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Loux, E. M.

E. M. LOUX, pioneer grocer, was born October 26, 1852, in Bucks County, a son of Elvey and Magdalena (Mill) Loux. He was educated in the township schools and later attended the Excelsior Normal School, at Collegeville. Upon coming to Allentown he pursued a course in the Allentown Business College, and then for a period of six years was employed as clerk in the store of E. S. Shimer & Co. It was in 1879 that Mr. Loux founded the grocery establishment at the corner of Eighth and Chew Streets, which he conducts to the present day. His sotre is one of the oldest of its kind in the city. He founded the Loux Creamery Company which he, in turn, sold in 1900, and later conducted a creamery business in Bucks County. He is also an organizer and president of the Allentown Grocery Company, and is a member of the Allentown Retail Grocers' Association. In 1875 Mr. Loux married Rosie E. Fritz, of Allentown.