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cepted Masons, and the Knights of Pyth-
ias, in Greenwich. Of the latter he is past
chancellor-commander. He is also past
commander of the local camp of the Sons
of Veterans. His clubs are the Suburban
and Kiwanis clubs of Stamford.
Mr. Peck married, June 30, 1920, Ber-
nice E. Rockwell, daughter of Frank S.
and Elizabeth Rockwell, of Olean, New
York. Mrs. Peck was a teacher in the
Port Chester schools before her marriage.
The record of Wilbur Marvin Peck,
considered as that of a man who has not
yet completed his thirty-fourth year, is
a notable one and seems to open the way
to a future full of promise.
PECK, Walter Sherwood,
Plumber, Heating Engineer.
Few names are more familiar to the
people of Greenwich than the one in-
scribed at the head of this article. As a
descendant of ancestors who became two
centuries ago residents of the town, and
as the head of a flourishing business, Mr.
Peck stands in no need of an introduction
to his fellow-citizens.
Walter Sherwood Peck, son of Elias
Sherwood and Sarah A. (Marvin) Peck
(q. v.), was born June 15, 1889, '" Greenwich,
and educated in the public schools
of his native town. He learned the
plumber's and tinsmith's trades under the
instruction of his father, becoming proficient
in both. On February i, 1919, he
succeeded his father as head of the busi-
ness which Mr. Peck, Sr., had many years
before helped to found and which he had
ever since been continuously engaged in
building up into a large and flourishing
concern. Under the leadership of his
son it has steadily increased in strength
and in the scope of its transactions.
To his present responsible position Mr.
Peck brought the equipment of five years
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of valuable experience acquired while
serving as manager for his father. The
business is conducted chiefly on a basis
of local contracts, giving employment on
an average to about thirteen men. The
establishment, situated on Greenwich
avenue, is thoroughly modern in all its appointments.
While never neglecting the duties of a
good citizen, Mr. Peck's time is so fully
occupied as to render it impossible for
him to take an active part in community
affairs. He is ever ready to give all the
attention possible to any project for advancing
the town's best interests.
Mr. Peck married, in April, 1912, Elizabeth
I. Thompson, born in County Longford,
Ireland, daughter of James Thomp-
son, and they are the parents of one child
Hazel K.. born March 11, 1915.
Mr. Peck, in succeeding to the headship
of an old established and flourishing busi-
ness, has proved himself to be the right
man in the right place, and there is every
prospect that under his wise guidance
and skillful management the house has
entered upon a future which will in all
respects be worthy of its past.
DAYTON, Henry,
Man of Great TTaefnIness.
The Dayton family is an old one in the
annals of Greenwich, Connecticut. For
many generations there have been mem-
bers of this family prominent in the business
and public life of the town and
vicinity. Especially is this true in public
matters, and it seems fitting that the de-
scendants of the early settlers should be
found at the helm of the town's affairs.
Henry Dayton, a worthy scion of the
family, has brought honor to his name
through his work with the schools, which
has extended over a period of three dec-
ades. There is perhaps no other man of
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