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October 4, 1886-Charles H. Wheeler, Nelson J. Craw, Franklin A. Tolles.
October 3, 1887-Charles H. Wheeler, Franklin A. Tol- les, William L. James.
October 1, 1888-Charles H. Wheeler, Franklin A. Tol- les, Samuel Daskam.
October, 1889-William B. Hendrick, Franklin A. Tol- les, Samuel Daskam.
October, 1890-Samuel Daskam, Oscar W. Raymond, Nelson J. Craw.
October, 1891-Oscar W. Raymond, Samuel Daskam, Tallmadge Baker.
October, 1892-Oscar W. Raymond, Samuel Daskam, Tallmadge Baker.
October, 1893-Oscar W. Raymond, Tallmadge Baker, Samuel Daskam.
October, 1894-Oscar W. Raymond, Ephraim Thomes, Samuel Daskam.
October, 1895-Isaac Selleck, Ephraim Thomes, Frank H. Merrill.
October, 1896-Isaac Selleck, Frank H. Merrill, Eph- raim Thomes.
October, 1897-Frank H. Merrill, Ephraim Thomes, Samuel Lynes.
October, 1898-Ephraim Thomes, Samuel Lynes, Frank H. Merrill.
October, 1899-Samuel Lynes, James A. Brown, Frank H. Merrill.
1900-James A. Brown, Samuel Lynes, Frank H. Mer- rill.
MAYORS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH NORWALK
Dudley P. Ely, 1870, 1871 and 1872; Walter C. Quin- tard, 1873, 1874 and 1875 ; Dudley P. Ely, 1876 and 1877,
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Winfield S. Hanford, 1878; Walter C. Quintard, 1879, Christian Swartz, 1880; Edwin Adams, 1881; Christian Swartz, 1882; Peter L. Cunningham, 1883; Richard H. Gol- den, 1884; Nelson Taylor, Jr., 1885; John L. Richards, 1886; William B. Hubbell, 1887 and 1888; Frank Com- stock, 1889; Edwin Wilcox, 1890; William B. Reed, 1891 and 1892; George Lockwood, 1893; Mortimer M. Lee, 1894, 1895 and 1896; Charles G. Bohannan, 1897 and 1898; J. Milton Coburn, 1899 ; Charles G. Bohannan, 1900; Mortimer M. Lee, 1901, 1902; John J. Cavanagh, 1903; Charles E. Dow, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907; Francis I. Bur- nell, 1908, 1909; Robert M. Wolfe, 1910; Albert M. Pohl- man , 1911 ; William F. Tammany, 1912 ; Robert M. Wolfe, 1913.
GIFTS TO THE SOUTH NORWALK LIBRARY
The first memorial donation was from Jeanette Mathew- son for her brother in the form of 100 juvenile books. Other gifts included : a Century dictionary by the wives of the directors, bought from the proceeds of a New Year's tea; the Jeypore Portfolios of Architectural Details from H. R. H., the Maharajah of Jeypore, India. Among the later gifts to the library are: collection of stuffed birds and eggs, permanent loan from Wilbur Smith and David Raymond; Mexican relics, Frank Gleason; shells, Mrs. R. J. Sawyer and Mrs. Lottie Munro; stones and Indian relics, Ben Nash; oil paintings, Mrs. S. Louise Backster; photo- graphs and postcards in albums, Mrs. Laura Hughes.
GIFTS TO THE NORWALK LIBRARY
During the past few years many gifts have enriched the library's collection. One of the most important was a series of bound volumes of the Norwalk Gazette dating from the early 1800's, with but few copies missing. Homer M. By- ington, with the State Department in Washington, son-in-
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law of Dr. and Mrs. James G. Gregory, West ave., was the donor. One of the latest gifts came from Charles E. Miller, who established a $1,000 memorial to be known as the "Sarah Miller Beltz Fund for Books," in honor of his late sister.
Many others have donated valuable books to the library among them being Elwin E. Sanborn, W. J. H. Bohannan, Mrs. G. Willis White, Katherine Seyfang Sanborn, Miss Emily A. Lynes.
