Carnet de l’Officiel — L’Officiel du cycle, 16 June 1951, Obituaries of Louis Bresson, a Manufacturers’ Agent, and Camille Gompel, Founder of the Établissements Vélox

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 16 June 1951, N° 17, page 4: carnet de l’Officiel: obituaries of Louis Bresson (agent for manufacturers in the Southeast, died 6 June at Villemoirieu-Crémieu) and of Camille Gompel (73, founder-manager of Établissements Vélox, died 24 May, buried at Bagnolet), with a portrait photograph of Gompel. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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Carnet de ” l’ Officiel ”

DÉCÈS DE M. LOUIS BRESSON

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The paper announces with great sorrow the sudden death of Louis Bresson, described as one of the best known and most likable figures of the commercial and industrial world of the Southeast. A manufacturers’ agent (Agent de Fabriques) extremely well known in the Lyon region, he leaves unanimous regret. He died on 6 June at Villemoirieu-Crémieu (Isère), and the paper loses in him a dear friend of long standing. It offers its sympathy to Mme Bresson and promises to keep the memory of an entirely honest man and a hard worker.]

DÉCÈS DE M. CAMILLE GOMPEL

[Ebykr summary, second notice. The paper reports the loss of Camille Gompel, called an industrial figure of the first rank, founder and manager (Fondateur Gérant) of the Etablissements Vélox, makers of dissolution (rubber solution) and of articles for cycles, whose Bagnolet works are well known. He was 73 years old and died on 24 May, and his funeral took place on 28 May at the cemetery of Bagnolet. He will be remembered as an energetic man of whole but generous character. The paper presents its sincere condolences to the family and the collaborators of the deceased.]

[A text item with one photograph. The heading “Carnet de ” l’ Officiel “” is set in very heavy black sans-serif type across the head above three thin ruled lines. Two notices follow, each with a small bold spaced-capital subheading, the first printed full width in a single wide column and the second in a narrower column at the left. The text is light roman type with some small capitals for surnames and italics for the paper’s own title. At the right of the second notice is a halftone portrait photograph of a man, head and shoulders, seen from the front and slightly turned, with dark wavy hair brushed back under a soft cap or beret, a mustache and a dark jacket over a light shirt and collar. The photograph has no caption, credit or agency mark. There is no signature or firm address.]