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O. H. Frisbie, president of the
O. H. Frisbie Moving and Storage Company in Detroit, is known as a
progressive mover. His techniques have been influential, especially in
connection with the transportation of fine arts and costly furniture.
Frisbie began his business career by peddling ice
during school vacations while at the University of Detroit in the early
thirties. From ice he extended to furniture, using an old truck he bought
with a $65 loan. Today his two large warehouses have more than a million
cubic feet of storage space. "O. H." (only his closest confidants know
what the initials stand for) is also in his third term as president of
Atlas Van Lines, Inc., a national association of three hundred moving
firms.
Frisbie was one of the first movers in the country to
build one-story warehouses for household goods. He also originated
"Seal-A-Vault" storage, a system in which goods are sealed at the home -
not to be opened until the whole vault is taken to the owner's new
residence.
A member of prominent Detroit clubs, Frisbie has never
forgotten his early days as an ice peddler. A few years ago, his employees
gave him an anniversary gift - his old ice tongs, beautifully
silver-plated. They are on the wall behind his desk. |
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The internationally famous
partnership between Boston and baked beans began long before Robert A.
Friend appeared on the scene, but he is one of the reasons why it has
continued happily. He and his cousin, Walter A., operate Friend Brothers
Inc., one of the largest canners of baked beans in the country.
The firm began with Walter
Friend's father, who established a bakery on the outskirts of Boston in
1892 and delivered baked beans by horse-drawn wagon. The present owners
revolutionized the baked bean business by proving that baked beans could
be canned without sacrificing flavor. They designed and built the
necessary machinery and in 1918 presented their product to the public.
Baked beans were the traditional
Sunday dinner of Puritan times because they could be prepared on Saturday
and eaten on the Sabbath when work was forbidden. With the relaxation of
strict Sunday observances, baked beans became a Saturday night tradition,
and this is what the Friends have aided and abetted. |
