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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1959 DOC#: OWILL109 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Published Company History W 'c h q e X S -5<p aJ^ % e rtk e n ^ K : 1 f ? r - V e ^ L f e{ n 3 Jj <Z''JS\.itV4fc-'-*Uj/l'.\ : ^mimimimmEmmmmmmmmMmMmm <& Centennial Tribute M IC H A E L J. O W E N S J^ev elo p er and inventor of automatic glass-forming machines that helped eliminate child labor and benefited his fellow man by bringing mass production methods to the industry he served, his name lives in the corporate titles of leading companies that continue to make glass an increasingly useful servant o f mankind. SS^iH&3aitBSEKgBggSPanBBRMBBggMa^ These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M, Canaday Center 3 I p A Report The MICHAEL J,, OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE Program September 3S 1959 THE MICHAEL Jo OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE PLAQUE 18 inches high and 12-g- inches wide,, The glass panel is mounted, by four brass faced rosettes, on a finely finished mahogany panel three-quarters of an inch thick On the back of the wood panel are affixed two brass-finished hanger chains The illustration, in gold tones, is reproduced on the underside of the glass panel by a unique photoplating process The copy, also reproduced on the glass panel, is in black and green The background of the glass panel is an off-white, blended slightly to harmonize with the gold, tones of the illustration The plaque weighs 6 pounds, 13 ounces Owens-Illinois Public Relations Department May, I960 These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center FOREWORD On the morning of Thursday, September 1959, OwensIllinois plants, from New Jersey to California and from Wisconsin to Florida, paused to participate in the Company-wide MICHAEL J. OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE PROGRAM, marking the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Mr. Owens and the 56th Anniversary of the found ing of Owens Bottle Machine Company. The first section of this Report ~ the blue pages-- presents a sampling of the results of this program In terms of its acceptance and execution by Plant Managers and their staffs, and in terras of the news media publicity the program generated for the Company and its key personnel. This Report's second section-- the white pages -- presents the idea and format of this program just as it was outlined to Owens-Illinois Plant Managers in early August, 1959. Only a few plants that normally would have conducted this program as described in this Report did not do so because of the pressures of the then-burrent labor situation involving negoiitions for i flint Glassworkers contract, :j : ' Clips of news articles in local publications and trade magazines reporting this observance continued to be received in late November. They indicate a wide recognition of this event outside the Company. . The portions of this report relating to coverage of the program by our own plant publications indicate Plant Managers* awareness of the value of the program's "Four Plusses" for plants as listed at the bottom of Page 1 of the Program Section of this Report. Owens-Illinois Public Relations Department May, I960 A Report The MICHAEL J 0 OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE Program These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Contents REPORTS FROM THE PLANTS Alton, 111 (Glass Container) Portland, Ore (Pacific Coast) Glassboro, N. J. (Closure and Plastics) Buffalo, N 0 !,, (Libbey) Vineland, No Jo (Kimble) Chicago, 111,, (Paper Products) Tomahawk, Wis. (Mill) Toledo, 0,, (General Offices) Clarion, Pa. (Glass Container) San Jose, Calif. (Pacific Coast) St. Charles, 111. (Glosure and Plastics) Special Mill Division Management Announcement REPORTS IN THE PRESS Plant Town Newspapers National Press Trade Press REPORTS IN 0 - r PUBLICATIONS Bridgeton, N. J,, (Glass Container) Atlanta, Ga,, (Glass Container) Huntington, W. Va. (Glass Container) Gas City, Ind. (Glass Container) Columbus, 0. (Kimble) Streator, ELI. (Glass Container) Forest Products FORUM (Mill, Multiwall Bag and Paper Products) Owens-Illinois OUTLOOK (General Offices) OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE PRESS KIT Inside Back Cover These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center REPORTS FROM THE PLANTS Here are reports from a few of the 55 O-I Plants across the country which participated in the Owens Centennial Tribute Programs Alton, 111. (Glass Container Division) "..dignitaries of Alton and surrounding communities were invited... Mayors of Alton, Wood River and East Alton. Secretary, Alton District Manufacturers Association. Great= er Alton Association of Commerce. City Manager, Wood River. Executive Secretary of Wood River Chamber of Commerce. Manager, Radio Station WOKZ. President, Onlzed Club. Manager, Alton Central Shops. "Invitations followed the example sent by Toledo and each person was made aware of press coverage, trans portation and other guests as well as the purpose of the program. "On Monday, August 31...a press release was given the Alton EVENING TELEGRAPH and Radio Station WOKZ. "At exactly 10 a.m. (September 3) Courtney Budd... welcomed the guests and gave a brief talk in which he paid tribute to Michael J. Owens. " (Mr. Budd) and Mayor Day of Alton unveiled the plaque and a picture was taken. Mayor Day then commented on the community5s recognition of a milestone in the history of one of its corporate citizens. "Immediately following the program, the guests, plant managers and department heads retired to the main cafeteria where they enjoyed coffee and rolls... "Press kits, along with a photo of the unveiling, were immediately taken to the newspapers and the radio station." Portland, Ore. (Pacific Coast Division) "...the morning of September 3> 1959, (plaque) unveiling ceremonies were held...in the employee's entrance foyer to the plant. After a brief but impressive tribute to Mr. Owens, Plant Manager Wally Funke requested that Paul Roche, Portland Service Engineer,...who will soon begin his 50th year with Owens-Illinois, unveil the plaque. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center "...in attendance'at the ceremony were...President GBBA, Local 112, ...Vice President GBBA, Local 112,.,,.Shop Stewards AFGWU...(and plant supervisors). '"Plant employees were notified of the observance on ...September 2, by a special edition of the GLASS EYE, Portland's house organ. "Newspaper coverage consisted of a picture and story in the Parkrose East Councy ENTERPRISE.,,,,a short announcement..,,in the business-financial section of the (Portland) Oregon J O U R N A L . a n d a similar announcement (in).,,.the (Portland) OREGONIAN.,,,," Glassboro, N. J. (Closure & Plastics Division) "Subject affair was conducted at the Glassboro Plant at 10 a.m. on September 3, 1959. We followed, very closely, the program as recommended by Toledo. "All possible operations in the Plant were shut down so that our people could attend.,,,, "Guests attending were Mayor Joseph Bowe of Glassboro, Freeholder William Dalton, William Schwoebel of the Glassboro ENTERPRISE, Clayton Platt of the community, and a photographer from the Woodbury DAILY TIMES. "The ceremony was conducted on the front lawn of the plant. "Plant Manager R. H. Langdon spoke... Mr. Bowe then ...cited Mr.. Owens' contribution to the glass industry and .to the economy of the community. "Three county newspapers gave us excellent coverage." Buffalo, No Yo (Libbey Glass Division) "Advance notice of the program was made possible by a l5=minute radio interview on the MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR program, Monday, August 31.. R. W. Mueller (Plant Manager) was interviewed... Additional publicity.,,,, appeared in both the morning and evening papers, on September 2... "All employees of the Buffalo Plant were excused from their job assignments so that they could attend the ceremonies...held in the Onlzed Clubrooms. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center " ...Mr. Victor Silverstein...represented the City of Buffalo on behalf of Mayor Sedita. "A complete write-up of the ceremonies appeared.,,in issues of the local newspaper, the Kensington TOPICS. "...local newspapers and radio stations cooperated... in contributing to the success of the program." Vineland, N. J. (Kimble Glass Company) "Ceremony held 9 0 0 a.m., 3 September 1959. Plant Manager and Mayor both talked briefly. President of City Council present. Managing Editor, Vineland TIMESJOURNAL present with photographer. Atlantic City PRESS represented. "News Editor - Special Program Editor, radio station WWBZ present. Ceremony taped. Three newscasts carried word of the unveiling. "Phone conversation between W,, D. Mayfield and News Editor, Radio station WMVD, concerning meaning of plaque, taped earlier and broadcast at time of ceremony. "Plant Manager's staff present. Program put on Plant P.A. system, "Coffee served for guests prior to ceremony. Set of Libbey Glassware sent to Mayor and President of City Council with note of thanks." Chicago, 111. (Paper Products Division) "The Owens Centennial Tribute was made a part of the program of the Official Opening of the new Chicago Plant of the Paper Products Division on October lf>. "The Centennial Tribute Plaque was installed with ceremony and the new street on which the plant is located was named Owens Avenue in honor of the occasion. "Civic officials, members of the press. Company executives and several hundred key Chicago Plant customers were in attendance at the plant's Official Opening." These materia^ not be duplicated with-, the written permission the staff of the Ward M. Canadav C Tomahawk, Wis, (Mill Division) "The morning of September 3} supervisors attended a brief ceremony at which General Manager John Hoeft spoke, and unveiled the Centennial Tribute Plaque "The Editor of the Tomahawk LEADER was present at the ceremony. Photo and special story appeared in the LEADER." Toledo, 0 (General Offices) "The Toledo Libbey Glass Division Plant, located on the site of the original Libbey Glass Company factory in which Mr. Owens worked, was the scene of the central ceremony of the nation-wide program. "Participants included Mr. J. P. Levis, Chairman of the Board of Owens-Illinois5 Mr. John D. Biggers, Chairman of the Board of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Companyj Mr. Harold Boeschenstein, President of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; and The Honorable John W. Yager, Mayor of the City of Toledo. "Special guests included Mr. W. E. Levis, former President and Chairman of Owens-Illinois; Mr. S. L. Rairdon, Vice-President, Marketing, for Owens-Illinois. Hosts for the occasion were Mr. G,, B. Skinta, Vice President and General Manager of the Libbey Glass Division of Owens-Illinois; and B,, F. Trumm, Manager, Libbey Glass Division Toledo Plant. Clairion, Pa. (Glass Container Division) "...the ceremony was shown on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, during the 7 p.m. newscast of Monday, September 7 "Those attending the ceremony included the fourteen department heads; James J. Arner, Burgess of Clarion; Walter L. Smith, General Manager of the Clarion Chamber of Commerce...Derek M. Schoen, Editor of the Clarion DEMOCRAT, and John P. Baker, Area Representative for the Oil City DERRICK. "Following the unveiling ceremony, the guests were served refreshments in the plant cafeteria, Mr. Schoen was taken on a tour of the plant. "The program was well-received." These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the stall ot the Ward M. Canaday Center San Jose, Calif. (Pacific Coast Division) "An informal program was held i;. the San Jose Plant at 10 a.m., September 3 In attenc.nee were supervisors . union officers, and two re..:,esentatives from each department from the hourly payr'll, for a total of twenty people "A short talk following the o>i.ut..ine prepared by Toledo was delivered by the Plant Marnier, and the plaque was unveiled by the President of tin local GBBA and the Plant Manager. "A photographer was present fro:: the San Jose MERCURYNEWS. "The plant received assistance in publicity with the' ; San Jose papers through H3LL1.& rowlton. St. Charles, 111. (Closure & Plastic:: .vision) "Tomorrow the plaque will he hang nncl pictures... taken with various employees praiert from different local towns. "Distribution of these pictures nr ; press kits will be given to West Chicago PRESS* Sc. Charles CHRONICLE, Wheaton JOURNAL and Elgin CODETF?>.?>!ES. "Because of our location and the - iny areas from which we draw people, it is not expedi --n to...overemphasize one town and one mayor. "Our plant paper has carried tb issue and will carry additions]. of the program tomorrow." 