Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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. wit 'QQ - gf? , . - . In . g gg g g 1 '- 3 the Q l are t n en, in -1'-A ' ' e . BEN J. ROHAN The paper industry is basic in Appleton's prosperity. It, and its dependent in- dustries, give employment to nineteen hundred fifty people. This is more than half of the total number employed by all industries. These people need food and clothing. Retail establishments supply them and in so doing give employment to many more. Still more than half the factory and mill employees are working in paper mills, convert- ing factories or industries dependent upon the paper business, and since these make possible many of our local establishments, it is not unreasonable to say that the paper industry provides the means of livelihood for half of Appleton's population. Many of us do not realize this. We rarely give a second thought to the idea that possibly these institutions, of themselves, cannot last forever. They have been here so long that we just take them for granted. We seldom realize that the public has any responsibility toward them or that it can do much to keep them here. Page seven

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g l gg l c g - ..,1 AA 1 the Qlariun sfw I 2 CARRIE E. MORGAN The old timer who can remember the first paper mill in Appleton, located on the site of the present Interlake property, will recall a small square frame building, where straw-board paper was manufactured. It has been a long step forward from the old frame building to the present cathedral-like structure, now occupying a portion of the old site. This change has not come in a day. Seventy years must have elapsed since the first paper mill was erected in Appleton, and the older inhabitants can trace the evolution from the old square frame building to the square, but higher, brick building erected in the third ward, to the long brick buildings in the middle of the water-power, back to the site of the Interlake, where a long, low brick building has had seven addi- tions, culminating with the stately and handsome building, which has been such an innovation in paper-mill architecture. We welcome the change, which will doubtless be an example for future mills to follow. The fine building, which I can look at as I write, is now illuminated and when the river is still and unfrozen its exact replica can be seen in the water and is a beautiful sight. In the gathering twilight it looms up like a cathedral indeed and is a real ornament to the 'banks of the good old Fox River. Page eight