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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 7624, member: 85&quot;]Did you find that Secretary Pen Co was owned by Newark pen company?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Newark&nbsp;&nbsp; (<i>Newark Pen Company</i>) A pen manufacturing company located in Newark, New Jersey; founded in 1925 with C. I. Prouty, formerly vice-president of De Witt-La France, as president and Joseph Wustman, who actually owned the company, as plant manager. Newark’s pens featured own-branded tipped gold nibs and were well made. The company initially sold its $2.50 “Newark Fountain Pen” by mail order only; the pen came with five premium cards, each priced at 50¢, the premise being that the purchaser could own his pen for nothing by selling the cards to others who would apply the cards’ value to the purchase of their own pens. The company later expanded its line to include other brands, such as “Secretary.” Newark remained in operation at least into the World War II years, as evidenced by the Secretary pen shown below; in its imprint, this pen bears O.P.A. symbol Nº CA-2 and a price of $4.00.</p><p><img src="http://www.richardspens.com/images/ref/glossary/newark_secretary.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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