Goodyear Plant Drives Danville South Bypass Plan
Danville moves to build a Goodyear Tire plant on a 565 acre site between Routes 86 and 736 with 300 acres acquired for the Society of Christ Our King housing, a community center and Youth Corps. The project spurs rapid bypass planning and a railroad extension by NF&D to service the site.
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State Highway Department
Bowling
Jack Neal
Dan River
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Rt. 736
Club
Ronald Thompson
Jamerson White
Hedrick Johnson
John Slade
Danville Welcomes Goodyear World’s Largest Tire Firm
Danville gains a major industry leader as Goodyear, the world’s largest tire and rubber company, expands with a Danville plant. The firm's 38 domestic and 44 foreign plants produce tires and a wide range of other products from aviation components to vinyl flooring, backed by a strong research division and vast government contracts. With last year’s sales over 2 billion dollars and rising, Goodyear projects continued growth amid strong demand for tires and expanding auto production worldwide.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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Danville Nabs Goodyear Plant After Tough Quest
Goodyear Tire & Rubber narrowed four city sites to Danville for a new plant. Dave Bowling, Danville’s engineer, led the effort with City Manager Temple and local officials backing him. Goodyear executives DeYoung and DuPree visited secretly before choosing Danville, praising Bowling for pushing the project forward.
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Danville
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Goodyear
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Temple
Fantas Corporation
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Yasseen
Danville Sees Biggest Postwar Industrial Growth
Danville reports its largest postwar expansion with Goodyear choosing to build a giant plant. Commodore Corporation began mobile home production in CID park, employing about 100. Westbrook Elevator plans a new adjacent plant, while P Lorillard and Dibret expand tobacco storage. Forest Lanes site converted into a knitting mill by Dan River Mills. Anderson Bros. Consolidated relocates to Floyd Street to boost output. US Gypsum announces a major Danville plant with hundreds of new jobs and a new design-build corps formed by Southern builders.
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H.R. Martin
K. C. Arey
Kings
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W. D. Lester
Goodyear
Gypsum
Rt. 86
North Carolina Line
Dan River
Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway
Nf&d Iain
T. E. Temple
Rutledge Clement
Bowling
Highway Commission
Municipal Airport
Danville
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Commodore Corporation of
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Rt. 58
Commodore
Westbrook Elevator Manufacturing Co
P. Lorillard Tobacco Co
Dibrelt Brothers, Inc
Dan River Mills
Old Forest Lanes
Forest Lanes
Anderson Bros. Consolidated Cos., Inc
Floyd St
County and City Leaders Welcome Goodyear Plant
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors chair Grayson W. Jacobs says the board is pleased Goodyear will join the area and expects the plant to boost the economy. Danville Chamber of Commerce president William V. Rickman expresses pleasure at Goodyear selecting the Danville region and anticipates close community association.
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Grayson W. Jacobs
Pittsylvania County
DeYoung's Climb To Top True American Success Story
Russell DeYoung rises from Akron high school to Goodyear chairman and chief executive. His career spans 37 years at the firm and wartime production growth, from Goodyear Aircraft to the Goodyear International Corporation. He joined Goodyear in 1928 through a university co op program and earned an MBA from MIT in 1939.
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