A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative ..., Volume 2; by George Frederick Wright
Carl G. Friday. One of the oldest and at the same time one of the most progressive business houses of Elyria is that now conducted under the name of Friday & Thomas, a furniture and undertaking concern that has won a firmly-established place in the business history of the city. It was founded here in 1861 by the maternal grandfather of Carl G. Friday, the senior partner, Henry Rimbach, Sr., who was succeeded by his sons, Henry and George Rimbach, who conducted the business under the style of Rimbach Brothers. When they dissolved partnership Henry Rimbach, Jr., was alone in the business for eighteen years, or until his death, when it was continued by Ernest and George Rimbach, who restored the old name of Rimbach Brothers, it being carried on as such for six years. At the time of Ernest Rimbach's death, Carl G. Friday bought his interest from Mr. Rimbach's widow, the firm name then becoming Rimbach & Friday, which continued until, one year before his death, Mr. Rimbach sold his share in the enterprise to Glade B. Thomas, Friday, October 13, 1913, the firm then becoming, as at present, Friday & Thomas, the first time in more than fifty years that the name of Rimbach had not been connected with the establishment.
Carl G. Friday, senior member of the firm of Friday & Thomas, was born at Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, February 14, 1881, and is a son of Charles F. and Anna M. (Rimbach) Friday. His father, a native of Germany, was about four years of age when he came to the United States with his parents, who settled at Elyria. Here the youth was reared and educated, and as a young man became identified with railroading, in which he has passed his entire career, having been for twenty-nine years in the employ of the New York Central Lines, first as fireman, and later, as at present, as locomotive engineer.. Mrs. Friday was born, reared, educated and married at Elyria, and like her husband survives and is living in their comfortable home. They are the parents of three children, namely: Carl G., of Elyria; E. Louise, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Clara May, residing with her parents at Elyria. All three children were born and educated at Elyria, and E. Louise was given the advantages of a business course at Oberlin.
Carl G. Friday received only meager educational advantages in his youth, as his parents were in modest circumstances at that time, and the family needed the wages which he could earn. However, he was a bright, alert lad, possessing industry that caused him to take advantage of every opportunity and a retentive mind that made him an excellent scholar, and during the time he attended the German Lutheran schools, he acquired an education far in advance of many of his fellows who enjoyed greater advantages. He was only fourteen years of age when he put aside his studies to accept his first position, employment at the old candy factory of Clark & Company, on Cheapside, located on the present site of Bivins' Walk-Over Boot and Shoe Store. Later he drove a delivery and grocery wagon for Seward & Goldberg, prior to the erection of the first Elyria Block, which was destroyed by fire, and which stood on the present site of the new Elyria Block. Mr. Friday's next employer was W. H. Smith, the West Side grocer, for whom he worked for five years, then entering the employ of the National Tube Company of South Lorain, where he was employed as chemist in the chemical laboratory for five years under W. B. N. Hawk, who is still chief chemist there and who remains as one of Mr. Friday's best friends.
Mr. Friday entered business on his own account at Elyria, in May, 1905, in partnership with George Rimbach, under the firm name of Rimbach & Friday, as before mentioned. At that time, in order to prepare himself for his new duties, he took a course at the Massachusetts College of Embalming, at Boston, from which he was duly graduated. He is also a graduate of the Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, of Chicago, Illinois, and received his state license from the Ohio State Board of Embalming Examiners in June, 1906.
In addition to carrying the largest stock of furniture at Elyria, the firm of Friday & Thomas conducts the leading undertaking business here. Mr. Friday is a thorough master of the art of embalming and has received letters from people in various parts of the United States where he has shipped bodies commending his work. The business has grown from a $10,000 per year concern, as when Mr. Friday came, to an enterprise doing a business annually of $50,000. The chapel and morgue are located at No. 580 Broad Street, while the furniture establishment is at No. 582, next door, and occupies two floors, in addition to which there are maintained three warehouses. Mr. Friday has charge of the undertaking department, while Mr. Thomas has full control of the furniture end of the business, although both are capable men in both directions and assist each other when necessary. The firm has the finest automobile funeral equipment in the northern part of Ohio, not excepting Cleveland, and has just purchased one of the finest automobile invalid carriages in the country. This is a combination of hearse and invalid carriage, with a full limousine front and very pleasing body design, being ornamented tastefully with hand-carving to relieve the plainness. The finish is a beautiful silver gray with gold striping, and the interior of the car is veneered with genuine mahogany. An adjustable invalid bed is included, one that may be taken up and down the average stairs. The chassis is the Riddle Coach & Hearse Company's, of Ravenna, Ohio, six-cylinder, forty-five horse-power, a motor which under severe tests has shown itself capable of traveling the worst roads in the country.
