December 1, 1918.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



153 



pictures of the 194 employes of the company who had at that time 

 entered government service. Later issues have contained por- 

 traits of officers of the company and the new line of steamers 

 operating in combined passenger and freight service to ports on 

 the west coast of South America, the first to run to those ports 

 under the Stars and Stripes. 



The Altenburg Tire Equipment Co., Davenport, Iowa, has 

 issued an attractive 40-page illustrated catalog of tire repair 

 equipment for all requirements. The Altenburg process of re- 

 treading is featured with detailed description and numerous illus- 

 trations. 



Abraham Marcus. 



THE OBITUARY RECORD. 



SUCCESSFUL AND RESPECTED RUBBER RECLAIMER. 



ABR.\HAM MARCUS, treasurer and general manager 

 of the Somerset Rubber Reclaiming Works, East Mill- 

 stone, New Jersey, passed away on November 1, 1918. He was 

 born in Dorpat, Russia, September 30, 1883, the son of the late 

 Samuel and Sarah Marcus, with 

 whom he came to this country 

 in 1896. 



He worked in a shirt factory 

 and at the expiration of four 

 years had saved enough money to 

 go into the junk business at 

 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where 

 he remained for seven years, 

 finally going to New Brunswick, 

 New Jersey, where he became a 

 partner in the New Brunswick 

 Iron & Metal Co., which business 

 he was interested in at the time of 

 his death. 



In 1910 he founded a corpora- 

 tion under the name of Somerset 

 Rubber Reclaiming Works, with a 

 factory at East Millstone, New 

 Jersey, of which corporation he was treasurer and general man- 

 ager from the time of its origin until his demise. Under his 

 management this concern has become one of the most progressive 

 of its kind in the United States. 



During his regime there were never any labor troubles in the 

 factory, as a'l the employes were contented with their lot. since 

 they found in their general manager a man to work for who un- 

 derstood their position, wishes and desires. It was this human 

 element in Mr. Marcus that made him respected by all with 

 whom he came in contact. 



As a philanthropist he had not an equal for a man of his means, 

 and the many unmentioned deeds of charity performed by him 

 are a touching testimonial to his exceptional kindness. There is 

 hardly, an organization or institution of a charitable or semi- 

 charitable character that did not count him among its most 

 generous patrons. 



He was president of the New Brunswick Lodge, I. O. B. A. ; 

 chairman of the Religious Committee and president of the Sons 

 and Daughters of Zion ; a former vice-president of the Congre- 

 gation of Ahavas ; trustee of the Congregation of Anshe Ernes ; 

 national director of the Rabbinical College of New York ; former 

 vice-chancellor of the Knights of Pythias ; member of New 

 Brunswick Lodge, B. P. O. E. ; life member of the American 

 Red Cross Society; member of the LTnited States Chamber of 

 Commerce, and a member of The Rubber Association of 

 America, Inc. 



He was ever preeminently identified with every war relief 

 movement, and his mite was always cheerfully and ungrudgingly 

 given whenever he was called upon. 



Mr. Marcus was known throughout the rubber industry of the 



George F. Lufbery, Jb 



United States and Canada, and the trade has lost a successful 

 and respected member. 



MAKER OF RUBBER SUBSTITUTES AND CHEMICALS. 

 George F. Lufbery, Jr., the well-known manufacturer of rub- 

 ber substitutes and chemicals for the rubber trade, died at his 

 home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, 

 last month, aged 43 years. 



Though born in France, Mr. 

 Lufbery was of American par- 

 entage, and his father, the late 

 George F. Lufbery, was a pio- 

 neer in the manufacture of rub- 

 ber substitutes, the firm being 

 known as Lufbery & Chardo- 

 nnier, with factories at Chauny, 

 France. When a youth the son 

 spent a winter at a Florida re- 

 sort, and while there decided to 

 complete his education in the 

 native land of his parents, en- 

 tering and later graduating 

 from the Indiana Normal Col- 

 lege at Valparaiso. Entering 

 business, he developed a good 

 trade in the products of his father's factory in France, which 

 establishment, however, was totally destroyed during the German 

 invasion. Nothing daunted, he equipped a factory at Elizabeth, 

 New Jersey, and continued the manufacture of rubber substitutes 

 and chemicals for the rubber trade. 



Mr. Lufbery was intensely loyal and active in the various war 

 relief campaigns. He was also a member of the local State 

 Militia Reserve. Indeed, it was the performance of his duties 

 as such that cost him his life. At the time of the disastrous 

 South Amboy munition plant explosion he reported for duty at 

 the armory and there contracted a cold that resulted in pneu- 

 monia. 



Mr Lufbery was treasurer of the Society for the Study and 

 Prevention of Tuberculosis; a member of the Young Men's 

 Christian Association; a trustee of the Park Methodist-Episcopal 

 Church, and president of the Forum connected with that con- 

 gregation. The Chamber of Commerce of Elizabeth, New Jersey, 

 adopted resolutions expressing regret at the loss of so valued a 

 citizen. 



He is survived by his widow; also by a brother and sister 

 residing in Paris, France, and a step-mother living in Lawrence- 

 ville. New Jersey. He was also a first cousin of the late Major 

 Raoul Gervais Lufbery, the American ace, whose death in the 

 French aviation service was recorded in The Inda Rubber World 

 of June 1, 1918. 



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