Weymouth New England Genealogy

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Malcomb was an insurance agent having owned and operated the Wallace B. Goodwin Company for 35 years until his retirement in 1980. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts to Wallace B. Goodwin and Lula Cadwell, he was the longest living member of the Clinton Country Club, joining in 1921. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational, Clinton. He also belonged to the National Rifle Association, Ducks Unlimited, and the Deep River Gun Club.

Goodwin graduated from the West Hartford high school in the spring of 1925. He then was a 1929 graduate of the University of Connecticut. In April 1930, he worked on a team to raise $50,000 for the Elmwood Community Church in order to liquidate the debt and pay for work to be done. In April 1935, he bought two lots on Colonial Street from James J. McMurray and others. In September 1935, Goodwin purchased three lots on Grove Street and one on Colonial Street as part of the Wallace B. Goodwin Company. In March 1936, Goodwin purchased a building lot on the east side of Mayflower Street in Elmwood. In April 1937, Goodwin's all-electric kitchen from his home on Ridgewood Road was entered into an electric kitchen contest. On June 13, 1937, Goodwin bought the red home at 269 Ridgewood Road, designed by Norris F. Prentice of the architectural department of the company.

In January 1944, Goodwin left from his home in Clinton for the Army to fight in World War II. After the war ended in September 1945, Goodwin came back to Connecticut and lived in Clinton permanently with his wife, Barbara. The two bred sheep to win blue ribbons in the Eastern States Exposition sheep judging in 1948 onward. The couple developed Malabar Farm in Westbrook, adjacent to Clinton, into the late 1940's and early 1950's. In March 1953, Goodwin was elected to the Republican Town Committee at the GOP Caucus. In March 1960 and March 1962, he was re-elected. By May 1962, he was on the fund committee for raising funds to recondition the Fire Department amphibious duck. In March 1964, he was re-elected to the Republican Town Committee in Clinton again. He retired as a member of the Republican Town Committee in late August 1965 due to increased business pressures. He had been a member since 1953. He continued to operate the Goodwin Company until his retirement in 1980. He lived out the rest of his life on Waterside Lane, Clinton.