R.C. Arndt

NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

R.C. Arndt

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The name of ARNDT has been an honored one in Germany for many years, and is has become no less so in this country. A representative of it at the present time in Whippany, Morris county, New Jersey, is R. C. ARNDT, senior member of the firm of Arndt & Stork, who conduct a bottling establishment. John ARNDT, his father, who was a Protestant minister in his native land, Germany, never came to the United States. He married Pauline MUSSEHL, and they had eight children, all of whom emigrated to the United States.

R. C. ARNDT was born in Germany, in 1867, and received a fine education in various schools in his native country. He came to America at an early age, and attended school here for a time and thus obtained a mastery of the English language. Having made a study of pharmacy, he established himself in the drug business, and later became the proprietor of a restaurant. In December, 1913, he removed to Whippany, and in association with Jack STORK, established the ARNDT & STORK Bottling Works, purchasing the plant from William DWYER, and has been actively identified with this concern ever since. They bottle all sorts of beer, sodawater, etc. Their methods have been very progressive ones, and they now supply all the surrounding territory. They employ a number of men and wagons, and their plant is located near the Morristown and Erie Station. The most improved equipment has been installed, and in every particular the establishment is conducted in an up-to-date manner. Mr. ARNDT will not allow himself to be bound by partisan ties in political matters, but prefers to form his opinion independently, and casts his vote for the candidate he considers best fitted for the office to be filled. He married Emma STORK, a sister of his business partner. They have no children.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)