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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:41 AM Original message |
Fenton Glass shutting down main furnace |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Glass Artists and Retailers |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. CHINA took all the glass making |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Almost all the glass makers in West Virginia are long gone... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. 99cent store and discount stores. Every glass, mug, plate is cheap & ugly |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've been collecting their |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Really sad. I'm a Depression Glass collector and just think about all that glass made here in the |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If America got into a war with China they'd have to go barefoot, |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No straws, toothpicks, nor lightbulbs as well. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There's still Jabo Marbles in Reno Ohio and Marble King in... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I've never heard of these.... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Jabo Jokers are beautiful things. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Wow....they're beautiful. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They make marbles from 1/2 " to 1" mostly. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. They'd have to fight only in the winter, anyway |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. All forms of art are shutting down. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's coming down to Art or Eat for a lot of Americans. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I think it's Art or War, regarding financial support from govt entities. |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh No! |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They made it through a tough spell a couple of years ago... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The factory tour... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think I saw a documentary about this place. Sorry to hear they are shutting down |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Fenton created a lot of jobs in the Parkersburg area and employed |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. I went to their annual tent sale today..............I learned from |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I have no idea how that happened. |
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