New England Plywood and Plywood Tube, Inc.
In 1920, Lawrence, MA residents John H. and Evangeline Proctor and Otis F. French secured a $100,000 investment and incorporated under the name New England Plywood of Lawrence and Bridgeton, Maine. [1] Previously John H. Proctor worked as a master mechanic at the Walton Shoe Company, [2] Also, in 1920, a plot plan by Andover civil engineer and surveyor Horace Hale Smith was filed with the Essex County Registry of Deeds depicting details for several parcels of land at Lowell Junction in the Ballardvale section of Andover where New England Plywood would eventually set up shop. [3]. Between 1921-1923, John Proctor was granted two patents, one for manufacturing plywood containers and one for manufacturing plywood tubes. In 1922, New England Plywood, filed an ammendment changing the purpose of ther corporation and began operating under the name Plywood Tubes, Inc. John H. Proctor served as president of Plywood Tubes, Inc. In the September 1922 issue of Veneers trade magazine, John Proctor explained how veneer wood could be used to manufacture wooden tubes used in the making of radios. [4]
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, January 26, 1920, p.4.
- ↑ Evening Transcript, Lawrence, July 27, 1916, p.2
- ↑ Northern District of Essex Registry of Deeds, Plan of Land in Andover Mass Belonging to New England Plywood Co, 1920
- ↑ New Uses for Veneers, Veneers, September 1922, p27.
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