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tion, and is now the owner of a large
estate hereabouts, in addition to his reg-
ular business. Mr. House is one of those
men whose mind naturally grasps the business
opportunities which present them-
selves and he is equally quick to take ad-
vantage of such as he sees. Some years
ago he formed one of the group of men
who organized the Windsor Trust &
Safe Deposit Company, an extremely
successful financial institution, and since
that time has held a place on its director-
ate.
However well-known Mr. House is in
the business world, it is probably true
that his reputation is even wider as a man
of affairs in and about Windsor. He has
always been closely and prominently
identified with the Republican party here,
and for many years has been regarded as
one of the leaders of its local organiza-
tion. He has always taken a keen inter-
est in local affairs and has played a very
prominent part in their conduct. He represented
the town of Windsor in the Con-
necticut State Legislature during the session
of that body in 191 5, and served on
the committees on appropriations and the
school fund. While serving on this com-
mittee he was instrumental in having a
bill passed requiring all school funds to
be invested in the State of Connecticut,
and investments were to be withdrawn
from all other States within five years.
He has ever held the general welfare of the
community close at heart and has worked
indefatigably in his various official posi-
tions to advance its interests. While a
member of the Legislature, he introduced
and succeeded in having passed a bill
authorizing a State expenditure of fifty
thousand dollars to be used in the building
of the underpass road at Windsor,
where the railroad crosses the State highway.
He is at the present time as active
as ever in his association with the Re-
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publican organization, and is a member of
the Windsor Republican town committee.
He is also a past president of the Windsor
Business Men's Association, having
served in that capacity for three years.
He was elected for a fourth term, but de-
clined the honor. Mr. House has been a
pioneer in almost all the movements undertaken
for the development of his home
community of recent years, and no man
has played a more important part in se-
curing the many improvements which the
community has recently enjoyed. He
has been chairman of the committee of
Windsor fire district since its organiza-
tion in 1910, and was the prime mover in
securing this organization. He it was
also that induced the Windsor fire district
to purchase the Windsor Water
Company, a step of great value to the
town. Mr. House was a member of a
great number of organizations of various
kinds in the community, social, fraternal
and otherwise, and is especially prominent
in the Masonic order, in which he
has taken his thirty-second degree. He
is a member of Washington Lodge, No.
70, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
of Windsor, and is a past master thereof;
of Pythagoras Chapter, No. 17, Royal
Arch Masons, of Hartford ; of Walcott
Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters,
of Hartford ; of Washington Command-
ery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Hartford ;
of Sphinx Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Hartford
and the Consistory, Sovereign Princes of
the Royal Secret, of the same city. He
is also a member of Eureka Chapter,
Eastern Star, of Windsor, and of Palisado
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
here. He is held in high esteem by
his fellow-townsmen generally for the
part that he has played and is still play-
ing in the development and growth of the
community. In his religious belief Mr.
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