'ory in last Monday's arial as a result Special Mill Division Management Airrnou; enent The five Mills of the Mill M m s i . r. prefaced their observance of this occasion lby pc ing the announcement reproduced on the following page bulletin boards several days in advance of the ' ember 3 Centennial Tribute date... These maiw/i.. not be duplicated wit. the written permission the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Cente MICHAEL J. OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE On September 3, 1959, Owens-Illinois plants across the country pause to acknowledge this year as the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Michael J. Owens, developer and inventor of glass forming processes that revolutionized an entire industry. September 3 is the 56th anniversary of the founding of Owens Bottle Machine Company, predecessor to Owens-Illinois; and the first Company associated with the glass industry which bore Mr. Owens1 name. The Mill Division of Owens-Illinois and the (Name of City) Mill are pleased to join other major segments of our Company in paying tribute to an industrial pioneer upon whose personal accomplishments a great portion of our business is founded. We in the Mill Division benefit today, as a manufacturing unit and as individuals, from the resources, know-how and traditions of a Company which bears Mr. Owens' name. In turn, we are proud to contribute substantially to the continued success of the Company which owes so much of its beginnings to a working man who had an idea of how to do something better and who refused to be proven wrong. H. C. Laughlin President Mill Division Owens-Illinois C. G. McLaren Vice President & General Manager Mill Division Owens-Illinois F. B. Schelhorn Vice President & Manager Manufacturing & Research Mill Division Owens-Illinois (Name of Mill Manager) Manager (Name of City) Mill Mill Division Owens-Illinois These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center REPORTS IN THE PRESS Summary The name of Michael J. Owens-- the man, not a part of a corporate title--probably was seen and heard by more different Americans during September of 1959 than in the entire 6I4 years he lived. His contributions to the automation of the glass industry and the resulting death blow to child labor...his making possible high-speed filling lines...his establishing a standard upon which the Pure Food and Drug Administration could operate... his demand for mass-produced interchangeable machine parts... All of these accomplishments were presented to most Americans for the first time in news stories released by Owens-Illinois in connection with the 10 0 th anniversary of his birth. The news peg on which stories about the Owens anniversary were hung, was the simultaneous installation of Owens plaques in Toledo and plants throughout the country. Public Relations coverage was divided into two major segments-~national coverage and plant town releases. Public Relations prepared a Sunday advance story for the Toledo BLADE and a morning and afternoon newspaper release, both of which were carried on the Associated Press national wire. This AP story was carried by some of the nation's top newspapers with circulation over four million. Newspapers which carried the story of Mike Owens included such national leaders as the New York TIMES, New York WORLDTELEGRAM AND SUN, Tucson STAR, Detroit NEWS, Detroit FREE PRESS, Washington POST and TIMES-HERALD, Milwaukee JOURNAL, Seattle POST-INTELLEGENCER, St. Paul PIONEER-PRESS and the Tulsa TRIBUNE. The final story~~after the event-~was prepared and sent to trade magazines. Here the story appeared in the leading magazines for the following trades: glass, food, beverages, liquor, dairy, beer, packaging and drugs and chemicals. At least one national business magazine, BUSINESS WEEK, told of Mike's 100th birthday. Since the focal point of the celebration was the hanging of the plaques in our plants, Public Relations made its primary efforts there by sending each participating plant a press kit for each newspaper, radio and television station in its town. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center The press kit contained; (1) A sample "Note to Editors" designed to go from the plant manager to the editor or program director of his local papers and stations. The note was an invitation to attend the ceremonies and gave a brief description of what could be expected. From this material, advane stories were prepared by many newspapers. (2) A general story on the ceremonies in which local details were to be inserted. (3) A feature story which contained more details on Mike himself and how the automatic bottle machine came into being. (U) Three photographs showing, (a ) a copy of an oil painting of Mike and the machine, (b) a photo taken from a 1910 movie from which the painting had;been made, and (c) Mike in an informal pose during a vacation in Florida. Plant managers were advised to give the press kits to those press representatives who attended the plaque hanging, or have them delivered immediately after the ceremonies to those unable to attend. Plant managers were also advised that it would be useful to have a photographer on hand to supply any photos the press might want. The co-operation of the plants, as well as the reception of the material by the local press, was gratifying. Clips of articles and photos were received from every plant town in which an effort was made to secure publicity. And most of the plants received several stories for the single event. For example, the press in Bridgeton carried five different stories and three photographs; Waco had four stories, two photos, and an editorial complimenting our company's spirit5 Charleston, Streator and Clarion each had four stories and two pictures, and Glassboro's ceremonies received three articles and three photos. Realizing that space in newspapers in large cities is often more difficult to obtain, Public Relations was pleased that Columbus papers had seven mentions of Ahh.event, Atlanta and Portland four, and Los Angeles three. In Toledo, where we could expect good recognition despite a press somewhat saturated with "glass" news, the newspapers carried four lengthy stories, two photographs, and THE BLADE printed an editorial supplied by Press Relations which THE BLADE had carried in 1923 at the time of Mike's death. Radio and television results are almost impossible to measure on something like this unless useage is reported by plant personnel since there are no clipping services for these communications media. We feel there was relatively wide use of the release on radio in plant towns. However, in Toledo both local television stations used news film of the plaque hanging and a feature film specially prepared for the celebration by Public Relations. This short film contained about six seconds of footage on Mike himself, the only known movies taken of him. The remainder of the film featured an early machine in operation from the 1910 film showing Mike. Some of today's machines completed the three-minute television film. One local TV station used part of the film on the day of the ceremony along with news shots and showed the entire film the following Sunday afternoon. Considering the number of clippings received and the number we know we did not receive, plus radio and TV audiences, it can be safely estimated that the Mike Owens story was told to at least six million people. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center TOLEDO BLADE; Pla Town Press O w e n s C e n t ; ; ; y o 6s TM s Planned In 34 Citk T o H onor Unschooled Genius Of US. Glass Industi Inventor Helped Give Toledo Title O f Glass Capital By ALAN SCHOEDEL B lade S tatt W riter In this centennial year of his birth, tribute will be paid in 34 cities next Thursday to the unschooled creative genius who helped make Toledo the glass capital of the world. He was, of course, Michael J . Owens, inventor of the bot tle blowing machine, whose name appears in the corporate titles of all of the "Big Three'' glass companies which make Toledo their headquarters--the Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. and Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corp. . ft S 5 3" p-n a i * 2 ? Mike Owens was born 100 years ago in West Virginia. _ the age of 10 be was stokmg furnaces in a glass factory Wheeling--a typical , ing the same basic method^ th a t had prevailed and which M ike Owens', i n v e n tio n s to change. birthday Mx. Owens' Jan . 1, 1859. But afte for th been chosen as tn because centennial o b s e r v ^ ^ it is the annive - jnvenf i r s t a p p-e-a--r a.npdp i-n c o-rp,0' rate to r's n am e title of any c o m p ly M I K E OW ENS EXAM INES A B O T T L E TURNED OUT BY uias ta k e n fr o m a m o v ie a b o u t th e g rea t in u en tor This P ictaTe . . before handing \ ciple to replace the hand blow -\dustr j of the Pip l e r , who" u se d th e sam e k in d jitb --' " \ btAe Observances *plo = ago next ^%1L to L the j bk>w ' of 15, Mike \ pipe th a t w a s tir s t jn; ;^ rJ U no 'ri rr T Just hursd a 5 y. A 1I n M -ns Bot- 1 _ tr^aS hircisetf^` -^.oriateiy , ---- ----------------- ^ "W tie M achine / launched- j To^ l O f M i k e ^ w H IS MAC m ad e ab w sell the re] w hich pvij hTing autrj blow ing Glass Owens ' day in Illinois 83 oth ` ' ^ o u t t h l S `` '"ci' -SJde consiIddpe.rrs 1t*7"si-a,i.J7L c1>alee 0Ccasi'07i fh,, great Mr- Owens died. 28, i*V92?3, eatlheA d amy athletesre psign an done by lieer. Thr ion w as > rp , becaur VKoOcivct^. `jjpecvaV pi-acne's wnSv reSXed Verve a n d h r T By w as p ro K ^crreutr CAVes, a\, \ h O w M ICHAEL J- W E N S did th-a-t- Which alm ost MilcYi 'W outWmcy Vet -- six, t\dw3bromer\wfeM\cVaeV -- n a suwhobh years a'yy de- the beca.n, fyne ClSe said could not be done ro ta te d best. ^ a s s VotV\e - mm' & reesnn r ", " er had been d0ne- This was the. _ . gg llaa ss ss.. and p\ayed r vb cor f0r hls success- whjch was neither a A e m o rf tv o V ter u \ i suck up -th.m aY rr^T eY . v-gvT m ystery iniuoir aa sseeccrreett,. K rave old h im b eing show n m the pot, p u i\ -rr 'x ^ m M r. O w ens KeU ,, . w 1 V p ro g ra m s in T oledo andV ape, veiea.se iA ^ a 0 , man i a r e a ^ l d e a ' a c o n c e p tio n Of -m arvelous m ach in e w hich w ould dip an iron . ^ x cities, as p a rt ot th e corn-ip andther w hite ^ em oxat\on ot th e to o th av.ni-\ \\W Xx j , V\e 1 h a n d in to m o lte n g lass, tw ist a n d to y w ith a n d x v e rsa ry o t M ic h a e l 3. O w e n s' \a r \y y e a r s va low a t an d into th e glowing stuff, and f- aside a com plete an d perfect M r rtu,ov,c ,, - 34 Glass Man Whose M i1 k e prov e d OweftS ' y th e w ay vthue-yj pr u--t up of w S eptem ber typical ^ r o u g h n ^ s . Mi had been inspecting e v e r^ of g l a s s w a r e he saw m 34 j a s ssrsrS" -- m any thi Q-X I w a s d is tu r b e d - fay ,, and wrote L g from the ve in use at t tal something neeaect a t once." Finally, had Mike been prese a t this or any other plaq hanging, it would have b< c h a ra c te ristic of him to go to blackboard afterw aids, make few sim ple lines on it, and plain how the whole thing be done b e tte r next ti*v>' The glass ` packap-'" Honored \-\onOV ae\ J* M IKE OWENS o. ,,ZV2 S " '" *> o - s t K th e y h o n o re d him , and he w ^Qtl p ^atv'^'odaand 32 oV h u m b le a n d a m odest m an. ^ uots >\ant coast- \ m lwl f tjU th e w ay th e y w ere p u t up -- -^yes trom c o a s t s w as so m eth in g else. I t w as aln C1 p i QUes of f^asaSnn-iitvvevsavy ^ \ the ena a u to m a tic , 34 plaques going up r the lOOtb whpse th e sam e hour, and autom aii ra tin& ^ q w ^ s' . ' N"v,^ vo\u- nv w a s so m eth in g M ike Owens cou th e hUTu . R ow ing 1 av` ' ' u n d e rs ta n d because he w asone o y o r n ^ c Tootllce\-aDlSowYVnndUStTc^y' W TM Glass^b^oro's Mayor Joseph Bowe, left Times- Fisle and Richard Langdo ifcs inventors - even Uhhi*H h ( ^ on^ e d ^ . ^ e c r f iW * ^ ^ `t^ m anager of the Glassboro plant ofOync-niinnl* Glass . C o . u n eIvt e rwkasn e weffiitc.ient, th is m arath o n tUe tu rn ^ 1oC&y P ' a n t Ua.,ut ,vel1 Plague com m em orating the 100th anniversary of the bir plaq u e-h an g in g , a n d efficiency hu6 a o%veftS'XVVwoxs wS u u ticO f Michael J. Owens, whose autom atic bottle blowing mach w a s th e th in g w ith Mike. .Doing things better, and faster, and ch eaper -- th a t was the whole h e a rt of his philosophy. And do ing som ething bigger than any on e h a d over done before, un h an g in g plaques to one cities a t the w ould hs.v evpc * , Ivons- B.ovr-v*^v--d B lf 'LVV\eVceCY"=`~yfre'-/-o-k-i-ti-o-t-ii-z-e-d the -g--lass industry c o n d u c a pavV*. brief .cerenioiiies held ...yesterday fh'S T * V^ a*_.'A ov-> n^ J ^ S i m l 2,ouVVve^ cities hw fot v a wee si \ autvYs:^-t at ItHhVe tbuUXrinl yojLf t.hIIe*- -ce--ntury, on the fro n t lawn of the piar e o RG-e a 'LES Qk Kl 1 ^ .o bear ats vvt a .... v. I'-''. Recame gottlc NVfc'tW'-'F 0 vens-Cb Success ceteionv in- X&w&srtva. C\l} V o t o ^ ^ r est ' V l T g m v a 's t g s V -'Notttvy \v<x- - J# * * * * t\ve s0TVS* cA TY\e . afA 3 . ..............p.V...a.nt t \ t a site ? Vssz - m ouxMivt-- I va m s Ya m o \e d to T o l e d o to ^ o v Vl tov TEA- --V w : d D u o a \\\o \a lAi-hev J o ' ^ Vt\ ?AYio\v ^ ;;r` dowYaatos, vV*>' ''dv^A V'. n i r t h d a 7 ____ m e Awurn anniversary of Michael J. '-j'lons, inventor of the automatic bottle p"'v!ng machine. K. H. Hugh, manager 'toe Alton and Godfrey central shops --Tobn I'M""'" who paid tribute to Owens, is shown center. A t left is Godfrey Township Si pervisor Clifford Krug and at right Nc ble Wyatt, personnel manager of tht mceonntyr.al shops, who took part in the cere GEORGE WALTER AND MIKE OWEN5 Glass Company Founder Honored Invented `Automatics' Owens9Memory Honored Tributes Owens A t 2 Owens-Illinois Plants Little-known Mike Owens, childjchael J. Owens and his rvolu laborer and later union organizer!tjonary bottle machine, whose inventions brought auto-) ^ plaqU at Wac0 was un mation to the glass industry, was, veiled in the plant cafeteria honored today at Owens-Illinois where it will most often be seen by more than 800 employes at) Glass Firms the glass factory which is one; pi Waco's great industries. i O-I boat'd chairman J. P. Levis? To Honor unveiled another Owens plaque ati Toledo. Other officials did like-t The matr who made glass pro Plaques commemorating the duction one of this country's first 100th anniversary of the birth ol l a utotmted industries was honor Michael J. Owens, whose auto ed Thursday at the Alton and matic bottle-blowing machine re G odfrey plants of Owens-Illinois volutionized the glass industry and simultaneously in 32 other early in the century,- were plac U. S. cities from coast to coast. ed Thursday at the Alton and ^(Godfrey plants and other O-I installations. The ceremony at Alton was at tended by Mayor P. W. Day of Alton, Mayor James M. Delaney, P ioneer |wise at 50 plants across die na- Wood River, Leland F. Kraft, ci- *Michael J. Owens, the man ttion. All ceremonies were at 10| who made glass production one of the nation's first automated Today, September 3rd, was