New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 21

ufacture of metal parts to be inc . | wo o is a native of Haverhill, Mass, and is{ New London Rotary club, an}d was | merce. He is a past vresident of the Porated in the goods of other manu- Dlitl'lct Governor ] FOUNDED T ULUBS uate of Dartmouth coliege, H.-!\ice-presmeut of that organization Newington school bLogrd, where he facturers. Almost every mail box | M ST ) D one year in the Harvard law!'and of the New London Chamber of | resides, and is chairman of the finance used by the United States govern- General Ch of © Conference 5¢h | Commerce until he came to New committee. He is a director, segre- ment has on it a lock from the Cor- 554 ically a business 0 | Britaig as secretary of the local | tary and treasurer of the United Coms bine! > Committee Also Was Active Cham- T rOm Chamiyr of Commerce. munity corporation, a director of the sin Cabinet Lock and post offices are 5 = 3 2 ped with other ! of the fac- . . b ¢ s Mackes T i - ere he became business nager| Rotary club, secretary of the Dart- —— by af Conmundes KBS, ol Tor i 4 e New Britain Trust Co., Tound- | mouth club and treasurer of the Boy er and first ident of the New | Scout council, the Salvation ‘Army Col'bm Gflbiflfi[ U)Gk GO- Supreme that (hnelm.‘—:fps,v ”?J s:d E?.,grr:\:l: . & ‘_ 4 e “ . 3 ¢ o, ~g¥:cd s “.:«A“("fi#‘ Britain Rotary club and is a former| foundation and the New Britain director of the Chamber of Com- branch of the American Red Cross. in Quality and Quantity e o LR i, e Foancieo ant"Sente Wastingon. " | every vear sees a line of new patents 3 X P tary, als he s . ut | a lock fitti turned out at the - t 3 in Ne He p 1 Tou > The manufa ocks is one of o, e ! L 5 | the oldest industries in the United The market of the Corbin Cabinet 3 | 1 v | States, When the fires were the Lock Co. is the wo the first blacksmith shops of the new £°04 o buildings, so too the { things made were lunges and latches the Corbin Ca *o. i 1 e erl n OSIe 4 for the doors to the settlers’ caMins p and locks to protect the s ty be- t thieving fingers of the aborigines. This | ; g g e 5 industry has grown and prospered, ' a: B 1 i s the Corn New Britain changing e rs went ha' A ¥ ars went by o that ‘in the hardware center of the world a{:}\;\o&crn . l‘“ums are being .. because of the humanity put into 4 ln " roug ceaseless energy oo ool e itself brings about e being expended on the manufa f ney, the concern will still grow of locks with skill and fine wo | GEORGE COOPER manship, PROSpAT, B The growth of the P. & F. ¢ L\:n’ e George Cooper tesfie A concern hecime so rapid and the field A R e my duty to iBover: of the h d b 3 AT THE— of its en crs so large, that it was! AS @ Rotarian it is my du #0011 scen that something would have | |°2117¢ that T 3 Shart e s 10 be done to take o n Bt g : 2 ., Baidiiedt, : st an ethical man, and wish no suc-" i\ oy 1 ort time H50 P, & 1 - Cess that is not fo £:0n the was shown in ad- [ [ @ L] the short space of little more than | 01Ty code of eth a year, it came evident that the probiems e« o ith the manu- acture and sale of this line' were such | that they could be best handled by an organization ‘ormed for the purpose, In 1882, the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co. Was incorporated to take over this! special line, The business doubled and then tripled until it was found imperative 1o build extra space to keep the busi- ness in New Dritain. A brick struc- turé was put up at the corner of Park and Orchard strects and to this, the Corbin Cabinet Lock Co, moved in 1883, Two years later, an addition was built and six years later another and following that still others until tuday, the concern handles the larg- est business of the kind in the coun- try. Cabinct locks formed the original product of the company, but other kindred lines were added, each of which has developed to a full assort- ment and not occupy a leading posi- tion in the manufacturing done at the A 3 i / \ plant ; 3 v Padlocks were the first to be added L ) #A" . * to the list and then in rapid succes- ¢ J ¥ » W bt ’ sion followed trunk and sultcase b ¥ amIth wltbout ew b locks and trymmings, miscellaneous " 4 cabinet hardware, mall boxes and a complete assortment of keys to m| locks of all manufacture, The plant | o et o 1 & W L e Freedom without Danger! JUST OFF b S ehe casos and miscellancous use, B es this, there is a large se Rotary Vice-PresidVentr SR N ¢ MHO i S Our New Catalog e\ AR | A | tlon of the plant devoted to the man- ! 'R mg PRBSS ’ @ Hlustrates a Complete Line of REG. U.S.PAT, OFF, Registers, Ventilators, ) " ‘ WIN‘ I ER Cold Air Intakes and Grilles = | c ‘\I\'; show the types that have been stand- \ ; Y 4 | A I H I ETIC ar or years. 3 \ . We also show “The Air ('apacit,\i‘l.iv;‘v'l‘—- . the line of Registers and Intakes that helps | ol . . 3 the warm air on its way! L ¢ Knee-length, Sleeveless, Loose-fit- It's warm air you want thru Registers, and | . ' fo. 248 ¥ iotd 3 3 ki shg? okt b g cinn ] £33 B ting, Non restr_lctlng, Kmt.of llg.ht, sary fretwork obstruction? : X warm, absorptive Wool, mixed with Our catalog tells the “Hole Story.” May (ST A % soft fine Cotton. we send you one? -~ IR The Hart & Cooley Co. — D James M. Robinson, vice-president, Incorporated was \\Orn in a small town in Northern \I,:“ "Rl’l’_\l " (ONN. A v e CaiIE iy st New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston business ventures was the hardware business he conducted in Omaha and : : ‘ : A new and original, hu! logical and 5 g R ' much needed creation—insuring comfort Bty Wor et Mo e oy s LA o e, and health features never before combined that corporation through.- ; in an undergarment. the Middia West, making his home at the time {n Dayton, Ohio. About 20 years ago he entered the - |, S 3 s Y ey Men who want to keep feeling fit, quickly salesmanager and at the present time g 2 . e 18 vice-preside o1l as salesman- recognize it as something they have always ager. He per of Centennlal \\llfl@d. lodge, A. ¥. and A. M., a director of the New Britain elub, and vice-presi- dent of the New Tritain Rotary elub JAMES H, ROBINSON, TINCTLY revolutionary ! 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