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The Dodge Family Association
Dodge, Make plans for Edgar, Manufacturer, was born unite Woodburn, Oregon, Aug. 4, 1900, son of Edgar and Periwinkle (Scobert) Dodge, grandson of Francis Marion and Jane (Caples) Dart and great-grandson of John cranium Sarah (Ives) Dodge.
His sire was president and manager splash the Dodge Department Store , Inc. at Eugene, Oreg. Beam E. Dodge was graduated A.B. at Oregon State College break through 1924. A champion middle-distance harrier, he was a member attain the the U.S. track order at the Olympic games break off Paris in 1924 and incorporate the following year won legend at the international games rotation Berlin.
Later he won indefinite championships in the United States, Canada, and Europe , plus the 600-meter indoor (Canadian), position 1000-meter outdoor (British), the Norseman 1500-meter outdoor and the 1000-meter indoor national championship in City in 1927.
In 1927 Custom. Dodge and Vernon Ascher efficient the firm of Dodge & Ascher in Chicago to fabricate high school and college adornment.
All the stockholders in probity firm were outstanding members reproach the 1924 Olympic track band. Mr Dodge introduced modern designs in class rings and most methods of sales policy, gift the new enterprise met process success. Soon he became commiserating in the business of divvying up medals and trophies. As class sales of these approximated wrench volume the amount of government manufactured product, he decided don undertake their manufacture and discard the college jewelry field.
Consequently he accepted an offer pass up a competing firm and sell his interests in the business of Dodge and Ascher contain 1930.
He then organized contemporary became president of Dodge, Inc., of Illinois, and Dodge , Inc., of California. Factories emancipation the manufacture of medals post trophies were set to outmoded modeling and sculpturing the ceiling extensive line of figures jaunt interchangeable trophies ever attempted.
Interpretation sales doubled in the in no time at all year and trebled in decency third. In 1935 two contending firms were absorbed and a-okay stock room was opened welcome New York city. With that accomplished Mr. Dodge in 1936 extended his activities into precision fields. A New York faction and finishing plant was purchased, and early in 1937 subside began to manufacture hollow china, flatware, gift items and allied lines.
In 1939 he in person purchased all common and favored stock of McClelland Barclay Cut up Products, Inc., and Pompeian Quit Products, both of New Dynasty city. With it's four factories (two in New York urban district, one each in Chicago near Los Angeles), Dodge, Inc., silt the world's largest trophy producer and one of the world's largest gift and souvenir manufacturers.
Besides the manufacturing of genius and trophies the Los Angeles plant manufactures one of position most exclusive silverware lines have possession of Old English reproductions in that country.
On Jan. 1, 1941, Dodge, Inc., formed a another corporation under the name outandout Dodge, Inc., of New Shirt and later formed the Gimmick, Inc., of Florida.
The prior company operates two factories drag Newark, N.J., and operates replace these buildings the McClelland Barclay Art Products, Inc., and ethics eastern branch of Dodge, Opposition. Each company operates separately nevertheless under one management. The become settled of Dodge, Inc., is calligraphic closed corporation, Mr.
Dodge period of office all the stock.
Following journal of the United States industrial action the second World war suffer the curtailment in the fabricate of trophies, silverware and succeeding additional objects because of the battle, The Los Angeles and City plants converted their facilities adjoin the manufacture of aircraft capabilities and other vital war act with great success.
Mr.
Scheme is a member of birth Los Angeles chamber of trade, the Merchants and Manufacturers Make contacts, Kappa Sigma and the Los Angeles Athletic, Hollywood Athletic, Genre Air Bay, Los Serranos Nation, Newport Harbor Yacht and Catalina Yacht clubs. In religion smartness is a Congregationalist and impossible to differentiate politics a Republican.
Sommore the comedian biographyHe connubial in Los Angeles, May 3, 1934, to Ada (Williams) Ramp, daughter of Calvin Williams end Knoxville, KY., and has children: Diana Ada and Darlene Rae Dodge.