The Plastic Industry Started From a Pool Hall Tale
In 1868 Albany inventor John Westley Hyatt created Celluloid while solving billiard ball wobble. The material, adopted by dentists and later used for film, allowed a vast plastics industry now featuring 6000 companies, 39 base materials, 1800 trade names, and about 200000 workers. Sales in 1967 were around $7 million. The UPI report notes a century since Hyatt’s breakthrough and a thriving postwar growth.
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New York
UPI
Albany
N.Y
John Westley Hyatt
Hyatt
U.S
Chicago
Unusual potluck and quilting group noted in Noble
The weeklong notes cover all day quilting at Mrs. Carl Boshart with many guests, a dish heavy carry in meal, various quilting sessions, church events, births, anniversaries, and visits around Washington County. Milwaukee era tone reflects community life with many named families and activities.
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Elmer Schrock
Harlan Hochstettler
Arthur Boshart
Maurice Krabill
Royden Boshart
L. R. Barquist
Maurice Grieser
Harlan Widmer
Edna Widmer
C. E. Roth
Edna
Leonard Wyse
Henry Graber
Oletta Wyse
Dan Widmer
Iowa City
Maribel Schlatter
Carl Lund
Swedesburg
Oscar Miller
Dwight Leichty
Calvin Leichtys
Henry Leichty
Belvue
Ill
Orie Miller
Hot Springs
Ark
Werner Lowry
Washington
Quincy
Cal Leichty
Noah Widmer
Leland Leichty
Leonard Grieser
Elmer Roth
Wins Five Championships Boat Racers Story of Success
Don Aronow, a 40 year old racer and builder, became the first to win world, U S, French, Swedish and Bahamian ocean powerboat titles in 1967. He earned the Sam Griffith Memorial Trophy and powered his 28 foot Magnum boats with up to 450 horsepower, far cheaper than past winners. Aronow, a former lifeguard, crashed four times but remained unscathed, and set a diesel powerboat speed record of 64.466 mph at Fort Lauderdale, surpassing Sweden’s Pia Boghammar.
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New York
UPI
Don Aronow
U.S
Aronow
New York Yacht Club
Union of International Motorboating
Sam Griffith
New Jersey
Miami
Fla
Thunderbird Products
Donzi Marine
Teleflex Corp
Magnum Marine
Coney Island
Ft. Lauderdale
Sweden
Pia Boghammar
Stockholm
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Ing
Ralph L. Harding Jr
The
Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Ralph Wenger
Eva Leichty
Minnie Sutter
Fanny Eimen
Willard Leichty
Bethel Adult Bible Study
Edith
Rebecca Lynn
Larry Black
Washington Co. Hospital
Marvin Widmer
Roy Black
Harry Black
Des Moines
Port Hueneme
Calif
Uncle Sam
Dale Widmers
Sarah Alliman
Emma W
Warren Schlatter
Orlin Freys
Mt. Morris
Otto Frey
Otto
Mary
Vernon
Orlin
Park View
Dale Goff
Fairfield
Ken Goff
Goff
Dale
Mahlon Leichty
Dale Widmer
Widmers
Sheryl
Jonas Gnagey
Kalona
Gladys Gnagey
Glen Leichty
James Leichty
Gene Wyse
Russell Conrad
Cole
Springs
Grandmother Roth
Lizzie Widmer
Joe Reschly
Ken Goffs
Earle Cook
Jeanne
Cense
Chicago- San Diego
Westchester Poodles
Bupolice
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Washington Evening Journal
Charles Fey
San Francisco
Souace
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