Information Regarding the Webster Company

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The Webster Co. and the Mason Box Co. are represented by teams in the North Attleboro Twilight League, which has just been formed for the baseball season.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th May 1926

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Prizes for the track and athletic meet under the auspices of the North Attleboro Yeung Men’s Christian Association last Saturday were donated by the Le Stage Mfg. Co., G. C. Hudson & Co., Riley & French, the Webster Co., T. G. Frothingham & Co. and the Paye & Baker Mfg. Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th May 1926

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The Webster Co.’s plant resumed business operations last Monday morning after a weeks shutdown.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th July 1927

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The Webster Co.’s factory has been closed down the past week for the annual vacation period.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th July 1927

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Harold Waite, western representative of the Webster Co., is still in the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th May 1927

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The Helpalot Club, composed of girls of the Webster Co. factory, held its annual dance last Wednesday evening in Red Men’s Hall. The club entertained a large gathering in its usual hospitable manner, and the party included guests from Attleboro, Providence, Pawtucket and Mansfield.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th May 1927

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A. Frank Waite, salesman for the Webster Co., has the sympathy of many friends in the death of his mother, who passed away while on a visit to him.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd April 1903

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A special town meeting in North Attleboro will be held this week to see if the taxpayers will vote to extend the water main to the new G. K. Webster & Co. factory.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 29th June 1898

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George K. Webster, of the Webster Co., and family are spending the Summer at Matunuck.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th July 1904

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The employes of the Webster Co. have subscribed to the Community Field Development Fund 100 per cent., their total subscriptions aggregating $86.40, which is the highest from any shop yet reporting.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd March 1927

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Webster Silversmiths - North Attleboro, Mass. - 1958

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George K. Webster of North Attleboro, manufacturer of jewelry and novelties, makes a variety of things in both pearl and silver that are worthy of the attention of dealers. His new cuff button, the "Wamsutta Link," is one of the best buttons ever made. It is one of the new style, curved post, lever links. The button is both simple and durable-two things essential to the success of any production. It is bound to be a seller, and the dealer who does not have it in stock makes a mistake. The Wamsutta collar button, also made by Mr. Webster, has already proved a big success, as has also his patent veil holder. Mr. Webster is one of those manufacturers who will not put anything upon the market unless it is perfection. This, in a great measure, accounts for his signal success in business.

Source: The Manufacturing Jeweler - 3rd January 1895

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Geo. K. Webster - North Attleboro, Mass. - 1895

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The Wamsutta link button of George K. Webster is receiving the attention of buyers in a most practical way. Orders are numerous and of good size, and justify the assertion that it is bound to be popular. The shirt waist sets are also swinging into line. Among these popular articles there are none better and probably but few equal to them in the market.

Source: The Manufacturing Jeweler - 24th January 1895

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Orin Clifford, superintendent of the Webster Co., returned Tuesday from a business trip made in the interest of the concern.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th February 1918

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Miss Kate Bailey, for many years bookkeeper for the Webster Co., died last Friday.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th June 1921

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DEATH OF G. K. WEBSTER

President and Treasurer of North Attleboro Silversmithing Concern Passes Away at His Home in That Town

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass., June 6.— George Kendall Webster, president and treasurer of the Webster Co, silversmith, died Saturday afternoon at 2:45 at his home in North Attleboro. He has been in failing health for several months.

Mr. Webster came to North Attleboro as a young man, and through his industry, and keen business judgment, achieved not only personal success, but gave timely help and assistance to many of his fellow townsmen.

He was born in Wentworth, N. H., July 16. 1849, the son of Edward Kendall Webster and Betsey Johnson Webster. His early life was spent on the farm with his parents. He worked for a short time in the car works of the Raritan and Delaware Bay Road, Manchester, N. H., and later became a registered pharmacist.

From Lawrence he moved to North Attleboro and conducted a drug store for six years. Realizing that the jewelry business was the principal industry in the community and that it offered greater business opportunities, he opened a small shop in what was known as the Company’s Shops. He first manufactured collar buttons and later moved to the Whitney building where he made Australian pearl novelties. In 1896 he began the manufacture of silver novelties and in 1898 moved to his present factory on Broadway.

He was also prominently interested in other business concerns. He was president of the O. M. Draper Corporation, a director of the North Attleboro Chronicle Co., publisher of the Evening Chronicle; a trustee of the Attleboro Savings Bank and a director of the Manufacturers’ National Bank of North Attleboro.

For a number of years he was a director of Tilden-Thurber Corporation of Providence and the Westerly Light and Power Co. of Westerly. He was also a few years ago an active worker in the New England Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths’ Association and the Manufacturing Jewelers’ Board of Trade.

He was a member of the Universalist Church of this town and of the Bristol Lodge of Masons. He was a charter member of the Rabboni Chapter. He was also a member of the Wannamoisett Country Club, Pomham and To Kalon Clubs of Rhode Island.

He was interested in politics and was always a staunch republican. He was one of the electric light commissioners when the local plant was installed.

Mr. Webster married Harriet Richards of North Attleboro, who died in 1917. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ernest J. Dawley of West Point, N. Y., and Mrs. Wallace D. Kenyon of North Attleboro.

During the last 20 years of his life he has contributed generously to many religious, educational and charitable institutions.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th June 1921

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Postcard featuring the Webster Company, postmarked 1908, sent from North Attleboro:






State of the factory building in 2011 via The Sun Chronicle Newspaper, Attleboro, MA.

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Webster Sterling Dresser Set Comes in Self-Display Package


Webster Silversmiths - North Attleboro, Mass. - 1958

Self-displaying box features sterling dresser set by Webster Silversmiths against a background of soft aqua velvet.

Set in a deep blue simulated morocco package, the sterling is kept clean and sparkling beneath a clear plastic window. Both the window and pad are easily removable for demonstration and replacement.

From Webster Silversmiths, North Attleboro, Mass.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - December 1958

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ATTLEBRO

George K. Webster, William H. Bell and William H. Riley are being urged to allow their names to be used as candidates for the Board of Selectmen.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd January 1907

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