Ever Ready Press

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When one owns a business that has been open for 78 years, survived a great depression, two floods, a world war, and three generations of family, it tends to have quite an extensive history. Ever Ready Press was founded in 1929 by George Halpin and was located in downtown Ansonia. Due to the Depression, the business experienced a rough beginning. George did have some help through these tough times though ; his brother Joseph was the business's typesetter. The business experienced another set back when it had to close for three years during World War II while George and Joseph went out to serve their country ; George was with the Army Engineers in England, France, and Germany and Joe in Navy in the South Pacific. The closing did put a dent in business but by reopening time the old customers were glad to be back and new ones followed. Ever Ready Press was forced to relocate due to being completely washed out by the 1955 flooding of the Naugatuck River. Two floods occurred that year, one in August that dumped 7 feet of water and another in October with an additional 5 feet. These floods destroyed practically everything and forced George and Joe to relocate and start again. The business relocated to 78 Clifton Avenue in Ansonia. Back then printing was long, tedious and time consuming. The type for the jobs needed to be placed individually into a frame and then paper was hand fed into the machine which stamped the image onto the paper. This was the process performed everyday, for e

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