THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IJL-LY 1. 1915. 



Russian, Polish, 



Armenian. Syrian 

 and Persian. 

 Americans. hy- 

 phenated Ameri- 

 cans and 

 ers were all one 



arnily, oul 

 a good time; and 

 they had it. 



Ever 

 fi ir any event had 

 a card pinned 



or her back. 

 with a number in 



es six in 

 high, and every- 

 ^ the 

 grounds had a list 

 telling to whom 

 each num 

 pinned. It served 



The 1 

 tests is ti 

 be given in full, but among the successful contestants spe- 

 cial mention should be made of Mary Viveiros, who works in 

 the quart 

 room, who car- 

 ried home eight 

 or ten prizes, 

 also of Paul J. 

 Kanaly, in the 

 ruction de- 

 partment, a n d 

 J. Kanaly. 

 his sister, in the 

 production de- 

 partment, who 

 a variety 

 :-,et'ul ami 

 ornamental 



3. The following is a list of winners in the chief e 

 One hundred-yard dash. W. Cleophus; one mile run. H. J. 

 Davkin; running broad jump. A. J. Landing; running high jump. 



Max. 



Caxoeixg ox the Charles. 



A. Howe-: tennis, 

 men- singles, L. 

 B e a ii e ; quarter- 

 mile canoe race 



jles, J. 

 gins ; h a I f-n 

 canoe race, doub- 

 les, Hawkins and 

 1 lawthorne. 



And after the 

 : - there was 

 -nn. to t h e 

 music of the YVal- 

 tham Watch Co. 

 ig on 

 the Charles river 

 r electric il- 

 lumination, and 

 later the trip I 

 on special trains. 



ill automo 

 trucks, and special 

 trolley car-. 



Several of the 

 officers and execu- 



also members of the selling force, participated in the cele- 

 bration. Great credit should be given the executive committee — 



Dr. R. S. Quim- 

 by, chairman; C. 

 \Y. Johnson and 

 H. L. Baxter— 

 and the members 

 of the various 

 other committees 

 are each and ev- 

 ery one entitled 

 to praise for the 

 perfection of the 

 arrangements and 

 the smoothness 

 of the day. which 

 passed without 

 accident or untoward incident. The Hood Rubber Co. will 

 t, in the increased loyalty and appreciation of its thousand- 

 of employees by this generous celebration. 



Keating, the Funny Man. 



RUBBER BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED. 



The $9,000,000 five per cent, debenture gold bonds of the Gen- 

 eral Rubber Co. offered investors through the First National 

 Bank and Central Trust Co. of Xew York on June 10 were over- 

 subscribed within a few hours of the opening of the books. 



THE HEWITT RUBBER CO 



I'he Hewitt Rubber Co., Buffalo, Xew York, is one of the 

 quipped and m -sftilly operated rubber manufactur- 



oncerns in the trade. The buildings are modern, and the 

 ment includes an elaborate system of testing laboratories 

 in electrically operated power plant, which includes fue 

 and ash-handling devices. The Hewitt product comprises various 

 t\ju'^ of railway, fire and navy hose, pure sheet r-hole 



rs, rubber belting and a general line of mechanical g< 

 company has for a number of years had large contracts 

 with the government for rubber naval supplies, from which a 

 high standard of work may safely be assumed. It recently re- 

 ceived a large i tract from the city of Pittsburgh. Penn- 

 sylvania. The officers of the company are: H. H. Hewitt. 



and W. C Mullett, secretary. Frank H. Van I I 

 the manager of the plant, and F. 11. Openshaw superintendent. 



BUYING AXERICAN AUTOS AND TIRES FOR SERBIA. 



Col. Yeverem Popovitch, of the Serbian artillery, and two 

 other representatives of the Serbian government, arrived in 

 Xew York on June 1° on the Greek steamship "Themistocles." 

 with the n of making a tour among the large manu- 



facturing plants of this country which make military supplies. 

 Popovitch states that the Serbian government has ordered 

 SI JO .000 worth of American automobiles, and expects to order 

 a quantity of American automobile casings, as they have found 

 that ' ■ cars and tires made in this country give better 



service than those made in Europe. 



PLYMOUTH RUBBER CO. BANQUET. 



The banquet given at the City Club. Boston, on the evening 

 by the Plymouth Rubber Co. to heads of departments 

 and members of its - e, clearly demonstrated the growth 



of this company since it- establishment less than 20 years ago. 

 At that time the total number of persons employed was 5. 

 when -ban 60 attended the banquet as department heads 



and sales representatives, while 500 are employed in the factory 

 at Canton. Massachusetts. The product of the Plymouth Rubber 

 Co. c • rubberized materials and sheetings, in additi* n 



''Durable-Kom] and the "Slipknot" heel. 



