The Romance of Norwalk

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. 26^2; 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. 11 ; 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; Loya) 472 ROMANCE OF NORWALK Order of Moose: South Norwalk Lodge No. 529, foi 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 wjiich 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 APPENDICES 473 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- 474 ROMANCE OF NORWALK 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 Cans, 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; Flotchkiss, 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 APPENDICES 475 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. Olchin, L. and Co., Inc., ladies’ dresses, coats and suits; Old Well Cigar Co., cigars; Olden Time Bottling Works, soda water; Palinkos, S. J., Hat Co., hats; Pearl Silk Co., broad silk; Peerless Fur Cutting Co.; Peerless Mfg. Co., water pumps; Peters’ Sweet Shop, ice cream and candy; Pe- quot Wire Cloth Co.; Philips, James, auto and wagon re¬ pairs; Post Road Forge, ornamental iron work; Powell Silk Co., broad silk. R. and G. Corset Co., corsets; Rabhor Co., Inc., bath robes; Radel, Andrew Oyster Co.; Reynolds, B. ROMANCE OF NORWALK 476 J. cigars; Richards, Dr., Dyspepsia Tablet Association; Roberts and Pressmar Inc., plumbing and heating; Rosen¬ blatt & Hollub Inc., women’s dresses; Roth, G. S. and Son, Inc., women’s muslin underwear; Rough Hat Co.; Rubin Mfg. Co., women’s coats; R. U. V. Co., Inc., water sterili¬ zers; Ryder, H. B. signs. Sabel Hat Co., women’s straw and velvet hats; Salisbury, E. J., house finish; Sanitice Corp., ice machines; Schuman Art Print Co., printing; Segal Lock Co., • formerly Norwalk Lock Co., builders’ and marine hardware; Sentinel Publishing Co., newspaper.