European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. December 20. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Stefson puts Cap on 220-year-o/d tradition Danbury. Conn. Ial 1 a "0 her of Ihnut s Low Slung cars could ii was a oni Ptiip Economy Here. Anil worked l i in factory hit a years. Said year old tradition Unietis died of Nav Nul accommodate Driver in rials. John when hulling was Down everything wins my father worked Here i la lit 0.1 Indan Ihry. Ial 320 quiet Friday when the last halters in " Hal cily collected their Severance pay Al the Dan Bury Hal co. And Wini Home. We re All Liau ers Here said employee n la rails. 2k, of uan Hury. It s a Little sad my Grandfather and father worked Here. All of the old timers made Dan hurs Hal was the last operating Hal factory in this Western Connecticut City where hatters plied their Trade be fore the american revolution Accord ing to the senti Janton museum and historical society Here. To 1836, i j4.000 Hals were prod need in Banbury. Production was up to 4.5 million in i Xii and peaked at 432 Mil lion in i Sci a museum workers said. They said hey did no live figures on the work Force. The Hal Industry sinned to slump in the l 5l s. Trend watchers had a num be no Drivers i f. Kennedy refused to Wear one and fashions changed. Several years ago a Public relations employee for the John b. Stelson co., which bought Danbury hat in 198.1, claimed a resurgence was evident. Sales were up after actor Harrison Ford wore a hat in the movies raiders of the lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of hut the rend apparently was Short lived and Stetson announced about six months ago in would close the factory As pan of the bankruptcy reorganisation it Gnu Rcd into last year. Danbury mayor Joseph h. Sauer worked As a Hatter in the in Ltd on weekends while he was a High school student. He dyed Hals fur three year after graduation. Almost everyone in Danbury worked in the hat companies he said. In in and whew Down in the Danbury Mai s closing came Afler a . Bankruptcy court judge in new Vork on monday approved Stetson s plan to sell Insl of its holdings to Rill inc. Of Kic Hnud va., which makes a Sislo hats. Stetson s f 5 workers Almuly half of whom Are asian immigrants filed Inlo the office Friday to tolled Severance and Bonus Cheeks. They had been on unpaid furlough since Dee. 4 while the company held its annual inventory. A picture of a Cowboy Hal looming Over a Herd of cattle and a Cowboy graced the office Wall. America grew up under a said the caption i m going to Roniss said John an Drews its of i Kilisl who worked As a Hatter for four years. It s like pan of Danbury has gone Down the Michael Mccolgan of Danbury who worke Al the Factor fur \2 years a Dithe Here i l i june so ii does t hurl me Ihal bad. I m going in look for another Job. It s sad though he said. of the old halters Are really used to Adi in a woman who had been a hat Iff fair is years who s lining to hire a 70-year-old lad when i lint came Here to .15, a Liege was just halting in Danhi iry " Down the Street Al Llie Stetson Futory outlet where Hills and other hems from the factory Are sold business was booming As soon As people heard the factory was closing said employee Craig Kan Lor. Sales have been he said. People Are asking for bags with the name sx-twm1 on in. Thru or offer ing to buy stationery arty paraphernalia with Stetson on rhe says it will continue to produce Stelson hats in St. Joseph. To. Flight attendant grounded after de icing dispute Dan Tih Al l a senior night attendant has been taken off duty for walking of an Early morning flight with three other ally Nedanis after the Pilot ignored their request Lylial Llie plane be de iced Eastern airlines officials say. The attendants re hoarded an hour Laier after the Captain had the Jet de iced they said. The incident occurred last monday. The Atlanta hound hoeing 757, with 10�. Passen Gers look off from Staple Ion International air on about 65 minutes behind schedule. Eastern spokesman Robin Mai Ell said. Several inches of Snow fell sunday night and Mon Day morning in Denver Anil temperatures plunged to near Ero e Aula Muslo. A spokeswoman for pastern