9. END
NOTES AND FILE MATERIALS
By Harris A. Neil Jr.
This
closing section contains miscellaneous materials from my files that
relate to the previous recollections. They are in more or less
chronological order, unless I missed a date here or there.
All
of this material covers events beginning with the Plough merger, with
nothing prior. I submit that this is because the company operated
“beneath the radar” before the merger, keeping a low profile.
This was a shadow of T. L.’s character; just like him, the company didn't bring attention to itself.
The
material following is not captioned since most of it stands by
itself; however, here are a few comments, in sequence to the sheets
included: The
first four sheets announce the merger, followed by sheets that relate
to that event;
There
are two sheets that reflect Plough’s issuance of a “Qualified
Stock Option” to certain key personnel of Maybelline. Very shortly
after its issuance in early 1968, the stock effectively split 2-for-1.
It’s all academic, because knowing the group receiving the option I
don’t think anybody survived to exercise any of it, or at most only
the first annual increment;
Then
there’s a note from the First National Bank of Chicago from early
1969. It contained the second installment of T. L.’s gift (Alas, I
must have lost the first announcement from mid-1968.);
Two
copies of letters Rags Ragland wrote to me follow. Even though
they’re over five years apart, they appear chronologically, because
I have no other material from the intervening years;
The
obituary for Abe Plough follows, source and date unknown. Doing the
math from his life story, it should have been in 1984;
Finally,
there are two articles covering Schering-Plough’s intent to sell
Maybelline.
Though there are no documents in the file, Mayelline was sold to a investment group after Schering-Plough.
This was another step leading to the eventual home that
Maybelline would find with the L’Oreal people, where I hope they
live happily ever after!
Today Schering-Plough is known as MERCK.
Stay tuned for the actual documents to be posted on The Maybelline Blog.
