In the 282 years since Newark was founded thousands of financial, mercantile and manufacturing enterprises have been started here. Few survived as long as a century without change of ownership, absorption or merger. Rare, indeed, is a firm like Wiss Sons, Inc., in whose Broad street jewelry store begins today a celebration marking the beginning of a second century.

From founder to sons and grandsons, the Wiss business, later augmented by the establishment of the largest scissors and shears manufacturing plant in the world, has remained continuously in the Wiss family. This notable record is the product of hard work and integrity. It is an achievement that merits both admiration and felicitation.