. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 84 The Florists' Review ? ?";• .^i-w^t;*,?'! Skptbmbbb 9, 1015. BENWELL'S ANNIYEBSABY. Thomas J. Benwell completed fifty years of service with A. H. Hews & Co., the North Cambridge, Mass., pot manufacturers, August 31. In recogni- tion of his long and faithful service, the directors presented him with $50 in gold. Mr. Benwell hails from Birming- ham, England, where he was born in 1851. He had the unusual experience of crossing the Atlantic three times in sailing vessels with his father before he was 2 years of age. In 1865 he started work
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 84 The Florists' Review ? ?";• .^i-w^t;*,?'! Skptbmbbb 9, 1015. BENWELL'S ANNIYEBSABY. Thomas J. Benwell completed fifty years of service with A. H. Hews & Co., the North Cambridge, Mass., pot manufacturers, August 31. In recogni- tion of his long and faithful service, the directors presented him with $50 in gold. Mr. Benwell hails from Birming- ham, England, where he was born in 1851. He had the unusual experience of crossing the Atlantic three times in sailing vessels with his father before he was 2 years of age. In 1865 he started work with the Hews Co., at the plant in Weston, Mass. In those days the output of pots averaged 5,000 weekly and it was his duty and that of another boy to watch the pots, which were all dried outdoors, and if any rain happened along the pots had to be picked up and carried under cover. In 1869 A. H. Hews & Co. moved to North Cambridge, where they are. Thomas J. Benwell. now located. It is interesting to note the difference in the output now and fifty years ago. Last year 20,000,000 pots were sold. Machinery was first used in the manufacture of pots in 1869 and George Wilson, of Maiden, bought the first load of machine-made pots. Mr. Benwell has been on the road as a salesman for the firm for over thirty years and there are few in the trade in New England who do not know his honest and ever cheery coun- tenance. The loss of his right arm a number of years ago, which would have made many men despondent, has made no difference to the geniality and cheerfulness of our friend. W, N. C. PROVIDENCE, E. I. The Market. There was no change in market or business conditions last week. Funeral work was about the only outlet for the supply of flowers that came in. There has been an unusual shortage of white roses, which has forced the price up to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appe
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