Mr. Friday is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors' Association, and of various civic and social organizations at Elyria. Still a young man, he has gained such an excellent reputation in his native community that in 1915 the citizens of Elyria circulated a paper, with 200 signatures, boosting Mr. Friday for the mayoralty, and even in the face of Mr. Friday's prompt and decisive refusal tried for a long time to persuade him to be a candidate. However, he finally convinced them that it is his belief that public service and business are not congenial. Last year Mr. Friday served as treasurer of the Democratic Club, of which he is vice president at this time. He owns his own home at No. 123 West Bridge Street, which he erected in 1912.
On November 27, 1910, at Elyria, Mr. Friday was united in marriage with Miss R. Mae Arpin, of Alpena, Michigan, who was reared and educated in the city of her birth and is now well and popularly known in social circles of Elyria.
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Carl G. Friday. One of the oldest and at the same time one of the most progressive business houses of Elyria is that now conducted under the name of Friday & Thomas, a furniture and undertaking concern that has won a firmly-established place in the business history of the city. It was founded here in 1861 by the maternal grandfather of Carl G. Friday, the senior partner, Henry Rimbach, Sr., who was succeeded by his sons, Henry and George Rimbach, who conducted the business under the style of Rimbach Brothers. When they dissolved partnership Henry Rimbach, Jr., was alone in the business for eighteen years, or until his death, when it was continued by Ernest and George Rimbach, who restored the old name of Rimbach Brothers, it being carried on as such for six years. At the time of Ernest Rimbach's death, Carl G. Friday bought his interest from Mr. Rimbach's widow, the firm name then becoming Rimbach & Friday, which continued until, one year before his death, Mr. Rimbach sold his share in the enterprise to Glade B. Thomas, Friday, October 13, 1913, the firm then becoming, as at present, Friday & Thomas, the first time in more than fifty years that the name of Rimbach had not been connected with the establishment.
Carl G. Friday, senior member of the firm of Friday & Thomas, was born at Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, February 14, 1881, and is a son of Charles F. and Anna M. (Rimbach) Friday. His father, a native of Germany, was about four years of age when he came to the United States with his parents, who settled at Elyria. Here the youth was reared and educated, and as a young man became identified with railroading, in which he has passed his entire career, having been for twenty-nine years in the employ of the New York Central Lines, first as fireman, and later, as at present, as locomotive engineer.. Mrs. Friday was born, reared, educated and married at Elyria, and like her husband survives and is living in their comfortable home. They are the parents of three children, namely: Carl G., of Elyria; E. Louise, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Clara May, residing with her parents at Elyria. All three children were born and educated at Elyria, and E. Louise was given the advantages of a business course at Oberlin.
Carl G. Friday received only meager educational advantages in his youth, as his parents were in modest circumstances at that time, and the family needed the wages which he could earn. However, he was a bright, alert lad, possessing industry that caused him to take advantage of every opportunity and a retentive mind that made him an excellent scholar, and during the time he attended the German Lutheran schools, he acquired an education far in advance of many of his fellows who enjoyed greater advantages. He was only fourteen years of age when he put aside his studies to accept his first position, employment at the old candy factory of Clark & Company, on Cheapside, located on the present site of Bivins' Walk-Over Boot and Shoe Store. Later he drove a delivery and grocery wagon for Seward & Goldberg, prior to the erection of the first Elyria Block, which was destroyed by fire, and which stood on the present site of the new Elyria Block. Mr. Friday's next employer was W. H. Smith, the West Side grocer, for whom he worked for five years, then entering the employ of the National Tube Company of South Lorain, where he was employed as chemist in the chemical laboratory for five years under W. B. N. Hawk, who is still chief chemist there and who remains as one of Mr. Friday's best friends.
Mr. Friday entered business on his own account at Elyria, in May, 1905, in partnership with George Rimbach, under the firm name of Rimbach & Friday, as before mentioned. At that time, in order to prepare himself for his new duties, he took a course at the Massachusetts College of Embalming, at Boston, from which he was duly graduated. He is also a graduate of the Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, of Chicago, Illinois, and received his state license from the Ohio State Board of Embalming Examiners in June, 1906.
