Sedgwick-Barber County KS Archives Biographies.....Giwosky, John S. 1873 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   John S. Giwosky, proprietor of the People's Cleaning and Dye Works, of
Wichita, is a native of Russia, where he was born in 1873. His parents were S.
and Frederika Giwosky. They came to America in 1885, and to Barber county,
Kansas. Mr. Giwosky's education was acquired in Russia and Kansas. He came to
Wichita in 1887, and went to school and helped his father in his store. Mr.
Giwosky embarked in business for himself as a tailor in 1897, and for eight
years conducted this business successfully. In 1905 he broke out of the
tailoring business and plunged into the cleaning and dyeing industry, in a tiny
room at 129 North Lawrence avenue, and with less than $300 in capital. Today the
business occupies an imposing new home on South Lawrence avenue. This is a
fireproof three-story concrete block which has been erected at a cost, including
land value, with its equipment, the plant is valued at $40,000. All this has
been accomplished in a little over five years, the new building being completed
in June, 1910. The business gives employment to an average of fifty persons. The
out-of-town business of the concern has assumed large proportions. Mr. Giwosky,
while closely applying himself to his business, is never unmindful of his public
duty, nor of the joys of a whim or a hobby. His are automobiling and fine
horses, in both of which he has time and ability to indulge himself. His five
city delivery wagons are hauled by the best horse flesh he can buy. He was
married in 1900 to Miss Viola Rockfouer, of Wichita, and they have two
children—Marguerite and Harry. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Chamber
of Commerce.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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