industries, will be honored at Ichosen for the event, because it is 10 tomorrow morning at cere the 56th anniversary of the found-) monies In Buffalo's Libbey ing of the Owens Bottle Machine Glass Division, and simulta-jCompany, the first company to neously in Owgn's-Hlinois Glass |bear the Owens name. This year its in 32 other iis also the 100th anniversary of irom coast to coast. the birth of Mike Owens. Flaques commem'- 100the anin-i3--- . mg the birth `v "We pause today to pay tribute of -mafic to a gentleman whose remarkable __ _ both revo- personal contribution to our busi-V/11? A H r* lutio. at the ness and the entire glass indus-,. **** ' O ( A r r r J ^ J V ^ turn entury, are to be try brought about ,a rebirth oi%nd James ^ hung in the O-I installations. the 10,000-year-old art of glassZ- ^eSg of Radio Sin a The plaques contain a picture making and made possible manyie r; ^ 00(j ^ Owens in front of his revo- of the ways in which glass serves'**"' lutionary machine mankind today," George Walter- ' Owens' name appears in the,said at the plaque unveiling in Chamber of corporate titles of three lead inP^Wanr\ ihC m/M-rOll o R iv e t t" manager of Wood Rivver, T. Butler, executive director Jton District Manufacturer's riation, F. M. Kaar, evecudirector of Greater Alton Association of Commerce, L. D. Palmer, secretary of the Wood River Township Chamber of [Commerce, Bud Bunyan, sta tion manager of WOKZ and Jim Pegg of Station WOKZ. Mayor Charles Vanpreter of East Alton was unable to attend because he was in the hospital, and Graham Watt, city manager ,of Alton, was out of town. OlVPFlQ-TI.Hnnic imo _ ___.. Honors Late Hike Owens The man who made glass pro duction one of this country's first automated industries was honore today at the Clarion plant of Owens-Illinois Glass C o m p a y and simultaneously in 32 other U. S. cities from coast to coast. Plaques commorating the one hundredth anniversary of t h e birth of Michael J. Owens, whose automatic bottle blowing mach ine revolutionized the glass in- : dustry at the turn of the century revolutionized the glass industry at the turn of the century were were hung at 10 a.m. at the local plant and other O-I installations. The unveiling ceremony at the Clarion plant was witnessed by a group of 20 men Distinguished citizens of Clarion' who attended the unveiling of the plaque were James J. Arner, Burgess of Clar ion Borough; Walter L. Smith, geheral manager of Clarion Cha her of Commerce; and George W. Wolf, Jr., president of Clar ion Chamber of Commerce. Piar Shown following the unveiling of a L. Sommerville. The ceremony took pia wen plaque honoring Mike Owens, glass product- in the reception room at the local plant < Jar 'ion great, are from left to right, George Thursday morning. It was duplicated in ed Wolf, Jr., president of the Clarion Chamber other Owens-Illinois plants across b and of Commerce, Burgess James 3, Arner and United States on the same day. tionj. Owens Illinios Clarion plant manager James iucuirauu. glass industry. He was assisted to market the new machine, J. "The Owens machine took glas: in the unveiling of the plaque P. Levis, O-I board chairman making out of the hand-blowing by Burgess James Arner. Following the unveiling. Bur gess Arner and CHamber presi dent Wolf commented briefly on the meaning of the ceremony said at Toledo ceremonies in the Libbey Glass Divison plant where Mr. Owens developed his p i o neer machine. Today Mike Owens' name ap- method of production in use at the beginning of the Christiar era and permitted for the firsl time to production of bottles anc jars of uniform height, weight and capacity something impossib- to Clarion citizens. Arner pointed pears in the corporate titles of le under the age-old methods of out that the Clarion plant of three leading, but separate glass hand blowing glass," Mr. Levis Owen-Iliinois "has eontibuted firms -- Owens-Illinois, Libbey- said. much to Clarion, in" the areas Owens-Ford Glass Company, and "This uniformity made possible of religious, social educational Owens-Coming Fibergias Corpor- the development of high-speed and commercial welfare." Wolf ation -- with annual sales close 6 v called Owens-Illinois ``the big to one billion dollars. Plaques Honor Micha< corportaion with a heart" in prais The four-color plaques -- made T O w e c T ing the local plant's contributions of gtrliansese naturally -- contain a en s in to the community. picture...if Mike Owens in front Glass Industry The late Michael J. Owens, wl made glass production one America's first autom ated indi tries, was honored on Septemb 3 at the sand plants oLXteac TM g.is GHass CpflipamrJ.n-.Encif Grve ana lone and simuli neously in 32 other U.S. comm nities and cities from coast ; coast. Plaques _of glass. c n m .---r , Paciic Q v w e . % *SM b o t t e ...l at tl._ .w ai piant and other O * %installations, "W is m m boTthomplaLntasm, pcmonadnu, ctmedanthageerceroe monies. September 3 was chosen fo the nation-wide observances be cause it was the 56th annivei sary of the founding of th> Owens Bottle Machine Company the first company to bear tm Photo & Eti^ravinr by Martin-Joh Harold Otteseo, left, manager for the local Owens-Winol pi is shown with Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield, center, and { Point Mayor J. G. Stith, right, at the unveiling of the plaque hoi mg Mike Owens, inventor of the Automatic Bottle Machine, The b ceremony took place this Thursday morning. Owens-Illinois Plant Ceremonies Hone inventor Of AutomaticBottle Machin The man who made glass ] auction one of this country's i autoraai; d industri6s wm NEW PLAQUE--A plaqe honoring Michael J. Owens, glass \ S | g | ^ Q ing machine inventor, was hung at the Owens-Illinois mill div Friday. Mill Manager John Hoeft looked at the plaque. 1 [today at the Owens-IIKTM;,. a lc p a p ia - a '"sg ^ `simultaneously in '2 othei O*-I. Ho*nors*Mik; e Ow* ens, , Glass Company Foundi BirthU Q y iS. cities from coast to coast. ; Plaques commemorating one hundredth anniversary of birth of Michael J. Owens, wl automatic bottle blowing macl revolutionized the glass indu: r /-X ja.t tkhuec turn of the centur;y, y u ri lass MO-1director; E. M. Kulas, , Michael M who J. made Owens, glass p rtthhoee- Mrruunngogthaaettr11O00 -aaI..mmin,,sataattllttahhtieeolnloosccial pi The man who made glass pro K aeth Van Tme, Jad f thi nation's RnAd mnOo>npgthAeth;onore-d guests v iction one of this county ^ assistant pers, tucnoii one oi u J ,,A tlanta's Mayor William B.Ha st automated industries was t ' t mil there; I first automated industries point'* r ,,tmU>un1odareiivvdiissiiaootnn tFrhrriidaaayy taneosly in 32 other andsmWiuF'j'SmQ' ith, U. S. cities sonnel Tdoirmecathoarw. kE, lalsswsisctratnt t was a WIt est director; Ellsworth cificallv h Virginian. Spe- Ifc, :5,,, -- *-'UH, S |Yj y J from coast to coast. icutt, paper mill s u p e r i n t e n d .. ne was ress1^ ' and members of the 1< Plaques commemorating thelD^ onnaaldd KKal hhnn,>.pPu^l!Pp mmi'hll ssuupn VVheellngr. 'll t M Pening t5le cerenu 100th anniversary of the birth of ^e ^ wetls-ininois elcom(ttiafTgef Harold Otte Michael J. Owens, whose auto- ud britri dlsH1^ '- matic bottle blowing machine ............... , bnef^ revolutionized the glass industry Hoeft put the plaque in "home Print, at the turn of the century, were and explained Michael Ov U-st K,'>'` ,0 S l B 6 S S importance in the M em orial T rib u te P aia o IN COLUMBUS B iwho made 8 glarsOs mlMakipVn- | t auto-W ,o n e of. ^ S Sw b o n o r e d L . V ri(\ O v e n s I1 5S,"*! o0tter U S . cite ftTM \ coaPsltacto coast. commemor- l*'SGeMofid 1automatic ov~. g t --."oiutionized tue glass t rnree . +he cen-l firms - F ather of Industrial Automation By MA--UDO WILLIAMS iiI."mSoilgdnihfiocladntlbyo,yi"t ealnimd inpautte.d1i2n0e*0eddc.lonfl died productio'nJ1\out Motikweoprekr.fected a semi-autom uoM bulbs in 1894 an X , V > y v*\ G, > <s <S> v \ '% \\ </vo3 >v ^V ^, % ^ r^<*M&u<l Taking Part In Owens-Illinois Ceremony TMkO revoluticm m e ttm g la ss m aking in u stn W TD. ^ 2 ve N esteau. T aking part in Km ^ a m o tn e s O ^ - ^ S T e e x , W. H . w ^ i c k , nuit m anager K a.es, 1,. Chism. ted at (left to HoU and Ir TM . TVUnoVs lC-TOSS\ cas10 ' .^rtuoets ^cia Fnv,?. otti- ,> a ^\ p\an^s ot ^ erv-, onor -fctie tnaiM ^ ^ y en to r's owes-'Pord ~ ^ s 3 S f e . J e 0-enSM {C H C ! ', w'" * ma ? W tn a t A lLntav ^ ^ HAEL J . O W EN 5 la .C o rp - ^ t ***; Owns-flfinois Glass C o m m e m o r a t e s lOGfh c h a n ic Anniversary of F c c f C l a s s i n d u s t r y The late Michael J. Owens, who, m a d e glass production one g A m e ric a 's first autom ated indus- u <( ^ Cw^ns, tries, w as honored today at the ! couldnt fix a broken door S an Francisco headquarters of the knob' . but who had the ^ sin tPuac- ific Coast Division, o.f Owu ens- bllowdiensglnmaac"hin'e. w" hiacth'c rbvo"lue- s r t f r a s a ' i g nousJl?yv mi G3al^aSotoi,-cC.i0-cu"ies~ ffi'oTm coaesit ti^or^i-igzeyj ^ yesgte'radSSayi, ndcUoSmtrmy'emwaosr- to coast- n tirrg the 100th anniversary of P la q u e s of F'- ih e 100+>- ,, i K P * -ng bis birth. jrth Owens, who made glass Pn> ..idtic bottle- Auction on* of A m erica, 4 Wv ' .C revolutionized the g l a 6 ^ _iustry at the tu rn of the (3W a n a orUedmaT efheridUS w COULDN'T FIX DOOR KN O B ; s ' u/<i P -:. Sept- - 3 was chosen for t nation *wide . observance l cause it is the 56th anniversa of the founding of the Ow.e om coast to coast. Bottle Machine C'o., the fii Plaques of glass commemor- cdmpany to bear th* Owe hi^birth6 100tu anniversary of name. Today in the titles his of name three appea leadir here ^ n 7 e?KhUng at the Plant but unrelated glass firms, O' tin d her 0 1 ' installa- ensdllinois, Libbey-Owens-Fo 70^^ s------- , Glass Co. and Owens-Comii e s p e ^ F ib e r g la s Corp. century, were hung in the offices ' V dvspVaS^ 'r.unt-s Those who knew Owens sa a t 350 Sansom e and other P-1 installations. Today w as chosen for the nation w ide observance because it is the 56th anniversary of the founding Df the O w ens Bottle M achine Co:, ' C- t s * X * Z s, n 0^ * \ cities \ ot ^ __-- " He hardly had the mechanic ability himself to fix a do kiTob.' Yet he had the ba idea and vision which led the development of a mach.i which revolutionized the gl^a . . *v>f> tu rn or trie c.e. th e first company to bear the 7Mike Owens Day7Marked By Leaders O f Companies Bearing Inventor's Name Glass Plaques, Industry Chiefs Honor Genius Of Man Whose Machine Took Hand Toil From Bottle Making These materials may not be duplicated without the written perm ission of the staff of the Area Glass Men Honor . J, Owens VINELAND - Kimble Gla Co. here, a subsidiary, and tl Owens Illinois Glass Co. plant Top executives of the three which carry the name of Michael in observing "Mike Owens Day.' P resent at the unveilinoGlass Division of ^ R e c a ll M a n major glass com panies^arci M< Cana day Center J. OwTe^nnos jjoujiiniecdu tcovduaayy ^ / J , , v n riT O S S Brou q M l L l a B l ^ ,, .................... '................................................................ '.A. Bridgeton joined with O-I plan min o3u0 oitnher ucimtieebs ait precisely a.m. yesterday in honoring K Schael bottle ; ! ized tt I years ago. Flanked by city officials, plai f heads hung plaques commerw rating the 100th birthday of Ov .! vei GLASS B From noi las developer Ia u to m a tic gla (chines th at " b Ilow m a n by- bri. Id u ctio n to thi [served." It was appro) 1m ain c ere m o n y I M ike Ow ens sho Ithe Owens-Illinc | Ash S tre e t. At th Iveloped his bottle i chine. Ju st as approj plaque, including `Mr. O wens with I f th at led to deve IO w ens-Illinois, is f L ib b ey -O w en s-F o rd was p laced behind Iof Fiberglas. IM a y o r's P ro e lam atio M a y o r Y a g e r op Icerem ony by reading lam ation of M ike Ow IToledo owes much of lent sta tu s as glass c I the w orld to Mr. Ow, Im a y o r pointed out. Mr. Levis spoke ( IO w ens as "a born leade. jd ev elo p m e n t of the Ibottle-m aking m a c h i i I said, c a m e about as tl (suit o f nearly ten yea "d r e a m s a nd fa ilu re s, " a , PLAQUE H O N O R IN G M ICH A EL s^ B lade F h o lo OW ENS ^ stein Merle B. Thompson, Bridgeto 'plant manager, and Mayor Job J. Spoltore'unveiled the plaque i the plant's main office. Meanwhile in Vineland, Plar Manager J. L. Connelly, assiste by Mayor Frank J. Testa an City Council President Robert J Haipin hung an identical plaqu in the plant lobby. Both mayors and plant mar agers spoke briefly on the contri butions of the plants to the restv'' live cities and u - gc Ifel- p ^ ^ Inventor O Gloss Honored The Owens-Illinois G lass company in Parkrose last week dedicated a plaque commemorating the 100 th anniversary of J. Owens, whose invention of an automatic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the glass industry.. Taking p Owens Honored y O -l U n v e il P la q u e At Plant Here The man who made glass pro duction one of this country s firstj automated industries was honored today at the Huntington plant of the Owens -,,.Illinois Glass Co. . T h em an'vas Mike O w en s, whose automatic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the glass industry at the t u r n of the cen tury. A ceremony was held at the plant at 10 A. M. with Plant Man ager Don Adams and Mayor Ellis officiating. Plaques commemorat ing the looth anniversary of Mr. Owens' birth were hung at the local plant and at 32 other O-I installations throughout the coun try. 56th Anniversary September 3 was chosen for the occasion since today is the 56th1 anniversary of the ; Owns Bottle $L JtudUujh* These m not be dtip the wrltte the Ward M. OWENS-ILLINOIS PLANT HONORS MICHAEL J. OWENS A t Plaque Unveiling Are Plant Manager Dan Adams, Left, A nd Mayor Rob ert F.llix. P a y T r ib u te T O -I F o u rn ie St. GUaSileA' HONORS OWENS--John M oreno, m etal decorator '"fessm an, le tt, an d Jo h n m anager ot ' Mass Co. A plaque, representing the Centennial Tribute to Michael Owens, one ot the founders ot the present day Owens-llline ( nrp-irdlion, was placed on th e w all of th e reception room at t! O-I plant north of this city last Thursday. Shown here fakir part in the ceremony are Jim Andrew, Rose Moreili, Jol Murphy, Plant manager Quentin Winter, Sarah Coyne and Sa Tippin. All are West Chicago residents w ith the exception ' Quentin Winter. Ave., in s ta ll plaq u e hon- 1 oring M ichael 3. Owens, \ w ho fo u n d e d f ir s t iir m 5S \ years ago to use his new hottle-hlowing m achine. Device h e m ade set o il Mark Centennial of Mike Owens; inventive Genius The man who made glass pro Quentin Winter, plant mana duction one of this country's first p re s id e d at th e unveiling C( autom ated industries was honored m ony. In a brief talk, he told h at the St. Charles P lant of Owens tM ichael'Owens pioneered (he 1 Illinois Glass Company and simu- r m atjon and development of taneousiy in Jz omoi cicies from J in d u strv m-- ,,i t------- i HEW YORK, H . Y . TDI.M6E0S0.319 S. 1,221,337 4 1959 MILWAUKEE, WIS., JOURNAL Circ. D. 361,856 S. 497,598 S^P 3 1959 National Press f^ o L ^ ^ iS BORGER, TEX., NEWS HERALD a m F o l e d o , T h r e e F i r m s H o n o r , Cire. D. 11,495 S. 11,620 OpT>i. 3 (.A.'P') ^- o ^ 0 \0ta9o* e5c ^3aeylr>i>P'% VnC1\^) w e n s , F a m e d G l a s s m a k e r ( _ M L J J 2 5 i ttvis e\3.ssv-^evaXcl^a^re_vm_in'inleWur'msTvistcemeY\Vr\e^onlIesedddoa,y"Oihniioot-h-VvisP-gIltasissm"aMkiinkgeiaapg*e noff 1tr0\, stokingo - a f^urance 1 in' -- ' 01 -.n..o..n'* ->r\v in twister, jn honor of the coal min a glasshouse at W h e e lin g , Pioneer In WAYCROSS, GA., JOURNAL-HERALD ___ ______ W. Va. At 15 he was a top blow- Cire. D. 9,594 ^on whose inventions revo- er and at 20 a leader in the iYK\ecWj2e(} t^e gjasg. industry American Flint Glass Workers t*1's century- union. Glass Will alsoF Ower.'s accompr '1'- He led a strike at the New brougbA1 o,-ne Og- las*s* b lo w e r-^ D ^ -'ia n d glassh''stants could make 2I> Toledo, Glass <y, faffff'bZiS!