William E. Corbin

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William E. Corbin is the inventor of Nibroc paper towels and the mayor of Berlin, New Hampshire (1931-1932).

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Early life and career

William E. Corbin was born in 1869 in Charlestown, New Hampshire to Samuel and Mary Corbin. As a child, Corbin works on a farm in Charleston, New Hampshire. For a short time Corbin worked at the Cheney Government plant in Manchester. He then moved to Berlin, New Hampshire, on May 27, 1892, where he was employed at Riverside Mill of the Brown Company. In 1894, he became the superintendent of this factory. In 1904, the Chocolate Company built Cascade Mill on the border of Berlin and Gorham. Corbin became the first supervisor of this new plant. Along with being the supervisor of Cascade Mill, Corbin became director at Berlin National Bank in 1906 and, in 1913, became president of this bank. In 1931, Corbin became the mayor of Berlin, serving until 1932.

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Nibroc towel

In 1919, Mr. Corbin, along with Harold Titus and Henry Chase, Brown's first chemist, began experimenting in the Research and Development building to fix paper-making problems, to include Nibroc Paper Towels. In 1922, Corbin had completed the first paper towel. Before this, there were only cloth towels but no formal paper towels. This paper towel is called "Nibroc", which Corbin spelled backwards.

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Death and inheritance

On October 13, 1951, the "father of a paper napkin", William E. Corbin, died at his home. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in her hometown. Nibroc paper towels were produced by Chocolate Company until the 1970s.

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See also

• Berlin, New Hampshire
• paper towels
• papermaking

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References

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