SHELBY COUNTY OHIO - OBIT:  DRAKE, John Howard (d. 1938)

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from New York Times,Dec.28, 1938, p.26,Col.3

JOHN HOWARD DRAKE- Director of the National Electric Manufacturers Association
Schenectady,NY, Dec. 27- John Howard Drake, director of the National Electric 
Manufacturers Assoc. of NY, died unexpectedly yesterday in a hospital here.

A native of Elmira, NY, Mr. Drake was graduated from Stevens Instirute of 
Technology at Hoboken, NJ, and joined the testing department of the General 
Electric Co here. Later he became associated with an engineering firm in Kansas 
City.

He entered the public utility field as vice president of the New Jersey Power 
and Light Company, with headquarters at Morristown; then went to Salisbury ,Md,
as vice president of the Eastern Shore Public Service Co, and to Sidney, Ohio, 
to take charge of the Samuel Insull properties in the State.(Ohio Electric 
Power Co,500 Ohio Bldg.,Sidney,Ohio)

Survivors include his widow (Mary Van Duzen) and a brother(Ambrose).