** , jBe Honored SAN ANGELO, TEX., STANDARD Cire. D. 10,232 Glass Co. so success- it halted operations wner' Edward to,i six! Center, Marks t 'o r TOLEDO. Ohio (AP) -- I t 'Mike Owens D ay" in this gla ,SevP.Tt 'x,, center, in honor of - son whose invent wens Day J l 0 Toledo, Ohio (AP> -- i t was "Mike Owens Day" yesterday this glass-making center ' ionfventhtieo'n*c'oal Bit--u.ft fSeN-j SPR.11 K 29,775 CVrc - AUG 3 0 1959 fo le d o Honors JnY en^ Me# PJpo. the glass indus 'O 50 c Iftr^ century, John Y ager p ro c la im ; 4F '<? GAs dw,,^4 Ae<7V(Ji*p trseeartveadnc to ho- 4/,, *ta,,i . ir . c<^ ' ** T o led o h * . ? * * >.o- r e d I n cuVi p r o ^ e; tpe bel? ; B 3 o n bega-nM AMSTERDAM, N.Y. O W elS , Uc o o l^ ' P ^ W . atf RECORDER & DEMOCRAT U ^ aa Ptoac^ w e f D. I3.RB0 lu v e ' to VthWee ; iGlass I n d u s tr y n\l - *o>o4 _-- (tAAPYt' Glass Industry >* o2 _o aac5ni\i . 'U 52 o i rcS-l'nura,Toledo lo MlWte - litio ^ "5> Si O _ wiO S. .aiy , N.Y., SUNDAY-TEL-EGRAM Pioneer Fete *2 ti i2 >* 49,357 . M in e r ' s S o n t ^ r3 m iS <B E T> -5 iiv e n H o n o r 'G lo ss in v e n to , m5 OO ' si^lty _ `,if G iv e n H c " " r< .G lo ss Inventor J SS EC 3a - ffn1jBo-t-rt/llK'e"HJI'M5s iaIncnvhveiennnettoimr -." us Honored /,, *0 ------- , im o BUU-ETW ANDERSON, WO-. Q9 Ciro. D. *u> On. KOKOMO, IND. edl TRIBU NE-D ISPATC H D 21,606 S. 21,707 _ S F .P S i9R.a. 1I1CA o ^ coal ^wSfompany citiesj.jrOLEDO, Ohio TOLEDO, Ohio CT) -- It "Mike Owens Day" in this glas making center, in honor of tl coal miner's son whose inventioi revolutionized the glass industi Plants early in this century. Mayor John Yager proclaim! the observance to honor the mi (AP) jjj|who created the first bottle-ma! C 5 ^TTOOLLEEDDOO., OOhhiio- --I-t is ' `Mike tens, the West Vicini ,,,, ing machine. 0 " 'ens also perfect! a device that brought automatic )wens Day" in this glass-making age of 10, stoking a furnace in enter, in honor o! the coal min a glasshouse at Wheeling. At BATAVIA, N.Y., NEWS Cire. D. 11,694 to the flat glass industry. Before Mike's accomplishnien e 's son whose inventions revo 15 he was a blower and at 20 a lutionized the glass industry leader in the American Flint one glass blower and four assis early in this century. Glass Workers Union. S`r P 3 195,9 Iants could make onlyc a2n16 b<b*otth Mayor John Yager proclaimed He led a strike at the- New the observance to honor the m-n England Glass Co., Cambridge, T oled o G l o s s - M a k in g Center w,nhgo mcraecahtiende.theOf"i'rst be" ' ^ 0 - Mass., so successively that it fected a r-- halted operations there. The O b s e r v in g " M i k e O w e n s Day' tom*i*etA.f0tvNtTT, VE Gire- owner, Edward Drummond Lib>ey, moved to Toledo. Owens j 'llowed six month later andi TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- It is from huge blown bubbles tl' ntually became -`ction Mike Owens Day" in this glass- have to be flatten' e" hand. SEP3J252, nager for Libbf k^Wa ''ng center, in honor of the machine drs-, i 1 v 1903, with t' 'c~son whose inventions furnace't ?o5',, c,. ^ S p ie d o reer, Owens ' ine that ga glass industry - \fls i?9 cury. 4h ant ^ \ of t rate day' \ C e \ e ^ ed If ' s , le pump .ager prod " ` '' whi made' TOLEDO, OOhhiio, (vF-:P)this J.S'\ that `Mike.Owens Day" in u-- _ -nace, -o honor the fii t first Jbottle-i 100 hand. --"+r. in hon-oirnvveoenjtit'ions lid a n d ^ e t - y ,vens also perfei^ of the .T.X-t'f . T ', son ^ in'ltSi,to ; ttiikp brought automat,' U o *'0 o . ^ G ^ 'rv a T coay ss industry. " w B-trV. t-yrA1 ',/ "p 'k 3Pf>rtmnIichman / To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the biitl *0}> * > ' c? K ^e0 ^ 0lui\iv Michael Owens, whose name causes such conte ^ , t h ,,e glass industry, the heads of Uic n am e got together last week , three compi m Toledo. D a g g e r s chairman of Libby-0wens-Ford Glass T P Levis', chairman of Owens-Illinois Glass Co.j Harold Boeschenstein, president oi U M is-U 1' Fiberglas Cor-p., an independent com -. ^ V O-I holds a substantial stud- ^ -p firsflIJGPtWohlafafIfeeysn-:dnsuvTosuFefTrniTi,robt,rmo,uGiubrstueuelttceHViVi^&\kC^, --Sr fBt"S VA ^IAGulatsosmIantdiouns*trPyGCDiilatoaHyysnsSiFafe-eioiNltelrSsasrHkAiesSnirKdgot & O mIII uUnUv'Ve*i*li--ngQ a p1laq*ue tc $v)S-3\\YAr.3 ,,ciis, invente the automatic glass boh .owing machine. VINCENNES, IND. BIG SPRIKG, TEXAS TULSA, OKLA., TRIBUNE ** cl Ore. D. 75,732 iac^te?d a de-\ti. Loi.ow\ n .tm SEP 3 i.Qsq_ s^ S S e O w e n s SUN-COMMERCIAL 0. 13,664 S. 14,365 HERALD D. 9,525 S. 9.919 a SEP 3 19B9____ SEP 3 1959 \ HONOR GLASS PIONEER TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Mi S, the West Virginia c< \O av Itv T oV eo ^, l's to son who brought autorr the glass industry, w - -- -- >V^-\ , Itt \iSs \\rroe/d Thursday at _Owens-I | . 1 V i ft * J , VE,3a QLEDO, Ohio ~ l ^ G l a s s Co. plants in Z> G p T l - Owens Day w this o ^ e y the nation. Owens died ' center, in ' ' "nor " .,A;,,rtnU5Slj,,, \t,oc fir-/"v-n. luactttHufTMwiior,. . g isi'vB J -- TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 3 (Sv-it s "Mike Owens Day" in this glass-/ making center, in honor of " ' b l u e f ie l d , vt.VA. ToE. L2E7G,6R1A2PHS. 36,986 AUG 3 0 1959 ^y s stsn w1 * x a the S -- TUCSON, AR1Z., STAR Cir, D. 32,717 S. 43,266 SEP 3 ,,TOLEDO, Ohio (APL _ ' ^M!,,0weris Da7" in this g ' Vinnntj. of fveir Sirndi S iclai the . . tle-r v% , 'V- '? QSbDO, Ohio (AP) - T o l e d o V V ^ / \ 4 X * /G 'O,. Ohio, Sept. 2 ffl-- Union --1-- ' N Glass Co. plants I --G7i b " `^JS glass i -,Lof Mi. V 0.vT,t>sz Cvrc' O fJ batc SEP 3 I953_ ' Pe,r auti stry hm< ^ 5 =*=** ~ " , '^ tribiiLurwtver; Un'e-^VxLt Tahhuuirosud.aajy toW ' Sr' :iSRUt4e>aOwenns, thhe coal mminerrs'' s o n / fyW % O f / b r in *o, - t litrefTevOolluutiondizzed the glass indduus-s-TG-cc'/?%%, G- X j k ' O F W ^ Eaarrllyy iinn tthhliss cceennttuurryy wwiitthh i-- 6~ hye \ / \ /}.. J C - O $ v e n or_n__s4 Lt.h4 at1_ J^ hERAL~D tSJ VS?.. 7 % 7O? rC s. `22,75 " it' . 7 rV h ~ ^ .rsary ol ne Owens i the first of \ G ^ 5& his name. \I\MA oqD\OO Owens-Illinois \ ^ ' ^ ^ey-uwens-Ford \ TOoLii'EDDOO, ^ 0 ^ en> V IK?1 ^ ^ MN\TW^&a c r S o w ensDqy' vDO, OhW one\ T Qwe" .'0*X f j r n i `' M * e U - > ^ . in ROME, N.Y SENTINEL 0. 17,640 SEP 3 glass- \ ari^s wonw r e \ a >'01G ,, ,, P,n,tons\a r ustry \?x - y vx aimeC/yi#. FT?/ ^ ^ Glass Firms Honoring Mike Owens b y. in v e n tio n s Honors 6kss . FU" CLEARWATER, the h Ar \menagcinheinere, iObat*y'arned 5 make only `216 bottle 7 4tesi can he pre at the ra' S0U:N16.688 s. s1*71,8G4ObC SEP 3 1959 Wtcycle pnmp. It lured ghb oi hot &U , v\iuTMce. P t o w f t *Ao ^ t m Pf 6 ,? i* . 0,> 4 c `os,,Qot #7/G 7, " As- " i -tc cervance `Mike Owens Day' H ono Pioneer in (Mass Industry TOLEDO, Ohio UP) -- "Mike Owens Day' in this making center, in honor^ coal miner's son whose-,. tions revolutionized the Sn'^ v '.e of W est >rf>4irst jc C". o' 5.8>g cun y, dustry Tarly in this ce' Mayor John Yager the observance to horn -nl who created the fi ,fj making machine. ' / ot herfected a device */i>, ^ !$$ "'S?1*" , Pi**.' 5 SUN, THUKSPAy. SEPTEMBER 3 ass'*-' jOwe/js Bottle Machine r -.. lo w BU K ..... r^rgg^..,: ., Reaches 100th Year commemo-j ca) m for 1-ha Bottle Blower iot olinest0Mm. ForW r , , ,rem p*-c i - a t-rv he eriCuntered an engine/,. Gia$s """Tiiversary time, ;ohael ..^ MoinP AMERICAS glass industry genius W E Be ftPa(P>es he auto *EAh5'i? e%iv0inS.-Moaernitsionthteo cthene- enthus'i ;ullc`' S T , pA{/{ U | machine i meously c"* o " T0 sSe PPh- frTohme CthoemmJeui T"5T>ois P0i'nKufpR*-P'fStE. 'S18SN6.,6317959 Owens Clrcn,J'9A/t1>16VoCr*Trr-'nseVi0U UOvDjleuns-RVmoi`>su` jah- Lt>i\cr,kk RRoobbeerrttss,, _p o out "uyed a ,, Owens-' 'bri-o.<gnrr.i .................................................................... vipment r SEP 3 I95fl "It was i8 |;u w e n s & ia s s hrm [ay in - 1 m et Bock. MlTo Honor Founder frent Man Who i lc l ottle-MakiniJ J s H onored i ^ in t e TOLEDO, Ohio (IP) '" a S`*s| TOLEDO, OHIO -- WP) '"'wens-Illinois Glass Co. plants cities will hang glass ^annr of Mike V, 70, t ry -Wsav 11 A chine ft 409 NEWS~hEMLD S. 4,0% Sfp ^ I9SS T o le d o S -i * " ? " S S * s"' SEP 3 1959 $ J i jSassm aking center, in l It is "Mike Owens Day" ** [inventions revolution-honor of the coal miner's son fwhhtohsies! [century ` ;ruQr~^'cue. 25,i3?>& glass industry early in this|~OLE1:iC ed the observ'a l0WP"" " larice t_ 7I *T'O-LEDO, Ohio (AP) _ JVf, Mechanized Industry Owens, ttie West Virginia a ' who brought auton Glass Center Honors L r lU hV fla TO LEDO , On h.:io, iWiPt--i-T.<Thhuurrssddaayy wwaass BLoorrdd GGllaassss CCooC..oraannn.dd OOwweerr AUGUSTA, GA,, HERAID Circ. D. 20,012 hu ,[Mike Owens Day" in this glass- in6 Fiberglas Corp. be I,, . ., , 1 A native oi W e s t 1 mDD^ r o w l ^ " 0nr ,lhe Owens got M s first job at Circ-ft/12' t j.^CO Ro " l" ,ns-o{ 10, stoking a furnace in ^GSToa/ ` 'vv>ee W tOCKPPy 'ndustlT.-_Tw llhlinu n,[p ^ns ^om TOLEDO, Ohio `Mike Owens Day' Taking centeTr,. iinn miner'-s - SEP 3sj 1io8 63 j'jOHCHno anHsos-irsMtoCalkIinaenrvsegPneatsoy r maKUWcc,llcr' " | redh GlassPlants TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - It ls'csv': It is "Mike Owens .Day" in this glass- hhoonnri- gla^ssS-' makin"g center, in hfln^-----~Z. (,c >o J 'P 3/ O b s e rv e d Iducei iof hu, And fl- . .JOLEon n,., 10 /(from i 11 "^e'eont'' Oh0 ,.p) - It is mhaacvheintoe in this - C n ^ g e S t e y''{hZ 'this glass- furnaces erma-, m hpnor oL ^J??L g/?fe ''' f o f t h e The, dad LA SALLE, ILL., NEWS-TRIBUNE Circ. 0. 15,195 in " inventionsversary ot ,Wghflasjs industry,,O,,wensB e-' 1en y 0! ox prf IAW/as --/foiLtt----- 4 1959 "onoofr*Wt>- jotiRkM- ttehhne -cCroOeaa]!-- u ,a '1 >:i / - ------- .onor Owens* Of Machine . TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Mike`u'lt^ - f --eiopmen' 7,L t th TOLEDO, Ohio El ~ ens, the West V irginia Mike coal m inOewr'-s;Owens, the West Vi r gi n i BELLEFONTAINE, 0Hq r-`~` " who brought automation to tlv *-- waS honored ~T-hurrvt' Trade Press INVENTOR OF BOTTLE MACHINE HONORED & On hand in Toledo last *month for the unveiling of the plagu honoring the late Michael Owens were: (1. to r.) William K. Levis, director and former president and chairman of the board of Owens-Illinois; John D. Biggers, chairman of the board of Libbey-Owens-Ford; J. p wLevis* OwensIllinois...Hoard chairman; and Harold Boeschenstein, president of Owens-Coming Fiberglas. 30 o >, O _ j x: co ac TpHE 100t h anniversary of the birth of Michael J. Owens, whose invention of the automatic bottle blowing machine in 1903 revolutionized the glass industry, stockholders and serving well the container needs millions." The son of Irish immigrant parents, Mike Owens w 5 ojE-5 -g ZS " "S ~ T jC - > jh- a V Or $ was marked last month in nationwide ceremonies. Plaques commemorating the birth of this inventive genius were unveiled on September 3rd at 34 plants of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in 33 American cities, around the country. In Toledo, where Owens did the major part of his work on the invention, the heads of three glass companies j rrticipated to work in a Wheeling, W. Va., glass plant in 1869- T1 ten years old, he was one of the 6,000 children who worl 12 and 14 hours a day in the industry. While working for the Libbey Glass Company Toledo in 1903, Owens produced the first workable au matlicr kb,,outt.lte- m--achine. It had 000 parfS and was c othfenthep most cAonm-'.