In addition to carrying the largest stock of furniture at Elyria, the firm of Friday & Thomas conducts the leading undertaking business here. Mr. Friday is a thorough master of the art of embalming and has received letters from people in various parts of the United States where he has shipped bodies commending his work. The business has grown from a $10,000 per year concern, as when Mr. Friday came, to an enterprise doing a business annually of $50,000. The chapel and morgue are located at No. 580 Broad Street, while the furniture establishment is at No. 582, next door, and occupies two floors, in addition to which there are maintained three warehouses. Mr. Friday has charge of the undertaking department, while Mr. Thomas has full control of the furniture end of the business, although both are capable men in both directions and assist each other when necessary. The firm has the finest automobile funeral equipment in the northern part of Ohio, not excepting Cleveland, and has just purchased one of the finest automobile invalid carriages in the country. This is a combination of hearse and invalid carriage, with a full limousine front and very pleasing body design, being ornamented tastefully with hand-carving to relieve the plainness. The finish is a beautiful silver gray with gold striping, and the interior of the car is veneered with genuine mahogany. An adjustable invalid bed is included, one that may be taken up and down the average stairs. The chassis is the Riddle Coach & Hearse Company's, of Ravenna, Ohio, six-cylinder, forty-five horse-power, a motor which under severe tests has shown itself capable of traveling the worst roads in the country.
Mr. Friday is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors' Association, and of various civic and social organizations at Elyria. Still a young man, he has gained such an excellent reputation in his native community that in 1915 the citizens of Elyria circulated a paper, with 200 signatures, boosting Mr. Friday for the mayoralty, and even in the face of Mr. Friday's prompt and decisive refusal tried for a long time to persuade him to be a candidate. However, he finally convinced them that it is his belief that public service and business are not congenial. Last year Mr. Friday served as treasurer of the Democratic Club, of which he is vice president at this time. He owns his own home at No. 123 West Bridge Street, which he erected in 1912.
On November 27, 1910, at Elyria, Mr. Friday was united in marriage with Miss R. Mae Arpin, of Alpena, Michigan, who was reared and educated in the city of her birth and is now well and popularly known in social circles of Elyria.
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A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative ..., Volume 2; by George Frederick Wright
Carl G. Friday. One of the oldest and at the same time one of the most progressive business houses of Elyria is that now conducted under the name of Friday & Thomas, a furniture and undertaking concern that has won a firmly-established place in the business history of the city. It was founded here in 1861 by the maternal grandfather of Carl G. Friday, the senior partner, Henry Rimbach, Sr., who was succeeded by his sons, Henry and George Rimbach, who conducted the business under the style of Rimbach Brothers. When they dissolved partnership Henry Rimbach, Jr., was alone in the business for eighteen years, or until his death, when it was continued by Ernest and George Rimbach, who restored the old name of Rimbach Brothers, it being carried on as such for six years. At the time of Ernest Rimbach's death, Carl G. Friday bought his interest from Mr. Rimbach's widow, the firm name then becoming Rimbach & Friday, which continued until, one year before his death, Mr. Rimbach sold his share in the enterprise to Glade B. Thomas, Friday, October 13, 1913, the firm then becoming, as at present, Friday & Thomas, the first time in more than fifty years that the name of Rimbach had not been connected with the establishment.
Carl G. Friday, senior member of the firm of Friday & Thomas, was born at Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, February 14, 1881, and is a son of Charles F. and Anna M. (Rimbach) Friday. His father, a native of Germany, was about four years of age when he came to the United States with his parents, who settled at Elyria. Here the youth was reared and educated, and as a young man became identified with railroading, in which he has passed his entire career, having been for twenty-nine years in the employ of the New York Central Lines, first as fireman, and later, as at present, as locomotive engineer.. Mrs. Friday was born, reared, educated and married at Elyria, and like her husband survives and is living in their comfortable home. They are the parents of three children, namely: Carl G., of Elyria; E. Louise, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Clara May, residing with her parents at Elyria. All three children were born and educated at Elyria, and E. Louise was given the advantages of a business course at Oberlin.
