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sion Mr. Wright was associated with
Judge Walsh until the latter's death,
when he formed his present partnership
with William Smith Hirschberg, under
the firm name of Wright & Hirschberg.
This firm is engaged in the general prac-
tice of law. In politics Mr. Wright is a
Republican. He was assistant prosecuting
attorney for the town of Greenwich
for a number of years, and is now general
counsel for that town. He is a member
of the committee on the admission
to the Fairfield county bar of attorneys
from other states without examination.
He is a director and vice-president of the
Western Connecticut Title & Mortgage
Company, and his firm is the Greenwich
counsel for that company. The principal
office of that company is in Stamford,
and John C. Durey of that place is its
general counsel.
Besides his legal interests, Mr. Wr
right
is active in a number of local business en-
terprises. He is a director and treasurer
of the Belle Haven Land Company, di-
rector and vice-president of the Boswell
Drug Company, a director and treasurer
of the Martin Clothing Company, and a
trustee of the Greenwich Savings Bank,
now in process of dissolution.
Mr. Wright has given largely of his
time to public affairs. He was a member
and the chairman of the Board of Estimate
and Taxation of the town of Greenwich
from its organization in 1909 to
191 7, and has been chairman of the various
committees which have in recent
years arranged me bond issues for that
town. He was i member of the Greenwich
War Bo^rd, is a director of the
Young Men's Christian Association, a
member of tht. Greenwich Library, of the
Greenwich Council of Boy Scouts of
America, and nas recently ended a term
of service on the board of directors of
the Greenwicn Social Service Leagrue.
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He is a member of the Volunteer Fire
Company, of the Field Club of Green-
wich, and of the Greenwich Casino Association.
He is a member of the Second
Congregational Church and has served
that church in various capacities, having
been member of its business committee
for six years, chairman of the committee
for the reconstruction of its spire, chairman
of the last pastoral committee, and
the clerk of the church since the retirement
of his father in 1912.
GOULDEN, Edward Morris,
Founder of the Goulden Van Company.
The memory of a wholesome, genial
spirit is cherished by every one whose
life comes within its influence. It is eminently
fitting that the name of Edward
Morris Goulden should be recorded
among the names which the city of Stam-
ford delights to honor. There is no serv-
ice to mankind which fills a larger place
in the community than the practical
every-day activity of those who minister
to the homely needs of the people, and
the name of Goulden will long be a household
word in many families whose com-
fort he has served.
The name of Goulden is one of those
names which are derived from the per-
sonal characteristics of some ancestor
who first became known by the name.
Tts origin is found in the Anglo-Saxon
personal name, Golda, signifying golden,
and was usually given to one of golden
hair. In the early records it was spelled
in many different ways, various forms
being: Goulding, Goolding, Golding, and
the form herein denoted, Goulden. The
family was established in England for
many generations before this branch was
transplanted to America.
Mr. Goulden's great-grandfather was
a resident of Hanley, Dorset, England.