-.,. D w, te * in had invented up i plant of oed to the stage wh "airman o f ..ie Libbeytein, pres- Clrc. ocl. '<)W bottles in 24 hou l that a blower a .tion; and 'dent ' pirturt INVENTION OF BOTTLE MACHINE COMMEMORATED BY GLASS MAKER rducti apaci ; elii nsccipt of ;s-formi benefit! iethods t corporal nake glas; M IC H A E L J. O W E N S was honored with a glass plaque unveiled Sept. 3 at the Libbey plant of Owens-Illinois in Toledo, Ohio, the anni- where Mr. Owens did the work on his first automatic glass- , forming machine. Similar plaques were hung in 33 other O I eP `em':>eL plants simultaneously, commemorating the 36th anniversary of as O w ens tiie Owens Bottle Machine Co. Present at the Toledo ceremonies glass were the heads o f the three glass firms that bear Mike Owens' . j t The man who made glass production one this country's first automated i7ndu"strieos{ wthase oownoerns- :tio September 3, 1959, at 34 PiantS ' tVf,rRom0w6ccoo1aasslt bb cities on Illinois Glass Company in 33 to coast. it Plaques commemorating the one hundredth o anniversary of the birth pA f t ' T- Owens, whose ! automatic bottle blo\ A{'KAE $ f0pp u tUi/^ L industry at the tu; Michruel J. n almost !'eflfOr 0f g historic M ichael J. Owens Honored By Owens-Illinois Glass dustrial system/' out. Mr. The man who made glass production Mike Owens, the son of one of the country's first automated industries was honored -.v - 3 at 34 plants of ^ ^ ,.,,iass Comp "- . to\ >-iiies from coast Plaques commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of z f ,0\4 ^ children who worked 12 , a day m an industry that li than 24,000 persons 1 the time. *L AMERiCAN SOFT DRIN* JOURNAL Michael J. Owens, whose automatic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the glass industry at the turn of the cent'CY, *hung almost simutaneouslv / $'vc. 'tallations. T. r "r r>wrTlmemrai,n9 ihe Ofh anniversary of the birth of Michae rnon Libbeys Libbey Gia Joh^D0^ L former chairman of Owens-tMn in Toledo m 1903, Owens r Chairman ^>f99--e-r-s, c"h"a"i-r-m-`a-n---o-f---L-i-b-b-ewy-OwJe-nsr-.FoLred; J. P. ie first workable automat' f- f of Ow wens-lllino}s anc* Harold Boeschenstein, presid iTnn aa schhoorrtt tCime th1e macIChibnC Wehs-Corning Fiberglas Corp. l , oped to the stt.aasgree xthiiaaft it cc P laq u es H onor O w en s' A n n iversary ....... 18% ^ a ^ S B c t s s s M t e : 4, \_* ^ 0A M i r J he[ e M r - O w ens J / B v t y e ars> the n e arly 400,000 bottles in 2` T H E M AN h , , wer and * bout four assistant: 3 p. P^a n ts of O w ens-Illinois G lass Co. V, at the in a 14-hour day. M a n y of " Ja<iu es com m em orating the one h u n d re d th annivc w? N&. . <W '<? /''M b ^ 'ns- V 'ey, Oy o' w"<?, j-b--e-y7- chines are still in use t ri f 3Py t^ e b irth o f M ichael J. O wens, w hose a u to m a r~. 0C^ b o ttle blow ing m achine re volutionized the glass in d u st wens la te r tu rn ed to f a t th e *<--'n o0f the century, w ere h u n g alm ost sim t ductio n , and the f>~- ' U. .t.he O -I- institutions, Mr- r " IT p r. `VTATE-S o, O.. w h e re M r. O w ens w o rk e d d u rin g I M , USi I f r o JOUR- s, the heads of the th re e firm s bearir % r-ArS0% - ms-Corn- the fir TOBACCO wv ^ Atlanta , i for the cerem ony t the Libbey Gla r -R S a.^ of O-i. B rie f re m a rk s w ere m ade 1 ^4 be g.?i-yes solafnt yecett1^ "roM b irth y0*f _ of rm an , O w ens-Illinois; Jo h n D. Bigger ^ % V 'X v .% lOsen fo r the sen. Glass Co- f o widenrsTe^ll- y-O w ens-Ford Glass Co.; and Haroi 5 o > "o 4 * ^ *3?4, ^,y 'omfetshebfeocuaunsdeingit eenntte th<f OWnS' ^resident, O w ens-C orning F ib e rgif - Owengsl'LSS iinndan' s' a'yfo'r ttnhce_ c-->eal / b4' G* .was th. e tn '-h>reiprriir dass contaif ^! plaques, made of glass, of course, cor c ,j, j ,h cjj, market the new ma- humi nois make.si `g other a picture of Mr. Owens in front of his revolutior a^ ' / q ^4$, '5' Bottle Machine Com- T o t industry. a<'0nwd e n s . 1 m achine and th e inscription b e n ea th it describe t <4 ~ company to bear the A J j* and inv en to r of autom atic glass > ^ 4 ^ Mr. Levis said at the c* emonies. m any products other tha tenm al c--ereVm11oUn1UieGs3 wVVeUr1We / -TLhie6 DSUt-1 *j** O^ v , * '"'fnate child labor an aductio: V ^ plants producing not onl) l^ Lcton o n e ^ y /riade ge-jan s o n o ,e d o n !( d ga j; our-color plaques A. ^ made of varieties of glass, but al h Z lt4 4 ite 1 ,-S lsa proCOn r> 'o, h?nSS P ro d u ct % c- Honor Glass Machifie Makei Plants brew ers journal industry hJ l T* the% A. i c ~ .2 <t* S 5 O ^ T3 > . J J ^ iMs. Plaaqquueess cormnemoratin __ hundredth anniversa, the wthheosbeirathn too- rf MMiicchhaaeell JJ..--Ooa-wryensof whose autom atic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the g-iass industry a t the turn of the cen tury, were hung alm ost simul taneously a t the O-I installa ccoon?tm6ue to m S3& ^ f i L r l TM in , ^ Method Chr f - at tee bet Ls tn era and the hrst L- ^ bottle* 1 tl}? e th tions. &hveinigehttt fnd Jars In Toledo, Ohio, where Mr. Owens worked during his m o a3g0en-io_e,ltrdV}iin^o- iedm^photssiahi .--- .VJU rvJ` -- . , . tive years, the heads 2 4 -4 8 D ruq Merchandising .^fee LJie P ei Joihed f o 4 t h e eanng hi ^ Circ, 5,000 C AANkf. P ith e y Glass D ceremny Owens nir, DjvJsfon's P, r . . . _ K eZ ^ nl n?ls - B rie f re C en ten n ia l For man c f (e b y J ` P - L e ^is [ Owens-Illinois wh Toledo, Ohio -- The man ^^ens-Ford r i tlT}'r?' Bibb made glass production one of thi Heads ol the three lass firms whose corporate titles car of Michael J, Owens joined recently to commemorate t* niversa--ry_o.f _t_h_e_ birth of the man whose inventions revol B o e s c h e n s te fn 'b arid- j coutUry's Sr^ automated industne ^ ns-C oriiing F ih erJ lIT n WaS honored September 3 at 34 plant Sarf-, l g # s -( of Owens-IHinofs Glass Company n lass industry. Present at ceremonies in Toledo, Ohio, w -fWh!iflrlii?am E. Lenevs-ifsi,lmdoiirBecVtGor!acatn"d% fluor'mmeerr pprreessiidoeenmt aanndd ch- ,^ e riu ^ ^ Waa chosen . 33 TX S. cities from coast to coast. Xhoearfdc02orfcr-r0>i,,-- - Til--- D be^ -Q u e -h a n g m g ceremn.. ass Company; j p f S%r * use It is th e 33J' J 0/ *' MIKE OWENS, BOTTLE BLOWING MACHINE INVENTOR, HONORI B | B O T T L I N G i n d u s t r y * O C T O B E R 6 , j y 5 y The man who made glass production one of t REVOLUTIONIZED GLASS INDUSTRY: Honor 100th anniversary of birth of Michael Owens TOLEDO, 0 .-- The man who made glass production one of this country's first automated industries was honored recently at 34 plants of the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in 33 U. S. cities from coast to coast. Plaques commemorating vt- sa ry o ftb ,-- jnvent 0 r . - - J G lossal to wor the ag worker no moi c o u n try 's first autom ated in d u strie s was honoi Sept. 3 at 34 p lan ts of O w en s-Illin o is Glass < in 33 U. S. cities from coart to coast. Plaques commemo- the one hundret anniversary of *' of M ichael J. Owe first a whose aut-- ^ L mottle blow ing m achine re' yyjjj lutioniz glass in d u stry at th e tu rn o*f f bey G1 cen tu ry , were h u n g alm ost sim u ltaneously at ( first w; O -I installations. the rm In Toledo, O hio, w here M r. O w ens w orked di produc ng his inventive years, the heads of the thi pared firms bearing his name joined for the ceremony sistant t pje Libbey G lass D ivision's p la n t of Dwei machir Ijjljlji;nnooiiss. B rief rem arks w ere m ade Ibn"- Lev a , chairman, O w ens-Illinois; John r ^rgla man, LT ibbey-,,O_w_e_n_s-rF.o.r,d LG' <Av 0 Boeschenstein, presiden g,as Corp. > w* September 3rd J in g cerem onies bee 'V /A* fOxvv^1 ncV * V _<A\ <0 o of th e founding o ^ machine, the O w e n ^ 1 i cfL''0 cei company to bear the fou at the Toledo ceremon. Owt The four-color plaque ^ c fche i ally--contain a picture of ^ Q) V<t\> whose corpo- his revolutionary machine 5 Homr, 'S -g TOLEDO, O. -- Heads of the three glass neath it describes him as ` The tai) rote titles carry fhe name of Michael J . Owens joined recently -'mmemorate the 100th anniversfahrey golfasfsh eindbuirstthryo. f Lf.hteo matic glass-form ing m, ild labor and benefit % r- -2 Scon ^ C jtionar> to commemo wan w,hhose innv,en,ti.o--ns re volution former, president and chair- roduction meth 22 ^ h i m a s r.: William E. Levis, director <.. - John D. Biggersi m ` fhoernmefiintegr mon boelrt* Owens-Illinois G la s s rd Glass Co.; J- f Liboey-- _ens_,|linoiSi and Harr rDorate <3) j * m ethods C fu cl,a!rman of fhe board ofboLaibrdbeyo-fOwens-F Levis, chairman of th e board of Owe piberalas C 0, ue to m. V 'w ^nVv 6 c o rP` goeschertsteln, president of Owens-Corning F.berglas <- w1e% % ; * _/f_m _a n_k_i_n_d . continue of mankin "The O' h a n d -b lo w in CANNING `achine TRAD? BALJIMOR^ MD,, W. 2,067 ogt5 -oerul servant tnr)], 8lassmaking out of tb Okv, 'on in use a t the begi f, termitted for the f iJ* and jars of uni/ J o y " ? thing iimpossible o, O * `ng glass," Lev' - -- , le the developn. *yo* ***?* ~ ` >Pm-- * ^ o Z y jk glassm akin^ e e ji ^Of fV v of production in P V' - .... - 1Food F ield y ristian era and pen ee/iSt R e p o rte r p e d uction of b o ttles and \y .. JOu, h, ^ 4 BAR MANAGEMENT ' -- ...... ..... ventor of a Jg-l,a0sws eb"lo8w' i.nigammoaucsh( i} C0f that changed the destiny of the gif a industry, is being honored by t Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Owens, w c-s . '^ s c.'c*f was born 100 years ~ago, is bei commemorated by a series of plaqi --made of glass, naturally. Heads of the ..tree glass firms whose corporate titles carry nam e of M ichael J. Owens, joined recently to com m em orate 100th anniversary of the birth of the m an whose inventi revolutionized! the glass industry. P resen t a t ceremonies Toledo, Ohio, were, from left, W illiam E. Levis, director ; form er president and chairm an of the board of Qwens-Illir G lass Com pany; John D. B iggers, cKhirman* o f the" board Libbey-Twes^Ford Glass Com pany; J. P. Levis, chairm an of board: of O w ens-Illinois, and H arold B oeschenstein, president 0 wens-Cornine- F ih e rp la s Cnrnm -ati a ,, i ~^~ - i----- > c e r e m o n i e s h o n o r M ICH AEL J. OWENS - tp -, Michael J. Owens Anniversary Commemora The man who made glass production one of t country's first autom ated industries was hono September 3 a t 34 plants of Owens-Illinois GI Company in 33 U. S. cities from coast to coast ""Plaques commemorating the m e hundredth ,'iuversary of the birth - c ' automatic boW - ' * J ' wens>wh revolution! 1th e glass inc ?/ hung a lm o st. "mltaneously a t t> ;Qm ^ -stallatic !I jI.nxj Ta.owl*e d o ,j Ohio, where his inventive years, ^ hearing his nam O O^ ' B rirfeiSS _ ac --" uT 0.01* ^ to * C* V* t eV0 \ 0 v* eY ^ !O wens-Illin^IOVwWetinios-F_o.rd G president, Owei ^ v7- e" o ,, VJ0-' \< v ^ ^o ^ 'ceSreemPtoenmiehsebre3craQui m0: c1 w1 founding of a comp ow'atv' ive^^ 3'-if- Ao'1* e n t T X Ui Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Michael ^ t e n s ' the O w e n s B o t t l e M ^ y^-^e ^ 3 0^ e ,ev V t, ^ v-'e--n--to--r o" fc au"tonmaotiicr glass blow ing machines, plaques honoring Mj*r- - ,, ,,on0ij--nnoarntVy tvoo. b e a r t i l e .A->Vee\v,"> \ a v:'5 hung recently at 34 plants of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Present at c^eretZa ?, uV ~ Trpoolie(d]o0 ce rreemmOoInUit -^^ icV' V^T've.tfS ny. TToolleeddoo,, OO hhiioo wweerree,, ffrroomm ll'eeff-tt ttoo rriigghhtt:: vWWwi:iilltll:ii--aamm cEL.. TLL=ee,,vv;iicss,, ddiirreeccttoorr a"n ,*.toHe ,,. ,i U_1prn.wwl,rs,.n>i'-S,qc. tthhee SSSOOOUII. 0 ^ ^ W y\, ' y -y)\o ')J . iK president and chairman of' t'he *b---oa-rJd ,,off r0.-i1-; TJ,,ohh,,n nDU. HBDieiiggggeers,. c'hair"m",a.n_,,*c board of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.; J. P. Levis, chairman of the MM iilikt,e -r io wU w work ' m a W het WUCt V^\s,I.yOVcr-ste` ,w\o_V.P,ui&.Ssre i"Va , io-e O-I; and Harold Boeschenstein, president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas ^ ^ e n t o r - Q f j^ .O i*** - -.0 A o1 u n i t e maker Jg H o n o r e d .>9^ 6 e Michael J . w e n s C en ten n ia l ^ m ld e T S ^ ^ * ..s ^ c 0^ Ow ens-Illinois Class Com pany co m m em o rated, ^tr ^m aTdOe LfgEalaDsssOs ,proSdeupcttion21--onTehoef 1 r l a s. s. F i_r m s M_ ar irok- . ~~~ - - - C om pany com m ve rottraytiei*cih t htroyn'osredfirSset p tau3toamt a3te4dplaindtsusot " M^ i k e *Oaa-waaaeon sXritutXIAy. one hundredth anniversary y - bl0W K r f f i s ` ^ o ' ' < M fce W en S D a F " T Owens, inventor of the autom _ Seoterr cof,st to c o ast ^-- G'" 33 V 'S- efi bM "' ToP executives of the three 3 o tS * o c C 0> SJ'55 -S <0 O ^ ^ 2 "CJ 'S *tr iS (d ^a t*---O yto 3ri " 3 ,, 1 . k c,S3 GV / Present s- ^ ' ... -- , . j m arket the new machine. and marnei Toledo t thp cerem onies m lo1^ at Owens-Illinois Gla _____ Au.wnanc bottle -_..e revolutionized the glast "M i'C' ;V5.rP'c Ua'y" last oi m ltr, y a t t--he t--ur..n. orf tchne centne^r;. n* " o.xo. ot iVIike Uwens, unve ^' uOOOngwww-eeeannntsss,,thttehhee0-1soiinnnssttoaalfllIaaJttYiioownn*ss-.. - -, ' oi r-i a plaque was held n c .u at r. the Li. m- Parents, w ent to- -- , : . , k s J ld Glass D iv1Sion of the Owens-Ilh W. Va., o-t- t e -pn evi Giass Co. with sim iiiar plaques bt J. P . ^ yt prgcrs^ ^iLricnu.virLia"*l-5 U bbey.-O v, w^ oHrkeed wu Tr*e .^ A -- ip-l-a--c-e-d- in p1lan--ts of 0 -_/ i..n.% 3 ot J--ohn Dr - _nd H arold BRooeesscchheennsstteeiinn,, fT iinndduussttrryy 1, Ik ._,e.,,qrt n,,,,o more than tie s from coast to co ast. Besides C Glass C o.;, an u U_u_i_ Uc C o rp o ra tio n . P%f?,s >l i t s ................................ .................................................. OwTehnes-fCoourrn-cinogloFr ighiearsgsiapslaCquoerpworaastihounn. g ; rP-eWrshoinles u`or'& P!iTroiis "T"'5, `-''n bevy Glass D ivision' 's plant in wTeorleedhoel,d : 19_0_3 6n S L ib b y ^ owar<nl Uru!!, ^OcowmePpialsn.itpeso r/wfnj voajimvwju. ,,, sam e tim e identical cerem onies were held n , ,, ,, f boPttlreo Td un catf h+ju^Kg mw IW or FOiwbeerngsla-sF. orct j.nck d e L ib i, 3tf ^ This y ^ r is the lOOt! Otuwreenso-fIllMiniocihsaepllaOntws.enTs hien pflraoqnute ocfon1 in a ^ man A ^ f i f Ae lo st^co i ^ ,)s y e ar is th e in n l - C o r n i w ^ a> *5 t3 g g *" T3 CO along with a n inscription describing dipe<i to thTM * tile ^machi Up to ' file b irth o i M ik e o L annjversar reloper and inventor of automatic - a c h in e s th a t helped elim inate ch- i>W e r f, b o tte . H T V TM 0 wftfc a b ^ J 1] ,24 ho deV,ces which r e f o /u tif - n e , aii` ,' l & C e re ' w fellow m an by bringing fizz* ' erTi h i ' -- he serveu. v - M.s tum --& 'izl_,todayLevis s a ^ -..lu n ies Hu o.n.or M. ike O wens oof4i The 100thanniversary of the birth of MichaelJ. Owens wasn'G commemorated on September 3 by Owens-Illinois. Plaques\\iS were hung almost simultaneously at 3^ company plants in 33. f ^ mrba<f!r1U ` ! Oh^ cities from coast to coast. Se''^ ^-yC ! was chosen for the 0ne' ceremonies because it w- i p >rsary of the found-L u 63 omrgeanoi-fz--et-hd--e-toOwme{u^- , ^ *' ' - This coro^"" ' which r-e--v-o~lutioi g 0 Gi e v J .atic ' This company :ssibeS` century. "-c- ^fgel*a"s0s8 indussttery--!fial-t ut.ihoOewWi^tnugrnmmoaafcchh,tiih.nneepb1lessttVaaarnx,.,-xie' In Toledo, Ohio, where Mr. Owens worked during his in- inton'10^ , ventive years, the heads of the three firms bearing his name r Oowineends-fIxollrinitohCies.cer-'7Be-1mrioefnyreamttlQtahrrkle--sLibbey Glass n .v .