Gorham will sponsor ball in old Vanderbilt home
The Gorham Co. will promote public interest in sterling silver this summer by sponsoring an international charity ball at the former Cornelius Vanderbilt mansion, “The Breakers,” in Newport, R. I.
The “Gorham Silver Ball’ is set for Aug. 1, is already being heralded as a top event of the 1959 social season, expects national press coverage. Money will go to the Newport and Providence Preservation Society, which maintains the Vanderbilt mansion as a museum.
Part of the dining room decoration at the ball will be the brilliant silver service made by Gorham for Col. Henry Furber in the 1870’s, which would cost an estimated $1 million to reproduce.
Gorham will also supply silver punch bowls, cups and candelabra, and will set the tables with contemporary flatware and hollowware. Firm plans to offer a complete silver tea service as a prize.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1959
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Harry C. Dutton, president of Eaton Paper Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of Gorham Manufacturing Co. Gorham recently purchased Eaton.
George P. Clayson, vice-president of Eaton Paper Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of Gorham Manufacturing Co.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1959
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George P. Clayson, vice-president of Eaton Paper Corp., has been elected to the board of directors of Gorham Manufacturing Co.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1959
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Mrs. America finals June 20; Gorham suggests local tie-in
Contestants from 50 states and the District of Columbia will assemble in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the final judging of the Mrs. America contest on June 20.
According to Edwin H. Manning, advertising and sales promotion manager of Gorham Co., a sponsor of the Mrs. America promotion, the contest is of special importance to retail jewelers. In selecting a winner of the contest, heavy emphasis will be placed on the good taste and creativity shown by each candidate in developing beautiful table settings. Gorham sterling will be used and it will receive a good deal of publicity, he said. The publicity will be continued during the summer with articles in newspapers and magazines and distribution of a color film of the finals.
The contest finals, televised over the CBS network, offers an excellent opportunity for local dealer tie-in, Gorham said.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1959
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Contestants from 50 states and the District of Columbia will assemble in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the final judging of the Mrs. America contest on June 20.
According to Edwin H. Manning, advertising and sales promotion manager of Gorham Co., a sponsor of the Mrs. America promotion, the contest is of special importance to retail jewelers. In selecting a winner of the contest, heavy emphasis will be placed on the good taste and creativity shown by each candidate in developing beautiful table settings. Gorham sterling will be used and it will receive a good deal of publicity, he said. The publicity will be continued during the summer with articles in newspapers and magazines and distribution of a color film of the finals.
The contest finals, televised over the CBS network, offers an excellent opportunity for local dealer tie-in, Gorham said.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1959
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On Dec. 1 Paul Donelan, advertising manager for A. Stowell & Co., Boston, Mass., will become the advertising manager of the Gorham Co. Mr. Donelan succeeds Harold J. Lance, who resigned after six years to become vice-president of the National Publicity Service, New York.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th November 1929
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th November 1929
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An attempt to steal 500 pounds of bronze, valued at $1,000 from the Gorham Mfg. Co’s. plant in Elmwood, was frustrated the other night when a youthful thief was frightened from the premises by the timely arrival of employes. Thomas Boddis, night foreman of the foundry, heard a suspicious noise in the melting room of Building Z on the Adelaide Ave. side of the plant, and notified Charles E. Wright, plant engineer. With the night watchman they proceeded to make an investigation and were just in time to see a man run to a window and climb out. Entrance had been gained by tearing away the heavy screening from a side window and breaking the glass. The ingots were found near the Adelaide Ave. fence some 75 feet from the broken window in readiness to be taken away.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th December 1929
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th December 1929
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Widow of the Late Head of the Gorham Mfg. Co. Makes Bequests to Rhode Island Institutions
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 19.—More than $250,000 is bequeathed to the Rhode Island Hospital and $100,000 to the Rhode Island School of Design under the will of Mrs. Frances Swift Holbrook, widow of Edward Holbrook, for many years president of the Gorham Mfg. Co. of this city and New York. The instrument was admitted for probate in Stamford, Conn., the home of Mrs. Holbrook, the past week.
The bulk of the estate, the total of which has not yet been determined, is left to Mrs. Holbrook’s daughter, Lillian de Balincourt of France for her lifetime, after which the bequests are made to the Providence institutions. After the death of the daughter, the will directs that $100,000 shall be given the Rhode Island School of Design, to “be held as a permanent fund to be known as the Edward Holbrook Fund, and the income therefrom so far as practicable to be awarded annually to meritorious students to be determined from time to time by the board of trustees of the said school, and any income not so awarded in any year to be available in any subsequent year. Preference shall be given so far as practicable to students in the departments teaching jewelry and silversmithing.”
