Sorry Randy, but of all my varied lines in Owen Co, I've not run across any of the
people you are looking for.
N.J.SkinnerWhite
vwhite0901(a)aol.com
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past."(Deuteronomy
32:7a)
-----Original Message-----
From: gftl <gftl(a)bluemarble.net>
To: inowen <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 9, 2011 2:33 pm
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Indiana Wood Product Company Destroyed by Fire
I've been doing some research on the Denkewalter family of Owen County.
Dr. Frederick had two daughters, Olga who married a Meguschar and
Mare/Mary/Marie who married a Treanor. Olga's daughter, Hilda Megushar,
owned the clothespin factory for a time. Does anyone have more
information about the Denkewalter, Meguschars or Treanor than what I can
find on the internet, including Ancestry. I've also been to the family
file at the Owen County Public Library.
Randi Richardson
On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:32:32 -0400 (EDT), N.J.SkinnerWhite wrote:
Thanks so much for this interesting article about what I always
called the Clothespin Factory.....My Grandpa Virgil F. Noel use to
work there, but I think he more than likely worked there after the
place was rebuilt, but still an interesting article just the same.
N.J.SkinnerWhite
vwhite0901(a)aol.com
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long
past."(Deuteronomy 32:7a)
-----Original Message-----
From: Randi <gftl(a)bluemarble.net>
To: INOwen <INOwen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 9, 2011 12:49 pm
Subject: [INOWEN] Indiana Wood Product Company Destroyed by Fire
Owen County (Indiana) Democrat, March 18, 1915, p. 1. NOTE: The
text noted
below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from a lengthier article.
The Indiana Wood Product Company, known to Owen County people as
White's
Mill, caught fire Sunday night shortly after eight o'clock and
completely
gutted the largest portion of the factory entailing a loss of $40,000
with
only about one-third that amount in insurance. No one in authority
seems to
know exactly how the flames originated, but the consensus of opinion
seems
to be that they caught from a dynamo, as the factory had its own
lighting
system...
The hottest and most dangerous portion of the building were the
handle and
clothespin departments where thousands of well seasoned handles and a
few
million tinder-like clothespins were piled and boxed ready for
shipment.
The big streams of water would put out the fire in one place only to
scatter
the fragments to other places and then flames would break forth in
greater
volume and that portion of the big factory became a seething, hissing
mass
of whirling flames and smoke...
.
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