Box 1

2 birth certificates (transcripts of original records): for Ben S. Baurer, parents, Joe Baurer and Lina Bateman Baurer, both Russian-born (birth 1896; copy 1942); and for Sophie Press, parents Joe Press and Esther Kletsche Press (birth 1898; copy 1958). Ben and Sophie were the parents of Anita Baurer Schaffer. The parents mentioned were her grandparents (unclear whether the correct name is Joe or Israel Baurer).

Clippings: photo, testimonial dinner for Deputy Grand Master Israel Baurer, Newark Lodge 109, Independent Order B’rith Abraham (Star-Ledger, undated); article on Rowe Manufacturing Co. plant in Whippany, NJ (Vending Times, Jun 1963); articles on Alvin Schaffer’s appointment as VP of Rowe Co. (1961)

correspondence: on Rowe’s acquisition of Triangle Conduit and Cable Co., 550 Broad St., Newark (1967); on Alvin’s promotion to VP for Corporate Planning, Rowe Co. (1968); yahrzeit form letter from Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, NJ (1984)

photographs: Rowe Manufacturing Co., interiors and exteriors of Whippany plant, exhibition display of vending machines

Sophie Press Baurer funeral book (Philip Apter and Son, Maplewood, NJ), October 31, 1983. Signed by relatives and friends.