Rex-Hide to Open Grafton Plant In Ozite Deal
Rex-Hide Inc plans a Grafton plant to produce truck tire flaps, funded by a Taylor County Industrial Bond Issue purchased by Blueville Bank and Citizens First Bank of Tyler. Rex-Hide, with plants in East Brady and Tyler, expects 100 new workers by 1977, aiming full operation by early 1977.
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Bill Byrd
Grafton
Taylor County
Blueville Bank
Glen Harman
Rex-Hide Inc
Ray Pope
East Brady
Hoeffner
Pennsylvania
Tyler
Texas
Rex-Hide
Banbury
C. J
Bud) Hunter
West Virginia
Hunter
Donald V. Shaffer
Rex-Hide, Inc
Nancy Fowler
Shaffer
Rubber Workers Local responds to plant sale in Grafton
Local 805 secretary treasurer Louise Hickman says URW has remained active since Ozite plant closed January 22. Officers stay in place, with a contract through August 22. Rex-Hide Inc of Pennsylvania plans to reopen Ozite by August 1, and the union holds a successor clause enabling reinstatement of former Ozite workers.
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Linda Hartley
Grafton
Rex-Hide Inc
United Rubber Workers
URW
Louise Hickman
Local 805
Hickman
Howard Fairley
Steven Thompson
Weather and business notes from 1970s news item
Showers possible Sunday and Monday with fair conditions Tuesday. UAW figures discuss auto industry labor strategy while Rex-Hide signs to buy the Ozite Plant, with mixing ops slated by August 1, 1976. Rex-Hide vows community integration and stability in Akron area.
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Warren Hoeffner
Rex-Hide Incorporated
Brunswick Corporation
Hoeffner
Hoeffmer
Rex Bowers
Rex-Hide Purchase Brings Ozite Plant to Grafton
Officials and residents hail Rex-Hide purchase of the Ozite plant as a major boost to Grafton and Taylor County. Mayor Hully councilman Landsbury and others praise jobs creation and economic turnround, with Congressman Staggers noting opportunity for graduates and local workers. Randolph welcomes new plant and pledges cooperation as operations move forward.
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Harley O. Staggers
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Taylor County
Rex Hide
Staggers
Ings Randolph
Deiien
Rex-Hide Company
Grafton
Ozite Corporation
Grafton-Taylor County
Randolph
Motorcycle wreck near Rosemont leaves youth injured
A Rosemont area motorcycle accident Friday left a juvenile rider listed in Stabile condition at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg after colliding with a pickup driven by Timothy Haney of Rosemont. Deputies responded at 6 p.m. and the Suzuki was totaled with $200 damage to the Haney vehicle.
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Rosemont
Bridgeport
United Hospital Center
Clarksburg
Taylor County Sheriff’s Office
Timothy Haney
Haney
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Albert Landsbury
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