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Lancaster Colony ceased production at the Dunkirk factory of Indiana Glass during November 2002. About 240 workers immediately lost their jobs. [79] The reason for the shutdown was economic—business had been down over the last three years. Lancaster Colony owned another glass plant in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, which had become part of Indiana Glass ...
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Nelson McCoy Sr., Nelson Melick, and later Nelson McCoy Jr., in turn, operated the pottery for 57 years until it was sold in 1967 to the owners of the Mt. Clemens Pottery Co., although Nelson McCoy Jr., remained as president of the pottery. After about seven years of operation the Lancaster Colony Corporation purchased the pottery in 1974.
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The rarest pieces today are the Sphinx pattern, and almost any colored piece of Lancaster's Cable or Petal with the Corn Flower etching done by the W. J. Hughes Corn Flower Company. [3] Even after the official dissolution of the company in 1937, Lancaster Glass patterns continued to be released under the Anchor Hocking name.
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The current meaning of "chandler" is a person who sells candles. [3] [4] By the 18th century, most commercial chandlers dealt in candles, oils, soap, and even paint. As these provided ships' stores, chandlery came to refer to a shop selling nautical items for ships and boats, although for a time they were called ship-chandleries to