Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-23
DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR
CO. OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN +.

Roy Cuilum. president and general
manager OF the culium Motor Company
o. Amarillo. has just received announce.
ment of the election u Frederick J.
Haynes as president and general man
ager OF Dodge brothers. In the annual
meeting In New York. and this In.
formation is followed by complete
list of new directors and chief execu.
tives. Arthur T. Waterfall 10 made vice
president and assistant general man.
ager. Harry V. PoDcney secretary II
the corporation. and Reginald J. Fry.
assistant secretary. Charles W. Mathe.
son has been advanced o. the position
OF senernl sales manager Howard y.
Biooiner IL made chairman of the new
hoard OF directors. The other directors
are Frederick J. Haynes. Arthur r.
Waterfall and John Ballantyne.
Mr.. Haynes association with the
two Dodge Brothers coycrs period
OF over twentyone years. During this
time he Was not only chief executive
az their great business. but was also
a close personal friend. BY reason 81
this long association. there IL no one
more familiar with their aims and
principles eF more Admiralty qualified
10 carry on their work Immediately
after the death u Sir. John Dodge a
year ago. Afr. Haynes was elected vice
president and general manager and
has hcen the active head OF the bust.
ness during the long illness ~ the late
Horace r. Dodge. II was Mr. Dodgc's
request. Just before his death. that Mr.
Haynes h. elected o. the presidency ~
the Institution His election therefore
comes as no surprise "a those familiar
with the Implicit confidence which the
two Dodge Brothers placed IN his ab.l.
ny as a manufacture and chief cx.
ecutive.
Mr.. Waterfall was Tor many years 80.
perlnfendent of the Russell Wheel and
Foundry Company az Detroit. and later
vice president and director of traffic Tor
the Detroit Board u Commerce. In the
latter poaltion he gained national prom.
inenoe AZ an authority on tranSoria.
ton matters. While AFR Waterfall IL
generally known as a traffic expert. he
has had a long training In the more
general executive duties required u a
man In his present important position,
with an intimate knowledge OF an qucs.
tons attending the operation % a great .
industry.
Mr.. popeney Joined Dodge Brothers
about ten years ago. and since that time |,
has occupied various positions II re.
sponsihllify. For some years he was as.
sisfart Go the former secretary IL the I
company. and In that capacity exhibited 1
unusual ability IN the handling %
financial and accounting matters AFR.
Fry's association with Dodge Brothers
dates back 10 1919. and he. too. ha.
developed with the company In recent
years he has occupied positions rs au.
difor and office manager.
Charles W. Matheson. who now takes
the position Of general sales manager.
has been associated with Dodge Broth.
ers sales department since they frs;
started 20 manufacture n car " their
own He first acted as New York dis
tricf representative and later rs direc
tor of service a; the factory. Sine the
resignation 81 the former sales mana.
ger. he has been the acting head ~
Dodge Brothers sales department Mr..
2fatheeon has been connected with the
industry since the inception Of Il. and
was for twelve years n manufacturer of
one Of the early hlgh-priced cars His
ability and training and thorough
knowledge OF Dodge Brothers policies
make him particularly well fitted 20
direct the marketing % their product.
Afr. Biooner. chairman of the board
n directors. was for many years the
cioee personal friend and legal adviser
u both John and Horace Dodge. lie
has been a member of the board ~
directors since the reorganization which
the deaih Of John =. Dodge
last January. He IL a prominent De
truit attorney.
Shortly before Horace Dodge's death.
John Ballantyne was elected 90 the
board Of directors. Mr.. Ballaniyne is
president OF the Merchants National
Bank OF e,rolt. and Is widely known
and accepted as an authority on finan.
rial matters. which makes his presence
on the board a distinct asset 20 the
institution. For n great many years he
has been a close personal friend and
confidential adviser 20 Horace Dodge.
To every one interested In the affairs
% Doage Brothers. Il IL gratifying 20
know that the executives now IN charge
u the business are al SEASONED men.
By reason Of their long and thorough
training IN the policies on which John
and Horace Dodge built and developed
lheir business. they have come TO know
and believe implicitly In these policies.
II n absolutely certain that they VIII
ronfinne 20 apply these same principles
10 the future of their great organiza'
lion which the two Dodge Brothers lea
- q monument 90 their genius.
A., inch ~ xsrnfar IN an orre ~