[Newspaper]
Publication: The Newark Advocate
Newark, OH, United States
vol. 154, no. 78, p. 1,2, col. 1-8,4-8
NEW LABORATORY IS DEDICATED
OWENS-ILLINOIS COMPANY DEDICATES NEW RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Educators, engineers, industrial leaders and government representatives, numbering more than 100, today attended the dedication of the Owens-Illinois Glass company's new research laboratories at the Newark plant of the industrial products division. Constructed of glass brick; insulated with the most modern insulating material science has been able to produce, air conditioned, the new laboratory is the scene of research in the application of glassfiber in many industrial and domestic uses. Above left is an exterior night view of the modernistic building. To the right is a view of the machine shop where engineers and mechanics develop new machinery for the processing of glass fiber. Below is the office of the laboratory director, Games Slayter, who is host in today's event. High officials from the Toledo offices of the company are among those attending the ceremonies.
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150 Guests Are
Entertained By
Owens-Illinois
Leaders in Science and Industry Attend
All-Day Program of Newark Plant;
University of Illinois President
Gives Dedication Address.
One hundred and fifty leaders in education, science, research and industry headed by President A. C. Willard of University of Illinois, assembled this morning in the plant of the Owens-Illinois company to formally open the recently constructed Industrial and Research laboratory, south of the general factory offices.
Following a breakfast at the Granville Inn the guests were transported to the plant where William E. Levis, president of the Owens-Illinois company, introduced President Willard, who made the dedication address.
"How has this all come about?" said Willard. I am sure this group here assembled expects me to answer in one much abused word — Research. Research gets mighty little credit for the discovery of glass, unless research accepts all scientific accidents as its own children.
"The origin of glass is shrouded in obscurity, and speculation suggests that its discovery was largely, if not entirely accidental. All we know is that the accident happened a long time ago and whether it was an Assyrian, an Egyptian, or a Phoenician or some other artisan who gazed with wonderment and appreciation on the liquid nature of silicates before him we shall never know," Willard said.
Many Uses of Glass
"It is not necessary to call by name the long list of manufactured products made of glass to impress you with its importance. I would rather ask you to imagine a glass free world, a world in which no glass of any kind existed. For example, remove glass from our modern world laboratory and you could practically stop all scientific research and experiment study in the natural science of chemistry and physics, to say nothing of astronomy."
Terming the local plant of the Owens-Illinois company, a daring venture in the widening field of modern glass technology, President Willard said "But to the Owens-Illinois company with its previous experiences in creating glass products of many kinds, with its resources, with its organization, including more than 14,000 employees, in their 21 plants and with its its marvelous laboratories and research facilities, the idea of making cloth commercially out of glass is just another problem which science and technology will solve."
History of Industry.
The feature of the breakfast at Granville inn which was followed by a 2 o’clock luncheon and dinner tonight was table service and appointments made entirely of glass. At the breakfast, the welcoming address was made by William E. Levis and followed by a short history of the glass fiber industry by Games Slayter, research director of the local laboratory.
Another Newark major glass company's product was displayed to the guests through the courtesy of The A. H Heisey company who supplied crystal ware as favors.
This afternoon the guests will continue to pour through all departments of the research and factory of the North Newark glass plant. It is the first time that a large group has been conducted through the entire plant.
The following were present at the dedication ceremony:
Frank H. Adams, general manager, Surface Combustion corporation, Toledo; Earl Aiken, U. S. Advertising company, Toledo; T. K. Almroth, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; R. H. Barnard, vice president, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Dr. W. M. Barr, Union Pacific Railroad company, Omaha Nebr.; H. A. Barnby, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; H. C. Bates, Corning Glass Works, Corning, N. Y.; C B. Belknap, executive vice president. Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Willard H. Bennett, Ohio State university, Columbus; Charles Bentley, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Alton, Ill.; Frederick F. Berlinger, Joseph Berlinger company, New York City; Harold Boeschenstein, general manager, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; W. H. Boshart, director, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; U. E. Bowes, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo.
