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★ Oxford Tile Co. Plant Here Closes(Continued From Page 1) lt;appears today over the vault in ( the Oxford’s Tile Co. office.The plant was expanded 1 considerably and in 1925 passed 1 into the hands of a group of Niles men, who operated it one 1 year as The Globe China Co. It '' was then consolidated with The ' Atlas China Co., of Niles, and 1 the resulting corporation was ' named The Atlas Globe China Co. jThe plant was enlarged and modernized, according to 1 Wolfe. Then came the depression of 1929 and the 1 company could not compete with cheaper foreign imports. To satisfy creditors, The Atlas Globe China Co. was forced to make an assignment in 1933, according to Wolfe.Oxford TileAccording to Wolfe’s “Stories of Guernsey County,” the success of The Guernsey Earthenware Co. prompted a group of men to organize the Oxford Pottery Co. in 1913. While Wolfe places the date at 1913 original stock certificates shown to this writer by Lowrance indicate that the company was founded March 22, 1916. The first $100 stock certificate bears the name of Charles F. Gross.According to Wolfe, A.O.C. Ahrendts, who had obtained a majority of the common stock of the Oxford Pottery Co., in 1934 changed its corporate title to Universal Potteries Inc.
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Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Mon, Mar 08, 1976
Page 16
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Evelyn B.
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