Talk:Isaac Gilman

a good man

the article is from time[1]

Isaac Gilman, born in Russia, started peddling papers in the U.S. when he was 19. At 43 he bought an interest in a paper mill at Fitzdale, Vt. Five years later he was sole owner. The hamlet grew from four houses to a thriving, modern community of 1,100. In gratitude, it changed its name from Fitzdale to Gilman. Wages in the mills were high and there was never any labor trouble. Owner Gilman kept them running full time during depression, called his workers by their first names, took an interest in their personal affairs, footed many a doctor and hospital bill.

But Isaac Gilman was distressed because his model town had no churches. So he dug into his pocket, gave most of the money to build the Methodist Church ($28,000) and St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church ($15,000). St. Theresa's was soon self-sustaining, but Mr. Gilman gave several hundred dollars a year to the Methodists.

Last week, at 77, Isaac Gilman died. He was buried from Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El, of which he, a faithful Jew, was an active member. Said St. Theresa's Father William H. Cassidy: "He was a good man."

- platypus june 21 2007

Man, that's a weird coincidence. ~ JBSHRYNE 15:34, 21 June 2007 (CDT)