OLD TIME OYSTER MEN
Among the old time oyster men in Norwalk should be listed: Captain Gus Raymond, Danny Hoyt, Captain An- drew Mills, who owned a boat called "The Sneak," built by Stanley Lowndes; Theodore Lowndes, father of the present Howard Lowndes, president of the Lowndes Oyster Co., John and Charles Lowndes, Harold Bell, Captain Garrett Wright, Charles Vroome, Alec Egbert, William Reid, Wil- liam H. Hoyt, who shipped many oysters to England and also built a number of steam vessels used in this community; John Zeluff, Carman Remson, Captain George Warren, "Blind" David Hoyt, an excellent oysterman in spite of his affliction; David Taylor, Marty Soper, John Conklin, James Hoyt, Tom Smith, Captain David Decker, Captain Peter Decker, Captain Sylvester Decker, Manning and Matavius Decker, Oliver Weed, Captain Corson, Captain "Ike" Stevens of Rowayton, Horace and Victor Saunders.
NORWALK ATTORNEYS TODAY
Judge John H. Light practicing lawyer for 46 years, orator, lecturer and Shakespearian scholar and owner of one of the finest private libraries in Connecticut; Edwin Stark Thomas, who was executive secretary to Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin from 1911-1913 and has been U. S. District Judge of Connecticut, appointed by President Wilson, since
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November 17, 1913; Judge John Keogh, referee in bankruptcy, federal office; Judge Nehemiah Candee, city court; Judge Henry W. Gregory, probate court; Edward J. Quinlan, Leo Davis, John J. Farrell, Louis Goldschmidt, Henry J. Klein, Sidney Vogel, Abraham D. Slavitt, Judge George H. Vosburgh, former city court judge; Richard J. Connor, John J. Cuneo, Rockwell F. Dugan, Joseph A. Gray, William A. Griffin, Cramer C. Hegeman, Judge James T. Hubbell, retired; John T. Dwyer, Brien T. Mc- Mahon, Judge William F. Tammany, former judge of city court; Paul Connery, Judge Joseph R. Taylor, former judge of city court; Minerva Davis, Norwalk's only woman law- yer; Ira Gregory, Daniel Keogh, Richard Ireland, prosecut- ing attorney; Judge Freeman Light, city court; Judge Ed- ward M. Lockwood, former judge of city court; Frederick F. Lovejoy, Jr., Harry Lessin. Two prominent attorneys who have died during the past few years are Jesse Dun- bar, well known lawyer throughout the county, after whom Dunbar Athletic field in Broad River has been named; and Judge John Walsh, judge in the Superior Court, Bridgeport.
NORWALK MEDICAL MEN TODAY
The following are among the Norwalk physicians today : Dr. James G. Gregory, dean of local doctors, who in the past, in addition to his extensive practice, has been a repre- sentative in the state legislature, a member of Governor Hobart Bigelow's staff, and a trustee of the Middletown state asylum; Dr. A. N. Clark, Norwalk's baby doctor with a record of nearly 5,000 births; Dr. Charles G. Bohannan, who has seen many years of service in Norwalk; Dr. Wil- liam J. Tracey, former health officer, well known surgeon and member of the Board of Education for 25 years; Dr. George G. Fawcett, chairman of the Board of Education; Dr. Frederick J. Morrison, member of Governor John Trumbull's staff ; Dr. Robert E. Perdue, health officer; Dr. W. W. Tracey, medical examiner; Dr. Mabelle Perry,
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woman physician; Dr. Wilbur T. Ledebur, Dr. William McMahon, Jr., Dr. J. Olean, Dr. John W. Vollmer, Dr. Vito Clausi, Dr. Henry Sherer, Dr. Thomas F. Scanlon, Dr. Alvin DeWitt Wadsworth, owner of Wadsworth San- itarium; Dr. Theron Bradley, Dr. Frederick A. Patterson, Dr. Robert L. Moore, Dr. Albert Zweben, Dr. Robert M. Wolfe, Dr. A. R. Turner, Dr. Henry K. W. Kellogg, Dr. George Thielcke, Dr. Daniel E. Sullivan, Dr. Edward J. Tracey, Dr. S. W. Sherwood, Dr. Isadore Rosenthal, Dr. John T. Powers, Dr. H. S. Phillips, Dr. William O'Con- nell, Dr. John Miller, Dr. Louis Keller, Dr. Edmund Kane, Dr. George Cram, Dr. B. A. Bryon, Dr. Arthur B. Cole- burn, Dr. Geraldine Watson, Dr. Charles W. Perkins.
