Associated Spring Corporation Formed By 1923 Amalgamation
The Associated Spring Corporation formed in 1923 through merging three Pioneer spring firms Raymond Manufacturing Bristol Wallace Barnes Company Bristol Williams D Gibson Chicago. It operates from thirteen plants across the U S Canada and Puerto Rico with divisions in Corry Syracuse Bristol Dayton Milwaukee Chicago and more. The company makes coil and flat springs and spring washers and serves major industries including automotive. Continued on Page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assocmvea Spring Corporation
Throgh
Tbree Pioneer Spring Companie
Raymond Mfg. Compan
Corry
Pennsylvania
Wallace Barnes Company
Bristol
Connecticut
Williams D. Gibson Company
Chicago
Canada
Puerto Rico
Syracuse
Solvay
New Yor Dunbar Brothers Company
F. N. Manross and Sons
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Barnes- Gibson-Raymond
Plymouth
Ann Arbor
Michian
Ohio
Dayton
William D. Gibson Company
Trihols
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Seaboard Coll Spring
Los Angeles
California
Associated Spring
Carolina
Wallace Barnes Company, Ltd
Hamilton Ontario
Pointelate
Montreal
Quebec
Manross
Associated Spring Corporation
Raymond
Barnes-Gibson- Raymond
Detroit
Carlyle Barnes Named President Of Associated Spring
Carlyle Barnes born February 16 1924 in Bristol Connecticut is the son of Fuller F Barnes and Myrtle T Barnes and great grandson of founder Wallace Barnes. He became president in 1954 and has served as director of Bristol Hospital and member of the Bristol Fire Board. He is married to Elizabeth Ann May with two sons and three daughters residing at 17 Oak Bluff Road Bristol Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varlyie Puller Barnes
Presi*dent
Associated Spring Corporation
Bristol
Connecticut
Fuller P
Myrtle T. Barnes
Wallace Barnes
Carlyle Barnes
Loomis Preparatory School
Windsor
Wesleyan University
Mr. Barnes
Fuller F. Barnes
Bristol Hospital
Bristol Fire Board
Young Presidents Organization
Elizabeth Ann May
Hartford
Oak Bluff Road
Raymond Division marks 75 years of growth and leadership
Carlyle F. Barnes celebrates Raymond Division of Associated Spring Corp on its 75th anniversary tracing its 1883 founding by Murray M. Raymond and its evolution to a coast to coast operation with plants in Canada and Puerto Rico. He cites growth from 125 employees in 1922 to about 500 today and emphasizes employee dignity and ethical leadership as core to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Division
Associated Spring Corporation
Raymond
Raymonds Spring Uses Across Industries in Corry
Local firm Raymond Manufacturing highlights the wide reach of springs from Corry Journal printing presses to stamping dies in Corry Jamestown, with dozens of springs in kitchens, TV sets, and about 600 springs in the modern automobile. The piece lists numerous spring applications across household, office, and machine parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Corry Journal
Corry- Jamestown
Raymond's
Local Firm's Spring Power Aided Historic Flight and Exploration
Raymond's, a local firm, furnished early aviation springs to the Wright Brothers and Curtiss starting in 1910 through 1915. Their springs supported records for speed and duration, including Curtiss engines powering the 1929 St. Louis Rabin plane with 420 hours 21 minutes aloft. The company also supplied springs and wire to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, offered without charge, with a 1933 appreciation letter from Admiral Richard E. Byrd kept among company records. Springs remain vital across trains, ships, planes, and even photography and sports equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond's
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Curtiss
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Buffalo
New York
Richard £. Byrd
Edward W Feldt Early Life and Career at Corry Plant
Edward W Feldt joined Corry Plant in 1928 and became General Manager of the Raymond Manufacturing Division. Born September 7, 1901, in Manturoneck New York, he moved with his family to Bristol Connecticut at age ten where he completed grammar school and attended high school. He pursued mechanical engineering by correspondence and night study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Manufacturing
Edward W. Feldt
Manturoneck
New York
Bristol
Connecticut
Feldt Named General Manager At Corry Ray Mond Plant
Mr. Feldt joined Wallace Barnes Company in 1920 Bristol and held multiple posts before becoming factory manager at the Corry plant on September 24 1928. He succeeded F E Whittlesey as Ray Mond plant general manager in 1941 and is active in civic life. He married Gladys Belle Poland on August 28 1926 and has two children Joan and Curlis E.
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Wallace Barnes Company
Bristol
Connecticut
Corry
F. E. Whittlesey
Raymond
Feldt
Gladys Belle Poland
Joan
Roger Thompson
Curlis E
Board of Education
Raymond Springmakers
B. & Whittlesey
Ture
John Mooney
Tracy Whitehead
Harold Fish
Grace Lamoha
Louise Williams
Gertrude Duke
Leo Hoyle
Merle Huntley
Ward Nichols
Ralph Carroll
Vietor Or
Carlyle Button
Emmett Huntley
Alan Dimmick
Edward Crapser
Alfred van Dresat
Dallas Smiley
Amby Allen
Gustav Eder
Walter Rhodes
Teresa Fox
Celia Swanson
Angeline Crapser
Walter Casler
Harold Curr
Francis Delury
John Jones
Lyle Chase
Edwin Cole
Prederick Taylor
Lawrence Nichols
Lynn Campbell
James Clark
Gerald Staples
Matthew Stormes
John Sawyer
Donald Wiggers
Merritt, Hunt
Robert Fleming
William Dahl
Paul Auer
Michael Popovich
John Paleone
Louis Lundy
Harris Robbins
Lawrence Goring
Russell Gusset
William Mitchell
Clyde McCray
Raymona’s
Modest Start In '83 The Raymond Story
The Raymond story traces a modest 1883 start with M M Raymond and the Baby Jumper. It notes long service at the Corry Raymond plant, naming many employees with 20 to 39 years of service and a 60 percent tenure over fifteen years. It details founders, incorporators, patent dates in 1883, and factory lease terms, plus early honors like a Cincinnati Exposition medal for the jumper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inussz Murray M. Raymond
Howard's
North Gen~ter Street
Corry
Raymond Manufacturing Company
United States
M. M. Raymond
G. N. Barney
C. G. Harmon
F. L. Covell
H. M. Wilson
F. M. Wilson
Samuel Shannon
A. M. Howard
A. J. Swift
A. W. Mumford
Opera House
East Washington Street
Raymond
Erie County
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Raymonds
Carlyle F. Barnes
Murray M. Raymond
Assaddfed Spring Corporation
America
South Center Street
Raymonds I
E. W. Feldt
Raymond Story
Citizens National Bank of
Frank Raymond
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