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In 1927, Henri X. Billharz started Billharz Plumbing after he received his Master Plumbers Lic # 9914. In 1947, he was founder and first president of the Sunnyside Kiwanis Club. Henri led the club and the division with dedication and concern for those less fortunate. He led with gentle conviction that each member and each project was of singular importance.
Henri and other distinguished community members started the Sunnyside Savings and Loan Association. During his tenure as Chairman of the Board, the name was changed to Financial Federal and later bought by the Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh. Henri was President of the Queens County Grand Jurors Association, President of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce, a state officer in the NY State Master Plumbers Association, and a member of the Astoria Lodge F & A.M and the Elks Club. Henri X. always said that a man's "wealth was his family." He and his wife Martha raised three children and he was blessed with living to see and know all of his 10 grandchildren.