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Show UUDBEH COMPANY OFFICIALS CHANGE L. D. Brown of Akron Succeeds Treasurer W. A. Means, Who Becomes Be-comes Second Vice President. ' Now York, March 8. The F. B. Goodrich company announced today an important change in the personnel person-nel of its officials which brings L. D. Brown, who has been caBhler of the H First-Second National Bank of Ak- ( ( ron, Into the office of treasurer, succeeding suc-ceeding W. A. Means. Mr. Means will be elected second vice president of the Goodrich company com-pany at the annual meeting, March 14, and at tho samo time, Mr. Brown's appointment as treasurer will be confirmed. For almost twonty yoars Mr. Means has been associated with tho Goodrich Good-rich company nnd during that tlmo ho has soon it grow from a comparatively compara-tively small plant, with a $2,000,000 capitalization, to the ninety million dollar institution of today, which U rated as the largest of its kind In tho world. For tho past seven years Mr. Means has occupied the offico as treasurer and for twelvo years previous to that was assistant treasurer. treas-urer. This experience has quallfiod Mr. Means for tho now responsibilities responsibili-ties which tho second vice president Is obliged to handle, for it has beon during, tho past twenty yoars that tho rubber business has soon the greatest growth and development. |