The Beginning
Hodges Badge Company was founded in 1920 by William Hodges, great grandfather of the present Company President, in or around Milford, New Hampshire. Family rumor has it (families are not always great at recording this information) that he had previously worked for another badge company that had gone out of business. This seems logical for he must have had some information about a base of customers to draw on, as well as a source of printing equipment, type, and raw materials. In any event, he started the company as salesman, order taker, and head printer. His two younger daughters, Anna and Emaline, worked for him doing assembly, stitching, or whatever other work was required.