Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....George, H. V. 1887 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 27-28
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     H. V. GEORGE, president and treasurer of Klumpp's, Inc., of Portland, is 
at the head of the largest concern in its line on the Pacific coast, and that 
he possesses unusual executive ability is evidenced by the fact that in the 
last five years the business has increased over three hundred per cent in 
volume. Mr. George was born in Missouri in 1887 and is a son of John D. and 
Elizabeth (Tucker) George, the former having followed the occupation of 
farming but is now deceased, while his widow resides in Oklahoma.

     H. V. George received a good public school education and was employed at 
various occupations until 1909, when he came to Portland and for a number of 
years did clerical work for several firms. In 1923 he bought an interest in 
his present business, with which he has remained identified to the present 
time. This concern was first established in 1874 by William Klumpp, under the 
firm name of William Klumpp & Company. Mr. Klumpp died in 1912 and after 1923 
the business was carried on by L. E. Klumpp and H. V. George as a partnership. 
In 1926 Mr. George acquired the Klumpp interest in the business, which was 
then incorporated under the name of Klumpp's, of which Mr. George is president 
and treasurer. The business was located at Tenth and Yamhill streets until 
1926, when it was moved into the splendid new building, one hundred by one 
hundred feet, which it now occupies, at 109-115 Sixteenth street north. Here 
Mr. George has a complete and up-to-date equipment for the manufacture of 
engraved specialties, particularly greeting cards, which have in the last few 
years grown tremendously in popularity. The plant has a capacity of five 
hundred thousand impressions a month and its products are sold all over the 
Pacific coast. He employs from thirty-five to fifty skilled workmen, the 
payroll running over fifty thousand dollars a year, and in the management of 
the business has shown a progressive spirit and a tireless energy that has 
compelled success. Recent additions to the plant include lithograph equipment, 
photogravure presses and high speed printing presses for the production of 
stationery, folders and a larger volume of greeting cards of a different 
character than heretofore produced.

     In 1912 Mr. George was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Scott, of 
Portland, and they are the parents of three children, Jean, Scott and Harry 
V., Jr. Mr. George gives his political views to the republican party and has 
shown himself a public spirited citizen, ready to contribute of his efforts 
and influence to the advancement of the community. He is a member of 
Willamette Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M.; Portland Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Al 
Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; the Riverside Country Club, the Chamber of 
Commerce and the Oregon Manufacturers Association. He is a man of splendid 
personal qualities and throughout the community in which he lives commands 
uniform respect and confidence.

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