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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
9
Fairmont students Frances Bierbower, Alice Bachman, and Evelyn Satterfield win prizes for essays on what industries mean to Fairmont. Bierbower highlights Monongah Glass, Owens Bottle Works, Tar Heel products and city power. Bachman stresses rail, coal, gas, and exports shaping the future. Satterfield outlines how Monongahela Glass, foundries, mills, and cement blocks build prosperity, population, and amenities in Fairmont.
Marion Hardware Co in Fairmont West Virginia stands as a major trading center with two floor building over 1,000 square feet of door space. The firm, led by W. Evans as president, Ray Holbert as vice president, B. Glasscock as secretary, L. C. Boice as treasurer, and F. R. Clelland manager, supplies building materials to large contractors and maintains a wide stocked line of hardware paints and tools with courteous service.
J H Beckman heads Beckman and Co at 401 Madison Street in Fairmont, a 3000 square foot operation famed as a premier women’s shop. The store specializes in curtains draperies hosiery laces embroideries corsets and related wardrobe items attracting discerning shoppers and well dressed patrons. Beckman, a Maryland native who arrived 24 years ago, is active in major local business groups and leads a storied mercantile enterprise noted for its modern fixtures and appeal.
Nearly sixty five essays were submitted at the East Side graded school for That West Virginian's prize on Pairments Industries and What They Mean to the City. First prize went to Miss Marguerite Morris of State Street, a Central School student. The essay praises Fairmont as an industrial center with coal, glass factories, railroads, power plants, and local businesses shaping employment and growth.
Fairmont grows as a regional industrial center with coal, glass, and woolen goods mills. Major employers include Consolidation Coal Co., Ordon Bottle Works, Monongah Glass, and the Willetts Co. Electricity from the Wiles plant and Monongahela Power supports homes and streets, while railroads, garages, mills, and presses sustain jobs and growth.
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