Osteopathic physicians: Dr. Charles Cattaneo, Dr. S. Alice Harvey, woman doctor; Dr. Everett H. Jones, Dr. J. W. Martin, Dr. D. A. Shambaugh, Dr. Everett C. Frey. Chiropractic physicians : Dr. Philip Castellano, Dr. Thomas Francis, Dr. William D. Petty, Dr. Ernest Barthol. Dentists: Dr. Winfield H. Baldwin, Dr. Ralph M. Bennett, Dr. Charles F. Boutwell, retired; Dr. Charles R. Chasmar, Dr. Felix J. Cifatte, Dr. Thomas F. Clune, Dr. Frederick H. Converse, Dr. Herbert Cornell, Dr. Francis D. Crosby, Dr. Emanuel Davidson, Dr. Lewis Fox, Dr. Bernet Friedman, Dr. Robert Haskett, Dr. John D. Haugh, Dr. Harry Hefferan, Dr. Theodore Hirschberg, Dr. Frank B. Hoyt, Dr. Gerald T. McGrath, Dr. Joseph J. Millard, Dr. Russell E. Morgan, Dr. J. Cannon Newkirk, Dr. John A. O'Connor, Dr. George T. Partridge, Dr. Ernest Katz- man, Dr. J. R. Rudder, Dr. Joseph H. Sloman, Dr. Leo M. Stull, Dr. William L. Weed, Dr. H. C. Weidlich. Dr. Samuel M. Deitz died this year. Chiropodists: Dr. Stiles D. Lawrence, Dr. Caroline T. Boerum. Among the optom- etrists and opticians in Norwalk are: Keenan and Russell, Dr. H. T. Levey, Dr. W. J. Moore, Robert A. Benedict, and Oliver B. Jackson. Veterinarians: Dr. H. E. Bates and Dr. M. Ray Powers.
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"OLD TIME" NORWALK PHYSICIANS
Old time physicians included: Dr. Thomas Belden But- ler who was a physician for a short time and finally gave it up because every time he attended a patient with a con- tagious disease, he took the disease himself. He later be- came a judge. Others were: Dr. William Burke, surgeon; Dr. L. M. Allen, Dr. S. H. Huntington, medical examiner here for many years; Dr. F. B. Baker, Dr. Arthur B. Tur- ner; Dr. Royal L. Higgins, West ave; Dr. Walter Hitch- cock, Dr. Dexter Hitchcock, Dr. Stowe, Dr. J. Milton Co- burn, South Main st .; Dr. Finney, West ave .; Dr. C. S. Murray, Dr. Nolan, Dr. Baker of East Norwalk, who
"died in harness." Dr. Baker had been out on calls; he was driving home and had just succeeded in getting into his driveway when he was taken ill, later dying of paralysis. Dr. Brush, Wall st .; Dr. Clark, West ave .; Dr. Barker, Elm st .; Dr. Lockwood, West ave. Dr. Franklyn G. Brown, who lived and practiced for many years at 47 Seaview ave., died a short time ago after a brave struggle against heart disease. Dr. Charles D. Sargent, physician of promise, died this year.
COMMODORES OF THE NORWALK YACHT CLUB
They have been: Gilbert E. Bogart, 1894, 1895; Philip, G. Sanford, 1896, 1897, 1898; Charles B. Keeler, 1899; Clarence Osborn, 1900, 1901; A. E. Chasmar, 1902; James A. Farrell, 1903; and since then: William F. Clark, William H. Byington, three years; Dr. Benjamin Keeler, then of New Canaan; William F. Hatfield; Dr. L. M. Allen; William H. Farrell, William H. McHugh, James M. O'Brien, William B. Unholtz, R. L. Corby, Alvin Sch- moeger, Provost Babin, Richard Irwin and Charles H. Harris, for past two years.
