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Edwin Frank Tuttle was called by his nickname, Ted, which his father attached probably because of his great admiration for Teddy Roosevelt. Edwin (Ted) Frank Tuttle left high school after one year (c1915) and went to work as a draftsman at the Woonsocket Machine and Press, working on World War I military orders. He worked for a while at Brewster's Garage in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States as an auto mechanic. He continued his education at the Woonsocket, Commercial College, where he became a good male stenographer and writer. In the mid 1920's, he took a job with the United Fruit Co. in Santa Marta, Columbia, SA. He was office manager and paymaster until laid off one and half years later. While in Columbia he corresponded with Mary E. Graham of Woonsocket, RI. She was a classmate of his brother David L. Tuttle. As the depression was setting in, and after his marriage to Mary, he took a job with the Starret Brothers Construction Co. on the Empire State Building (1929-1931). He worked in a clerical position, overseeing work schedules and adherence to specifications. Ted and Mary lived in an apartment in Newark, NJ. Mary's sister, Agnes, had an apartment next door to theirs, since Ted was supporting them both. Ted found work at a chemical company in Clifton or Fairlawn, NJ. In the 1930's, Ted and Mary moved to Fairlawn. Ted quit this job (c1942) over a dispute with some type of discovery which he felt he was not rewarded. He then took a job with a paint company, Maas & Waldstein of Belleville or Newark, NJ. Ted and Mary then moved to Woodridge, NJ, renting a house on the corner of Highland Ave. and Twelfth St. As World War II was winding down in 1945, Ted and Mary bought their first house in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ at 147 Washington Place. They purchased this house on Dec. 7, 1945 for $5,500 from the Stringfield family.3
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