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uary 2$, 1886; and Marshall, born May 1,
1895.
Scott H. Simon received primary edu-
cation in the public schools of his native
place, and gained higher education in the
Ray en High School, from which he grad-
uated in good place in the class of 1899.
Soon thereafter he took junior office in
the bank of the Dollar Savings and Trust
Company, and was evidently an alert,
painstaking and accurate employee, for
within a period of little more than four
years he was advanced rapidly from posi-
tion to position in the various departments
of the banking house until he
reached that of assistant teller. As such,
he came more directly before the notice
of the patrons of the institution, and very
soon was approached and offered sub-
stantial betterment if he relinquished his
banking appointment and took account-
ing capacity with the firm of Willkoff
Bros., of Youngstown, Ohio. This he did,
but within twelve months received another
offer, which it was to his advantage
to accept. It necessitated his removal to
Hartford, Connecticut, as the manufacturing
corporation, the Carlyle Johnson
Machine Company, with which he had
been in negotiation, required his services
in their offices in that city. So it hap-
pened that Mr. Simon came to Connecti-
cut and to Hartford in February, 1904.
At the outset, his official status with the
firm of the Carlyle Johnson Machine
Company, then of Hartford, but now of
Manchester, was that of bookkeeper, and
in accounting capacity had even then
reached the limit of possible advance-
ment. But Mr. Simon is essentially a
man of progress, and soon made it evident
that other responsibilities came
within the range of his capabilities. A
keen observer, a thorough systematizer,
and a man of pronounced organizing and
constructive ability, made effective by
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hard and conscientious work, Mr. Simon
did not remain long as bookkeeper; by
June, 1905, he had so thoroughly grasped
the details of the manufacturing business
in which the firm was engaged, and had
so convinced his employers that their
interest lay in vesting in him added re-
sponsibilities, that he was elected to the
treasurership of the corporation, and also
appointed general manager of the plant,
which later developed to such an extent
that quarters much more commodious
were necessary. These were secured in
Manchester, in which town Mr. Simon
has since continued to supervise the
manufacturing and financial departments
of the company.
Under his supervision, the production by
the firm has more than doubled, and he
has opened markets which hitherto were
inaccessible. The Carlyle Johnson Machine
Company specializes in the manu-
facture of the Johnson Friction Clutch,
an appliance introduced to, used by, and
reported favorably upon, by some of the
principal manufacturing plants of the
country, and the ever-increasing volume
of orders and repeat orders indicates that
the specialty of the Carlyle Johnson Ma-
chine Company is a reliable and essential
fitting, valued and required by large users
of machinery.
Mr. Simon is essentially a man of bus-
iness, but he takes keen interest in politi-
cal movements, though his business re-
sponsibilities will not permit the time
necessary to undertake public office. But,
with the coming of serious times of na-
tional distress in consequence of the
affronts to which the Nation has recently
been subjected by a European power, Mr.
Simon engaged actively in the enrolling
of the Home Guard in his district, and
undertook readily and enthusiastically the
arduous and onerous duties of one of
the recruiting officers of that military