Carl G. Friday received only meager educational advantages in his youth, as his parents were in modest circumstances at that time, and the family needed the wages which he could earn. However, he was a bright, alert lad, possessing industry that caused him to take advantage of every opportunity and a retentive mind that made him an excellent scholar, and during the time he attended the German Lutheran schools, he acquired an education far in advance of many of his fellows who enjoyed greater advantages. He was only fourteen years of age when he put aside his studies to accept his first position, employment at the old candy factory of Clark & Company, on Cheapside, located on the present site of Bivins' Walk-Over Boot and Shoe Store. Later he drove a delivery and grocery wagon for Seward & Goldberg, prior to the erection of the first Elyria Block, which was destroyed by fire, and which stood on the present site of the new Elyria Block. Mr. Friday's next employer was W. H. Smith, the West Side grocer, for whom he worked for five years, then entering the employ of the National Tube Company of South Lorain, where he was employed as chemist in the chemical laboratory for five years under W. B. N. Hawk, who is still chief chemist there and who remains as one of Mr. Friday's best friends.
Mr. Friday entered business on his own account at Elyria, in May, 1905, in partnership with George Rimbach, under the firm name of Rimbach & Friday, as before mentioned. At that time, in order to prepare himself for his new duties, he took a course at the Massachusetts College of Embalming, at Boston, from which he was duly graduated. He is also a graduate of the Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, of Chicago, Illinois, and received his state license from the Ohio State Board of Embalming Examiners in June, 1906.
In addition to carrying the largest stock of furniture at Elyria, the firm of Friday & Thomas conducts the leading undertaking business here. Mr. Friday is a thorough master of the art of embalming and has received letters from people in various parts of the United States where he has shipped bodies commending his work. The business has grown from a $10,000 per year concern, as when Mr. Friday came, to an enterprise doing a business annually of $50,000. The chapel and morgue are located at No. 580 Broad Street, while the furniture establishment is at No. 582, next door, and occupies two floors, in addition to which there are maintained three warehouses. Mr. Friday has charge of the undertaking department, while Mr. Thomas has full control of the furniture end of the business, although both are capable men in both directions and assist each other when necessary. The firm has the finest automobile funeral equipment in the northern part of Ohio, not excepting Cleveland, and has just purchased one of the finest automobile invalid carriages in the country. This is a combination of hearse and invalid carriage, with a full limousine front and very pleasing body design, being ornamented tastefully with hand-carving to relieve the plainness. The finish is a beautiful silver gray with gold striping, and the interior of the car is veneered with genuine mahogany. An adjustable invalid bed is included, one that may be taken up and down the average stairs. The chassis is the Riddle Coach & Hearse Company's, of Ravenna, Ohio, six-cylinder, forty-five horse-power, a motor which under severe tests has shown itself capable of traveling the worst roads in the country.
Mr. Friday is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors' Association, and of various civic and social organizations at Elyria. Still a young man, he has gained such an excellent reputation in his native community that in 1915 the citizens of Elyria circulated a paper, with 200 signatures, boosting Mr. Friday for the mayoralty, and even in the face of Mr. Friday's prompt and decisive refusal tried for a long time to persuade him to be a candidate. However, he finally convinced them that it is his belief that public service and business are not congenial. Last year Mr. Friday served as treasurer of the Democratic Club, of which he is vice president at this time. He owns his own home at No. 123 West Bridge Street, which he erected in 1912.
On November 27, 1910, at Elyria, Mr. Friday was united in marriage with Miss R. Mae Arpin, of Alpena, Michigan, who was reared and educated in the city of her birth and is now well and popularly known in social circles of Elyria.
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Carl G. Friday. One of the oldest and at the same time one of the most progressive business houses of Elyria is that now conducted under the name of Friday & Thomas, a furniture and undertaking concern that has won a firmly-established place in the business history of the city. It was founded here in 1861 by the maternal grandfather of Carl G. Friday, the senior partner, Henry Rimbach, Sr., who was succeeded by his sons, Henry and George Rimbach, who conducted the business under the style of Rimbach Brothers. When they dissolved partnership Henry Rimbach, Jr., was alone in the business for eighteen years, or until his death, when it was continued by Ernest and George Rimbach, who restored the old name of Rimbach Brothers, it being carried on as such for six years. At the time of Ernest Rimbach's death, Carl G. Friday bought his interest from Mr. Rimbach's widow, the firm name then becoming Rimbach & Friday, which continued until, one year before his death, Mr. Rimbach sold his share in the enterprise to Glade B. Thomas, Friday, October 13, 1913, the firm then becoming, as at present, Friday & Thomas, the first time in more than fifty years that the name of Rimbach had not been connected with the establishment.
