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THE" INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



alls. The contract for the erection of the factory has been 

 signed, and it is stated that the work will be pushed forward 

 so that the company can transfer its business within a few 

 months, when 200 hands will be employed. 



Revere Building, 60-66 High street, which houses the me- 

 chanical department of the United States Rubber Co. in Boston, 

 was the scene of a rather lively fire on February 9. The blaze 

 was confined to the fourth floor, occupied by the American 

 Toilet Goods Co., and owing to the fireproof and waterproof 

 construction of the building, the rubber concern's portion of the 

 premises suffered but an inconsiderable inconvenience and little 

 damage. 



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The Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co. held its 

 annual meeting in this city on January 22, 1919, and re-elected 

 the five directors whose terms expired on that date, thus 

 continuing the board of directors and the officers as before. 

 The officers are : Arthur H. Lowe, president ; George B. Hodg- 

 man, vice-president; Benjamin Taft, secretary and treasurer. 

 The directors include, besides the above, Marcus Beebe, C. C. 

 Converse, E. H. Clapp, F. W. Pitcher, H. E. Converse. C. T. 

 Plunkett, T. P. Stevens, C. A. Stone, B. F. Peach, E. Frank 

 Lewis, and Lester Leland. The affiliated companies, namely the 

 Industrial Mutual Insurance Co. and the Cotton and Woolen 

 Manufacturers' Insurance Co. of New England, held annual 

 meetings on the same date, and re-elected the same boards of 

 managers and officers that had served the previous year. 



Lieutenant Leon A. Field, who. before entering service was 

 assistant to the master mechanic of the Boston Rubber Shoe 

 Co., was given a complimentary dinner at the Aldine, Melrose, 

 Massachusetts, late in January, by his immediate business asso- 

 ciates of Factory No. 2. George L. Lawrence, Jr., factory 

 manager, was toastmaster, and several short addresses were 

 made. Lieutenant Field gave a very interesting account of his 

 experiences overseas. 



Lieutenant Field was born in New Hampshire July 11, 1891, 

 and attended the public schools in Biddeford, Maine, graduating 

 from the University of Maine, at Orono, that state, in 1914. 

 and at once commenced work at the factory of the Boston 

 Rubber Shoe Co. Entering the Third Officers' Training Camp 

 in January. 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant the 

 following March, sailing for Brest March 21. He served at 

 Southampton, the tank training center for all British tanks, 

 also at Havre, Beauvais, and Tours, and was in action at 

 Soissons. He celebrated Christmas, 1918, by sailing for the 

 United States, and was recently mustered out at Camp Humph- 

 rey, Virginia. 



The Hood Tire Sales Co. was organized in Watertown, 

 Massachusetts, about a year ago, for the sale of Hood Tires. 

 About the first of last month the concern opened a store at 

 1041 Commonwealth avenue, in the automobile section of Bos- 

 ton, where are carried in stock all sizes and treads of tlie Hood 

 Rubber Company's tires. With a sales force and mechanical 

 staff a lively season is expected. 



D. Janion MacNichol, the new president and manager of the 

 Hood Tire Sales Co., makes his headquarters at this Boston 

 store. Mr. MacNichol was formerly New England manager of 

 the Chicago advertising agency concern of Critchfield & Co., a 

 position he relinquished to assume the management of the tire 

 sales company. 



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Henry Chase Hopewell, son of the late John Hopewell, and 

 connected with the carriage cloth firm of L. C. Chase & Co., 

 Boston, was married last month to Miss Hilda Prince, daughter 

 of James P. Prince, of Lexington, this state. Owing to the illness 

 of his mother, the wedding was a quiet one. 



Only a few days later his mother died at her residence in 

 Newton. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1844, 

 and was married to John Hopewell October 20, 1870. The 

 family resided in Cambridge for nearly 30 years, part of wliich 

 time Mr. Hopewell was mayor of that city. She leaves three 

 sons, Charles F., Frank B., and Henry C. Hopewell and two 

 daughters, Mrs. Mabel G. Casselberry and Mrs. Nellie H. Colby. 

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The foremen and assistant foremen of The Fisk Rubber Co., 

 Chicopee Falls, gave a banquet at the Worthy Hotel, Springfield, 

 on the evening of February 1, 1919. About ISO employes of the 

 ci>mpany were present. 



The Hewitt Rubber Co. of Massachusetts, recently incor- 

 porated, has opened a salesroom at 48 Gloucester street, to 

 handle the New England sales of Hewitt tires, manufactured 

 by Hewitt Rubber Co.. Buffalo, New York. W. S. Carleton, 

 formerly with the Republic Rubber Co., but who for the last 

 nine months has been in the service of the United States Ship- 

 ping Board in Philadelphia, is manager. Associated with him 

 are F. M. Broadhead, for the last year or more with the 101st 

 Engineers, in France, and T. H. Morgan, both of whom were 

 formerly identified with the Republic Rubber Corp. 



THE RUBBER TRADE IN NEW JERSEY. 



By Our Regular Correspondent. 



THE Eckrodc Ruliber Co., of Newark, has been incorporated 

 at Trenton with a capital stock of $100,000 to engage in 

 the manufacture of automobile tires, tubes and other rubber 

 goods. The officers are Clement Eckrode, Highland Park, pres- 

 ident; G. F. Hensler, Newark, vice-president; A. G. Hensler, 

 Newark, secretary and treasurer. A large factory has been 

 leased at 118-20-22 Adams street, Newark, where a large num- 

 ber of hands will be employed. Mr. Eckrode formerly was in 

 charge of the Endurance tire plant at New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, which has been taken over by the Hardman Rubber Co. 



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Charles E Stokes, vice-president of the Home Rubber Co., 

 has been appointed chairman of the War Council of the Episco- 

 pal diocese of New Jersey. The diocese is seeking to raise 

 $250,000 for work among the army camps. 



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Herbert H. Coleman, of East Orange, New Jersey, president 

 of the Delion Tire & Rubber Co., Trenton, sailed for France on 



February 18 on a business trip of about five weeks. 



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The Lambertville Rubber Co., Lambertville, New Jersey, has 

 just completed an addition to its plant. The building is of con- 

 crete and will be used for storage purposes. 



Clement Ehret, genera! auditor of The Empire Rubber & Tire 

 Corp., who recently resigned to accept a position in New York 

 City, was presented with a handsome diamond cluster scarf pin 

 by the office force. The presentation was made by H. E. Ber- 

 rien, the cashier of the concern. Mr. Ehret has been connected 

 with the Empire company since 1917. 



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William J. B. Stokes, treasurer of the Thermoid Rubber Co., 

 has been made chairman of the committee to solicit funds for the 

 erection of a new $1,000,000 hotel at Trenton. He has also been 

 made president of the new hotel company. The following rub- 

 ber companies have subscribed toward the project: United & 

 Globe Rubber Manufacturing Cos., Luzerne Rubber Co., De- 

 Laski & Thropp, Circular Woven Tire Co., DeBlois Tire & Rub- 

 Ber Co., Woven Steel Hose & Rubber Co., Semple Rubber Co., 

 Louis Destribats, manager Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., William H. 

 Servis, vice-president of the Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing 

 Co. William J. B. Stokes and his brother, J. Oliver Stokes, 