airlines in Miami declined Friday to release the names of the Pilot or attendants on flight 451. But said Hes were based in Atlanta. She said lha the senior flight attendant was not flying but was not suspended and thai she was being paid during the investigation she is on off duty stat us must said. Muslo said she was not certain about the status of the other attendants Hul believed the Pilot was permitted to Fly. The attendants walked off i he plane Afler being told de icing was not necessary said Mai Ell. In order to gel the flight off and nol inconvenience passengers by having to cancel the Pilot had the plane de iced she said. The temperature at the time the plane took off was about 15 degrees Muslo said. The final authority Forde icing is with the Captain she said. We have reviewed the wind conditions and temperature and de icing was nol warranted she said. We Don i do it under All Staple Ion aviation director George Doughty said he was not aware of the incident. Faa regulations require that pilots Noi a Ernst 10 take off if cipher Snow or ice is adhering to she plane s wings. The Issue of de icing raised in the investigation of the nov. 15 crash of Continental flight 1713 Al Staple Ion which kilted is people and injured 54, and the question of whether ice or Snow collected on the wings of he Continental plane is among several being considered by the National transportation safety Board. To &9u Hiben Myers i2, Kace treaty und in n Heing sent to the Rha Cheis. Top reds getting red underwear Cedar Springs. Mich. A what belter Symbol of warmer relations Between the United slates and the Soviel Union than red flannel Long underwear .1 and since Cedar Springs Calls itself the red Flanne of the hat s what it s giving to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. We be Given Long Johns arid Granny gowns to several . President Sand from ladies said Michael Huckle Berry president of the Cedar Springs chamber of Commerce and a vice president of Cedar Springs red flannel inc. Hut this is the first time we in Given h to a foreign Leader. We d like to Emend them As a sin Ibn of our on Friday seventh graders Al Cedar Springs Middle school who suggested the idea held a Brief ceremony and shipped the w inter woo Hes off in Moscow. Jii Shacht v will Rei-eiu1 twi pair i f lire engine red flannel Long Johns. And his wife Kaisa. Will receive a red flannel Granny gown. Tie students also included Pence treaties they drafted. They re nut just run of the Mill underlies. We so had a Doie of pe-ia1 embroidered on them. They re Jusi Beautiful Huckleberry said. Sve Hope he and Raisa Wear them in a Ovid Cedar Springs lakes us Tilini Johns Senosk to1 n boosters have Sci red flannel gannet is in former pre i a Coli Kenned. I irks. I urd a a k Smee i4.v girl scouts won t avoid paying tax on cookie sales fort Collins Colo. A Hopes of avoiding a cily sales la on girl Seoul cookies have been dashed by an announce ment by cily Revenue officer Gwyn strand thai no exceptions would be made loan ordinance requiring a Lux on products sold by charitable organisations. The ordinance has been on the Hooks since 1968, but in has nol been enforced before. Is enforcement now will mean each $2 Box of girl Seoul cookies sold will be taxed 5 cents. Mayor Larry est fade said he sympathized with the souls who depend on the drive to finance their summer Camp and other activities. We Don t intend to be the Grinch lha stole Christmas on this he said. Bui on the other hand if we make an exception for one How Many More would follow cily officials have suggested taking she lax from the proceeds in order to make bookkeeping easier for the min Siers. I eggy Lewis a Volunteer who me sees 450 girl scouts said tag proceeds without collecting the Tan from custom ers would Hurt Trie cookie sales Drue even More. The girl Veouis will be pm my the la Jill la Hinl Pilj of of Lilly Lluli in hs.1 said thai mimics Llie k1 in ont s Nhi irl Sufar Ronit and said Sho or us us Maunum 1 mint girl souls Council Huttl. While h of it slavs Mil 11 Luik is. Would i no Kiev iht1 i i Cal Iii. As i iras i fun set.1, i i Iii Jyh mtu1 i let l n the fish n Hon Collins and us t lii/cns/1 a spoke Sun said
