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Show U Comparatively a Newcomer H J. M. Parker Takes Active II Part In Community Affairs Sitting- at his d-sk U general man-agiT man-agiT of the Sperry Flour company 01 Ogden, know n as tin; "model" plant 01 the hip Sperry string, .losph M. I';ir ,or has ii career to look back upon which .should give every red-blooded American boy an Incentive to apply himself and work hard even though his job is lowly. From au obscure fob M 0 billing rlerk with the Sperry company, Mr I'Ark i has risen stop by step until - now directs tin.- activities of the Immense Im-mense (Jjden mill probubly the mora modern i its kind In the country and capable or grinding out 2500 har-tola har-tola of flour dally. In 1901 at San Jose. California. Mr. barker entered the employ of the flour companv nnd started out to i irn the flour business from the bottom bot-tom up From billing- clerk he grau-liated grau-liated into the salesmen's rank and than, rung by rung, he climbed the 1 ; .adder to success. SKUVK E REPAID. His achievement, however, is parallel par-allel with that of scores of other former for-mer obscure workers of the Sperry plunts for practically e cry department depart-ment head In t'.ie com any at one time began at the bottom His rise, in great way. Is declared due to tho Sperry spirit of promotion which gives each worker nn equal opportunity to advani e and : ia meritorious services serv-ices by better positions. All hough Mr Parker Is a newcomer to Ogdcn, when compared with the old-timers, having taken up ills work here In the early nrt of 1921, when 'he Sperry mill opened he was quickly quick-ly recogni-'f'l :.s a man of broad business busi-ness vision and Intensely Interested In community affairs In the short space of his residence he has become a director di-rector of the National Bank of Commerce, Com-merce, a director of th-1 Ogdcn Rotary club and a director of the Ogden Grain exchange He also is a prominent member of the Masonic lodge, 131 ka' lodge, Weber club and the chamber of commerce. Mr. Parker took his seat at the billing bill-ing desk of th Spcrrj Flour company com-pany In San Jose C1 in 1901 He later served as salesman and from 7 908 to 1911 was In charge of tho San Diego, Cal , branch office 1 1 was then transferred to San Francisco ns manager of cereal sales and then in 1912 opened the Portland office of I the company. BACK TO SAX JOSF. In the fall or 1912 Mr. ranker, moved back to San Jose, where he acted as manager of sales for the ' southern territory and thence to . Santa Barbara, Mr. Parker came to Ogden In tho . fall of 1920 and supervised the open-' lng of the local plant In Januarv. 1921. Born in Detroit Mich, in 1STS. Mi i Tarker moved to California with his parents seven years later and lived on a ranch until his employ with the ! Sperry company He attended the public pub-lic schools of San Jose In Cal'fornla, Mr. Parker was un-usually un-usually active in community and club affairs and served as president of th San Jose chamber of commerce for tnree years. He Is past master of the Blue lodge of the Masonic order and past commander of the Knlgbt.i Templar. Mr. Parker also served ' iircc cars as president of the Saint Claire club of San Jose. During the war Mr Parker was cnairman of the second, third and ,!OM I'll M PAKIvl.lt. I fourth Liberty loan drhes In San' .i I Clara county. That Mr Parker believes that Og- : den ls a good city In which to make a home Is manifest by the speedy manner man-ner In which he has become identified identi-fied with civic affairs. He resides at Twenty-fifth street and Jefferson avenue ave-nue with Mrs. Parker and two ch'l-drcn ch'l-drcn Rob.-rt. 15, and Bdith, 10. |