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'''[[Carl%20A.%20Blumenthal|Carl A. Blumenthal]]'''

 

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'''Victor C. Blumenthal'''
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''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', Febuary 12, 1964

Victor C. Blumenthal, a local businessman for many years, has retired after 48 years as a watchmaker.

He was born in Saranac Lake and attended schools here and later took a watchmaking course at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. After graduation he took a position in Huntington, W. Va., with C. M. Wallace and Son but soon returned to Saranac Lake and began working with [[Fred%20E.%20Hull|Fred E. Hull]].

When [[World%20War%20I|World War I]] broke out he enlisted and saw service in France. After the war he returned to Saranac Lake and continued to work for Fred Hull. In 1921 he married [[Helen%20Jeffery|Helen Jeffery]] and they had a son, [[Carl%20Blumenthal|Carl]] who died in service in [[World%20War%20II|World War II]].

After World War II the business changed hands a number of times. Mr. Hull sold out to Munn and Lamy; [[Munn%20and%20Lamy|Munn and Lamy]] sold out to [[Matt%20Munn|Matt Munn]] who sold out to [[William%20Scheefer|William Scheefer]], Sr. in 1947 Mr. Blumenthal left that firm and opened a business with [[S.%20W.%20Smith|S. W. Smith]], an optometrist at [[96%20Main%20Street|96 Main Street]], which continued until Mr. Blumenthal's retirement. Mr. Smith will continue as optometrist.

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