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GOVERNMENT OF NORWALK
The following city and town officers are biennially elected by popular vote on one ticket the first Monday of October : Mayor, eight councilmen, a treasurer, a city sheriff, a col- lector of taxes and assessments, three members of the board of education consisting of nine members, a town clerk, three selectmen, seven constables, two registrars of voters for each voting district, one member of the three commissioners in the first, second and third wards, one member of the three commissioners in the sixth taxing district, and one member of the three electrical commissioners in the second taxing district, and one treasurer each for the first, second, third and sixth taxing districts.
The following officers and boards are appointed by the mayor and council: City clerk, corporation counsel, audi- tor, building inspector, sanitary inspector, health officer, street commissioner, city engineer, board of charities, board of estimate and taxation, tax commissioner and two asses- sors, board of relief, and board of safety.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
The following were in the Norwalk Co., "Company L, Third Reg. Conn. Volunteer Infantry: Captain Reuben M. Rose, First Lieutenant William W. Bloom, Second Lieutenant William I. Comstock, Sergeant William Rauch, Quartermaster Sergeant George C. Meehan, Sergeant Milo® C. Brown, Sergeant Albert H. Buttery, Sergeant Albert Tetzner, Corporal William G. Abendroth, Corporal John H. Beagan, Corporal Edward Brotherton, Corporal Emil Durbeck, Corporal Coles M. Flewellin, Corporal Arthur E. Godfrey, Corporal William H. Guthrie, Corporal Henry W. Hopson, Corporal Ira C. Lockwood, Corporal James A. Riley, Corporal William J. Troy, Corporal Frank H. Webber. Musician Frank Eigner, Jr.
Privates : Edward Burkedal, David Brennan, Matthew
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Britt, Fred Brown, Ulysses G. Buttery, John J. Cahill, George C. Castle, John H. Chase, Ernest B. Cornell, James Crawford, Robert Cullen, Charles A. Davis, William Don- nelly, Michael J. Dougherty, Royal A. Ellis. John E. Fell, Frederick W. Godfrey, John Gorman, William H. Hadley, Beekman F. Hall, Joseph F. Henry, George W. Hopkins, Joe Kellar, John Keogh, John Kincella, Philip J. Ladrigan, Arthur G. Lovejoy, Thomas J. McGarry, Wal- lace W. Morris, James Murphy, Frank Neugebauer, John W. Oakes, Peter F. O'Brien, Charles H. Osborn, Charles E. Parker, Henry H. Payne, John Peterson, Stephen Mc- Guinness, Arthur S. Norman. Warden B. Phillips, Frank P. Rooney, Joseph Sargeant, Albert R. Scofield, William Sheehan, John H. Smith, Peter Storey, Joseph F. Sturm, Valentine Sturm, George L. Sullivan, John P. Weyerhauser.
Norwalkers who served in the Third Regiment, Conn. Volunteer Infantry, but in companies other than Company L, were: Hubert F. Pierce, hospital steward N. C. S .; Richard O. Gorman, in the band; Harry S. Richmond, in the band; Howard J. Bloomer, second lieutenant, Com- pany F; George Brotherton, corporal, Company H; Paul A. Raymond, corporal, Company K; Howard F. Weed, Company K; Robert L. Weed, Company K.
In addition, the following Norwalkers served in the Span- ish American War: John B. Perry, First-Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf. Co. K; Clifford A. Hauschild, corporal, First Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf. Co. L; Lawrence Currid, First Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf. Co. M. William A. Evans, second lieutenant, First Reg. Conn. Vol. Artillery, Battery B; Sergeant George F. Gammons, Sergeant Howard N. Godfrey, Martin V. See, wagoner, same battery; Privates Albert E. Baldwin, Fred Buttery, Willis L. Cavanagh, Richard Fitzgerald, An- thony B. Ghiotto, William G. Gilmore, Charles F. Guar- nieri, Charles Leppert, Anthony Stenger, same battery. Frederick A. Hill, commissioned lieut. colonel, judge advo- cate general's dept. U. S. Volunteers. Robert E. Harris, 54th Co. U. S. coast artillery. Private William Bassen,
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U. S. Marine corps, stationed Philippine Islands. William T. Ainley, first sergeant, U. S. A. Signal Corps. John D. Milne, battalion sergeant major, First Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf. George W. Hyatt, private, Co. M., U. S. Vol. Inf.
