England salesman for 

 the Globe Rubber Works, which position he has held up to 

 his death. 



He was methodical in his habits, careful in his business 

 dealings and anxious at all times to give service and satis- 

 faction to his customers, all of whom he numbered among 

 his personal friends. To many of them he was familiarly 

 known as "Doctor." He was a member of Liberty lodge of 



Masons, Amity chapter of Royal Arch Masons, St. George's 

 commandery. Knights Templars; Aleppo temple. Mystic shrine: 

 Bass River lodge of Odd Fellows and the Beverly Republican 

 Club. He leaves a widow and one son. 



Hopewell. 



ROBERT P. PARKER. 



Robert p. Parker, who for several years was prominent in 

 the bicycle business and for nine years in the employ of 

 the Hartford Rubber Works Co. at Hartford, Connecticut, his 

 home town, becoming sales manager and, later, New York 

 branch manager for that company, died, aged 45 years, at 

 his home in Pittsficld, Massachusetts, March 10. After leav- 

 ing the rubber industry he removed to the latter mentioned 

 city where he became prominent in insurance, real estate and 

 building lines. He is survived by a wife and three children. 



THOMAS KING. 



Thomas King, who died recently at the New York Post 

 Graduate Hospital, following an operation, was a veteran em- 

 ploye of the New York Belting & Packing Co. at its factory in 

 Passaic, New Jersey. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 

 1842, and during the Civil War was a member of the Ninth 

 Virginia Cavalry. Coming north, after the war, he worked in 

 the calender room of The Okonite Co., but for over 25 years has 

 been with the first mentioned concern. He is survived by a 

 widow and two sons, James and William E. King, both of whom 

 are employed by the New York Belting & Packing Co. in its 

 Passaic plant. 



JAMES E. BAXTER 



James E. Baxter, of the firm of J. E. Baxter & Co., Limited. 

 rubber manufacturers, Leyland, England, died early in February, 

 at his home at Farington, near Preston, Lancaster, England, at 

 the age of 54 years. 



Mr. Baxter's connection with the rubber industry began in 

 1874 with the old firm of Jos. E. Quinn & Co., of Leyland, 

 which, through successive amalgamations, became the Leyland 

 & Birmingham Rubber Co., Limited, with Mr. Baxter as 

 chairman, .\fter about 12 years in this capacity he resigned 



in order to estab- 

 lish the concern of 

 J. E. Baxter & Co., 

 Limited, Leyland. 



Mr. Baxter was 

 a keen sportsman, 

 and one of the 

 first motor car 

 owners in Eng- 

 land. About 14 

 years ago he took 

 his car to South 

 Africa, making a 

 business tour and 

 paying special at- 

 tention to the rub- 

 b e r requirements 

 of the gold-mining 

 firms there. It is 

 believed that this 

 arduous trip some- 

 what affected his 

 health, and possi- 

 bly may have had 

 He was chairman of 

 the Ruliber Manufacturers' Association, Manchester, in 1901- 



J.\.MES Edg.\r B.wter. 

 something to do with his final illness. 



ifactur 



to take 



1902, and was one of the first rubber 



practical interest in planting rubber in the East, at one time 



acting as a trustee of the Manchester & North Borneo Rubber Co. 



