Background
Born in Philadelphia, Secon was the son of Russian immigrants.
Born in Philadelphia, Secon was the son of Russian immigrants.
He was musically gifted, and played the trumpet, piano, oboe, and flute. Secon was the music critic for The Boston Evening Transcript. In 1950, he was a music editor for Billboard, Variety and creative songwriter having written for National King Cole, The Mills Brothers and many more whilst living in New York City when he heard about a business opportunity from Morris.
Morris" wife had recently purchased stoneware at a yard sale in their hometown of Rochester, New New York
Morris took a liking to the pieces, which were designed by Glidden Parker at his factory in Alfred, New New York Parker informed him that he had three barns full of discontinued or slightly damaged products for sale.
A year later, an article in The New Yorker praised the store, and customers flocked to it in droves. In 1959 Paul started taking long trips to Europe in search of new product lines, and asked Morris to help manage the store.
In 1980, Paul moved back to the United States and settled in Manhattan before relocating to Rochester in 1997, where he died at his home at the age of 90.
He is also the father of a daughter, Kirby Fairfax, who was born in Greenwich Village to Secon and Fairfax Kirby in 1949. She lives in San Diego, California and is a journalist.++.