Hemingray among displayers at Muncie Products at county fair

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Evening Press

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 33, no. 273, p. 8, col. 2


SHOW MUNCIE MADE

PRODUCTS AT FAIR


Chamber of Commerce Display

Attracts Wide Attention

Among Fair Goers.

The "Made in Muncie" booth at the Delaware county fair is attracting wide attention among fair goers. Thirty-nine of the eighty-five indus­tries here have contributed products. Among the industries which have ex­hibits and are little known to the majority of Muncie people are the Depoy Bottle Cap Company, making milk bottle caps; Holloway Hat Com­pany. manufacturers of men's and women's hats; Tom's Mayonnaise Company, making mayonnaise; Velvetine Soap Company. Elkins’ Drum Company, O. J. Manufacturing Com­pany, manufacturers of cleaning compounds; John E. Schaubut, cigar manufacturer, and the Better Radio Products Company.

New products of older firms shown include art glass serving trays by Durham Manufacturing Company; pint, quart and half-gallon bottles, demi-johns and vinegar cruets by the Hemingray Glass Company; new sizes of electric cookers, Excel Electric Company; new style lamps. Aladdin Company; preserving set by M. H. Tyler Company, and a metal folding cot by the Moore Manufacturing Company.

Display lo Be Moved.

Other exhibitors include Nossett Brothers, A. E. Boyce & Co., Muncie Set Screw, Muncie Foundry and Ma­chine Works, Hoosier Clutch, Maxon Premix Burner, Muncie Casket Com­pany, Beatrice Creamery, Butterfield Canning Company, Dougherty Broth­ers' Bakery, Hager Manufacturing Company, Ontario Silver Plate, Indi­ana Steel and Wire Company, Ball Brothers, Skillen-Moore-Sample Com­pany, American Lawn Mower, Richmond School Furniture Company, Vic­tor Garment Company, Griffith Furni­ture Company, Millikan Bending Com­pany, Delaware Brass and Aluminuum [sic] Aluminum Company, Warner Gear Company and Glasscock Products Company.

The committee in charge of the ar­rangements for the display is headed by George Dyke and other members are H. F. Hager, Rodney G. Hayler and W. J. Kirkpatrick.

Arrangements have been completed by Paul O. Meredith, Chamber of Com­merce, to have the display continued in an uptown window following the closing of the fair.


Keywords:Hemingray
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Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:August 12, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;