Steel in the Spinach Fields at Fairless Mills Site
Morrisville residents watched United States Steel raise a 400 million dollar plant on 3842 acres once farmed for spinach. Ten thousand workers shape a vast complex with blast furnaces and open hearths as a schoolhouse and homes near the site fade under construction. Initial fears of smoke and unruly workers gave way to cautious acceptance as the project sprouts a major industrial future.
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Richard Kleiner
Morrisville
Nea
Delaware River
United States Steel
Fairless
National Tube Co
National Tube
U. S. Steel
Steel
Europe
Henry Below
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation Brownsdale Bank
The State Bank of Brownsdale stockholders on May 26 1952 adopted a resolution amending section 6 of the certificate to cap indebtedness at 1 500 000 dollars. The meeting was at the Brownsdale banking house with N E Hessenius president and H G Hill cashier certifying the action and notary J H Risius witnessing. State and county officials filed the amendment with the secretary of state and the department of banks approved it.
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State Bank of
Brownsdale
Minnesota
N. E. Hessenius
H. G. Hill
State OF
County OF Mower
H. G.hill
J. H. Risius
Mower County
Minn
State OF Minnesota Department of State
Mike Holm
Office OF Register OF Deeds
Mower Minn
State OF Minnesota
St. Paul
Te. A. W. Hoese
Morrisville boom as steel plant spurs mass growth in Bucks County
A Daily Herald report details Steel's Fairless Works near Morrisville driving a housing surge with Fairless Hills and Levittown to house up to 20,000 new homes. The plant, 60 percent complete, aims for high speed production though full operation takes another year. Local firms eye expansion, roads and rail tie lines proliferate, and a small cemetery intrusion is noted near Fairless Hills.
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Levittown
Airview
Fairless Hills
Morrisville
Steel
Albert Berdis
Fairless Works
U. S. Steel
Gary
Ind
Fairless
Berdis
Bucks County
Bethlehem
Graves Reburied as Mill Opens Nearby
Graves were moved for perpetual care amid weathered headstones. One stone reads A. W. 1733 and another Thomas Watson 1739. Beyond the graves and neat homes, smoke will rise from a new steel mill in the distance.
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A. W
Thomas Watson
Farmer Pilots Protest Ban on Home Loans
At the Minnesota annual convention in St. Cloud pilots demand a re examination of a Veterans Administration home loan ban near airports. Resolution notes the restriction would cover much of available housing in many cities and seeks policy review. Bert A. Hanson elected president, with re elected officers and named national and state directors. Ice age note closes with a separate historical fact.
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ST. Cloud
Minnesota
Veterans Administration
Bert A. Hanson
Vernon Center
Kenneth C. Butler
Hutchinson
Charles Schmidt
Morris
E. R. Mertesdorf
Hanson
Butler
Delbert Anderson
Starbuck
Edward Muniz
Litchfield
Ben Linenweber
St. James
Lloyd Durkee
Hancock
Boyd Wilke
Murdock
Bids Sought for Pool Acoustical Work by ISD 27
Independent School District No 27 in Austin Mower County Minnesota invites sealed bids for acoustical treatment to be installed in the swimming pool. Bids due by 4 00 p m July 9 1952 and opened at 4 00 p m July 9 1952 at the high school. Work must be completed by August 23 1952 with right to reject any or all bids. June 13 1952 board clerk By 8 L Coumbe. June 16 23
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Independent School District No
Mower County
Austin
Minnesota
Board of Education
Board of Education Independent School
L. Coumbe
Boy, 10, OK After Fall Down 1500-Foot Cliff
A 10 year old boy survived a 1500 foot cliff fall near Lake Arrowhead California with a concussion cuts and bruises and possible internal injuries. Kenneth Wright Jr of Compton was playing atop the cliff with two companions when he slipped and tumbled down a long rockslide then fell further to the foot of the cliff.
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Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Santa Anita Hospital
Kenneth Wright Jr
Kenneth
Compton
Ralph
Gary Sangster
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Daily Herald
Jack Appleyard
North America
Atwood’s
Wieners
Zenith
Setchell
DIAL
Odys
WSN
Sivwy
Windsor
America
Austin Auto CO
East Mill
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