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TWO VERY NEW INDUSTRIES MONITOR PANEL CO.
TO BAY ST. LOUIS IN APRHL, T957, CAME A NEW COMPANY AND THE ONLY ONE OF UTS KIND IN THE SOUTH, PRODUCING ELECTRONIC CONTROL INSTRUMENT PANELS FOR THE CWEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY. THE CUSTOMERS OF THIS MONITOR PANEL COMPANY ARE OIL REFINERIES, NAVAL STORES PLANTS, PULP MILLS, INSECTI CIDE AND OTHER CHEMICAL PLANTS. IT IS EASY TO SEE THAT IN THIS COASTAL AREA, TO WHICH ARE CONVERGING MORE AND MORE CHfMlCAL PROCESS PUNTS, THAT THE BAY ST. LOUIS LOCATION WAS INTELLIGENTLY CHOSEN. H. A. THOMPSON, «IR. AND REESE HORTON, BOTH CHBrflCAL ENGINEERS REGISTERED IN BOTH LOUISIANA AND MISS! SSIPPI, ARE THE PARTNER OWNERS. THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE ELECTRICIANS AND PIPE FITTERS LIVING IN OR NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS.
LA ROSE DISTRIBUTING CO.
IN A SMALL THRIVING HOME FACTORY THEY CALL LA ROSE DISTRIBUTING CO.
ARE CREATED MANY OF THE COMPLICATED SEASHELL ORNAMENTS SOLD BY THE HIGHWAY 90 SOUVENIR SHOPS AND BY AMUSEMENT PARKS AND CARNIVALS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. THE OUBRES (OWERS) GATHER TOGETHER THE HUGE ABAL3NE SHELLS FROM THE PACIFIC, CONCHS FROM THE BAHAMAS, CORAL FROM THE SOUTH SEAS, TIGER COWRIES FROMTHE PHILIPPINES, SUN AND MOON SHELLS FROM JAPAN AND A MYRIAD OF SMALL TROPICAL SEASHELLS FROM ALL OV ER THE WORLD. THESE THEY A SSEMBL E ARTISTICALLY INTO INTRICATELY ARRANGED RELIGIOUS AND ORNAMENTAL SHELL NOVELTIES, MANY WITH LIGHTS CONCEALED TO' ILLUMINATE THE VARIEGATED SEA SHELL COLORS AND SHADES,
PUT TOGETHER WITH CERAMIC PARTS MADE IN THIS OWN BACKYARD KILN. IN THEIR SMALL BUT BUST FACTORY WHICH OCCUPIES ONE OF THE TWO HOUSES AND ROAMS ALL OVER THE YARD WITH PILES OF ROUGH SHELLS EVERYWHERE AWAITING THEIR TURN, TMEY ARE NOW EMPLOYING SEVERAL PEOPLE BESIDES TH El/SELVES.