CigArCitYtAmPA
Senior Counsel Section
Builtin1910 , theregensburgfactorywasone ofthelastandlargestcigarfactorieseverbuilt intampa . Likeeverycigarfactoryintown , the regensburghadanickname : elreloj , spanishfor “ theClock .” forgenerations , residentshadrisen andretiredtothehourlychimesringingfromits tallbrickclocktower . Afterdecadesofsilence , thelandmarkelrelojnowringsagainthanks toalovingrestorationbythenewmanfamily in2002 . visitwww . jcnewman . comtoread additionalinformation .
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for over 125 years has faced one challenge after another : pandemics , the Great Depression , and two World Wars . One challenge was the Cuban embargo proclaimed by President John F . Kennedy in 1962 , cutting off all tobacco from Cuba . Newman eventually solved the problem by importing tobacco from the Dominican Republic and from Cameroon in West Africa .
The J . C . Newman Cigar Company is a family-owned business now in its fourth generation of Newman ownership . Eric Newman is the grandson of J . C Newman . Eric Newman ’ s son , Drew , is also in the business . A graduate of American University ’ s Washington College of Law ,
Drew is corporate counsel for the J . C . Newman Cigar Company . Drew has developed the idea of “ The American ,” a 100 percent American-made cigar . The tobacco comes from Connecticut , the outside wrapper from Clermont , Florida , and the hard wood cabinet boxes are made in Miami . “ The American ” is hand rolled in the El Reloj cigar factory , the oldest working cigar factory in America .
The Senior Counsel Section is grateful to Eric Newman for speaking at its luncheon and sharing the history of Cigar City Tampa . n
Author : Thomas Newcomb Hyde , Thomas Newcomb Hyde – Attorney at Law
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