The $250,000 given the Rhode Island Hospital, the will directs, shall be used “for the erection of a building to be known as the Edward Holbrook Memorial Building and to be devoted to such purposes as the board of trustees or other governing body of the said hospital shall determine.” The Stamford Hospital also is given $250,000 for a similar purpose.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th October 1929
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PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 19.—More than $250,000 is bequeathed to the Rhode Island Hospital and $100,000 to the Rhode Island School of Design under the will of Mrs. Frances Swift Holbrook, widow of Edward Holbrook, for many years president of the Gorham Mfg. Co. of this city and New York. The instrument was admitted for probate in Stamford, Conn., the home of Mrs. Holbrook, the past week.
The bulk of the estate, the total of which has not yet been determined, is left to Mrs. Holbrook’s daughter, Lillian de Balincourt of France for her lifetime, after which the bequests are made to the Providence institutions. After the death of the daughter, the will directs that $100,000 shall be given the Rhode Island School of Design, to “be held as a permanent fund to be known as the Edward Holbrook Fund, and the income therefrom so far as practicable to be awarded annually to meritorious students to be determined from time to time by the board of trustees of the said school, and any income not so awarded in any year to be available in any subsequent year. Preference shall be given so far as practicable to students in the departments teaching jewelry and silversmithing.”
The $250,000 given the Rhode Island Hospital, the will directs, shall be used “for the erection of a building to be known as the Edward Holbrook Memorial Building and to be devoted to such purposes as the board of trustees or other governing body of the said hospital shall determine.” The Stamford Hospital also is given $250,000 for a similar purpose.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th October 1929
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CHICAGO
C. W. Niles, manager of the Chicago office of the Gorham Co., left last week for the home offices at Providence. Mr. Niles will be away for about 10 days.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th July 1929
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C. W. Niles, manager of the Chicago office of the Gorham Co., left last week for the home offices at Providence. Mr. Niles will be away for about 10 days.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th July 1929
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Edmund C. Mayo, president of Gorham Mfg. Co., was recently elected president of the Associated Industries’ of Rhode Island.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - February 1939
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - February 1939
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Gorham - Providence, R.I. - 1929
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Directors and Officers Elected by Gorham Mfg. Co.
Providence, R. I.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gorham Manufacturing Co., held at the offices of the corporation at Elmwood April 8, two new directors were elected. At a subsequent meeting of the directorate Lester F. Morse was elected treasurer to succeed the late Alfred K. Potter. Other changes were also made in the list of officers. Mr. Morse, the new treasurer, has been associated with the Gorham Manufacturing Co. for an extended period of years, as assistant treasurer.
The two new directors named are Harold C. Field and Hovey T. Freeman.
Other directors who were re-elected at the annual stockholders’ meeting were Edward B. Aldrich, Witherbee Black, G. Maurice Congdon, Henry J. Fuller, Russel Grinnell, Edward Krehbier, Edmund C. Mayo, William F. McChesney, Lester F. Morse, William A. Viall and Wilfred L. Wright.
Officers named by the directors were as follows: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Henry J. Fuller; President, Edmund C. Mayo; Vice Presidents, John B. Abbott and William F. McChesney; Treasurer, Lester F. Morse; Secretary, Hiram C. Hoyt; Assistant Treasurers, Ralph S. Connell and Albert A. Wainwright; Assistant Secretary, Albert A. Wainwright. Mr. McChesney, who has been vice president of the Gorham Co., was newly named as a vice president of the Gorham Mfg. Co., and Mr. Connell was newly appointed to the office of assistant secretary.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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Providence, R. I.—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gorham Manufacturing Co., held at the offices of the corporation at Elmwood April 8, two new directors were elected. At a subsequent meeting of the directorate Lester F. Morse was elected treasurer to succeed the late Alfred K. Potter. Other changes were also made in the list of officers. Mr. Morse, the new treasurer, has been associated with the Gorham Manufacturing Co. for an extended period of years, as assistant treasurer.
The two new directors named are Harold C. Field and Hovey T. Freeman.
Other directors who were re-elected at the annual stockholders’ meeting were Edward B. Aldrich, Witherbee Black, G. Maurice Congdon, Henry J. Fuller, Russel Grinnell, Edward Krehbier, Edmund C. Mayo, William F. McChesney, Lester F. Morse, William A. Viall and Wilfred L. Wright.
