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1896, June		L. B. Martin, president of Fostoria, is on a trip to Mexico, and expects to return the first part of June. The Fostoria got so any buisness inquiries in regard to its goods from Mexico and an incursion into her trade in the line of glassware. He will undoubtedly meet success. The Fostoria has some new things, to be shown a little later on, that will intrest the trade. {2020}
1902		Cupid Gets A Jolt . . . The Fostoria Glass Co., of Moundsvile, W. Va., declines to act as a matrimonial agency and will endeavor to stop the practice of young employes, male and female, sending notes in cases of ware inviting the finder to open a correspondence. A letter was received by the company a few days ago from a correspondent in England commenting caustically upon a note found in a case of the company's goods which was written by a man who wanted 'to open a correspondence with a beautiful and wealthy young lady.'
1904, Febuary		The stockholders of the Fostoria Glass Company held their annual meeting at Moundsville, W. Va., on January 29. The following officers were elected: W. A. B. Dalzell, president; C. B. Roe, cice-president: A. C. Scroggins, secretary and treasure: J. J. Kearns, factory manager; J. J. Jones, W. S. Brady, Dr. E. H. Hildreth, J. N. Vance, J. B. Graham, W. A. B. Dalzell and J. J. Kearns, directors. A quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on the capital stock was declared. {2057}
1906, September		Corner of Chicago Salesroom. {2081}
1935, August		Glass Furnace Collapses Approximately 250 employs of the Fostoria Glass Company will be idle, the result of an accident in Number 2 factory shortly after 6:30 o'clock Saturday night. The huge furnace collapsed, causing damage that was estimated at $5,000. The greatest loss was a large quantity of molten glass which in the furnace at the time. The framework at the top of the furnace structure, called the cap, fell into the pit of the furnace ruining the glass. C. B. Roe, president of the company, said a new furnace will be placed in operation to take the place of the crippled one. It will not be in operation until next Monday morning, he indicated. Loss to the men, or to the company because of delay in production, could no be estimated. The Number 2 factory produces blown ware.
1937, December		Fostoria Honors C. J. Barth for 50 years of service Fostocia Glass Company last month honored Charles J. Barth, oldest Fostorta employee, with a testimonial dinner in the Snyder Hotel at Moundsville, W. Va., on the completion of Barth's 50th year of service with the Fostoria Glass Co. Attending the dinner were Fostoria's president, C. B. Roe, and other company officials and sales representatives from all parts of the country. C. B. Roe presented Barth, for the company, with a gold watch as a congratulatory gesture. Noteworthy thought in connection with the dinner was the fact that Barth began working for the company even before it began manufacturing operations. In Fostoria, Ohio, in the summer of 1887, construction of the plant was begun, and at the same time moulds were being produced in a mould shop at Wellsburg, W. Va., which were later to be used in the production of Fostoria glass. It was as a mould maker that Barth was first employed, and he began his career with the Fostoria Glass Co. in the mould shop at Wellsbnrg in 1887. When the Fostoria company moved to Moundsville in 1891 because of a failure in the supply of natural gas its Fostoria, Barth came to the Fostoria plant itself. In the same year Barth had married Clara T. Norse of Fostoria and brought her with him to Moundsville. They have lived there ever since. Barth has been Master Mechanic for Fostoria for many years, doesn't contemplate retiring.
1952, August		Platinum-banded sternware to go with the growing preference for platinum-banded dinnerware is attracting attention at Fostoria, 1567 the Mart, and the United States Glass Company, 1573 the Mart. Fostoria's popular Madamoiselle shape now comes with an eighth-inch-wide platinum band at the top. The United States Glass Company is showing six shapes, both low and tall, with platinum bands, to retail for $2 each.
1953, March		Fostoria Launches Three-Part Program for Retail Salespeople A three-part program aimed at stimulating the interest of retail salespeople in the selling of fine glassware has been adopted by the Fosroria Glass Company, Mounds-vile, W. Va. Focal point of the program is a monthly newspaper, Glassware Highlights. The paper, featuring stories on design, style trends in decoration, and helpful hints on sales service, is sent free each month to several thousand salespeople throughout the country. Another phase of the program is built around a system of awards to selling personnel for skill in solving sales situations. Each issue of Glassware Highlights is accompanied by a separate insert picturing a typical sales situation and asking questions on how it might best be handled. Salespeople check off their choice of suggested answers, volunteer additional comments, and mail the leaflet back for individual review. Credit points are awarded for participation. Entrants can use the points to win attractive Fostoria sets and pieces listed in a special catalog which goes to everyone enrolled in the program. The third feature of the program is "Madame X," a mystery customer who visits stores in all parts of the country in order to "discover and reward good sales service." The current issue of the special newspaper reports the plan as follows: "If your sales service is good, Madame X will buy-whether it is Fosroria or any other fine glassware. For Madame X ... is eager to buy whenever glassware is well presented." The mystery shopper awards a large number of credit points toward prizes and writes up outstanding salespeople in Glassware Highlights.
1953, April		New Fostoria Unit Facilitates Tie-In Display and Sales A new display unit specifically designed to promote tiein sales of crystal with silver, china, or both, has been devised by the Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, W. Va. Consisting of a solid cork base and stainless steel rods, the unit permits the display of stemware and silver, stemware and china, all three, or stemware alone. Further information regarding the display piece is available from Fostoria's home office or from territorial representatives.