Clare Bowler, Sunday Star, Columbus; B. E. Boyd. Owens-Illinois Glass company, Newark; Edward M. Brecher, Opportunity magazine, Chicago, Ill.; H. A. Bruno, H. A. Bruno & Associates, New York City; A. T. Bush, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; W. J, Camlin, laboratory building contractor, Newark; Otto Carmichael, J. H. Colbur, Associated Press; Harry Collin, director Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Howard W. Collins, Newark; Roy L. Commann, Barrett company, New York City; J. N. Compton, Carbide & Carbon Chemicals corporation, South Charleston, W. Va.; D. H. Corlette, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; W. C. Davis, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Watson Davis, director science service, Washington, D. C.
W. A. Davis, Gustin-Bacon company. Kansas City, Mo.; Mike Desmond, Columbus Citizen, Columbus; Dr. W. C. Ebaugh, Denison university Granville; O. W. Erikson, Foster Engineering company, Indianapolis, Ind.; Dr, W. A. Everhart, Denison university, Granville; John C. Fistere, Ladies’ Home Journal, New York, N. Y.; F. C. Flint, Hazel-Atlas Glass company, Zanesville; Alex S. Forster, Forster, Wernert & Taylor, Toledo; C. Wilbur Foster, chairman, Foster Engineering Company, Ltd., Indianapolis, Ind., and architect who designed building.
John E. France, St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul, Minn.; F. L. R. Francisco, New York, N. Y.; Francis C. Frary, director Aluminum Research Laboratories Aluminum Company of America, New Kensington, Pa.; E. E. Free, New York. N. Y.
O. F. Freeland. Manager, Anaconda Wire & Cable company, Muskegon, Mich.; J. A. Friend, American Refrigerator Transit company, St. Louis.; Miss.; R. W. Gillespie, Jeffrey Manufacturing company, Columbus: R. A. Gonzalez, manager, Airtemp, Inc., Dayton; Commander H. W. Graf, U. S. navy department, office of chief of naval operations, Washington, D. C.; Robert Gunning, American Education Press, Columbus; A. L. Gustin, president, Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing company, Kansas City, Mo.; A. L. Gustin, Jr., Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing company, Kansas City, Mo.; C. A. Hall. The Electric Storage Battery company, Allegheny avenue and 19th street, Philadelphia, Pa,: C. F. Hanson, Irvington Varnish & Insulator company, Irvington, N. J.; Ralph C. Harden, Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing company, New York, N. Y.; Ben T. Hazelton, director, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; E. Wilson Heisey, A. H. Heisey & Company, Newark.
T. Clarence Heisey, A. H. Heisey and Company, Newark: Robert Hertzberg, Modern Mechanix, New York, N. Y.; Hans Heye, Actien Gesellschaft der Gerresheimer, Dusseldorf, Germany; Wilfred Hibbert, Toledo Times, Toledo; F. R. Hohmann, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Muncie, Ind.; Karl B. Hoke, architect, Toledo; Minot Holmes, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Muncie, Ind.; H. W. Horn, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; A. V. Hutchinson, American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, New York, N. Y.; W. J. Ingler, Maple road, Newark; Jan S. Irvine, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Hurlbut S. Jacoby, Ohio State university research, Columbus; Paul Jones, the Rostone company, Lafayette, Ind.; Webster N. Jones, director Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Victor Knapp. Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo: W. W. Knight, director Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Theodore Larson, architectural record, New York, N. Y.; Jack Leisenring, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Muncie, Ind.; George Leland, Gerald Leland, Leland Electric company, Dayton; William Lescaze, architect, New York, N. Y.; Preston Levis, president Owens-Illinois Pacific Coast company, San Francisco, Calif.; R. H. Levis, director Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; W. E. Levis, president Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Philip Linne, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; W. G. Lovell, research laboratories, General Motors corporation, Detroit, Mich.; Albert S. Low, V. P. and chief engineer, the Austin company, Cleveland; William J. McCaughey, Ohio State university, Columbus; Darrell McDougle, Life Magazine, New York City; S. J. McGiveran, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; F. J. McNeil, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; E. F. Martin, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; A. E. Marshall, New York. N. Y.; Howard Miller, General Electric company, Fort Wayne, Ind.; B. C. Milner, Jr., New York, N. Y.; E, B, Moore, the Bridgeport Coach Line company, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.; Mark Murphy, Toledo News-Bee, Toledo; F. L, Myers, Owens-Illinois Glass company, Toledo; Howard Myers, the Architectural Forum, New York, N. Y.; President Philip C. Nash, University of Toledo; C. E. Nourse, Foster Engineering company, Indianapolis. Ind.