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in the United States, and built well within
the appropriation. Mr. Tryon is still liv-
ing, aged ninet) six years. Mr. and Mrs.
Leete were the parents of two sons and
a daughter: i. Malcolm R.., born Febru-
ary i. 1894, enlisted in May. 1917, as a
private in the United States Hospital
Corps, in service in France; he was prob-
ably one of the first to sail for foreign
service, and served twenty-one months
until his discharge, April 18, 1919. 2.
Marian Tryon, born April 15, [896. 3.
William Kenneth, horn August 2~ , [897,
fa a graduate of the Preparatory School at
Swathmore; he joined the Yale Battery,
and was at Camp Tobyhanna, Pennsyl-
vania.
WHITAKER, George Lewis,
Transportation Manager.
The work of the world is done by those
who have the strength, physical or mental,
to carry the weight of their own burdens,
and still help lift those of their fellowmen.
No matter what the work may be,
the personality of the worker and the
conscientious fulfillment of every duty in-
volved, makes the work and the worker a
benefit to mankind, and gives both a dignity
to be won in no other way. Among
those men in the city of Hartford, Con-
necticut, whose work meets the never
ceasing need of the people, is George
Lewis Whitaker, of Whitaker i\; Bacon,
tiie well known car men of Trumbull
street.
Whitaker is one of those names which
are derived from the location of the pro-
genitor's home. It means dweller at the
White Field. It i- of English origin, and
dates back to the fourteenth century. The
field was undoubtedly named either be-
cause oi some white flower growing in
abundance in it. or because some incident
making it necessary to designate the place
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occurred during an unusually severe w in-
ter, when the field was covered with sno
George Lewis Whitaker, of the linn of
Whitaker