Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-26
Employees Present Loving Cup
to Heads of Company and
Pledge Loyalty to the Cor
poration, Now One of the
Oldest in the City

Employees of the W. o. Hickok
Manufacturing Company put over a
big surprise at noon to-day, it being
the seventy-fifth anniversary of this
big industry. one of the oldest in the
city, the employees arranged a big
celebration. unknown to the officials
of the company.
Five minutes after the whistle
sounded the noon hour the men and
women rushed to the recreation
room. The head of the firm looking
out of second story window did not
see the usual crowds going for lunch.
Even the women employees acted diff
ferently. A few minutes later w. o.
Hickok. 3rd, president and Ross A.
Hickok. secretary and treasurer of
the Company. were summoned to the
recreation room. Here they found the
employees lined up in front of a large
table filed with flowers and with an
American flag in the center. There
was intense silence.
Albert Broadmeyer, mechanical en-
gineer. stepped to the front and in a
neat speech presented the members
of the firm with a large silver cup.
He referred to the loyalty of the
employees and to the good spirit
shown in their workmanship at all
times, adding (which means that a
strike is an improbability." He said
every employe desired to show their
appreciation for the good treatment
by the firm and in honor of the sew
enty-fifth anniversary of the indus
try, presented the silver cup. The
latter was covered with the Ameri-
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moved the surprise was not only to
the members of the firm, but to the
employees, as the gift was a hand
some one. In conclusion the master
mechanic extended the best wishes
of all employees for seventy-fve more
years of success and then still more.
Ross 4. Hickok Responds
Ross A. Hickok responded. thank
ing the employees in behalf of himself
and brother and commencing the
employees for their loyalty and for
their good work during the war. He
said I hope this good spirit will al
ways continue. This is, indeed a big
surprise, and I cannot express my
self how great your surprise is to us.
We appreciate your loyalty in the
past and want ii understood that
there need be no trouble here. If
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foremen first and then come to the
office. We thank you very. very
much"
Three rousing cheers were given
for the members of the firm. and then
each employe personally congratu-
lated the president, and secretary
and treasurer
4 Prosperous Firm
The firm started in 1914. w. o.
Hickok the 1st, was bookbinder by
trade and was in business at Third
and Cranberry streets. He found the
need for ruling and book binding ma
chinery and was the first to build
this machinery. In 1856 he moved to
North street. and the Pennsylvania
railroad. Here it was known as the
Eagle Works. From 1860 to 1885
this company also manufactured
cider mills. feed and binding machin-
cry. but dropped this line of work.
when the farming implement COM
panies took up manufacturing on a
large scale. In 1886 the company
was chartered under the name of the
w. o. Hickok Manufacturing Com
pany.
Due to the Capitol Park extension
the firm was obliged to move and
erected a large daylight plant at
Ninth and Cumberland streets into
which they moved March II, 1916. At
present there are 110 employees at
this plant, and its products include
ruling machines. ruling pens, paper
feeders. book binder machinery and
accessories. The committee in charge
of to-day's big surprise included:
Albert Broadmeyer. chairman; Will
liam Kepple, Edward Bowman, Will
liam Anderson. Earle Unger, and
Chester Burlington.