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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 57 results for Adams & Westlake Company.

ID	7100
Title of Article	'Big Brother' is buying
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	December 1, 1998
Page	Business Report, page 8
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	7099
Title of Article	Adlake: Chupp named president
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Donald Chupp
Date	June 10, 1997
Page	C1
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Chupp & Sons

ID	7098
Title of Article	Locks... ... and lamps... ... and letters: Adlake still doing what it does best
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	LeRoy F. Ott; locks; lamps; letters; Adlake logo
Date	June 7, 1987
Page	D1
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Manufacturing Industries

ID	79413
Title of Article	A New Start For Old Firm
Notes	Adams & Westlake Company envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	No date given
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Business, Railroads

ID	7097
Title of Article	Landmark comes down
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of water tower
Date	October 11, 1984
Page	13
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	68268
Title of Article	Update
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 15, 1982
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Employment

ID	68205
Title of Article	'New' Adlake Set to Resume Production
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 07, 1982
Subjects	Adlake Company, Adams & Westlake Company, Business

ID	68267
Title of Article	Corrections
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Nov 17, 1982
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Bankruptcies, Lawsuits

ID	68272
Title of Article	Adams & Westlake Co. Article
Notes	Leroy Ott
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 29, 1982
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Acquisitions and Mergers

ID	68269
Title of Article	Update
Notes	United Auto Workers Local 1367
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 16, 1982
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Bankruptcies, Labor Unions

ID	68273
Title of Article	Adams & Westlake Co. Retirement Party Picture
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Dan Shanholt; Forrest Huffman; Evangeline Shelton; Russell Anderson; Arthur Walters; Philip Jones
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 26, 1981
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	1987
Title of Article	Building at Edwardsburg Ave. and Mishawaka St. to be torn down for parking lot.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Illustration & caption
Date	July 3, 1980
Page	32
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Building Demolitions

ID	1986
Title of Article	LeRoy F. Ott, General Manager points out feature of windows made for rapid transit to Japanese visitors
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	LeRoy F. Ott; T. Suzuki; Y. Nomoto; Robert F. Herrold; T. Tominaga; Y. Mochizuki
Date	November 20, 1979
Page	19
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Ott, LeRoy F

ID	1985
Title of Article	Division sold
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 2, 1979
Page	24
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Hamlin, Inc., Acquisitions and Mergers

ID	1984
Title of Article	U.S. Judge OKs Adlake Reorganization.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 21, 1978
Page	Page 21
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	1982
Title of Article	Adlake asks city bond aid
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	November 17, 1978
Page	Page 1
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Adlake Company, Bankers United

ID	1983
Title of Article	Reorganization plan rejected
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 18, 1978
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Bankers United, Adlake Company

ID	1981
Title of Article	Reorganization plan rejected
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	October 17, 1978
Page	Page 13
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Adlake Company, Bankers United

ID	68169
Title of Article	Update
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 15, 1978
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Bankruptcies

ID	68264
Title of Article	Corrections
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Apr 13, 1977
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Bankruptcies, Lawsuits

ID	1980
Title of Article	Adlake Bank financial arrangement details told
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	March 10, 1977
History #	997e
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Adlake Company, Bankers United

ID	41219
Title of Article	Adlake creditors wait
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	February 17, 1977
History #	997e
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Bankruptcies, Adlake Company

ID	1979
Title of Article	Adlake work to continue
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	January 28, 1977
History #	997e
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Bankers United, Bankruptcies

ID	1978
Title of Article	You name it--and Adlake just might have made it
Notes	company history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	artistic rendering of Water Tower Place in Chicago; Adams & Westlake plant; drawings of products
Date	June 26, 1976
History #	997e
Page	5-7
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Adlake Company, Bankers United

ID	1977
Title of Article	Former Adlake president dies
Notes	obituary
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	May 4, 1976
History #	997d
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Adlake Company, Bankers United