~ OJass Division -' ' nian77 ,r t 'u ,," ;n ibbey-Owens-Pord Glass Co.; and H BlfS ers,/cthaWirman- ^GP611 I^ esident, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Cor ^ d oeschenstein' ' ^ J. p ictu re of K ik e Owens in front o / , , p - ; fmir-cnlor erlass nip..-- - n*' gW*s pyL'c<b0<t%i 0r^e^ > oto g,3ss SS to ngr Company Publications THE ATLANTA PLANT ONE OF THE FAMILY Special Tribute Honors Owens O WENS I I LIN OIS BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE BRIDGETON PLANT Plaque Unveiled In Main Office As Michael J.Owens Memorial The man who made glass production one of this country's first automated industries was hon ored yesterday, September 3, at the Bridgeton Plant of Owens-Illinois Glass Company and simul taneously in 32 other U. S. cities from coast to coast. Plaques commemorating the one hundredth an m niversary of the 'birth of Michael J. Owens, whose automatic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the glass industry at the turn of the century, were hung at 10 A. M. at Plant 14 and other m m O-I installations. At the impressive ceremony, in the main office, M Merle B. Thompson, Plant Manager and the Honor able John Spoltore, Mayor of Bridgeton, unveiled a plaque in honor of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Mike Owens. The ceremony was attended by members of the press and Radio Station WSNJ. Mr. Thompson spoke briefly on Mike Owens con M B tribution to the glass industry. Following Mr. Thomp son's remarks Mayor Spoltore addressed the group on the warm feeling of the citizenry of Bridgeton for the Bridgeton Plant and its members. September 3 was chosen for the plaque-hanging Painting o f Michael J. Owens was drawn from a motion picture film m ade about 1910, ond shows him inspecting a bottle which had just been formed on one of his earlier automatic bottle m achines (background). At upper left, the open "forehearth, from which the molten gloss was drawn into the revolving mold. Note crude "conveyor" in use at that time (lower left). centi and T r i b u t e To Michael Owens In Special Cerem ony Here Se c e re i anni' Deneiitea ms ie n a UVCAAO. WV4AV* Owens Bottle Machine C mass produclf 0ur assistants employing the < the first com pany bei ncjustr y he s m ethods produced about 216 bottl Owens name to lives in the co r{ ^n a 14-hour day! three companies World's F irst "Automation" < make glass an in< Owens later turned to fla t gla servant of m ankii)procjuc^jorlj ancj flat glass pla v ' he and Mr. Libbey built in Charle The above scene shows John Spoltore, Mayor of Bridgeton and Merle B. Thompson, Plant Manager, as they unveiled the Centennial Tribute Plaque in honor of Mike Owens, yesterday. Pictured from the left are Bill Clark, Men's Employment Director; John Mike Owens would ha\ put up his nlaqu^s yester 34 of th em alm ost sim ul % plants and mills across th He w ould not have ap] selves, because they honore. and a m odest man. But th that was som ething else. I plaques going up at the s w as som ething Mike Owen he was one of its invento. knew it. It was efficient, this ma Spoltore, Mayor of Bridgeton; Merle B. Thompson, Plant Manager; John Schofield, General Manager and Ralph Brandt, Editor, both of the Bridgeton Evening News; Jerry Alden, Editor of the South Jersey Adver tiser Pr'ss and Herb Hill, Personnel Director. efficiency was the thing wit! and faster, and cheaper -- tl his philosophy. And doing s one had ev er done before, li m an in 33 cities at the sa: m ade M ike's Irish eyes twii THE HUNTINGTON PLANT ONE OF THE FAMILY Ceremony Observes * f lOOfh Anniversary. Of Michael Owens ? At 10 A. M. on Thursday, Sep tember 3, the Huntington Plant honored one of its founding L fathers and the man most re- & sponsible for the modern glass T ` industry, Michael J. Ovsens. J Simultaneous ceremonies were ** held in 33 other O-I locations, where identical plaques were in stalled to commemorate the 100th anniversary year of Mr. Owens' . birth and the 56th anniversary of the forming of the Owens Bottle Machine Company to manu facture 'and sell the automatic j bottle machine which Mr. Owens perfected in 1903. | At ceremonies here, Plant Man- | ager Dan Adams outlined the his- | tory of Mike Owens briefly. He then introduced 'Burger Ma'lm- quist of Mold Repair. Burger, a 45-year Onlzer, gave interesting , comments concerning his associa tion with Mike Owens in earlier days. Mayor Robert Ellis also paid tribute to Mr. Owens, crediting {i ~ his invention with the establish ment of our plant in Huntington in 1914, and he joined Mr. Adams in unveiling the plaque. The memorial plaque -- made of glass, naturally -- will be on display at the entrance to the Selecting Department for several days and it will then be installed in THE GAS CITY PLANT The above picture was taken during the unveiling ceremony of the plaque for Mike Owens on Thurs day, September 3. Owens-Illinois plants all over the country held brief dedications at 10 o'clock that morning to commemorate the inventive genius of Michael J. Owens on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Gas City's ceremony was given an additional significance by the presence of Miss Alice Lynch, shown above with Plant Manager Spence Cantrill and Gas City Mayor Bob Ray. Mike Owens worked with Miss Lynch's father in a glass factory in Beilaire, Ohio before the turn of the century, and when Miss Lynch was baptized, Mike Owens was ; chosen to be her godfather. Sometime later, the , Lynch family moved to Gas City and Miss Lynch's four brothers worked as glassblowers in the Gas City Plant, then the Thompson Bottle Works. Miss Lynch still lives m Gas City, only several houses away from the plant. These materials may t be duplicated without e written permission of the staff of the ard M. Canaday Center W h e n memorial plaques com mem orotlng rhe 100th anniversary of Mike Owens' birth were unveiled in 33 Owens-Illinois locations on September 3, one of the simultaneous ceremonies took place at the Huntington P lan t. In t h e upper left picture. Plant M a n a g e r Don Adam s and Mayor Robert Ellj$ admire the plaque a fter its unveiling. At upper right, Burger Malmquisf comments on his memories of Mr. Owens during their association in eorlier years. The lower picture shows a port of the group which attended the ceremonies. O wens-Illinois COLUMBUS, OHIO PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COLUMBUS PLANT ONE OF THE FAMILY OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE -- The man who made glass production one of this country's firs* automated industries was honored September 3 a* the Kimble-Columbus plant of Owens-Illinois and simultaneously in 32 other U.S. Cities from coast to coast. Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner, above left, assisted Plant Manager C. E. Reed in the local plaque unveiling ceremony also attended by mem bers of the press and television, as well as plant union and management officials. Above right. Mayor Sensenbrenner tours our production o p e r ation as Mr. Reed's guest. > E#y'>a ss; 7 f:: f J. THE STREATOR ONE OF THE ... . without., the written permission of: the staff of the 1 Mike Owens Would Have Approved^arc* Canaday Center Way O-l Plants Honored His Memory s % i- ^ .i * . \ \ t + ' .. Mike Owens would have approved of the way they put up *0 * ' J Th / H PLANT fa m il y his plaques on September 3, hanging 34 of them almost simulta neously in as many 0-1 plants and mills across the country. ^ * . 1 I.,*. . , * fwfr^i -; He would not have approved of the plaques themselves, i , , itomutic, 34 plaques because they honored him, and he was a humble and a modest .anie hour an^ aut0_ ` ... ^ : 7 ^ .^ avn; But the way they were put up --that was something else, thing Mike O w ens ti > kk y e3% ''"lljSjjifiiSj coul^ understand because he was one of its inventors even tho u g h he never knew it. Efficiency His Philosophy It was efficient, rMc m a ra th n n plaque-hanging, and ar(^ LaFrance, his chief engineer, the thing with Mike. Toledo, in 1923. better, and faster, and With fyPical thoroughness, M was the whole heart o f: h itd been inspecting every piece And doing somethin)'glassware he saw in the Califor anyone had ever dorj hospital where he was confined fo hanging plaques to o n i *n o r 0P e r <*tion. He was disturbed cities at the same tin hnd defects in some salt shakers ma have made Mike's Iris! bX his own company, and wrote I France, "Judging from the very b Had he been there; salts I saw in use at the hotel a one of these 0-1 ph hospital something is needed at one he would have picked plaques (because the>j Had Mike Been Present ttnd would have examii Finally, had Mike been present critical eye of the o] diis or any other plaque-hanging, Had there been the : would have been characteristic of hj somebody would have gotten a letter about it, like the one h;; wrote Rich- Milan J. Kahl, Plant Manager (left), and Mayor Ray Sopher, following the unveiling of a plaque in the watchhouse a t S tr e a to r Plant. Both Mr. Kahl and Mayor Sopher joined in tributes honoring the memory of Michael Owens, inven tor of the automatic glass bottle making machine. The date chosen for unveiling the plaques in this and 33 other Owens-Illinois Plants and Mills marks the 56th anniversary of the founding of the Owens Bottle Machine Company and the 100th anniversary year of Michael Owens' birth. Mr. Owens had a particular affinity for Streator because the American Bottle Plant, a fore-runner of the present 0-1 Plant, was one of the first in the nation to install his "new -fangled" machines. Mike Owens Honored In Mass Plaque-Hanging These materials may not be duplicated without the. written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Three major glass companies i special tribute September 3 Mike Owens--whose name app( in the corporate signatures of three. This year is the 100th annivers of Mike's birth: September 3 the 56th anniversary of the fou ing of the Owens Bottle Mach Company in Toledo--the first c< pan}' to bear his name. During brief ceremonies at Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, site of Mike's early work on bottle machine,' a plaque honor him was unveiled by J. P. Le chairman of the board of O-I. Top officials of the other i companies that bear Mike's ns took part in the unveiling: they w Tr.Uvi T l Of D o u g Holt, o f the V a ld o s ta P e p si-C o la Bottling Co., a n j pete Chism, m o n aq e r o f the mulfiwall b a g plant .. H a ye s, V a ld o sta mill m a n a g e r ; . x/ . , . .lt? . .. .. . _ .... > a t V a ld o sta , p ose with a p la q u e com m em o rating fhe O ne-hundredth a n n iv e rsa ry o f M ik e O w e n s ' birth. P u b lis h e d m o n th ly c:t fh e G e n e r a l O ffic e s in T o le d o , O h io , fo r the m e n a n d w o m e n o f O w e n s - Heads Of Owens-Named Firms Plaque-Hanging At Libbey Pit Pay Tribute To Founder In Toledo M r. L i The Glass Capital of the W orld paid special tribute Septem o u r b u sir who m ade it so. ' W $ :' ' ' '- "* - v . of glass There, it was officially "M ike Owens D ay" by proclamation kind tod John W . Y ager. A n d , as M ike was being honored at the Libbi " The early triu m p hs, O - I people in 33 p lan ts and offices coast I servant ( sim ultaneous ceremonies, to M ik e business A t 10 a .m . local tim e in these 33 cities plaques commemora! - J o h n l a n n iv e rsa ry w ere h u n g. T h e cerem onies, how ever, also m ark of Libb v crsa ry . T h e y w ere held Septem ber 3 because that day m arked contribut sary *he f uni*ing the O w ens B ottle M achin e Company, branch o to bear tIie O w en s nam e. th e poss Today that nam e is part of the corporate signatures of tl g lass m a firm s. C h ie f executives of all three were present at the Toledo a n d h is o spoke b r ie fly b efo re J . P . L e v is, O w e n s-Illin o is b W illia m E. Levis, m e m b e r o f th e O -I p a te n ts : O w ens pla<jue. b o a r d o f d ir e c to r s (|eft)> M r. B ig g e rs , contribute the early years of th*served as his assistant when he J P. Levis, and Mr. Boeschenstein pose Company. president and general managei w ith the O w e n s p la q u e d u r in g d e d i- Owens Bottle Co. His vision ins^i <=_< cation cerem onies at the Libbey pla The O w e n s m achine w a s develop b y the O w e n s Bottle M a c h in e ( on the site n o w o cc u p ie d by the pla The MICHAEL J. OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE Program September 3, 1959 These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Owens-Illinois Publio Relations Department August 10, 1959 The MICHAEL J. OWENS CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE Program Index Page INTRODUCTION The Purpose of The Program 1 The Date 1 The Central Idea 1 The Program's Four"Plusses" For YoUr Plant 1 The Cost to You 2 The Time 2 THE PROGRAM Guests to be Invited 3 Location and Mechanics of Plaque Unveiling li The. Program Agenda A Suggestion for Your Remarks il Remarks by The Mayor 7 Information for The Press 7 Inform Your Plant People 7 On September 2... 7 Arrangements for YOUR Plaque 8 THE FOLLOW-THROUGH With The Mayor 9 For Toledo... 9 IN TOLEDO ON SEPTEMBER 3... 