The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21
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The death of John H. Goss Monday morning removed from our Community the eighth president Of Scoyl Manufacturing Company and the third of tne Goss family to have held that important position HIS predecessors had been J. M. L. ScoVl, s. M bucKng- ham, S. w. Hall, F. J. Kingsbury, c. F. Goss M h. Sperry, and E. O. Goss, brother of John H. doSS HIS term of presidency had closed September 22 on ms resienation ten days after completing his hafcentury in Scovill service His death thus removed nm ony from the position, created upon his resignaton oA chairman of the Scovill Board of Directors Mr. Goss
 had been president since 1888 when he succeeded to the office upon the death of his brother EdWaro WHO hao served in that office since 1920.
 John entered the scovl plant upon graduating from Yale in 1894 and was apprenticed in the Tool ana Machine Room of the Button Department. He became assistant to its superintendent John Lnes in 1se ana on the latters illness in 1903 became acting superin- tendent His appointment as superintendent followed in 1o05 This became the superntendency Of the manu facturng consolidation of the Button and Burner depart ments in 1908 and he became general superintendent or the entire plant in 1909 He assumed in that office the general direction of plants casting shop and mills US maintenance and service and its industrial and personnel relations as we'll It's manufacturing operations and the extensive tool and machine activities which unoerne them He continued general superintendent until nS election as President when he became General Manager His corporate relationship began in 1906 when he was elected a director. He became secretary in 1918 and vice president in 1919 teaing up in this way with his father and later with his elder brother during their presidencies.
 The plant career of MT. GoSs was marked by four stages of accomplishments First was the consolidation and efficient correlation of the activities of the manu- factrng department together with an inventive lnlta tive i various of It's important products second was the intensive development of the plant performance during the First World War, which was marked by unprecedented production unrivaed quality, and con- comtant enlargement of plant into that so well known today Third the difficult reorganization Of the ous mess in the postwar adjustment and In the crucial depression of the 1030 together with the fundamental shaping of the industrial relations which grew out of the
 labor organization movement of that period Fourtn was the speedy and complete conversion of the plant and it's several constituents divisions to the service of the country in the present There had never been ana 1t is questionable if there will be again. half cer- tury so fraught with significant and far-reaching changes in the Company
 His activities outside of the Company were continu- ous and important to both city and state Notable among them were his positions on the State Jail Com mission the State Farm for Women the state Textle Commission the State Water Commission ana, perhaps most important of a the State Board of Mediation ana Arbitration in which the snguary successful record was achieved through the mediation effort than by spe- cc arbitration He was always believer eve ar m cUer years president of the Manufacturers Association Of Connecticut and acting president during the unex pired term of President E. Kent Hubbard.
 His city activities included SerVce rom 1Sl4 OO ASzz on the Board of Education and from 1922 to 1888 on the Board of Finance He held active positions on the Boards of the two hospitals of the city and of the YMCA Ills business directorships outside of Scov included the Waterbury Savings Bank, the Citizens and Manufac- turerS National Bank the Nazareth Cement Company, the New Britain Machine Company, the Alden M. Young Company, Mountain Lake Corporation, and the Manu- facturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was trustee of the National Industrial Conference Board and
 member of the Business Advisory Council for the U. S. Department of Commerce
 Republican in politics, he served in appointive capacities under Democratic administrations national state and local He member of the First Congrega- tional Church. the Waterbury Club and Country Club, the Yale Club Of New York and the Graduates Club of New Haven and the Country Club of Pine Orchard, where he had his summer home.
 Mr. Goss was born in Waterbury June 5, 1872, attended Holbrook Military Academy before graduating from Yale with the class of 94 which recently held its 5Oth Reunion at Pine Orchard He married Ella Shep arson Young in 1902 and two years after her death Margaret M Goodwin in 1885 He is survived by her and by three children Mrs Elizabeth Goss Wild John Brockway Goss who heads the Scovill Manufacturing Company Planning Department, and Milton Warner Goss an attorney of Branford, Connecticut
 May he rest in peace