ID	29210
Title of Article	obituary
Notes	997d
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	May 4, 1976
Page	22
Subjects	Pedal Power, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	41218
Title of Article	(caption only)
Notes	20,000th railroad switch
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of James Ott, Ray Leedy, John Smith, & Sandra Nusbaum
Date	August 18, 1975
History #	997c
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	68351
Title of Article	Adams & Westlake Company Picture
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Paul Messner; unique process using highly elastic vinyl film
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	May 19, 1973

ID	1975
Title of Article	Adlake sold to Bankers United
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	December 20, 1971
History #	997c
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Peckham, George O., Bankers United, Adlake Company

ID	68250
Title of Article	Adlake Sold To Chicago Company
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Dec 20, 1971
Subjects	Acquisitions and Mergers, Adams & Westlake Company, Bankers United

ID	79272
Title of Article	Two Burglaries Reported In City
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jul 26, 1971
Subjects	Business, Pornography, Crime, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	68353
Title of Article	Adams & Westlake Company Picture
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Albert C. Johnson; Marion B. Shelly; Ray Green; Bert Nash; Awarded plaques for sales meeting
Date	Oct 21, 1969

ID	80210
Title of Article	AD RECEIVES AWARD
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Earl M. Mover, Richard L. Lint, Frank D. Helman
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 06, 1969
Page	34
Subjects	Allied Products, Adams & Westlake Company, Awards, Manufacturing Industries

ID	68346
Title of Article	AdLake Local #1367
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jun 12, 1969
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	80219
Title of Article	Allied Sets Up Charitable Foundation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 13, 1969
Subjects	Allied Products, Charity Work, Business, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	80212
Title of Article	Allied, Fulton Merger Agreement Approved
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 21, 1968
Subjects	Allied Products, Adams & Westlake Company, Business, Manufacturing Industries

ID	80209
Title of Article	Allied Corp. Acquires Loadcraft Inc.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Aug 15, 1967
Subjects	Allied Products, Acquisitions and Mergers, Manufacturing Industries, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	1991
Title of Article	(no title)
Notes	stock aquisition
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	March 7, 1967
History #	997c
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	36466
Title of Article	M. B. Shelly president of Adlake
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Marion B. Shelly
Date	November 18, 1966
History #	1171
Subjects	Shelly, Marion B., Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	7103
Title of Article	Adams & Westlake Company
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 1, 1966
Page	Business & Industry, p. 101
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	87509
Title of Article	Adlake Ad
Notes	January 1966 edition. Filed with Indiana historic magazines in basement
Source	Indiana Business and Industry Magazine
Location	Basement
Date	Jan 01, 1966
Page	45
Subjects	Adlake Company, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	87520
Title of Article	Adlake Traces Past To Rail Car Curtains
Notes	January 1966 edition. Filed with Indiana historic magazines in basement
Source	Indiana Business and Industry Magazine
Location	Basement
Picture Caption	Curtains in 1920 vintage railroad car
Date	Jan 01, 1966
Page	101
Subjects	Adlake Company, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	1989
Title of Article	Adlake component parts included in new CTA rapid-transit cars
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photos
Date	August 15, 1964
History #	997a
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	1988
Title of Article	Adlake Products At Hospital
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	November 7, 1963
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company

ID	1833
Title of Article	Adlake an exception to period of failures
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 25, 1963
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company, Adlake Company, Curtain Supply Company

ID	75747
Title of Article	Personnel Assistant Appointed By Miles
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gordon J. Anderson
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 15, 1962
Subjects	Miles Laboratories, Elkhart Municipal Band, Adams & Westlake Company

ID	75447
Title of Article	Personnel Changes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 08, 1962
Page	Emil Albert
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	41217
Title of Article	'White room' hints of future
Source	South Bend Tribune
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photos of room, workers
Date	April 22, 1962
History #	997
Subjects	Adams & Westlake Company

ID	36257
Title of Article	Wilson A. Smith, former Adlake official dies
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Wilson A. Smiith
Date	November 2, 1957
Subjects	Smith, Wilson A., Adams & Westlake Company

ID	74487
Title of Article	Adlake, 1857-1957
Notes	Booklet celebrating 100th anniversary of company
Source	Other
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	Contains many photos
History #	997f
Date	Jan 01, 1957
Subjects	Adlake Company, Adams & Westlake Company