Joseph Dancewicz Papers

Joseph Dancewicz was born in Monasterzyska, Poland and became a U.S. citizen in 1934. His career in the textile industry began in 1922 at the Slater Mills in Webster, MA, where he was an apprentice spinner and weaver. He then advanced to loom-fixer, foreman, and finally overseer of the weaving department. He then became superintendent, 1944-1952, of the Blackstone Mill of the Lonsdale Co., Blackstone, MA, which produced sheetings and shirtings. Under his supervision the mill changed to the production of ladies' dress goods and novelty fabrics. Next Dancewicz became manager of the Soule Mill, New Bedford, MA, which manufactured cotton goods and fiberglass; then became president, ca. 1965, of the Sagamore Manufacturing Co., Fall River, MA; and lastly was president of the Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Corp., Boston, makers of diesel engine replacement parts and industrial type castings.