10 These materidiu .. not be duplicated wit; the written perrr.issic the staff of the Ward M. Canaday O introduction These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center The Purpose of The Program This year, 1959) is the centennial anniversary of the birth of Mike Owens whose invention of unique glass forming processes at the turn of the century revolutionized the glass industry and laid the cornerstones on which Owens-Illinois and other leading companies in the glass industry of today were built. It is the purpose of this program to commemorate, in a manner both tasteful and noteworthy, the contribution this great industrial pioneer made to our business and to his fellow man. The Date September 3, 1 959, is the 56th anniversary of the founding of Owens Bottle Machine Company, the organization formed by Mr. Owens and his associates to produce his remarkable invention, the automatic bottle blowing machine. Owens Bottle Machine Company, predecessor to Owens-Illinois, was the first company associated with the glass industry which bore Mr. Owens' name. It is on this significant date-- September 3,. 1959-- that Owens-Illinois plants from California to New Jersey, and from Wisconsin to Texas, will pay tribute to Mr. Owens with the brief program described here. The Central Idea The Michael J. Owens Centennial Tribute Plaque (photo and full description enclosed) is the central idea around which this program is planned. This program proposes the installation of one of these plaques in a suitable location in your plant with a simple, brief and informal ceremony, fully outlined in this folder. The Program's Four "Plusses" For Your Plant 1. This program offers you the opportunity to obtain for your plant and your Company noteworthy local publicity in your area ,, 2. It offers Plant Management the opportunity to meet with -1- "Plusses11 For Your Plant (cont'd) the head of your city government and members of the local press under the most favorable circumstances to buttress existing valuable relationships or to form new ones. 3. It offers the men and women in your plant the occasion to take increased pride in their Company. ll. It draws the attention of other working people in the community to your plant in a manner which will favorably impress them. The Cost to You The entire program has been planned to permit your plant to participate without devoting valuable man hours to involved advance preparation. lour expenses will include only a few t-cent postage stamps, less than $5 worth of hardware and cloth for the plaque unveiling, a few cups of morning coffee for your guests, and the services of a local photographer if the local press does not plan to send one and one is not available in your plant. The Time Your Centennial Tribute Plaque Program should be scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, September 3 This hour was selected because it avoids the necessity of planning a luncheon, cocktails, or other detailed hospitality arrangements for your guests. It is important, though not absolutely imperative, that your program be scheduled at this hour because a key factor in the national publicity we hope this program will generate is the fact that these plaques are being installed simultaneously at many of our plants across the country. The entire program, including the taking of photographs after the plaque unveiling, should consume no more than 20 minutes. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center -2- THE PROGRAM Guests to be Invited A, The Mayor of your city should be invited as a Special Guest to officiate with you at this program. An invitation to His Honor will indicate to him your Company's feeling that it "belongs" in the community. It will also offer an opportunity for favorable publicity for the city administration and the Mayor, personally. Your invitation letter to the Mayor should state, by all means, that the local press has been invited to the program. Coverage of this program by the local press may be the factor that induces His Honor to accept your invitation. If feasible and possible, it is suggested that you offer to provide transportation for the Mayor to and from the plant. Your letter of invitation to the Mayor should be mailed no later than Wednesday, August 26. It should state that if the Mayor is unable to attend in person you would welcome as his representative any member of his "official family" who can represent the community on this occasion. B. The local press should be invited. This invitation can be less formal than the one to the Mayor. If you, or some o'f your staff, are personally acquainted with key people at the newspapers and local radio and TV stations, the invitation might be accomplished by telephone. If a personal relationship does not yet exist here, invite these gentlemen by letter, also mailed August 26. Invitation letters to the newspapers should be addressed to the Editor, or the Business Editor. Those to radio and TV stations should be directed to the News Editor. Press coverage of your program is the key factor in its success. Every possible effort should be made to see that the press is present at the program. If no press representatives attend, copies of the Press Kit (see below) should be delivered to your local papers the same day as your program with a photograph made at the plaque unveiling showing the Mayor, or his representative, and the Plant Manager, with the p l a q u e . These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission ot the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Location and Mechanics of Plaque Unveiling The location, in your plant, of the plaque installation must be determined by you. The ideal location would be a main entrance (inside) area in which the plaque would be seen by visitors and employees alike. A Visitors' Lobby location would be satisfactory. It is suggested that you avoid holding the ceremony in a private office unless some suitable and more public location is not available. The plaque unveiling can entail simply the removal of a heavy, dark-colored cloth which has been tastefully draped over the hung plaque. Or, it could involve the actual hanging of the plaque on a fixture placed in the proper location in advance of the ceremony. The Program Agenda 10:00 a.m. Remarks by The Plant Manager (2 to 3 minutes). 10:03 a.m. Unveiling (or Hanging) Plaque (Plant Manager, assisted by the Mayor,) 10:04 a.m. Remarks by The Mayor. Taking of Photographs You may wish to offer His Honor, and the press representatives, a tour of your plant after the unveiling ceremony. This plant tour might be made a part of your plans from the beginning, in which case it should be mentioned in your invitations to guests. A Suggestion for Your Remarks (Delivery Time: 2 min. 50 sec.) "Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen: "I am pleased to welcome you this morning as we, here at Owens-Illinois, pause to pay tribute to a gentleman whose remarkable personal contribution to our business and the entire glass industry brought about a re-birth of the 10,000- year-old art of glassmaking and made possible many of the ways in which glass serves mankind today. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center lour Remarks (cont'd) "This year is the centennial anniversary of the birth of Michael J. Owens, developer and inventor of automatic glass-forming machines that helped eliminate child labor and benefited his fellow man by bringing mass production methods to the industry he served. "The (city) Plant of the (division or subsidiary identification) of Owens-Illinois is one of more than $0 Owens-Illinois factories and mills from New Jersey to California, and from Wisconsin to Texas, which are, this morning, pausing to pay tribute to Mike Owens. "Fifty-six years ago today, September 3, 1903, Mr. Owens and his associates formed, in Toledo, Ohio, the Owens Bottle Machine Company, predecessor to Owens-Illinois and the first company associated with the glass industry which bore M r . Owens 1 name. "Mike Owens, son of immigrant Irish parents, was born in Mason County, West Virginia, near the city of Wheeling, on January 1, 1839. By the time he had reached his 'teens, Mike was working as a Mold Boy (opening and closing the molds for glassblowers) at the "glass house" of Hobbs, Brokunier & Co. in Wheeling. By the time he was 15 years old he was a master glassblower, skilled in the use of the blowpipe, the tool by which glass containers had been blown for so many hundreds of years that its origin is lost in antiquity. -5- These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the stall of the Ward M, Canaday Center Your Remarks (cont'd) "Mike Owens was a born leader. His activities as a union organizer for the glassblowers in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the 1880's was a factor in the decision by Edward Drummond Libbey to move his glass company from that city to Toledo, Ohio in 1888. "It was characteristic of Mike Owens that, shortly after Libbey Glass Company began operations in Toledo, he came to Mr. Libbey and asked him for a job. It was characteristic of Mr. Libbey that he hired the young Irishman whose ability soon earned him the job of foreman of the factory. "Thus began an association that led to the revolution of an industry. For it was to Mr. Libbey that Mike Owens took his unique ideas on the mechanization of glass blowing. It was with the backing of Mr. Libbey and his associates that, after nearly ten years of dreams and failures, the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine was developed. It was the first in a series of ingenious inventions in the several types of glass forming processes with which Mike Owens revolutionized an industry. "Mr. Mayor, will you join me now in unveiling (hanging) this Michael J. Owens Centennial Tribute Plaque?" -6- These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Remarks by The Mayor His Honor should be given the opportunity to comment briefly on the community's recognition of a milestone in the history of one of its "corporate citizens." On the day before the program, it is suggested that you telephone the Mayor to confirm his attendance. At that time you should again explain the purpose of the program and offer to provide any information which would enable the Mayor to represent the community with a few appropriate remarks. Information for The Press Public Relations will forward, several days in advance of your September 3 program a special Owens Centennial Tribute Press Kit which will contain stories and photographs about the program itself, and about Mr. Owens, for use by your local press. A copy of this Press Kit should be given to the major news outlets in your community on September 3, whether or not they send a man to cover your program. You should add to the Press Kit a copy of a photo made at your program showing the Plant Manager and the Mayor unveiling (or hanging) the plaque, if the local press did not send photographers to your program. Inform Ybur Plant People As soon as the details of your program are sufficiently firm to permit an announcement, it is suggested that you post a 'bulletin throughout the plant informing your people about the program, its participants and the time it will take place. By doing so you will be informing them, in advance, of an occasion of importance and distinction to their plant and Company and giving them the opportunity to feel that they are part of it. It is suggested that consideration be given to inviting ho the program the members of your plant management team, and asking them to assist you as host to the Mayor and the Press that morning. On September 2 ... If you have not received definite confirmation of the -7- September 2...(cont'd) attendance of your outside guests (Mayor and Press) by Wednesday, September 2, telephone those yet unheard from to determine whether or not they will be present, or who will represent them. Check all the details of your program to determine if the arrangements are in,, satisfactory order. Arrangements for YOUR Plaque Your Michael J. Owens Centennial Tribute Plaque will be shipped to your attention, via prepaid express, in time to arrive on or before Tuesday, September 1. It will be identical to the one illustrated and described in the photo and outlines included in this folder. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center THE FOLLOW-THROUGH With the Mayor A "Thank You" note should be sent to His Honor a day or so after the program acknowledging his contribution to the success of the occasion. For Toledo... Within two weeks after your Owens Centennial Tribute Program, please forward to your division or subsidiary headquarters in Toledo, with a copy to the Community Relations Section of the Public Relations Department, a memo briefly describing your program, reporting those in attendance, and including any comments you may care to make about its planning, operation and results. If possible, please include with your program report memo news clippings from your local papers which reported the event. