Elyria Hosts Luncheon For GM 50 Millionth Car
General Motors marks its 50 millionth car with a nationwide event led by Harlow Curtice. Elyria will host a civic luncheon at the Elyria Country Club and offer plant tours from 1 to 9 p.m. with free bus service. A 40 page color commemorative book and a gold painted Bel Air will accompany the milestone celebration.
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General Motors Corp
Elyria
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Dise Vision
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Elyria Country Club
B-L-C
Court St
Harlow H. Curtice
J. Clare George
Chronicle-Telegram
Curtice
Frank E. Hoffman
Cleveland Air Procurement District
U.S. Air Force
Lorain
John Jaworski
Elyria Safety Service
Michael Lotko
Charles Mosher
Oberlin
Tele-jeral i Olors
Unite States
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
GMC
Buick Motor
AC Spark
Lernstedt
Fisher
General Motors Institute
Flint
Classroom To Factory Ex-Teacher Overcash Leads Elyria Plant
Dwight M. Overcash, former high school teacher, has steered the Brown Lipe Chapin Elyria plant from classroom beginnings to general superintendent then factory manager. Born in Muncie Indiana he studied at Ball State and Indiana University, later joining Guide Lamp before helping reopen the Elyria facility. He is married to Leona Walker and they reside in Elyria with two daughters.
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Dwight M. Overcash
Brown Lipe Chapin
Elyria
Ermamatarat
Muncie
Ind
Ball State Teachers College
Indiana University
Overcash
Guide Lamp
General Motors
Anderson
Indiana
Syracuse
New York
Electroplaters Society
Leona Walker
Rosary Club
Carol
Ohio Wesleyan University and Savings and Trust Company
alJone
Americanton Rd
B L C Factory Powers Elyria Economy With Local Jobs
The Brown Lipe Chapin GM plant employs about 1,700 locals with $9.225 million in annual wages. Property taxes paid to Elyria since 1948 total $649,000. The Telegraph Road plant’s steam unit uses 620 boiler tubes and 300 aerator tubes at a cost of $200 700, burning fifty five tons of coal daily.
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Vale
General Motors
Brown-Lipe- Chapin
B-L-C
Elyria
Telegraph Rd
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Co History and Local Conservation Club
Brown-Lipe-Chapin formed in 1910 shifting to automobile differentials and aligning with GM in 1923 as a division. The Elyria plant hosts the Al Outdoors Club founded January 1952 with 67 members, promoting conservation and recreation, including a 15 acre Semis Retreat and local stocking projects.
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Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Motors Corp
Alexander T. Brown
Charles E. Lipe
H. W. Chapin
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Co
Ohio Con
Servation Congress
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
O.C.C
Buick
Brown Lipe Chapin Division
Elyria
al Outdoors Club
Outdoor Sportsmen Club Builds Bemis Retreat at Lorain
The All-Outdoors Club founded by Jack Reising plans a Bemis Retreat club house near the Vermilion river in Birmingham area. Members fund operations through spring tickets and licenses while hosting frequent events and annual banquets with guest speakers from art Hart and Lou Gale.
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Elyria
Harry Bemis
Vermilion River
Birmingham
Knights
St. John Hall
Lorain
Ohio
Art Hart
Gunsmith
Lou Gale
Cleveland Plain Dealer Outdoor
Parking in Cities Grows Slow as Auto Use Expands
A study by the International City Managers Association finds cities over 50,000 population added parking but still lagged behind auto growth in 1953 while mid sized towns from 10,000 to 50,000 fared better with higher parking density.
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Chicago
International City Managers’ Association
Public Plant Tour Showcases GM Parts Production
Visitors to the Elyria Brown Lipe Chapin plant can tour tomorrow from 1 to 9 PM to see how parts are produced and shipped to Chevrolet Oldsmobile and Buick plants. Displays include bumper guards hub caps polishing die casting and safety equipment with models of all 1953 GM cars on view.
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Defense
Elyria Brown-Lipe-Chapin
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Buick
B-L-C
General Motors
General Motors Suggestion Plan Rewards Workers at Two Plants
The General Motors suggestion plan at Brown Cipe Chapin and Syracuse plants rewards workers for technical progress and production efficiency. In the first nine months of 1954 more than 3,900 ideas came from over a third of employees, with payouts totaling 230,820 dollars. The top prize reaches 2,500 dollars, and several workers have earned it in 1954. A tour shows the car assembly process from input to finished parts and cars, with guests viewing completed items and the ideas adopted by the plants.
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David Coe
John Reming
George Humphrey
Pearl Harbor
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Paris
BLC
Dig
Brown-Lips-Chapin’s
Ebria
John Reising
Donald Hanmill
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Al-Outdoors
Designers and Outfitters
Elyria Office Equipment Co
Elyria, Ohio
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