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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/18/1946
Mr. and Mrs. John Wendler of
58 Falconer street celebrated their
Golden Anniversary last night
with a family dinner in Cosmo
Inn followed by a reception to
friends and neighbors in their
home.
The parents of two children.
Miss- Mary Wendler and William
Wendler, the couple have lived in
the Falconer street home during
their entire married life. They
have two grandchildren.
Mr. Wendler came to North
Tonawanda 37 years ago from
Wolcottsburg, N. Y. Finding employment
here he worked for
seven years before returning to his
home town to marry his childhood
sweetheart, Lizette Wollenberg.
Mr. Wendler's first job in the
Tonawandas was painting merrygo-
round horses for the old Armitage
Herschell Co., and his subsequent
career has followed this
work ever since. His leadership
won him early promotion and he
wss finally put in complete charge
of merry-go-round manufacture in
the plant. When the Armitage-
Herschell Co. discontinued the
manufacture of the famous amusement
devices, Mr. Wendler and
the late Allan Herschell and Frederick
Fritche organized the Allen
Herschell Company. The company
rapidly expanded snd following
the death of Messrs Herschell
and Fritche, Mr. Wendler and his
son, William, then just out of college,
acquired full ownership. A
year ago they purchased the business
of the Spillman Engineering
Co. so that today, Mr. Wendler
hesds the largest amusement ride
manufacturing company in the
world.
At seventy six years, he at still
working a regular hour day and
is, according to his fellow employees,
the first one at the office
every morning, in fact you can
set your watch by John Wendler's
appearance at t a.m.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wendler enjoy
exceptionally good health.
They attribute this to absence of
worry and regular hours. They
have taken but one vacation in
their entire married life.
Their many neighbors and
friends joined in wishing them a
continuance of a long and happy
life together. Mr. snd Mrs. Wendler
received many gifts and floral
tokens, among them a beautiful
basket of 50 yellow roses, significant
of the occasion.
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