Article: Blue-collar jobs evolve, but pride remains ; Changing economy thins ranks

Article: Obituaries, Aug. 9, 2002
St. Joseph News-Press;  August 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... homemaker, also worked for Mead Products. She was a member of the Faith ... Leo Spangler 1906-2002 BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - Leo Spangler, 96, Blue Springs, a former resident ... at a health-care center in Blue Springs. He is survived by ...

Article: Inman Park Village: A Model of Cooperation Between Developers and ...
PR Newswire;  November 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of the development include the historic Blue Horse Building, which, when owned by the Montag family was used to produce the Blue Horse notebooks used by generations of ... Parkside Partners, Inc. acquired the Mead Products office building from Wood Partners. They ...

Article: It's Your Call, Aug. 17, 2004
St. Joseph News-Press;  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Long-distance gratitude This is in regard to "Phone bill blues." If I were you, I would change my long-distance service ... person who called in and said they weren't going to buy Mead products or Stetsons. Well, I've done that all the time. I will ...

Article: Obituaries, July 5, 2005
St. Joseph News-Press;  July 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 1987. Mrs. Arn worked for Mead Products for 29 years, where she was a machine operator in the stationery ... contributions may be made to the New Organ and Piano Fund of the Blue Ridge Christian Union Church. Thomas R. Boydston 1927-2005 ...

Article: SCHOOL SUPPLIES GOING CONTEMPORARY / `FASHION THROUGH GRAPHICS'
The Journal Record;  October 9, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... Rexroat, product development manager for Dayton, Ohio-based Mead Products, which calls itself the largest school supplies manufacturer ... he reluctantly cites an old flop: Smurfs, those chlorine-blue cartoon characters. ""All of a sudden they died and nobody ...

Article: 'Bud' Steele had a piece of landmarks' ends
St. Joseph News-Press;  November 3, 2006 ;     503 words ... ... preparing construction sites, which Walt said they did for the state office building downtown, Affiliated Foods, Blue Side and Mead Products "Their motto was 'We move the earth,' and they certainly did," Mr. Chilcote said.

Article: It's your call, Aug. 16, 2004
St. Joseph News-Press;  August 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Phone bill blues I need help. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I received my ... livelihood. Tell your friends, relatives, and strangers not to buy Mead products, Stetson products, or anybody else's products that were once in ...