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Ohio Columbus Barber: America’s Match King Ohio Columbus Barber was born on April 20, 1841 in Middlebury, Ohio. In 1845, his family moved to the Akron area 2331 W. Market St., Troy • 937.339.4800 where his father, Charles, began manufacturing matches in Buy 2 Entrees the family barn and selling them door-to-door. Eventually, O.C. & Get an Appetizer 1/2 PRICE! quit high school to become the company salesman. He The North Central Ohio distributed the matches to country stores by horse-drawn wagon and canal boats because railroads would not handle the Solid Waste District "Promoting Greater Participation highly flammable matches. in Recycling" Barber married Laura Brown of Coventry in 1866. Their two www.ncowaste.org children, Anna Laura and Charles Herschel, died in infancy. By the 1880s, Barber’s company, Diamond Match, was a STOP SMOKING Present consolidation of 12 companies and held 85 percent of the in just ONE sesson! this coupon for Before your session learn about hypnosis: nation’s matches market. The company moved its • How it lowers stress $ • How hypnosis is 100% safe 15 OFF headquarters to Chicago, attracting wealthy investors and a • How you are always in control reg. price single • How you feel under hypnosis private • Weight Control included in session! global market. But Barber still took a personal interest in session • www.miamivalleyhypnosis.com Akron, modernizing the city’s utilities, and in the company’s MIAMI VALLEY HYPNOSIS 332-8700 factories and employees’ welfare. Diamond Match was the first company to develop a company dental plan for all employees. Barber believed in diversification. He also believed a businessman should be directly involved in no less than five RANDY HARVEY businesses at all times to help keep his mind sharp. Lawncare Manager (937) 335-6418 (Ohio) 1-800-237-5296 625 Olympic Dr. In 1891, he founded the town of Barberton to expand his Fax (937) 339-7952 Troy, Ohio 45373 many business concerns. While president of Diamond Match, Memory Lane he also was involved with other many companies, including Antiques, LLC Stirling Boiler Works (now Babcock and Wilcox), National Sewer Pipe, Creedmore Cartridge, Diamond Rubber (now B.F. 128 East Poplar Street Goodrich), American Alumina, Barberton Whiteware, Kirkham Sidney, Ohio 45365 937-495-1014 Art Tile and Pottery, Akron Wool and Felt, General Fire Betty S. Johnson, Owner Extinguisher (now Tyco International), Great Western Cereal (now part of Quaker Oats), Barberton Land and Improvement, Akron City Hospital (now Summa Health Systems), O.C. Barber Concrete, American Strawboard, O.C. Barber Fertilizer, 128 S. Main St., Sidney (Next to Ron & Nita’s) Cararra Paint and First Second National Bank of Akron. 492-3330 After retiring in 1909, Barber spent his days developing and M-TH 9-6; F 9-8; Sat 9-5 managing Anna Dean, his 3,500-acre farm in Barberton, named for his daughter Anna Laura, and his son-in-law, Dr. Miami Arthur Dean Bevan. Soil & Water Conservation District A large, vigorous man who believed in a proper diet, he exercised daily and lived to be nearly 79. Tire magnate Harvey 1330 N.Cty Rd. 25A; Ste C; Troy, Ohio 45373 335-7645 or 335-7666 Fax 335-7465 Firestone, who gave Barber’s eulogy, summed up his life and www.miamiswcd.org vision in a phrase, noting, “He saw into the future as few of Piqua: N. Wayne St. 615-1042 us can.” Covington Ave 778-4617 E. Ash St.-Wal-Mart
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Words to Know: vigorous eulogy magnate flammable diversification consolidation For Discussion: 1. What made matches so necessary for life in the 1840s? What do we need matches for today? 2. Barber was involved with a wide variety of companies. Of those listed, how many are still in business? 3. Locate on a weather map each city named in this article. Which is farthest from your school? Which is the closest? Newspaper Activities: 1. Design a newspaper ad for Diamond Matches that might have been used in the 1840s. How would it differ from an ad in today’s newspapers?
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