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Thus, two months ago, spoke a proud president - Charles N. Teetor, aged pa riarch of the Teetors of Hagerstown, Ind. The company was Perfect Circle Co., greatest maker of piston rings for gasoline engines. Cause for pride were earnings of $901,831, 48% better than in 1930, .05% ($510) better than in record...
Like many a successful manufacturing company, Perfect Circle had a hard time finding itself at first, which was towards the close of last century when Charles Teetor and a brother John began to make things in their Hagerstown barn. They made a hand car for railroads and in 1895 organized Railway Cycle Manufacturing Co. Later they began to make internal combustion engines and in 1914 the company became Teetor-Hartley Motor Co. Four years later they decided to specialize in piston rings and until 1928, when the present name was assumed, the company was Indiana Piston Ring...
...against $528,000. This company is the oldest and biggest maker of piston rings. Successive names of the company have been: Railway Cycle Manufacturing Co. (1891); Light Inspection Car Co. (1900); Teetor-Hartley Motor Co. (1914); Indiana Piston Ring Co. (1918-28). Its plants are in Hagerstown, Newcastle and Tipton, Ind., turn out 5,000,000 rings a month. Its directorate includes: C. N. Teetor, R. R. Teetor, Lothair Teetor, D. H. Teetor, H. C Teetor, Nellie Teetor, D. Teetor, M. O. Teetor, H. Teetor and J. Teetor...
...independent Fairchild company will build planes in its Hagerstown, Md. and Montreal plants. Aviation Corp. may continue to produce the present type of planes and engines at the Farmingdale factory, but must soon abandon the Fairchild trade name...
Strong Al Manger and strong Willie Rohrer had one rival for attention, little (118-lb.) Robert Knodle of Hagerstown, Md., who broke five records in his class. But, as usual, the heavyweight class seemed more interesting...