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R         Goodhealth Shoe Company.

727                  Papers, 1921-1945.

                                    One folder.

 

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These are corporate records, mostly minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders, of the Goodhealth Shoe Company of Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.  Its purpose was to manufacture children’s footwear and, later, to lease its factory to other manufacturers.

 

The papers have been filmed in chronological order.  Highlights include:

 

                Date                        Event

 

14 Nov 1921          Preliminary meeting of shareholders

16 Nov 1921          Articles of Association

21 Nov 1921          Contract between Goodhealth Shoe and Juvenile Shoe

25 Nov 1921          Certificate of Incorporation; bylaws

26 Nov 1921          Fay Thomas distributes 350 shares of stock

13 Sep 1922           Goodhealth to produce “Boys and Little Gents Footwear” of Juvenile.

18 Jul 1923             Goodhealth factory leased to Juvenile

06 Jun 1926            Negotiations with Smith Overall Co. (Smith Bros. Manufacturing Co.)

20 Jan 1927            Discussion of disposition of shoe-making equipment

23 Sep 1931           Carthage Chamber of Commerce to lease factory for United Wood Heel Corp.

19 Jan 1933            List of shareholders

18 Jan 1934            Dividend declared of $1 per share

05 Oct 1934            Discussion of lease to Carmo Shoe Manufacturing Company

10 Jul 1935             Dividend declared of $2 per share

29 May 1936          Dividend declared of $1 per share

10 Dec 1937           Dividend declared of $2 per share

16 Mar 1938           Extension of lease with Carmo

01 Dec 1938           Dividend declared of $1.50 per share

31 Dec 1938           Financial statement (first one on file)

29 Nov 1939          Dividend declared of $1.50 per share

18 Jan 1940            List of shareholders

31 Dec 1940           Financial statement

31 Dec 1941           Financial statement

31 Dec 1942           Financial statement

31 Dec 1943           Financial statement

20 Jan 1944            List of shareholders

04 Feb 1944           Lease agreement with Fred Sears

31 Dec 1944           Financial statement

01 Feb 1945           Letter from H. W. Putnam, Jr., offering to buy Goodhealth’s property

01 Mar 1945           List of shareholders; shareholders vote to sell property and dissolve firm

16 Mar 1945           Articles of dissolution

12 Apr 1945           Final dividend of $23.03 per share

29 Jun 1945            Articles of Liquidation

 

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