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Ruth Spayer
Jul 21, 20232 min read
We Are Growing - With the Kids Clocks
it has been quite a time since I asked, "Where have all the children's clocks gone?" (Aug. 3, 2016) Now I can clearly add, "They are...
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Ruth Spayer
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Come and See Us Now
Well, it’s been quite a while since we have not been in decent communication. Almost 4 years since the Covid Plague has held us up and...
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Ruth Spayer
Aug 26, 20193 min read
Happy Birthday Labor Day 2019!
Do you wonder why I started with a birthday wish for the Labor Day Holiday? Well, it’s a very simple explanation: On September 2, 2019...
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Ruth Spayer
Mar 13, 20195 min read
Westclox Great Depression Effects
As the Roaring Twenties came to a startling abrupt ending, Westclox positively continued. I have frequently been asked by Westclox...
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Ruth Spayer
Dec 11, 20187 min read
Westclox in the Roaring Twenties
I must preface this article with sincere apologies to those of you who have been anticipating a new Curator’s Corner article. I didn’t...
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Ruth Spayer
Mar 29, 20186 min read
Buyer Beware!
I bought a clock recently from an online site. It is very pretty and was described as a rare Big Ben. I didn’t buy it because I thought...
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Ruth Spayer
Feb 26, 20184 min read
Remembering Our Patriarch
A century ago, Westclox lost its patriarch. F. W. Matthiessen, who had faith in a fledgling, floundering clock factory and saved it from...
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Ruth Spayer
Dec 11, 20174 min read
December - A Most Wonderful Time of the Year
December has always been a joyous time for Westcloxers. (Except for 1942, but we’ll save that for another time.) I can’t begin to tell...
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Ruth Spayer
Aug 29, 20176 min read
Catching Up!
Well, I’m rather behind in my Curator’s Corner writing! It has just been a very busy summer around here. Now that schools are back in...
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Ruth Spayer
Jun 26, 20175 min read
You Couldn’t Get There From Here, but Now You Can!
When the Western Clock Company (a.k.a. Westclox) began producing its world-famous timepieces, about the only way to get from the factory...
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Ruth Spayer
Apr 3, 20175 min read
Remembering The Great War
One hundred years ago this week, the United States entered World War I. In the nearly two years that followed, 147 Westclox employees...
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Ruth Spayer
Mar 3, 20175 min read
How BIG is Big?
How big is big? Ask this question and you’ll likely get more answers than you can imagine, and all of them will be correct. It all...
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Ruth Spayer
Jan 9, 20174 min read
What’s The Weather Going To Be Like?
One of the first things most of us do in the morning, and one of the last things before going to bed at night, is check the weather...
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Ruth Spayer
Nov 5, 20165 min read
“The Clock that Caused a Near-Riot”
Little Known Facts About Westclox As Veteran’s Day draws close, I am inspired to write about Westclox during World War II. Some of you...
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Ruth Spayer
Oct 21, 20163 min read
“Woody Who?”
This is the first in a series of articles on “Things You Might Not Know About Westclox”. This first article is written in response to a...
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Ruth Spayer
Aug 3, 20163 min read
Where Have All the Kids' Clocks Gone?
Here at the museum, we would never claim to have one of everything Westclox ever made. We're not even close, in spite of the extensive...
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Ruth Spayer
Jun 17, 20163 min read
Why LaSalle?
One of the most frequently asked questions in the museum is, “Why does everything Westclox say LaSalle if the company was in Peru?”...
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Ruth Spayer
May 9, 20162 min read
Mystery Solved?
It seems we are always in “Sleuth Mode” here at the museum, constantly digging through our archives, hoping to solve some of our own...
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Ruth Spayer
Apr 3, 20163 min read
Birthday Greetings and Hankies
As most of you know, I’ve spent a little over a year scanning and reviewing more than 50 years worth of Tick Talk Magazine - the monthly...
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