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center - 9- IN TOLEDO ON SEPTEMBER 3 In Toledo on September 3, a program very similar to the one outlined here will be held at the Toledo Plant of the Libbey Glass Division. This plant is located on the site of the original Libbey Glass Company plant in Toledo where Mr. Owens developed the Owens Machine. Representing Owens-Illinois at the Toledo program will be Messrs. J. P. Levis and C..R. Megowen. Top executives from LibbeyOwens-Ford Glass Company and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation will be present as -will be Toledo Mayor John W, lager, or his representative. Owens Centennial Tribute Plaques will also be installed the morning of September 3 in the Owens-Illinois Building, the Duraglas Center and the Technical Center, These installations will be without ceremony since the program at the Libbey Glass Division Plant will mark the formal observance of the occasion in Toledo, These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M, Canaday Center -10- Form 1X2-Mat O w e n s - Il l in o is IN TR A -C O M PA N Y ( [ ) CORRESPONDENCE Attention of Subject G eneral O ffic es T o le d o , O hio Dear Plant Managers Here are your Press Kits for the Mike'Owens centennial tribute The number you have received was estimated on the number of newspapers and radio and television stations in your city according to our records. All that you need do is have someone place each set in an envelope. Photographs should not be included* of course* in the ones that you give radio reporters. The material enclosed includes? (1) A general story on the ceremonies and Mike Owens0 You should fill in local information and have the story re-copied. (2) A feature story to accompany the general story. This can be given just as is. (3 ) Three photographs showing (A) A copy of an oil painting of Mike and the machine* (B) A still photo taken from a 1910 movie from which the painting was made, and (C) Mike (with dog) on vacation in Florida* These three photos and two stories should be given to the press at the time of the ceremonie.s* or if representatives do not attend, should be delivered immediately after the event. Finally* the kit includes a Note to Editors which needs some local information and should be copied and mailed by you to the press so that it is received on Tuesday, Sept. .1 This is important since some editors may use the information for an advance story. As pointed out in the program brochure you received earlier* you should have a photographer on hand at the ceremonies to provide photo coverage of your local hanging to those newspapers and TV stations who do not have photographers present. Should you find that you will need more Press Kits than are included* please wire and we will get them to you immediately. There is no need to give more than one kit to each paper or station even though several representatives may attend. Figure your total on the exact number of papers and stations to be represented. It is important that you give as complete information as possible in your Note to Editors since it could well influence whether they will attend and the extent of coverage. These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Al G, Smith Press Relations Manager AGS ship Eno % These materials n, not be duplicated wit; the written permission the staff of the The man who made glass production one of this count:J$3I^M*r6snaday Cent automated industries was honored today at the (name of city) plant of Owens Illinois Glass Company and simultaneously in,32 other U, S,, cities from coast to coast Plaques commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Michael J D Owens,, whose automatic bottle blowing machine revolutionized the glass industry at the turn of the century, were hung at 10 a0m 0 at the local plant and other 0=1 installations,, (Insert couple of brief paragraphs on how many attended your ceremony including honored guests, and couple statements of your plant manager or whoever was in charge of program,. Notes Please do not conflict with following quotes from Mr, Levis,,) September 3rd was chosen for the plaque-hanging ceremonies because it is the 36th anniversary of the founding of the Owens Bottle Machine Company, the first company to bear the Owens name, to market the new machine, J,, P. Levis, 0=1 board chairman said at Toledo ceremonies in the Libbey Glass Division plant where Mr, Owens developed his pioneer machine Today Mike Owens* name appears in the corporate titles of three leading but separate glass firms = Owens-Illinois, Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, and Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation -- with annual sales close to one billion dollars The four-color plaques -- made of glass, naturally -- contain a picture of Mike Owens in front of his revolutionary machine and the inscription beneath it describes him as "developer and inventor of automatic glass-forming machines that helped eliminate child labor and benefited his fellow man by bringing mass production methods to the industry he served. His name lives in the corporate titles of three leading companies that continue to make glass an increasingly useful servant of mankind," -more- These materials may not be duplicated withoif the written permission of ~2~ the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center "The Owens machine took glassmaking out of the hand-blowing method of production in use at the beginning of the Christian era and permitted for the first time the production of bottles and jars of uniform height, weight and capacity, something impossible under the age-old methods of hand blowing glass," Mr Levis said "This uniformity made possible the development of high-speed filling and packing lines for bottlers, food processors and others, thereby enabling more people to enjoy one-time luxuries which today we regard as necessities," he added "It also enabled the federal government to set standards and specifications now governed by the Pure Food and Drug Administration" Other developments resulting from Owens'1 machine -- it had 10,000 parts and was one of the most complex machines man had invented up to then ~~ were the elimination of child labor front' glass plants and the mass production of interchangeable parts "The production of interchangeable parts, in which Owens was a pioneer, has played an incalculable role in the development of America's modern industrial system," Mr'Levis pointed out Mike Owens, the son of Irish immigrant parents, went to work in a Wheeling, W,, Va, glass plant in 186? at the age of 10 He was one of the 6,000 children who worked 12 and lit hours a day In an industry that listed no more than 2l*,000 persons on its payrolls at the time While working for Edward Drummond Libbey's Libbey Glass Company in Toledo in 1903, Owens produced the first workable automatic bottle machine In a short time the machine had developed to the stage that it could produce nearly 1*00,000 bottles in 2l* hours This compared with about 18 dozen that a blower and four assistants turned out in a ll*=hour day Many of Owens' machines are still in use today >mor&=> Owens later turned to flat glass production, and the flat glass plant he and Mr, Libbey built in Charleston, W. Va, is believed to have become in the 1920's the first factory in the world that could be called "automated" in the modern sense. From the time the raw materials entered the plant until the glass sheet was ready for cutting and packing, no human hands touched the product. Today Mike Owens' name is on many products other than glass. Today' ceremonies were held at 0-1 plants producing not only a great many varieties of glass, but also plastic containers and closures, and paperboardo These materials rru. not be duplicated withe- 0 the written permission the staff of the Ward M, Canada- r NOTE TO EDITORS g At 10 am on Thursday, September 3$ the ________________ plant of the _____________ Division of Owens-Illinois Glass Company will honor one of its founding fathers and the man most responsible for the modern glass industry, Michael J,, Owens I hope you received my earlier invitation for you to attend the ceremonies and I just wanted to drop you a note on our plans Press kits with .additional information and photos on Mr Owens will be distributed at the plant ceremonies Thursday Several .distinguished citizens of 9 including Mayor ______ , etc, etc, will be present along with Owens-Illinois employees for the unveiling of a plaque and brief address by , , and myself Believe me, they will be brief (Here you must fill in all the details of your owh program) We are honoring Mike Owens during the 100th anniversary year of his birth Mr Owens was born in Mason County, Virginia -- now West Virginia -- on January 1, 18^9, and went to work in a Wheeling glass plant as a boy of 10 in 1869 He went to work' for Edward Drummond Libbey in Toledo in 1888 and died in the Ohio city in 1923 c The date chosen for the plaque hanging is the 56th anniversary of the forming of the Owens Bottle Machine Company to manufacture and sell the first automatic bottle machine which Mr Owens had perfected earlier in 1903 He later perfected a machine which made it possible to manufacture flat glass automatically The Owens bottle machine was the first major development in glassmaking since the Egyptians "invented the blowpipe in 300 BC Able to produce about 1;00,0Q0 bottles in a 21i.-h.our period, it was soon to replace the skilled glass blower, who, with four assistants, could produce about 18 dozen bottles a day The invention of the automatic bottle machine had many far-reaching effects in addition to making glass containers a daily necessity rather than a luxury It eliminated the need for child labor in glass factories for one thing, and, by making container specifications standard, contributed to the success of the Pure Food and Drug Administration Much as glass is an overlooked servant, the man who first bent it to the will of a machine is virtually unknown outside the glass industry It is our hope that Thursday's simple tribute will contribute to the memory of Mike Owens I am looking forward to seeing you Thursday Sincerely, Plant Manager These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center These materials may not be duplicated wlthou? the written permission ot the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Mike Owens would have approved of the way they put up his plaques today, hanging 3k of them almost simultaneously in as many 0-1 plants and mills across the country He would not have approved of the plaques themselves, because they honored him, and he was a humble and a modest man. But the way they were put up -- that was something else. It was almost automatic, 3h plaques going up at the same hour, and automation was something Mike Owens could understand because he was one of its inventors -- even though he never knew it. It was efficient, this marathon plaque-hanging, and efficiency was the thing with Mike, Doing things better, and faster, and cheaper -- that was the whole heart of his philosophy. And doing something bigger than anyone had ever done before, like hanging plaques to one man in 33 cities at the same time, that would have made Mike's Irish eyes twinkle. Had he been there today, in any one of these 0-1 plants and mills, he would have picked up one of the plaques (because they are of glass) and would have examined it with the critical eye of the old glassblower. Had there been the slightest flaw, somebody would have gotten a letter about it, like the one he wrote Richard LaFrance, his chief engineer, in Toledo, in 1923. With typical thoroughness, Mike had been inspecting every piece of glassware he saw in the California hospital where he was confined for a minor operation. He was disturbed to find defects in some salt shakers made by his own company, and wrote LaFrance, "Judging from the very bad salts I saw in use at the hotel and hospital something is needed at once." Finally, had Mike been present at this or any other plaque-hanging, It would have been characteristic of him to go to his blackboard afterwards, make a few simple lines on it, and explain how the whole thing could be done better next time. -more- not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center The glass Industry and the packaging industry owe a tremendous debt to the faltering diagrams Mike used to put on his blackboard. In every one of them, no matter how crudely expressed, there gleamed an idea for making machines do things with molten glass. Those ideas were sown in the hot, smoky, choking confines of the Ohio Valley glasshouses where Mike began work at the age of 10. They were nurtured during a long apprenticeship (he was a top glassblower at 15) in which he watched the best craftsmen in the world do their utmost to make bottles that weren't good enough, or fast enough, or cheap enough to suit Mike. His ideas bore fruit, finally, in Toledo -- where Mike, as superin tendent of the Libbey Glass Company, found the time, encouragement and backing to experiment with some of his theories for mass-producing bottles quickly, cheaply, and efficiently. He was no draftsman, so others skilled at drawing had to make his blueprints. He was no engineer, so others had to design the machines he visualized. He was neither mechanic nor machinist, so others had to build them. What Mike had was what Edward Drummond Libbey called "an amazing logical ability." He himself admitted that "God permitted me to see some things in a different way." The things he saw in his mind he could communicate to others -- in words and on his blackboard. He left it to others to "put it in iron," as he expressed it. Starting out with a simple "bicycle pump" device that proved glass could be blown mechanically, Mike worked through the years developing his machines until, shortly before his death, he had developed a metal monster that awed the world. In the process, he ended child labor in the glass industry. Sixthousand children, no longer needed to hold the molds, to carry hot ware to -more- . These matorfals may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center These meters'? may not be do;.; hosted without the written permission of the stair of the Ward M. Canaday Center These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center Painting of Michael J,, Owens was drawn from a motion picture film made about 1910, and shows him inspecting a bottle which had just been formed on one of his earlier automatic bottle machines. O w e n s -Il l i n o i s TOLEDO, OHIO CHsimv 2-6543 PRESS RELATIONS ? oc + O m3 H3 - _ci ? ^eO+Qo3> (Mn* 53? CaT>" cd Mo> (3Jj ^ a 01 m m *To o *m0 <+ *-J rroq *a H. 3 C3 *a1> o3 W _ ,3 X co - - I-1*O w a> ca H (5 d) 3r+- H* O O 3 cf c+ o S = r 3<+i (DB O O c+ W H* C~> ^ 3d-3 ?t-H d* ft) O3J Fc**- O<. *io-J Qj These materials may not be duplicated without the written permission of the staff of the Ward M. Canaday Center l