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supt. of Nelson Knitting Co. has been associated with firm for 55 years he joined the Nelson Knitting Co. in 1883, five years before the Rockford Morning Star put out its first issue he joined the firm as a machinist he joined the firm 2 years after coming to Rockford from Sweden.
Source: Rockfordiana – Knitting – Industries
1249 Harlem Boulevard
Residence of Freeman E. Burr and wife, Dorothy Burr
Salesman, Nelson Knitting Company
Source: 1940 Rockford City Directory
Tuve J. Floden
Died June 16, 1970 of an apparent heart attack in Rockford Memorial Hospital at age 76
Residence: 2529 Barrington Place
Born November 16, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Floden
Lived 66 years in Rockford
Graduate of Rockford Central High School
Graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1915
Married the former Lea Gordon in Rockford, April 6, 1921
He was President and Chairman of the Board of Nelson Knitting Company for 20 years
Commander of Craig Post of the American Legion since 1921
Member of the first Draft Board in Winnebago County
Commander of Rockford Citizens Defense Corps, War Man-Power Committee
Chairman of the Fire and Police Board
Funeral will be at Gordon Chapel, Second Congregational Church
Arrangements by Long-Klontz Funeral Home
Survived by his wife, Lea Floden; two sons, Robert Floden of Rockford and John Floden of Appleton, Wisconsin; one daughter, Mrs. Jill DeYoung of Ohio.
Three sisters survive, two of Rockford: Mrs. Florence Sanders and Ethel Floden
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 06/17/1970
“Hold Existing Stock for Army; U.S. Calls on Knitting Firms for Inventory of Supplies on Hand”
Silk Famine to Curb Hosiery Mills
“The order, expected within a short time, will probably provide for a deep initial cut in silk consumption, followed by gradually diminishing allocations to mills until the civilian use of the imported fibre is virtually halted, it was said.”
“The BZB Knitting company, 330 So. Wyman St., and the Contour Hosiery Mills, 1618 So. Main St., would be directly affected by any curb in the distribution of raw silk: Both firms are users of raw silk.”
“Jobs of 360 workmen in the two plants would be endangered if a silk ban were made effective.”
“Burson Knitting company, South Main and Cedar streets, also will be affected by the priorities order, but probably will not feel the pinch as soon as the Contour and BZB firms do because the Burson company uses spun, or waste silk rather than raw silk. The Burson firm has between 300 and 400 employes.”
“Nelson Knitting company, Forest City Knitting company and Rockford Mitten and Hosiery company would not be affected by a silk ban.”
“Military uses, including parachutes and power bags, normally account for only about 5 or 6 per cent of this consumption, and both war and navy department have reported that stocks appear ample, considering that rayon or other substitutes could be adapted for parachute use.”
The actual article is much longer. Rockford Republic newspaper, July 31, 1941
