Calvert High School - Calvertana Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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l NATIONAL MACHINERY COMPANY Transferred to Tiffin from Cleveland , .. .,.,, ,,,,,. ,,,.. , . ,,,, .,,,.,,,, ..,,,,,.. . . , ,,,,,.,, ...............l882 Chief Products , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,A, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, F orging machines: bolt, nut, wire, and nail machinery Average Employment ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,, ....,,,a . ,..,,. . ,.,,. ,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,, ,,,,, . ..v.,... . .,..... . t......200 The day on which we visited the Monarch Manufacturing Company, our first stopping place, found us all in a fever of anticipation. Arriving at the factory, we were met by guides who directed us through the departments ex- plaining the processes and answering our questions very courteously-unintelli- gent as some of them doubtlessly sounded. We learned all the different steps through which our mothers' ironing boards, mopsticks, and washboards must go before they are capable of doing duty. To everyone's delight it was reported that our next trip should be to the f l United States Glass Company. Possibly the most picturesque feature of the i, plant is the blowing room. We stood entranced at the marvelous shapes being l formed so skillfully. After the glass leaves this department, it is cooled in the ii annealing oven, selected and finished in the grinding room, and then taken to the decorating section to be cut, needle-etched, plate-etched, or gold-encrusted. Since we had etched glass in our chemistry experiments, we enjoyed seeing it l f done on a large scale. The chemist of the factory very kindly gave us a few E minutes of his time to explain the mixing of ingredients for different kinds of i glass as well as the additions made to the basic mixtures for colored glass. . i 1- -- Let.. ' . For our embryo mechanics, a never-to-be-forgotten visit was that made to jig-H i the National Machine Company. The factory's main product is forging , Tilyl' P -i H I i .J 'YL' lj? ir , .,, e QV' 'l ' wr I mwgmm n 5, Y Y rw I, Y-mv mlm' L' ln. 1.1, 'irtrzzw -iz-4' ' ' i 4 r -G j,Qi1r1'iQq5w,3,r

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5 A-AA l -xi J 1. -3 .- 'w x. ,9- J- , F ,- l li Wt W, x I , .I '5 1. ' Q In , Q iii 14:1 Al X l 1 'Q .QE ,I , l 'l -1 I' tlldlv TIFPIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY Incorporated ,,,, . ,.,,,,,,,,,,, .. ,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,...v,,,,,,,,. , ., ,,,, , ,,,,,,,, , ,A...,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,vl 874 Chief Products ,,,A,,,.., .,,,,, ,,,Church furniture Average Employment ,,... . ,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,v M35 INDUSTRIAL TIFFIN-AN OPPORTUNITY SURVEY Graduation! What a magic word! To the freshmen, it is the vague but glorious culmination of all their hopes and desires. The sophomores regard this formal closing of their school life as the goal which they are now able to see more clearly in the distance. For the juniors, it loses in great measure that vagueness by which it was hitherto characterized and becomes an event to be dreamed of and eagerly looked forward to. What thoughts must not run riot in the minds of those who have reached the summit of the scholastic mountain- the seniors. With their beaming faces, they are pictures of happiness as they receive congratulations on the eve of their commencement. But beneath all this outward peace, there is a disturbing question which haunts them, try as they will, to brush it aside. This question is-What am I going to be? In order that we seniors of Calvert might discover the industrial opportuni- ties open to us in Tiiiin, our class advisors arranged with the authorities of the factories to have us taken through the larger plants of the city. These trips proved so interesting that industrial Tiiiin was decided upon as a very appro- priate theme for the Calvertana of 1928. ' ' ' ' I '- W 5 2:4 V pf... , - . . ' 1-,if Page twenty two 1 LU' l - fi., ' 0, . . M 5-,Wa , 5 'w 'R 'N 5 -an -- N, V 7, . .. I 1

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, 'I 121711 Ajax ll , Ju ee 1' . W F l, 5, all' 'fi W1 l '31 I i V, ,l W . i, . N.. 1 ki 1 5 it . s I .-MFA. .,-. f fP47c'f igid' . el 'I F4 flag I Il. I .i5lU??ff3iT5E STANDARD SANITARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY Established ,,,,,,,,..,,,,.... . .........,,,,,,.,,,..,,......,.,,,.....,,,,,,.,,,,.A,,.,,..,.... .. ....,,,,,,.,,,,,,,..,.........,.,. 18 89 Chief Products ....,.,,,.,,, ,,,.,,., P lumbers' vitreous china Average Employment t,,,, ,,,..,,,,,,,A,, , ,,,,,........,,,,,.,,,.,,.,.... N500 machines. To the uninitiated, it seems nothing short of magical to see metal wrought into such strange and intricate shapes. It was quite fascinating to Watch plain steel enter the machines and emerge full-grown rivets, nails and bolts. Here we were also given our first glimpse of the making of blueprints. observing besides the process, the care with which the original drawings and the blueprints are kept in a vault surrounded by a five-foot Wall. Our next stopping-place was the Webster Manufacturing Company, where in the foundry, We had the opportunity to see the pouring of malleable and cast iron into sand molds. What a Wonderful sight! Men, carrying molten iron in buckets like Water, were fashioning it into any shape they desired. In another part of the factory we were shown a large mining machine in operation. This machine is becoming one of the main products of the Webster plant. We were surely receiving a surfeit of novel and interesting experiences for the object of our next excursion was the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. It is the largest pottery of its kind in the World, We saw sanitary accessories of all kinds in the making and after they had received finishing touches. It seemed almost inconceivable that so much care and trouble could go into the articles which we use so casually. In this factory, we first became acquainted with plaster of Paris molds. I ml' 'I : K' lk I ' M 'T aff Page twenty-f r I I ' T . 5 'fri' ' N yi' Aa-fe: I