Day 2

PaulWissmach Glass, Paden City, WV

• On October 13, 1904 the Ohio Valley Glass Company was founded by Paul Wissmach.
• The year 1910 marked an important date in the company's history as it changed its name to The Paul Wissmach Glass Company, Inc.
• A fire in 1927 completely destroyed vital manufacturing and warehouse facilities.
• Throughout the years, Wissmach Glass has built an inventory that includes over 3,000 colors, tints and patterns.
• Today, over 13,000 square feet of glass is produced in Wissmach's manufacturing facility each day. 
• On average, eight to ten different color runs of glass are made daily.

Assignment/Journal: Here is a picture of the ceiling in the White House in Washington, DC. Do you think it says something for our state that we made the glass in the ceiling of the White House? How? Why? Do you think there is a sign to say where the glass is made? If not, should there be? Why? 

Marble KingUSA

• ·        Did you know that over one million marbles a day are produced by a West Virginia company, Marble King themselves.
• ·        They operate seven days a week, three hundred sixty-five days a year.
  ·        Berry Pink and Sellers Peltier founded Marble King in 1949.
  ·        Marble King was originally located in St. Marys, West Virginia. In January of 1958 a fire destroyed the factory. Roger Howdyshell, who managed the Marble King facility, moved the company to Paden City where it still remains today.
  ·        Marble King has been a contributing sponsor and supporter of The National Marble Tournament since 1968.
  ·        A college scholarship is awarded each year at the tournament, compliments of Marble King.
  
  
  Assignment: I am going to give you 20 marbles from Marble King. I want you to separate into categories. Your group  needs to choose the categories. We will talk about the groups that you chose and why you chose them. 

Journal: What all can you use marbles for? (Not just the game.) Once you journal the first question, leave your journals out because we are going to graph a little based off of our categories (circle, line, and bar graphs).