Thursday, arareday, May : 12, 1955 UNION PRESS COURIER
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We Acreo For You..
TO KEEP THESE FOUR PLANTS IN OPERATION
Sportswear, COALPORT
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The Committee of Community Leaders to confer
with Mr. H. A. Trichon, President of Clearfield
Sportswear ond Officers of David D. Doniger &
Co., New York:
Philipsburg:
fiportewear, CLEARFIELD
CA US UP
The people throughout the Philipshurg, Coulport, Curwensville and Clearfield arens were disheartened last fall when the Clearfield
Sportswear Co. announced their int :ntions of closing its plants in these towns. It loo'ced then like nearly six hundred people would be
out of work. A final date of May 1, 1955 was set as the closing of these plants
Sportswear, PHILIPSBURG Sportswear, CURWENSVILLE
Curwensville:
Frank Eyerly Frank Hoffman
Lewis Stein Samuel Bressler
Coalport: Clearfield:
Joe Helman Howard Stewart
William Byers E. S. Shuck
Negotiations, looking toward the sale of this industry to some group which would operate in this area were conducted through the
past several weeks.
The David DD. Doniger & Co., producers of the McGregor fine line of wearing apparel finally responded to an offer by the Clearfield
Sportswear for the sale of the equ’pment involved.
Competitive Costs Against
A Southern Plant Operation
THE MAJOR ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO THESE PEOPLE FINALLY REVOLVED
INTO THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS:
Cooperation of the Unions
of the Employees
Plant Rentals Permitting
A Low Cost Overhead
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The desire of the peopls throughout this
area to cooperate with the Management in
having a plant meeting . . . The Standards
of Operations of the Doniger Co.
The Company's feelings that the existing
Pionts need Renovation to bring them up
to standards of its other plants and that
the local communities should share in the
sxpenie.
Happily ..~ We Announce The Successful Meeting Of All These Problems
1. Living conditions, home owning people, an
2. A pleasart and agreeable arrangement 3. The building owners have entered into a
abundance of available labor, a record of
was prompitly made with the operating lease arrangement for rentals satisfactory
unions. to the proposed tenants.
4. Your committee, on your behalf have agreed
to spend a total of $11,000 on these four
plants to bring them to a condition guaron-
teeing excellent working environment.
Plant” — have no advantage over your
ND NOW ...Will You Do This...Give *5 For Your Community s Future?
WE ASK EVERY EMPLOYED PERSON, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MAN OR WOMAN TO SEND IN $5.00 TO YOUR LOCAL
TREASURER (LISTED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) FOR THIS FUND.
We Are Committed-Back Us Up... Let's Prove We Want Industry!
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| Am A Booster For Industry
In This Area . . .
INCLOSED FIND MY CONTRIBUTION
IN THE AMOUNT OF
Mail The Coupon At The Right, Or Hand Your
Contribution To The Following
FRANK H. EYERLY
323 N. Front Street
DEAN S. BRAUCHT
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Coalport, Pa.
MISS CELESTINE MALLON
SANITARY MILK CO.
Curwensville, Pa.
ANDREW SUTIKA
P. O. BOX 250
Clearfield, Pa.
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