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ganizations, and when the war came to
the United States, he became a member
of Company L of the First Regiment of
the State Guard, and at present holds a
commission as its second lieutenant. He
also became chairman of the Bristol
Chapter of the Americal Red Cross, and a
founder of and member of the Bristol War
Bureau. In addition to these rather
burdensome and confining activities, he
became by reason of his being president
of the Bristol National Bank, the liberty
loan chairman of the Bristol District
(Bristol, Forestville and Terryville) and
has managed all four campaigns, in which
Bristol very creditably exceeded its quota
in every drive in more than an average
way, and with a total of over $5,000,000 in
subscriptions.
Mr. Treadway has been deeply inter-
ested in the promotion of a project to
build an adequate recreation center for
young and old of Bristol, and is at this
time first vice-president of the Bristol
Community Club, which has a fund of
nearly $200,000 for the purpose men-
tioned. He takes an active interest in
associated employers' and manufacturers'
affairs, and has been for several years and
is now a member of the board of directors
and treasurer of the Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation of Hartford County. He is also
active in the interests of the manufac-
turers division of the Bristol Chamber of
Commerce and its chairman. The Man-
ufacturers' Association of Connecticut
also makes demands upon him, and in
191 5 he fought energetically for an adequate
and equitable state corporation tax
bill, which in that year became a law. He
is now a member of the executive com-
mittee, the managing body of the State
Association. He is a member of Franklin
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons
Pequabuck Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
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Ionic Council, Royal and Select Masters
Washington Commandery, No. 1, Knights
Templar; Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine;
Scottish Rite ; the Yale Club of New
York, the Graduates' Club of New Ha-
ven, the Farmington Country Club, the
Bristol Club, and the Shuttle Meadow
Country Club. He is a loyal and devoted
member of the Congregational church,
being bred in the faith of that body. He
is fond of outdoor life in many forms, and
is an enthusiastic devotee of golf, walk-
ing, horseback riding and automobiling.
Mr. and Mrs. Treadway are fond of travel
and have many delightful memories of
visits to all parts of this country and
neighboring points, i. c, in Canada and
Cuba.
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Mr. Treadway's family consists of a
wife and two sons, named Charles Terry,
Jr., and Graham Richards. His mar-
riage took place on June 4, 1902, and his
wife's maiden name was Isabella Graham
Richards.
Few men make their mark in the world
as early in life as Charles Terry Tread-
way. The secret of his success lies in his
guiding principle of life, and is of particular
interest to young men coming
from one of their own age. Mr. Treadway
says
In my mind one principle ever stands preemi-
nent as our guide to success as American citi-
zens, and more especially in this principle im-
portant with a young American. He should
stand unswerving in his loyalty to all those things
which make for the betterment of social, eccle-
siastical or material conditions. He should be at
once loyal to employer and employee, to church,
home and State, and perhaps more than all, to
every truly American ideal.
Mr. Treadway has found great help and
benefit from private study and reading of
economical treatises, financial and cor-
poration histories, and sociological litera-
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