The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

People In all walks of life flock Q, to Fulton Park yesterday after noon Co attend the unveiling of thu tablet to the late Mir and Mrs WI liam E. Fulton, donors of tho park Evidently the committee though that they had provided . seat fo everybody but this was not 50. very large number of seats wer' arranged about the tablet, all o which were occupied and severa hundred stood during the exerctscs which were brief, but Impressive.
 Thomas r. Moore, secretary 0 the park board spoke of tho Dur pose of the gathering, and explain cd that tho ilkeneBses of Mir nnt Mrs Fulton produced on the table repreHo nted them Just as they ap penred twenty years ago., addtnt that some of us might prefer to se' them aB we know them In later year but thls was the view of the artlst Tho purpose of tho tablet, he salt was to perpetuate tho memory o MT and Mrs Fulton 50 that ,thos' of us who arc sharers of hla gen eroBlty to-day, us well as future generations may know his gener osity. Tho tablet was unveiled b! MisH Elizabeth Fulton, granddnugh tor of MF and Mrs Fulton. Attorne, Terence Y. Cnrmody made tn, dedication address and Mayor Frank Hayes accepted the gift of behalf Of the City of Waterbury.
 Mir Carmody said;
 H0n0red Sir.
 On behalf of the Board of Park Commissioners of thls city, 1 have tho honor of present Ing Go you Ht It's Mayor, this modest memorial 0i bronze and granite to, and in com. momOrntlve appreciation of VII. Ham Edwards Fulton and idu Lewis Fulton, who gave this parl, memory of their son Lowis Ed' wards Fulton.
 Designed by and built under th, supervision of Professor IL. u Ebcrhard, head of the Department Of Sculpture of the School of Fine Arts of Yaie University, It has boen treeted by tho 1onrd of Park Com mIBsl0ners und0r the auspices 0f q committee of that board consisting of Your Honor, Mir John r. Elton and Mr Thomas r. Moore.
 Although born In Brooklyn, New York, Mir Fulton h0d been c resi- dent of this city approximately y sixty years at the time of hih death, and Mrs Fulton was U na- tive and iifo.long rosIdent of thin
 When Mir Fulton camc here in 1878 to accept m office position with local manufacturing com puny, no was n handsome, ambi. ti0us, and serious minded young man. fn 1877 lie became affiliated with what iH now known us Tho Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company, which connec. ton lasted moro than half C cen. tury. ijy ylrtuo of his applion ton, ability and loyalty no became q director, treasurer and eventually president of that company. He was C dominant figure In It's great pro. gross and development that TO. sponsiblllty to his son William Shirley Fulton.
 For nearly C quarter of a century no was '0n officer and director of one of our local National banks and was c charter member and president of the Hoard of Park Commissioners.
 In 1877 he married Miss lda Lewis, C lovely, young woman Of splendid Ideals and Intellect. For more than half a century they CD. j0yed happy, Gompani0na ble marital fife, and were blessed with three sons, Lewis Edwards. de. ceased, william Shirley of this city, nnd Irving Kent Fulton Of Sails. bury.
 snddened by tho death Of their eldest son. Lewis, iB 1918. they do- ctdcd Go provide a memorial to him in this. hls native city. and soon afterward began purchasing lnnd for thnt purpose in the neigh. borh00d of what WIS then known as HeKernan's pond, and centin- ued until they had acquired ap:: prOxiinntely seventy acres, named it Lewis Fulton Memorial Park iii memory of their son and conveyed tho land to thlg city as a gift in perpetuity for tho recreation and enjoyment of It's people. i.
 Not satisfied with their Initial gift of land, they made numerous contributions of money for the de- veiopnent of the park which they supervised as long IS their health permitted, making it one Of tho most beautiful ana highly develop. cd parks in New England. !.
 T'he acquisition and development of the park afforded Mir and Mrs Fulton some of the grentest hap piness of their lives, and many who observed them as they looked up- on the young people of the city disporting themselves upon its green grass or in its giistsning VII. ter or enjoying It's other health. . giving facilities. have remarked that their pleasure seemed un' in Mr Tuitsn were rarely blend ; a the lovabie virtues of niOdesty. friendiiness, and above all. m fn- tense love of his fellow fnen.
 ffis manner was quiet and dignl-