C. E. Lindeberg, Company D, 201st New York; Leonard J. Henry, Co. B, 203rd New York Infantry; Leon Hurley, Troop F, 2nd U. S. Cavalry; James Ferris, Co. F, Fourth Conn. Volunteers; Tommy Smith, Irving Wilmot, Herbert Coleman, Louis Zeller, Albert H. Ayers, Clarence Ayers, Charles Greenwood, Allan W. Marks, 2nd lieutenant, Wil- liam H. Murray, Charles Vollmer in Cuba, Albert Wil- liams, M. J. Murphy, Benjamin Sugden, all in the navy; Dr. Robert Mullings, inspector in charge of meat depart- ment, U. S. Dept. Agriculture; Frank Anderson, Co. B, 8th U. S. Infantry; Fred Brown, Battery B; George Mor- ris Cudlipp of Rowayton, Co. K of the 3rd Regiment; E. F. Knorr, Co. I, 2nd West Virginians; John P. Peters, formerly of Ireland, Co. L, 3rd Conn. Reg .; Frederick Roos, Co. B, 203rd Reg., New York; Harry P. Tripp, Co. B, 6th U. S. Infantry; Henry Williams, 6th Virginians, Vol. Inf. Company H; Charles Milne, sergeant Co. C, Ist Reg. Conn. Vol. Inf .; Milton Lockwood, U. S. Marines located in China; Arthur Allen, Edward Tuttle. It is pos- sible there are others now in Norwalk who served in the Spanish American War, but whose names do not appear on local records because they did not enlist from here. There may be others, who failed to fill out the questionnaire required by the government and so were lost to record.
LOCAL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Masonic orders include: St. John's Lodge, No. 6, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons; the oldest Lodge in Nor- walk, organized, May 23, 1765; Old Well Lodge, No. 108, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Washington Chap- ter No. 24, Royal Arch Masons; Butler Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons; Clinton Commandery, No. 3, Knights
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Templar; Monker Grotto, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets in Enchanted Realm; Ophir Chapter, No. 52, Order of Eastern Star, for both men and women; Berkeley Chapter, No. 95, Order of Eastern Star, for both men and women; Norwalk Chapter of DeMolay. A women's auxiliary of the Monker Grotto is the Monker Caldron.
Among the fraternal organizations are: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Norwalk Lodge No. 709; Lady Mclachlan Lodge No. 82, Daughters of Scotia; the fol- lowing, all lodges in the Foresters of America : Court Ma- hackemo, No. 33; Court Narruk, No. 58, Court Ed- mondo DeAmicis, No. 173, Star of Columbia Circle, No. 253, and Pride of Court Narruk Circle, No. 801. Fraternal Order of Eagles, Norwalk Aerie, No. 588. Im- proved Order of Red Men: Cockenoe Tribe, No. 32, Uncas Tribe, No. 26, Uncas Hayloft, No. 261/2 ; Degree of Pocahontas, Wanoma Council, No. 31, and Pride of Uncas Council, D. of P. Independent Order of Odd Fellows : Our Brothers Lodge, No. 10; Butler Lodge, No. 97; Kabasoa Encampment, No. 9; Colfax Encampment, No. 31; Eurekah Rebekah Lodge, No. 42; Our Sisters Re- bekah Lodge and Norwalk Lodge, No. 2881, G. U. O. of O. F. Knights of Columbus: Catholic Union Council No. 46 and South Norwalk Council No. 1253; Modern Wood- men of America, South Norwalk Camp No. 9294 and Win- nipauk Camp; N. E. O. P. P. C. Lounsbury Lodge, No. 126; Order of the Golden Sceptre, Court Frances, No. II ; Order United American Men, Lincoln Council, No. 4; Patriotic Order of Americans, Camp No. 3, women; Pa- triotic Order, Sons of America; Royal Arcanum, Ponassus Council, No. 1268; Shepherds of Bethlehem, Lady Jennings Lodge, No. 7 and Lady Washington Lodge, No. 21 ; Sons of Italy and America, Pietro Micca Lodge No. 744; Sons of St. George, Welcome Stranger Lodge No. 364; Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Banner Council No. 54; Old Well Commandery, United Order of the Golden Cross; Loyal
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Order of Moose: South Norwalk Lodge No. 529, for men, and Mooseheart Legion for women.
