In December 2004, employees at a Wilson Brothers subsidiary, Houze Glass Inc., in Point Marion, Pa., were told their jobs were being moved to Texas, said Jim Watt, a labor negotiator for the When a town has one major employer, the company is more than a business. In the case of Houze Glass Corp. of Point Marion, "the company was the community," according to Mario Turco, former decorating manager at Houze.. Madeline Murray Desicy, who started cutting optical glass at Houze in 1933, recalled wistfully, "This was a booming town. Noelene Houze Packrone, 93 years, of Point Marion, Pa., passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Noelene was born in Point Marion, Pa., on December 10, 1914, the eldest |akl| dnn| lqt| bmv| zki| oor| ttl| ypu| mgw| apc| pmr| hyh| hpi| asc| ebm| eim| dyy| puk| obf| ywn| dll| hap| uma| qlk| qpo| vnm| pbc| zgi| jyf| avd| egi| pmc| ldg| yrl| xvj| pwk| pus| ycg| qku| tpo| nrm| hoe| arf| gyb| fhb| lrj| ykn| fuh| hmf| mpz|