Officers named by the directors were as follows: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Henry J. Fuller; President, Edmund C. Mayo; Vice Presidents, John B. Abbott and William F. McChesney; Treasurer, Lester F. Morse; Secretary, Hiram C. Hoyt; Assistant Treasurers, Ralph S. Connell and Albert A. Wainwright; Assistant Secretary, Albert A. Wainwright. Mr. McChesney, who has been vice president of the Gorham Co., was newly named as a vice president of the Gorham Mfg. Co., and Mr. Connell was newly appointed to the office of assistant secretary.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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William J. Carey and Burrill M. Getman have been appointed sales managers of the Gorham Company.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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John B. Sermon, for several years an instructor in silver craftsmanship in schools in this city, died March 28 at the Rhode Island Hospital after an automobile accident on March 26. He was knocked down by a machine while crossing the street near his home and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. There, at first, he appeared to be suffering from a fracture of the right shoulder and q number of lacerations, so that his condition was not considered immediately serious. Further examinations, however, revealed a fracture of a cervical vertebra and an injury to the spinal cord. Mr. Sermon was born in Brussels, Belgium, 61 years ago, where he received his education and learned the trade of gold and silversmithing. He came to this country when 28 years of age and entered the employ of the Gorham Manufacturing Co, and was still employed by that concern as a chaser at the time of his death. For several years he taught silver chasing in the Jewelry and Silversmithing Department of the Rhode Island School of Design and also evening classes at the Providence Technical High-School. He also taught die and hub cutting at the Providence Trade School. He is survived by his widow, four sons, a daughter and a step-son.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936
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John Henry Buck, the well-known expert on old silver, who was for many years head of the ecclesiastical department of the Gorham Mfg. Co., and who is author of several works on old plate, and also of the series of articles on "Old Silversmiths of America." published in The Circular Weekly. was recently appointed curator of metal work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Announcement of his selection for this responsible position is made in the currant issue of the Bulletin of the museum. The publication also contains much interesting information in relation to recent accessions of works of art at the institution.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1906
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th May 1906
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Opposes Transfer
Former Vice-President of Gorham Mfg. Co. Seeks to Prevent Carrying Out of Plans Adopted at Annual Meeting
Providence, R. I., May 12. — A bill of complaint was filed last Friday in the office of the clerk of the United States Circuit Court by George H. Robinson in the suit he is bringing against the following defendants; Edward Holbrook, John S. Holbrook, John F. P. Lawton, Frederick P. Lawton, E. Frank Aldrich, George E. Martin, Henry S. Sprague, Russell Grinnell, Herbert J. Wells and the Gorham Mfg. Co. This action is an outcome of the proceedings taken at a meeting held recently by the stockholders of the Gorham Mfg. Co., at which it was decided to increase the capital stock of the Silversmiths’ Co. of New York for the purpose of making certain changes in the system of conducting the several affiliated silverware companies. An account of the action at that meeting was published last week in The Circular-Weekly. All the stockholders voted in the affirmative, except Mr. Robinson, the vote standing 32,265 shares in the affirmative and 3,251 in the negative. At the time Mr. Robinson intimated that he would appeal to the courts in an effort to prevent the other stockholders from carrying out the plan which they had agreed upon.
In the complaint Mr. Robinson sets forth that the Silversmiths' Co. and the Gorham Mfg. Co. have been under the control of the defendants, and that if they carry through their plan the business of the latter would be diverted to the Silversmiths’ Co., involving loss to stockholders in the Gorham Mfg. Co. The plaintiff asked for a preliminary injunction restraining the respondents from carrying out their plans. The hearing on this question was set down for Wednesday of next week at I0 a. m.
To-day the respondents appeared by their counsel, Richard B. Comstock, of Comstock & Canning, and filed a stipulation agreeing to take no action regarding the transfer of stock until the further order of the court. Walter B. Vincent, of Vincent, Boss & Barnfield, representing Mr. Robinson, objected to the stipulation, and asked that a restraining order be issued instead, but Judge Brown held that the stipulation was sufficient until the hearing on the motion for a preliminary injunction.
The respondents in the suit have made no statement as yet as to their position. A gentleman acquainted with the circumstances said: "Mr. Robinson, under the proposed plan, would have the same right as any other stockholders to exchange his slock in the Gorham Mfg. Co. for Silversmiths’ stock. If he prefers he may sell his Gorham stock outright, or he may retain it, being treated just the same as all the stockholders. It is absurd to say that anybody desires to divert business from the Gorham Mfg. Co., for every stockholder knows that if the plan is carried through the dividends of the Silversmiths’ Co. will depend chiefly on the Gorham Mfg. Co.’s earnings.’’
