New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1919, Page 9

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, “ANCHOR BRAND” HARDWARE PRODUCTS THE WORLD’S STANDARD SEPTEMBER 20, 1019, H. C. NOBLE PRESIDENT F. M. HOLMES VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER PRESIDENT s . : VICE F. M. HOLMES PRESIDENTS VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER E. M. WIGHTMAN SECRETARY F. M. HOLMES E. M. WIGHTMAN S. P.McCCUTCHEON PROCTOR CARR ASST. SECRETARY F. J. WARD J. C. MOORE ASST. THREASURER HARODWARE § PRODUCTS § ANCHOR BRAND Certified Quality | }Ma New Britain. Conn. nufacturins’ Company ] OLDEST EXISTING INDUSTRY IN NEW BRITAIN History reveals that for more than 100 vears, since 1812 to he exact, the manufac- ture of hardware products has been carried on continuously on or near the site of the present factories of North & Judd Manu- facturing Company thereby establish- ing this Company as the oldest extant in- dustry in New Britain. Alvin North plant- ed the acorn and for more than forty years engaged in manufacturing, at least half of this time producing plated wire or articles made from wire. In 1848 Hubert F. North purchased the interest of his brother, O. B. North, and in 1855 another change in ownership occurred when Alvin North disposed of his interest to Lorin F. Judd and J. A. Pickett, the name of the firm becoming H. F. North & Company. Mr. Pickett retired in 1863, selling his share in the business to Mr. Judd, and once more there was a change in the firmz name, this time to North & Judd. A short time later in the same year it was incorporated as North & Judd* Manufacturing with a capital of $60,000. Fire destroyed the wocden factory at the corner of East Main and North Stanley streets in 1888 and it was replaced with a brick structure. Greatest progress has been attained by the Company during the past quarter cen- tury. It has enjoyed a healthy and con- servative expansien until teday its buildings and yards are spread out over seventeen acres, A photograph of the factory and working force taken in 1872 shows twenty- two employees. By the year 1900, the force had increased to five hundred hands, and to- day there are more than twelve hundred names on the payroll. Company This growth has not been achieved with- out effert. The creative force behind the Company’s success has been and still is Presi- dent H. C. Noble, who has given of his talents and energy in full, unselfish measure. Mr. Noble entered the employ of the Com- pany in 1872 as office boy and bookkeeper, and since the death of Lorin F. Judd on March 10, 1896, as general manager he has surrounded himself with a corps of bright and ambitious executives, who are giving their best efforts toward a far greater de- velopment of the Company’s business than has yet been accomplished. North & Judd Company is extending its field of endeavor and taking every ad- vantage of epportunities created in foreign countries with the result that its exporting trade is expanding in a most satisfactory manner, During the Werld War the company fur- nished a large volume of hardware products which were vital to victory. More precious than that record, however, are its honor rolls containing the names of seventy-eight of its employees who entered military service. Certified Quality