Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-07-05
CONTINUE BALI L0T|Nc DESPITE DEADL 0Ck.
PEACE PROPOSALS ARE TURNED DOWN
C0rham L. BOyntOn'S
Death Is Great Shock
Lumber Company Head and
Community Leader Dies
Suddenly at SeWaren

SEWAREN, July 5.-The death of
Gorham L. Boynton at his West ave-
nue. home here about Q o'clock last
night came as a great shock to his
hundreds of friends and acquaint-
ances in ,Sewaren, Woodbridge town.
ship and Perth Amboy.
Apparently in the best of health
following his dinner last night Mr..
Boynton was stricken while prepar-
ing to accompany his wife to a dance
In the Sewaren Land and Water
Club. Mrs. Boynton Immediately
teleponed for DIR. George w. Fithian.
Mr.. Boynton died about ten minutes
after the physicians arrival. Angina
pectoris was given as the cause of
Mr.. Boynton's death, it being an
acute heart trouble.
News of Mr.. Boynton's death
spread quickly through Sewaren
and Woodbridge causing a pail of
sorrow to fall upon those who knew
him. In the death of Gorham l..
Boynton. Woodbridge Township loses
one of it's most prominent, progress
sive and public spirited citizens. Mr..
Boynton had worked ceaselessly for
the advancement of Woodbridge and
was one of the men responsible for
the establishment of a Rotary Club
in Woodbridge, which has already
made its presence felt. Liberal,
kind hearted and genial Mr.. Boynton
was highly respected and esteemed
by all who were acquainted with him
in either business or social circles.
Born fifty-three years ago in
Woodbridge, the son of the late CAST
saig II, Boytoalf and Eunice Hartman
Boyton, he grew up in the township
and began his successful career as a
lumber man when he started in busi-
ness as the Gorham l.. Boynton
Lumber Company at Sewaren. He
later was affiliated with Ernest
Chalmers of Bangor, Me-, in the lum-
ber business and finally bought out
the other interests, making 1t the
Boynton Lumber Company. of which
he, was the president. 'i
His business ability is apparent in
the manner in which the company
has flourished, expanding yearly un-
der the guiding hand of its president.
In 1900 Mr.. Boynton married Mrs.
Maud Ware. Two sons survive, c..
Ware and David L. -Four sisters,
Miss Louise Boynton, of New York
City; Mrs. Alfred Childs, of Terra
Haute, Ind; Mrs. William T. Ames,
of Sewaren, and Mrs. Frances M.
Drake, of Sewaren, also survive, as
do two brothers, Albert Boynton OF
Schenectady and Ernest II. Boynton
of Woodbridge.
Mr.. Boynton was a member of the
Society of Cincinnati; Rotary Club
of Woodbridge; New Jersey Lumber
mans Association; Sons of the Am
erican, Revolution; honorary member
of the Woodbridge Fire Department; |;
Masons; president Middlesex County
Building Material Dealers Associa-
ton; chairman Board of Directors,
Material Mems Credit Association; !;
ex-commodore of the Sewaren Land
and Water Club, and active member
of the Woodbridge memorial NUM-
cipal building celebration committee.
The deceased was still working on
the memorial project. having sent
out last week to every voter in the
township blanks to be filled out with
the names of the ex-service men of
the World War which will be placed
in the new township building.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at o'clock from the
Boynton residence. 4S3 West avenue.
Interment will be private.