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tween the employer and those who work
for his interests. He has installed shower
baths, modern metal lockers, etc., mak-
ing the working conditions as nearly ideal
as possible. His office is modern in its
equipment and a model of neatness such
as can be found in few foundries of this
size. The business has enjoyed rapid yet
sturdy growth, and the firm is well known
in the trade. In all his business dealings,
both with the employees and with the
buying public, Mr. Brown is sincere, fair
and honest, courteous always, never
swerving from the policy of the concern
as inaugurated by his father, that of high-
est quality product and strict upright
dealings. It is not difficult to prophesy,
nor is it unwarranted, that a brilliant fu-
ture lies before the young man at the
head of this business. Mr. Brown is a
member of the Stamford Manufacturing
Association, the Brass Founders' Asso-
ciation of Connecticut, Stamford Board of
Trade, the State Manufacturers' Associ-
ation of Connecticut, Inc., at Hartford,
Connecticut, and the American Foundrymen's
Association of Chicago, Illinois.
Socially Mr. Brown is more than usu-
ally prominent. He takes great interest
in the work and teachings of the Masonic
fraternity, and is a member of Union
Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons
Rittenhouse Chapter, Royal Arch Masons
; Washington Council, Royal and
Select Masters, all of Stamford ; and is
also a member of Clinton Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Norwalk ; Lafayette
Consistory and Pyramid Temple, of
Bridgeport ; and a member of Stamford
Lodge, No. 899, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks ; of the Rippowan
Lodge and Wascussee Encampment, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of
Stamford.
Mr. Brown is also identified strongly
with the religious life of Stamford, and
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is active in St. Luke's Episcopal Church
of Stamford. He is treasurer of the
church, was president of the Men's Club
in 1918, and is now treasurer of the club.
He is also treasurer of the church choir,
vice-president and treasurer of the Boys'
Club, and is one of the alternates of the
bishops of the diocese of St. John's parish.
Successful in business, due largely to
his own industry and initiative, socially
popular, of a character which the youth of
the city would do well to emulate, and
with the best years of his life yet before
him, Mr. Brown can easily be called one
of the coming men of Stamford, one who
will make more than a passing impression
on the history of the city.
BEARSE, George F., Jr.,
Financier.
Prominent among the banking men in
the State of Connecticut is George F.
Bearse, Jr., of Darien. For many years
he trained himself and added to his store
of knowledge before incorporating the
Home Bank and Trust Company, of Da-
rien, and in 1912, the year in which this
institution was organized, a new era in
banking began for the little town of
Darien. There were many who doubted
the possibility of the enterprise being
successful, but they had not counted on
the experience of Mr. Bearse, who became
secretary and treasurer, offices which he
still holds. Mr. Bearse was born September
26, 1881, in Norwalk, son of George
F. and Lizzie (Stow) Bearse.
Joshua Y. Bearse, the great-grand-
father of George F. Bearse, Jr., was a res-
ident of Chatham, Massachusetts, and is
undoubtedly a descendant of the imi-
grant, Augustin Bearse, who founded the
family which is so numerous in Cap Cod
and vicinity. Joshua Y. Bearse was a
school teacher for many years, and in the