Carl G. Friday, senior member of the firm of Friday & Thomas, was born at Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, February 14, 1881, and is a son of Charles F. and Anna M. (Rimbach) Friday. His father, a native of Germany, was about four years of age when he came to the United States with his parents, who settled at Elyria. Here the youth was reared and educated, and as a young man became identified with railroading, in which he has passed his entire career, having been for twenty-nine years in the employ of the New York Central Lines, first as fireman, and later, as at present, as locomotive engineer.. Mrs. Friday was born, reared, educated and married at Elyria, and like her husband survives and is living in their comfortable home. They are the parents of three children, namely: Carl G., of Elyria; E. Louise, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Clara May, residing with her parents at Elyria. All three children were born and educated at Elyria, and E. Louise was given the advantages of a business course at Oberlin.
Carl G. Friday received only meager educational advantages in his youth, as his parents were in modest circumstances at that time, and the family needed the wages which he could earn. However, he was a bright, alert lad, possessing industry that caused him to take advantage of every opportunity and a retentive mind that made him an excellent scholar, and during the time he attended the German Lutheran schools, he acquired an education far in advance of many of his fellows who enjoyed greater advantages. He was only fourteen years of age when he put aside his studies to accept his first position, employment at the old candy factory of Clark & Company, on Cheapside, located on the present site of Bivins' Walk-Over Boot and Shoe Store. Later he drove a delivery and grocery wagon for Seward & Goldberg, prior to the erection of the first Elyria Block, which was destroyed by fire, and which stood on the present site of the new Elyria Block. Mr. Friday's next employer was W. H. Smith, the West Side grocer, for whom he worked for five years, then entering the employ of the National Tube Company of South Lorain, where he was employed as chemist in the chemical laboratory for five years under W. B. N. Hawk, who is still chief chemist there and who remains as one of Mr. Friday's best friends.
Mr. Friday entered business on his own account at Elyria, in May, 1905, in partnership with George Rimbach, under the firm name of Rimbach & Friday, as before mentioned. At that time, in order to prepare himself for his new duties, he took a course at the Massachusetts College of Embalming, at Boston, from which he was duly graduated. He is also a graduate of the Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, of Chicago, Illinois, and received his state license from the Ohio State Board of Embalming Examiners in June, 1906.
In addition to carrying the largest stock of furniture at Elyria, the firm of Friday & Thomas conducts the leading undertaking business here. Mr. Friday is a thorough master of the art of embalming and has received letters from people in various parts of the United States where he has shipped bodies commending his work. The business has grown from a $10,000 per year concern, as when Mr. Friday came, to an enterprise doing a business annually of $50,000. The chapel and morgue are located at No. 580 Broad Street, while the furniture establishment is at No. 582, next door, and occupies two floors, in addition to which there are maintained three warehouses. Mr. Friday has charge of the undertaking department, while Mr. Thomas has full control of the furniture end of the business, although both are capable men in both directions and assist each other when necessary. The firm has the finest automobile funeral equipment in the northern part of Ohio, not excepting Cleveland, and has just purchased one of the finest automobile invalid carriages in the country. This is a combination of hearse and invalid carriage, with a full limousine front and very pleasing body design, being ornamented tastefully with hand-carving to relieve the plainness. The finish is a beautiful silver gray with gold striping, and the interior of the car is veneered with genuine mahogany. An adjustable invalid bed is included, one that may be taken up and down the average stairs. The chassis is the Riddle Coach & Hearse Company's, of Ravenna, Ohio, six-cylinder, forty-five horse-power, a motor which under severe tests has shown itself capable of traveling the worst roads in the country.
Mr. Friday is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors' Association, and of various civic and social organizations at Elyria. Still a young man, he has gained such an excellent reputation in his native community that in 1915 the citizens of Elyria circulated a paper, with 200 signatures, boosting Mr. Friday for the mayoralty, and even in the face of Mr. Friday's prompt and decisive refusal tried for a long time to persuade him to be a candidate. However, he finally convinced them that it is his belief that public service and business are not congenial. Last year Mr. Friday served as treasurer of the Democratic Club, of which he is vice president at this time. He owns his own home at No. 123 West Bridge Street, which he erected in 1912.
On November 27, 1910, at Elyria, Mr. Friday was united in marriage with Miss R. Mae Arpin, of Alpena, Michigan, who was reared and educated in the city of her birth and is now well and popularly known in social circles of Elyria.
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