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James Kapp (Kepp)
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San Antonio furniture-store owner and founding investor; the Three Rivers Glass Company's first president upon incorporation in May 1922, with Charles Tips serving as secretary/treasurer under him. A detail most popular retellings, including the historical marker text, omit — they treat Tips as having run the company from the start.
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Why Track This
Corrects a widely repeated inaccuracy: Tips was not the company’s first president.
Current State
Confirmed by an April 6, 1922 Manufacturers Record officer listing (“James Kepp, Prest.”) and independently by Michael David Smith’s 1989 book, which spells the name “Kapp.” Tips did not become president until a 1929 stock transaction with W. L. Moody III.
Next Action
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Notes
Name spelling varies (Kapp/Kepp) across the two corroborating sources; both refer to the same person.