EARL LINDSAY

Earl Lindsay of Two Rivers is Dead at 66
TWO RIVERS
Earl M. Lindsay, 66, 1934-28th St., retired safety director of the
Hamilton Mfg. Co., and one of Wisconsin's foremost authorities on
industrial safety, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at Two Rivers Municipal
Hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks.
Masonic funeral services, under the auspices of the Two Rivers Lodge No.
200, F. & A.M., will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Deja & Martin
Funeral Chapels, the Rev. R.J. Wichlei officiating. Masonic rites at the
chapel and graveside at Pioneers' Rest Cemetery will be led by Heber
Clayton, past master of the lodge.
Mr. Lindsay was born at Appleton June 6, 1890, son of the late James and
Susan Lindsay. A graducate of Appleton High School and Lawrence College,
he later was employed as superintendent of the gas and distribution systems
of the Wisconsin-Michigan Power Co. of Appleton.
Mr. Lindsay entered the employ of the Hamilton Mfg. Co., in 1921, coming
from Appleton. He started as an assembler in the firm's steel plant, but
before the year ended he was transferred to the company's cost office where
he did statistical work. A year later he was moved to the personnel office
and became employment manager for all of the concern's operations as well
as taking care of accident compensation claims.
As the Hamilton company grew to result in the need for greater attention to
its personnel, Mrs. Lindsay organized the safety and first aid departments
in the plants, an activity which was later to reward him with wide recognition
throughout the state. Ever since the Wisconsin Council of Safety was organized.
Mr. Lindsay had been one of its leading consultants and for years was active
in planning the annual meeting programs.
Mr. Lindsay was credited along with the late Hamilton plant manager Lawrence E.
Everson, with the organization of the Hamilton Goodfellowship Club which
embraces most of the firm's employes. When the company officials decided to
publish the firms' publication, The Hamiltonian, Mr. Lindsay (remainder of
sentence unreadable) a post he held for many years.
Mr. Lindsay was also instrumental in organizing the foremen of the Hamilton
company into an organization which was known as the Hamilton Foremen's Club,
and now named the Hamilton Management Club, affiliated with the National
Association of Manage????.
Mr. Lindsay's deep interest in the field of industrial safety proved of no
little assistance in the establishing of the Two Rivers Safety Council, of
which he was a charter member. He was a member of the steering committee
which helped to establish ???? safety records for the city in recent years.
Mr. Lindsay retired from the position of safety ????? of the Hamilton company
in June of ????.
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, February 13, 1957 P.11
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[Earl Malcolm Lindsay]