New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-30
H. G. NOBLE MADE PRESIDENT
OF NORTH & JUDD MFG. co.
Rises From Bookkeeper to
Highest Office in Concern
in 46 Years-'Work Hard y,
Advice to Young Men.
TWO NEW DIRECTORS
. ARE ADDED TO LIST

Charles Glover Succeeds Herbert \.
Johnson and Proctor Carr, New
York Manufacturer, Is Addition to
Board-Othcr Changes Made in
. Of1icers-NIr. Mobiles Success Reads
Like Fiction.
Howard c. Noble was today elected
president of the North & Judd Mfg.
y Co., thereby writing another chapter
in one of the most remarkable ro-
mances of American industry. The
first chapter was written 46 years
ago last February when Mr.. Noble
came to the concern from New Mil
ford as a bookkeeper Today he is
on the top rung, IL position won by
application to business, honesty with
his employees and with the firms GUS
toners and a determination to make
the products bearing the Anchor
Brand the foremost of their kind in
the world.
The election of Mr.. Noble took
place this afternoon. Previously the
following directions were elected H.
G. Noble. Z. M Wightman, +. M.
Holmes, G. NJ. Landers, A. ]. Sloper
G. c. Clark, Chas. Glover and Proctor
Carr. Immediately afterwards, the
directors elected the following Off
GERS: President, H. c. Noble; vice
president and secretary, E. M. Wight
man; vice president and treasurer, f.
NJ. Holiness vice president, Proctor
Carr; vice president, George M Lam
ders; assistant secretary, Samuel Nc
kN,,4o
Parker
Two New Directors.
Two new names appear in the
board of directors, Charles Glover,
vice president of the American Hard
ware Corporation and general mama
ger of the Corbin Screw Division, and
r.. Proctor Carr. Mr.. Glover succeeds to
the post of Herbert A. Johnson, now
a lieutenant-coIonel in the army, sta
toned at Washington. Mr.. Carr is a
new man in the North & Judd con-
Germ. He was formerly manager of
sales and a director of the United
States Hamcs Co, of Buffalo, n. Y,
and enjoys a wide reputation among
American manufacturers.
The rise of Mr. Noble to the presi-
dency of North & Judd is typically
American and is an object lesson to
Younger men who desire to climb to
positions of distinction and trust. Mr..
NobIe's achievement has been due en-
tirely to personal persistency and de-
termination and has been entirely
free from influence or what is popu-
Iarly known as ''inside pull
Walked Miles to School.
Mr.. Noble was born in Kent, this
state, on October 13, 1851. and when
he was q mere child his father moved
to Kent Hollow, where he built d new
home. Mr.. Noble spent his early years
in the country, giving most of his st
tention to farming and trudging be-
tween times many miles to secure the
fundamentals of education. Sum
mer heat and winter cold were not
sufficient to deter him from his OBJ
ject as he realized that an education
issthe cornerstone of success and must
be gained if n man is to enjoy the
association of other men in business
and social life. He was a barefoot
boy" so happily immortalized in con-
temporary poetry and today he as
cribes his good health to the years he
spent in the bracing air of the L1tch-
field hills.
The elder Noble, also appreciatine
the value of an education, moved his
Eamlly 10 New Mll1Ofd IN 1000 III VI
der that his son and daughter might
pursue their studies further. The boy
entered Housatonic Institute and
studied there during the winter OF
1867, also working nights and morn
ings in the store of Noble Bennett, to
g earn pocket money. Three years later
he entered the employ of C. w. Whit
tlesey and a few months later went to
work for Fuller & HOyt.
1t was by the rareat OF accidents
That Mr.. Noble came to this city. In
February, 1872, Loren F. judd, then
r president Of North & Judd, and j. A
Pickett, the treasurer. went to New
Milford to attend tho funeral Of Mr.
Picketts father. While there, M
Judd made inquiries for young man
Rho could come to this city as book