Arthur Bell Pollock

Arthur B. Pollock, born in Linwood, attended Berlin High School, worked as a bookkeeper and clerk, and spent seven years in New York. In the belief that eventually the phonograph would become the musical centre of the home, Pollock returned to Berlin and in 1907 founded “The Pollock Manufacturing Company,” to produce the “Pollock Talking Machine,” operating from a carriage house at 68 Benton Street, and later from a factory on Victoria Street.

In 1909 Alex Welker, a distinguished Berlin citizen, joined the Company as engineer and manager of production.

In 1917 the Phonola Company was incorporated and a plant was opened at Elmira to manufacture phonograph cabinets. In 1925 the Berlin plant became known as Pollock-Welker Ltd.

In 1925 the Grimes Radio Corporation was formed to manufacture radio sets. In 1933 all three organizations were combined under the name, Dominion Electrohome Industries Limited.

Pollock, a distinguished citizen, died in 1951.