The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 86

J. Penfield Seiberiin GIGS, of rubber A tV i A'U who became a famed writer of travel adventures. Halliburton and a crew of 14 vanished while attempting to sail a Chinese junk across the Pacific in 1939. From the Iambert concern, J. Penfield returned in 1931 to Seiberling as a territorial salesman a field he knew well.

In fact, he was a successful salesman of the company's stock when Seiberling was organized, then a tire salesman out of the Chicago office assigned to northern Indiana. He did not want to trade on his father's name and so called himself James Penfield. One threw out the young salesman's briefcase, then his hat and finally the salesman. Indicative of his makeup, J. Penfield tried again and the other became one of his best customers.

In 1932, Mr. Seiberling became sales manager. MR. SEIBKRLING became board chairman in addition to president in 1950, and the next year saw the start of a long struggle with Toledo businessman Edward Lamb for' control of the company. It ended when Lamb and his associates acquired more than 52 percent of the stock.

After his 1961 resignation as president and chief executive, J. Pen-field continued for a time as chairman. By the early '60s, the company had declined and was up for sale. Firestone in 1965 acquired the tire division for $10 million. The plant was closed in May 1979.

At various times, he was a director of the Robinson Clay Product the Akron, Canton and Beacon Journal photo by Lew Stamp Policemen arrest Kd Mann, president of the Workers Violence erupts in strike leads to 14 Solidarity Movement Warren; arrests "This strike jeopardizes public safety and we're worried about violence while it continues," Greenman said. "The labor movement, as mad as it is, is not being intransigent. All they (union members) want are the jobs back." member Continued from page Al coincidence in the lives of the two men. The son and Goodyear were born, in a sense, on the same date July 3, 1898. "After father was certain that mother was all right," J.

Penfield liked to relate, "he went to the lawyers to talk about drawing up the necessary papers." They were filed a few weeks later. It was expected that after J. Penfield graduated from Princeton, he would become "the crown prince" at Goodyear. But that year, the Wall Streeters took over the company. There is the strong possibility that he would have rejected that role in any case.

At one time, he thought of becoming a clergyman and left Seiberling Rubber to enroll at the University of Michigan law school. He graduated in 1927 and practiced for two years in Akron before returning to the rubber business, but on his own. He and a cousin, George W. Seiberling, acquired the Lambert Tire and Rubber Co. in Barber-ton.

In the reorganization, he became its vice president in charge of sales and its treasurer. The company was an early victim of the 1930s Depression. Stocky and, in later years, somewhat portly, he had the unruffled but determined personality of "the good salesman." He made lasting friends. In prep school at Lawrenceville, N. and then at Princeton, he roomed with the same three classmates.

He continued to correspond with them until his death. A FOURTH roommate, at times, was Richard Halliburton, JCPenney Atari" If you like additional from you'll get Send it you're a $3 rebate five ZAP Computer 10 Sale 1 7.95 cartridges intellect Command combined family Youngslown Railroad an. I the-' Midland mental Kaiimad. Iff was also a director if the Ruittx't Manufacturers A.isnciation and the Industrial Conference Board of New York. He was a former president of the YMCA of Akron, Old Trail School, Akron Chamber of Com- merce, the Advertising Club of Akron, Bluecoats of Akron, First Presbyterian Church and the Portage Country Club.

1 He also was a vice president'; and trustee of the Akron Art Institute, Stan Hywet Hall Founda-H tion, Sumner Home for the Aged, Akron General Medical Center and the Navy League of Akron. FOR MANY years, he was a' trustee of Princeton and of the; Akron Community Trusts. He was a member of the May-; flower Club of Akron, the Prince, ton Club of New York, the CapJ and Gown of Princeton, the Ohio Society of New York, the Newer men Society in North America i and LaFayette chapter, Sons of! the American Revolution. In 1923, he married Harriet Robinson Manton, a cousin. The Robinsons and Mantons, united through marriage, were pioneers 1 in the manufacture of pottery, sewer pipe and other clay prod-.

ucts in East Akron. His wife died in 1973. He leaves a son, James and daughter, Mary Margaret Chapjj man, both of Akron; Willard of Akron and Frank A. Jr. of Iowa City, Iowa; and a sister, Irene Seiberling Harrison of Akron.

The Billow Fairlawn chapel is handling arrangements. 159.95 139.99 129.99 1M Continued from page Al group of doctors bought a quarter-page newspaper advertisement that told police to "discharge their responsibilities in the protection of life and property." The doctors accused police of looking the other way during acts of vandalism. They said past rallies outside the 10-story hospital near downtown Warren had held patients and their families hostage. About 450 people were holding a rally on Country Club Drive, a posh neighborhood near the homes, of four hospital trustees, when Wednesday's confrontation started around 4 30 p. m.

An unidentified woman walked up to a house and wrote the word "scab" on the front door with her lipstick. She was arrested by Capt. Thomas Hutson. The confrontation lasted nearly 90 minutes, and spread from Country Club Drive to the hospital, where more demonstrators had gathered. That group blocked traffic on Warren's main thoroughfare, East Market Street, during rush hour.

Carrying placards and marching down the street, members of the United Auto Workers, the Steelworkers and the International Union of Electrical Workers wer demonstrating in support of Trumbull Memorial Hospital maintenance workers. The workers, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, have been on str ike since Aug 1. Shortly before the melee, Capt. Hutson said he hoped the rally would remain peaceful. "Neither the Solidarity leadership nor the police want a confrontation," he said.

"I hope it stays that way." ROBERT i. CATLIN, president of the Trumbull County Federation of Labor, said organized labor will continue its Wednesday afternoon rallies to support AFSCME pickets until the strike ends. Demonstrators are recruited from Republic Steel, Packard Electric and the General Motors complex at Lordstown, he said. But, Catlin acknowleged, the China now permits individual tourists Associated Press TOKYO China will permit individuals to tour the communist nation, ending a policy restricting most visitors to group tours, said Han Kehua, director of the National Tourism Administration. rallies have not spurred negotiations to end the strike.

Instead, he said, the hospital has hired about 300 people to replace the strikers. "Labor sees this as an attempt to break the union," Catlin said. "The mood here is that we're simply not going to take the replacement of the people." Hospital officials were unavailable for comment. But doctors on the hospital staff issued a statement condemning the demonstrations as harassment. "The deadlock in this strike appears to be a legal issue and not an attempt to bust the union as is alleged," the doctors said.

"Not only have these demonstrations prolonged settlement of the strike and cost the city money it can ill afford, they give a bad reputation to this town and discourage any prospective employer from locating in Warren." MAYOR Daniel Sferra said the strike is polarizing his city of residents, which has been a bastion of organized labor since the 1930s. He said 44 people have been jailed since the strike began. "All the unions here see this as a real threat, that the hospital is out to break a union, and it's creating a very ugly situation in our city," the mayor said. "The unions are getting more violent because the hospital won't take the workers back." He said frustration also is building because Warren's unemployment rate is over 20 percent. "Unions see themselves as getting beat over the head all over the country," Sferra said.

"They've drawn the line here. If the hospital would agree to take the strikers back, this thing would be over tomorrow." Sferra said he has urged Trumbull Memorial to settle the strike, but he has no authority over the private, non-profit hospital. "The board of trustees can do what it wants to because they are not appointed by the city," the mayor said. "They appoint themselves." He said the board's members are mainly businessmen. "There are no members of the board who are black, who are from labor," he said.

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