The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-05

James w. Hook, president of the New England Council, Lewis s. Reed, president of the Citizens and Manufacturers National bank, and score of others honored the mem- ory of the deceased in formal and informal statements of tribute. To- day the Goss residence was deluged with messages of condolences from all parts of the country.
 Arrangements were completed to- day for the funeral, which will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon from St. Johns Episcopal church. The services will be con- ducted by Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis, rector, a personal friend of the de- ceased. Burial will be in the fam fly plot in Riverside cemetery, at the convenience of the family Dr. Lewis has been vacation ing in Maine, but on receiving word from Waterbury of the death of his friend, left immediately for Waterbury. Various organizations with which MT. Goss was affiliated made preparations today to attend the obsequies. Fitting resolutions expressing the loss sustained by the community, the Scovill Manufactur- ing company and subsidiaries, and other enterprises in the passing of MT. Goss will be recorded shortly.
 Surviving
 MT. GoSs is survived by his widow, the former Miss Harriet Wheeler to whom he was married on September IS, 1891; three sons, former Congressman Edward w. Goss, presently of Washington, D. C.: William Middlebrook Goss, sec retary of the Scovill company, and Eliot Porter Goss, also identified with the company; three brothers, John H. Goss, vice president and general superintendent; George A. Goss and Chauncey P. Goss, sec- ond, both vice presidents, and one sister, Mrs. Hugh L. Thompson of Waterbury.
 The Scovill Manufacturing com- pany, oldest brass concern in the United States, attained its greatest efficiency and prominence under the executive guidance of members of the Goss family, particularly under the supervision of the late Chaun- cey P. Goss. Original founders of the company were prominent in Revolutionary War days and as in- dividuals had carried on in the manufacturing of buttons and brass for many years. The history of the Scovill company dates, however, from 1902, when 1t was known as the Abel Porter & company. Chauncey P. Goss became associat- ed with it in 1862 and step by step rose rom the position of bookkeeper to the highest executive office. He was president at the time of his death in 1918 at the age of 30 years.
 Receives Degree
 Edward Otis Goss, oldest of seven children, was born in Waterbury September 29, 1865, the son of Chauncey P. and Carolin e (Ketcham Goss. He was educated in local schools and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an M. E. degree in 1887. Following a brief apprentice ship as draughtsman in the Water bury Farrel Foundry, he started his eventful career with the Scovill Manufacturing company, career that paralleled that of his father in executive ability and progress. He held the offices of assistant treas urer, general manager, vice-presi- dent and treasurer and in 1920 at- tained the highest office, that of president.
 Under his guidance the Scovill company's capital was gradually in- creased from five to thirty-five mill lions of dollars and the holdings of the company from time to time were made more valuable and more im- portant in the industrial world by the acquisition of the American Pin company, the Oakyille company, the Gilchrist company of Newark, N. J., the Hamilton Beach company of Racine, Wis, the Morency Van Buren company of Sturgis, Mich, and the Schrader Valve company of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Various Affiliations
 MT. Goss also served as director of the New Haven road for a period ---+-------------------