Champion Papers history
Contents
:
Part 1 --
1893-1894: The best of times; and the worst of times
Part 2 --
The "Model Plant of the World of its kind"
Champion's Founder: Peter Thomson "just and generous"
Part 3 --
"Finer and bigger plant" rose from four early disasters
Kentuckians favored for employment at the mill; Hard-working, ingenious and
loyal
Part 4 --
Images of strength, reliability and quality: keys to success
Dr. Louis Frechtling: 'His Word was Law'; He personified company philosophy
Part 5 --
When Champion "stood as shock troops" in Depression
The sorting line -- Champion Hamilton mill's female sentinels
Part 6 --
Champion men and paper go to war again
High school students filled war-time void in Hamilton mill
Part 7 --
"It is the greatest pleasure in the world to give"
The Coaters: a unique, complex operation in the Hamilton mill
Part 8 --
"A sound mind in a sound body," a Thomson philosophy
The Millwright: oil and dirt a mark of important job
The mill's pipe gang often difficult to find
Part 9 --
From Kromekote to Benefit, 1946-1994 products
Part 10 --
Champion transportation:
From horse-drawn drays in 1894 to railroad freight
cars in 1898 to team trucks in 1994
Text of Ohio Historical Society marker
Hamilton Champion chronology (updated through 2005)
Hamilton industrial history, a brief narrative
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