Patriotic Organizations: Frank C. Godfrey Post No. 12 and Auxiliary of Frank C. Godfrey Post, American Le- gion; Daughters of the American Revolution, Norwalk Chapter, organized December 16, 1892; Children of the American Revolution, Roger Sherman chapter; Douglass Fowler Post No. 48 and Douglass Fowler Women's Re- lief Corps, and Buckingham Post and Buckingham Women's Relief Corps, No. 30, Grand Army of the Republic; Wil- liam Mckinley Camp and Auxiliary No. 9, United Spanish War Veterans; and Mulvoy Tarlov Post and Auxiliary, No. 603, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Labor organizations : Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, Division No. 476; United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Norwalk local No. 746; United Hatters of North America Hat Finishers Local No. 16; United Hatters of North America Trim- mers and Operators Local No. 33.
Musical Organizations: Community Concert Association of Norwalk, which is bringing to the city the finest in musi- cal talent; the Choral Art Society and the People's Chorus, both of which give series of excellent concerts annually ; the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra of which Norwalk has reason to be proud; the South Norwalk Musical Protective Union. Political: Republican Men's Association, Norwalk Republican Women's Association; Democratic Men's Asso- ciation, Democratic Women's Town Association; Socialist Labor Party. Art and Literature: Silvermine Guild of Artists; Portfolio Club.
Other clubs and organizations not included in any of the foregoing are: Brookside Chapel Association, Connecticut Bankers' Association, DeMolay Mothers' Club, East Nor- walk Improvement Association, Hungarian Literary Club, International Bible Students' Association, Mothers' Club of Norwalk, National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 328, Norwalk Bird and Nature Club, Norwalk Garden
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Club, Norwalk Board of Fire Underwriters, Norwalk Board of Trade. Norwalk Cemetery Association, Norwalk Building, Loan and Investment Association, Norwalk Hos- pital Association, Norwalk Medical Association, Norwalk Real Estate Board, Norwalk Dental Society, Polish-Amer- ican Club, Rakoczi Hungarian Sick Aid Society, Work- men's Sick and Death Benefit Fund Branch No. 142, South Norwalk Quartette Club. Volunteers of America, Young Men's Christian Association, Norwalk Boy Scout Council, Norwalk Girl Scout Council, Norwalk Chapter American Red Cross; Norwalk Chapter American Red Cross Life Saving Corps; Columbus Citizens League; Christian Indus- trial League; North End Civic Association, St. Thomas Aquinas Society; St. Edmond's Dramatic Guild of Trinity church; Norwalk Guild Players, Norwalk Council of Religious Education, Town Teachers' Association of Nor- walk, Alumnae Nurses Association, Civic Study Group, Hospital Sewing Society, Woman's Board of the Norwalk Hospital, New Rochelle College Alumnae, Norwalk group; Seamen's Church Institute, Norwalk branch; Norwalk Women's Swimming Association; Women's Christian Tem- perance Union, Norwalk Branch; Rowayton Mothers' Club, Winnipauk Mothers' Club and many others.
NORWALK MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
Among the manufacturing establishments totaling 100, credited to Norwalk by the State Factory Inspection Bureau in its 1928 report of Connecticut Manufactures and supple- mented according to information supplied by local firms, are the following: American Hat Mfg. Co., Inc., men's hats; B. and F. Pattern Works, metal and wood patterns; Barker Inc., gasoline engines; Bates, John S., monuments ; Bluepoints Co., Inc., oyster opening, formerly North At- lantic Oyster Farms, Inc .; Boese, Edwin Co., applique lace and handkerchiefs; Borda Press, job printing; Brophy Laundry, laundry. Cash, J. and J. Ltd., cotton embroid-
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eries, woven names, tapes; Church Expansion Bolt Co .; Clover Mfg. Co., grinding compound; Cluett, Peabody and Co., Inc., men's dress shirts; Cole-Roscoe Mfg. Co., brass and copper wire cloth; Co-operative Mfg. Co., pocket books; Connecticut Co., car repairs; Connecticut Bathrobe Co., bathrobes; Connecticut Ice Machine Co .; Connecticut Lace Works, Inc., lace; Connecticut Light and Power Co., gas and electric light; Connecticut Potato Chip Co., potato chips; Crofut and Knapp Co., hats; Crystal Ice Co., arti- ficial ice.
