Who was the founder of the company that Harry Crook had worked as a sales representative for?
Kleeneze Kleeneze Homecare is a multi-level marketing company, and was started in 1923, in Hanham, Bristol, England. The founder, Harry Crook, had emigrated to the United States with his family several years earlier, and whilst there joined Fuller Brush as a sales representative. He returned to Bristol several years later, and started a business making brushes which were sold door-to-door by salesmen.
Harry G. Garland Harry George Garland (November 28, 1899 – June 18, 1972) was founder and president of Garland Manufacturing Company in Detroit, Michigan, a company that he founded in 1935. As a result of his contributions to the production of equipment for the armed forces during World War II, he was recognized as one of the leaders of wartime Michigan. He sold Garland Manufacturing in 1947 and turned to a career of rescuing financially distressed companies, often as a court-appointed bankruptcy receiver. His receiverships included the Anker-Holth Manufacturing Co., Richmond & Backus Co., D. J. Healy Shops, Rocky River Paper Mill, and the F.L. Jacobs Company. Mr. Garland also served on the Macomb County, Michigan Board of Supervisors for almost 20 years. The Garland Lodge and Resort in Lewiston, Michigan is named after him.