Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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HENRY 5. DOWNt D IRECTLY after leaving the ’Tech, was some months with the Howe 5cale Co., Rutland, Vermont, as machinist. Then entered the employ of the Simonds Mfg. Co., of Fitchburg Massachusetts, as draftsman. After two years I was transferred to the Simonds Rolling Machine Co., of the same city, and remained with them as Superintendent until about 1888. In that year, with several others, formed the National Hot Water Heater Co., manufacturing the Spence Hot Water Heater. Was with this firm as Vice-President until 1893, when the cyclone of hard times which struck the country caught me without sufficient anchorage, and landed me as salesman for the American Boiler Co. In 1895 was engaged by the American Radi¬ ator Co. as their representative in Europe. Six years prior to this, I made my home in Chicago, but since 1895 have been an exile in Europe, making my headquarters in London. Was married in 1885, and as a proof that I am still a good citizen of God’s Own Country and a worthy member of the Alumni, have sent my elder boy to the Worcester ’Tech.

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CHARLES A. LARLt A FTER graduation I started as bookkeeper with Chase Barstow, Stock Brokers, in Boston, where I continued about 18 months. In 1884 I secured a position as draftsman and timekeeper with Norcross Brothers, Builders, with whom I remained nearly 17 years. After six months in Worcester I put in a year at the quarries in Milford, Mass. From October, 1885, to July, 1887, I was located in Chicago, engaged in building the Marshall Field Wholesale Store Building, and from then until November, 1889, was in Kansas City on the New York Life Building. Returning to Worcester, I was engaged in securing and overseeing the carrying out of contracts until compelled to resign this position in January, 1901. I came to Middlebury, Vt., expecting that a year, free from care in this restful country, would restore my shattered nerves. This proving insufficient, I took up the reading of law in the hope of turning to good account this enforced idleness, and was admitted to the Bar in Montpelier, October, 1905, since when I have had a sign out. In 1904 had the good fortune to consult a Doctor of Oste¬ opathy, whose treatment restored me to health. Was married in 1885.