D. B. Decker, oyster opening; Dikeman Mfg. Co., screw machine products and machinists' tools; Enterprise Century Underwear Co .; Fitrite Infant Coat Co., infants' coats; Fitzgerald Awning Co., Inc., awnings; Foster & Stewart Co., Inc., awning and tape, hammock and furniture covers; Gam- ble, W. J., woodwork; General Ice Cream Corp., Golden, S., ice cream and candy; Goldstein Brothers, fur cutting and fur dyeing; Gompers, H. Press, job printing; Gorham Press, printing; Gulf Refining Co., gasoline and oils. H. and O. Chain Co., chains; Harris and Gans, coal and wood; Hatch and Bailey, house finish; Hegelein, H. A., steam fitting, sheet metal work; High Grade Bottling Works, soda water; Hodshon-Berg Inc., hats; Hotchkiss, E. H. Co., metal paper fasteners, staples and typewriter supplies ; Hour Press, printing; Hour Publishing Co., newspaper; Hunter, C. K., auto tops and cushions; Huth, Frederick, formerly the Charles H. Harris, Inc., plate glass beveling and polish- ing; Individual Laundry Co. J. and W. Bathrobe Co., bathrobes; Jacobs, H. and Sons, Inc., shoes and slippers; Jonas and Naumberg, Corp., importers and cutters of hatters' fur; Jones Millwork Inc., wood work; Knorr Art and Novelty Shoppe, novelties; Le Count, W. G., machine tools and cylinder grinding; LeRoy Shirt Co., men's shirts; Lessin, J. and Son, hat boxes; Level Hat Co., men's hats ; Liberty Laboratory; Liberty Paper Box Co., paper boxes ; Lockwood Mfg. Co., builders' hardware; Lounsbury and
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Bissell Co., felts; Lowndes Oyster Co., oyster opening; Lyon Printery Inc.
Main Confectionery, candy and ice cream; Malkin, A. R. and Co., house finish; Mayehoff, M. N. and Co., ladies' dresses and men's shirts ; McMahon and Cremins, Inc., lace curtains; Meeker's Union Foundry Corp., iron castings ; Meyers Mfg. Co., Inc., shopping and school bags and leather goods; Miller, J. W., machinery and repairs; Mil- ler, S., plumbing; Minton Vacuum Paper Dryer, Inc., ex- perimental work ; Muller Gloria Mills, broad silk, dress and umbrella cloth; Murvon Printing Service, printing and nov- elties. Nash Engineering Co., air compressors; Nash, Raymond and Dean, Inc., plumbing and sheet metal work; Neptune Hardware Co., marine and awning hardware. Norwalk Box Co., paper boxes; Norwalk Braid Co., silk braids; Norwalk Cleaning and Dyeing Co., cleaning and dyeing; Norwalk Co., air compressors and ice machinery ; Norwalk Coal and Supply Co., fuel; Norwalk Dress Co., Norwalk Duntile, Inc., concrete blocks; Norwalk Fur Co., Inc., hatters' furs and supplies; Norwalk Hat Co., rough hats; Norwalk Hungarian Herald, newspaper; Norwalk Knitting Co., Inc .; Norwalk Lumber Co., mill work; Nor- walk Mattress Co., mattresses and cushions; Norwalk Pat- tern and Model Co., wood and metal patterns; Norwalk Perfumery Co., perfumery and toilet waters; Norwalk Steam Laundry, laundry; Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co., tires and tubes; Novelty Compact Leather Co .; Norwalk Slipper Co.
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