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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Former Vice-President of Gorham Mfg. Co. Seeks to Prevent Carrying Out of Plans Adopted at Annual Meeting
Providence, R. I., May 12. — A bill of complaint was filed last Friday in the office of the clerk of the United States Circuit Court by George H. Robinson in the suit he is bringing against the following defendants; Edward Holbrook, John S. Holbrook, John F. P. Lawton, Frederick P. Lawton, E. Frank Aldrich, George E. Martin, Henry S. Sprague, Russell Grinnell, Herbert J. Wells and the Gorham Mfg. Co. This action is an outcome of the proceedings taken at a meeting held recently by the stockholders of the Gorham Mfg. Co., at which it was decided to increase the capital stock of the Silversmiths’ Co. of New York for the purpose of making certain changes in the system of conducting the several affiliated silverware companies. An account of the action at that meeting was published last week in The Circular-Weekly. All the stockholders voted in the affirmative, except Mr. Robinson, the vote standing 32,265 shares in the affirmative and 3,251 in the negative. At the time Mr. Robinson intimated that he would appeal to the courts in an effort to prevent the other stockholders from carrying out the plan which they had agreed upon.
In the complaint Mr. Robinson sets forth that the Silversmiths' Co. and the Gorham Mfg. Co. have been under the control of the defendants, and that if they carry through their plan the business of the latter would be diverted to the Silversmiths’ Co., involving loss to stockholders in the Gorham Mfg. Co. The plaintiff asked for a preliminary injunction restraining the respondents from carrying out their plans. The hearing on this question was set down for Wednesday of next week at I0 a. m.
To-day the respondents appeared by their counsel, Richard B. Comstock, of Comstock & Canning, and filed a stipulation agreeing to take no action regarding the transfer of stock until the further order of the court. Walter B. Vincent, of Vincent, Boss & Barnfield, representing Mr. Robinson, objected to the stipulation, and asked that a restraining order be issued instead, but Judge Brown held that the stipulation was sufficient until the hearing on the motion for a preliminary injunction.
The respondents in the suit have made no statement as yet as to their position. A gentleman acquainted with the circumstances said: "Mr. Robinson, under the proposed plan, would have the same right as any other stockholders to exchange his slock in the Gorham Mfg. Co. for Silversmiths’ stock. If he prefers he may sell his Gorham stock outright, or he may retain it, being treated just the same as all the stockholders. It is absurd to say that anybody desires to divert business from the Gorham Mfg. Co., for every stockholder knows that if the plan is carried through the dividends of the Silversmiths’ Co. will depend chiefly on the Gorham Mfg. Co.’s earnings.’’
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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The Gorham Orchestra recently gave the fourth in its series of socials and the event was one of the most successful the organization has yet held. An entertaining programme was presented and at its conclusion dancing was enjoyed. The affair was held in the Casino at the works and the proceeds will be devoted to the fund for the relief of the San Francisco sufferers.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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J. H. Willmott, late traveling representative of the Gorham Mfg. Co., Montreal, has accepted a similar position with Roden Bros., Toronto, Ont.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th May 1906
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Mr. Chillas, Jr., son of George Chillas, representative of the Gorham Mfg. Co., Montreal, will cover the ground from Toronto westward to British Columbia for the company.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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Contracts are being awarded for the remodeling of the upper part of the Hotel Cambridge property at 33rd St. and Fifth Ave. The lease of the property for 63 years from 1901 is held by the Gorham Mfg. Co.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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SAN FRANCISCO
The Gorham Mfg. Co., formerly represented in San Francisco by Phelps & Adams, at 120 Sutter St., has now opened offices on its own account at 1103 Broadway. The company has its men on the road, and has been for some days supplying the immediate wants of the trade from stock. Arrangements were made last week for additional space at the same location.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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The Gorham Mfg. Co., formerly represented in San Francisco by Phelps & Adams, at 120 Sutter St., has now opened offices on its own account at 1103 Broadway. The company has its men on the road, and has been for some days supplying the immediate wants of the trade from stock. Arrangements were made last week for additional space at the same location.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd May 1906
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OBITUARIES
Charles Fulford, 76, who came of a long line of silversmiths and was the son of the late Charles Fulford who came from Birmingham, England, to create and take charge of a department for the Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, died Feb. 14, at Concord, N. H.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1939
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Charles Fulford, 76, who came of a long line of silversmiths and was the son of the late Charles Fulford who came from Birmingham, England, to create and take charge of a department for the Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, died Feb. 14, at Concord, N. H.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1939
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