THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[October 1, 1918. 



The Obituary Record. 



Frank Cazenove Jones 



A PIONEER MANUFACTURER. 



I RANK CAZENOVE JONES, who died on September 20, 



1918, at his home, 80 Park avenue. New York, was for many 



years connected with rubber manufacture in an important 



He was born in Washington, District of Cohnnbia, in 



1857. Graduating 



from Georgetown 

 University, he took 

 an engineer ing 

 course in Steven's 

 Institute. After a 

 year of travel he 

 became interested 

 in the rubber bus- 

 iness, and associ- 

 ated himself with 

 the New York 

 Belting and Pack- 

 ing Company, and 

 in time became 

 general superin- 

 tendent. In 1893 

 he, w-ith Arthur 

 F. Townsend and 

 George Woffenden 

 formed the Man- 

 hattan Rubber 

 M a n u f a cturing 

 Company, with 

 Mr. Jones, presi- 

 dent ; Mr. Townsend, secretary and treasurer, and Mr. Wof- 

 fenden, superintendent. Ten years later, suffering from 

 nervous breakdown, Mr. Jones disposed of his holdings, re- 

 signed as president of fhe Manhattan, and went away for a 

 rest. His health restored, he again took up business. He 

 became active in the Okonite company, of which he was chair- 

 man of the board of directors. He was also interested in 

 certain rubber planting prospects, was president of Cera Com- 

 pany and a director in the New York Lubricating Oil Company. 

 Mr. Jones was a lineal descendent of John Paul Jones, of 

 Revolutionary fame. He was also a grandson of Commodore 

 Jacob Jones, U. S. N., who was captured with the frigate 

 Philadelphia in the war with Algiers, was held a prisoner there 

 for twenty months, and afterward commanded the IVnsp. which 

 defeated the British sloop Frolic in the War of 1812. 



Mr. Jones was one of the first to appreciate the vahie of 

 engineering and of chemistry in rubber manufacture. A man 

 of great energy and enthusiasm, his frail body could not keep 

 pace with his eager spirit. He leaves many warm friends, and 

 no enemies. 



PRESIDENT OF BRECK RUBBER CO. 



James H. Breck. president and treasurer of the Breck Rubber 

 Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, passed away at his home in Long- 

 meadow on August 2, 1918, at the age of 64. He had been in 

 the rubber business for 38 years and was well known in Spring- 

 field business circles. 



Mr. Breck was born in Wethersfield. \'ermont. but Hved the 

 greater part of his life in Springfield. He was married January 

 15, 1899. and is survived by his widow ; a son, Robert GifTord ; 

 two brothers, Charles G. and Martin D., both of Springfield ; and 

 two sisters, Mrs. C. S. Kempton. of Longmeadow, and Mrs. 

 Clarence Paddock, of Lynn. 



.\Ir. I'.rcik ua- fond of outdotir sports and hshnig and was a 

 member of and an active worker in the local lodge of the .Ancient 

 Order ni 



Workmen. 



A WELL-KNOWN BELTING SALESMAN. 



James F. Holt, for more than a quarter century salesman for 

 the Boston Belting Corp., died at the residence of his sister at 

 SpoflFord, New Hampshire, September 4, aged 70 years. 



Mr. Holt was born in Spof?ord, then known as Chesterfield 

 Factory, June 13, 1847, and was educated in the public schools, 

 also taking a course at Comer's Commercial College in Boston. 

 Massachusetts. He enlisted and served the last year of the Civil 

 War in the 18th New Hampshire Regiment, taking part in 

 several important engagements, and was at one time a dispatch 

 carrier. After being mustered out, he learned the machinist's 

 trade at SpofTord, later working on shoe machinery at Lynn, 

 Massachusetts. His first connection with the rubber business 

 was as traveling salesman for the Hall Rubber Co., Boston, 

 covering New England, New York and some western states. 

 Later he joined the sales force of the Revere Rubber Co.. and 

 for the last 26 years had been associated with the Boston Belt- 

 ing Corp., covering the paper-mill trade in New England, as 

 well as some other sections of this country and Canada. His 

 practical mechanical experience proved of great value in intro- 

 ducing rubber-covered rolls in paper mills, and he was success- 

 ful in devising and adapting other kinds of mechanical rubber 

 goods for use in the paper industry. 



Mr. Holt was twice married. He is survived by a daughter 

 and grandson. He a 32nd degree Mason, an Odd Fellow, and 

 a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Grand 

 Army of the Republic, Maine Quarter Century .Association and 

 the Salem Masonic Club. 



Mr. Holt was a typical New England product, an old-fash- 

 ioned, friendly, traveling salesman, a type becoming exceedingly 

 rare. A Yankee of Yankees, he was known from one end to 

 the other of his territory, and held in the highest regard. 

 Always at home, in the office of the big mill owner, or in the 

 country store, he swapped stories, cracked jokes and held his 

 customers by his geniality, fairness, and knowledge of men and 

 of his wares. 



During his illness, he received scores of letters from his 

 friends and customers, and he delighted to talk of his friends 

 and hi.5 work until within a few days of his death. 



A VETERAN RUBBER SALESMAN. 

 Watkin \\'. Griffiths died at the home of his brother in 

 Utica, New York, on September 15. He entered the employ 

 of the Hodgman Rubber Co. in 1875 as general salesman, and 

 was identified with the company until his death, although for 

 the last six or seven years he was not active in business on 

 account of ill health. He was a representative of the old order 

 of rubber salesmen of forty or fifty years ago. 



A MAN OF LARGE AND VARIED INTERESTS. 



Charles Minot Weld, president of the O'Bannon Corp., manu- 

 facturer of carriage cloths and coated fabrics, died August 27 

 at his home in Milton, Massachusetts, as the result of a shock. 

 He had been in poor health for some months. 



Mr. Weld was born in Boston on October 2, 1858. He gradu- 

 ated from Harvard University with the class of 1880, after 

 which he entered a business career and in a very short time 

 was identified with numerous corporations, banks and other in- 

 terests. For many years he was a member of the dry goods 

 commission house of Amorv. Browne &• Co.. Boston. 



