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Monroe, LA is now home of ...
Posted on 1/28/09 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 1/28/09 at 8:22 pm
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Posted on 1/28/09 at 8:24 pm to GatorTrunk
West Monroe, also the birthplace of Delta Airlines...which started out as a crop dusting service.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 8:42 pm to Rivers
No bad for some country boys in NELA.
The earliest predecessor of Century Telephone was the Oak Ridge Telephone Company, which was owned by F.E. Hogan, Sr. In 1930, Hogan sold the company, with 75 paid subscribers, to William Clarke and Marie Williams, for $500. They moved the switchboard to the Williams family front parlor. The company remained as a family-operated business until it became incorporated in 1968.[1] [2]
In 1946, the Williams' son, Clarke McRae Williams, received ownership of the family's telephone company as a wedding gift.
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The earliest predecessor of Century Telephone was the Oak Ridge Telephone Company, which was owned by F.E. Hogan, Sr. In 1930, Hogan sold the company, with 75 paid subscribers, to William Clarke and Marie Williams, for $500. They moved the switchboard to the Williams family front parlor. The company remained as a family-operated business until it became incorporated in 1968.[1] [2]
In 1946, the Williams' son, Clarke McRae Williams, received ownership of the family's telephone company as a wedding gift.
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Posted on 1/28/09 at 9:25 pm to Rivers
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West Monroe, also the birthplace of Delta Airlines...which started out as a crop dusting service.
To be specific, that would be Monroe. Monroe is also where the Coca-Cola bottling plant was.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 9:58 pm to GatorTrunk
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The 4th largest telecom company
out of what, 5?
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:01 pm to GatorTrunk
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3rd Fortune 500 company in Louisiana
I knew Entergy, is Shaw the other?
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:08 pm to TigerintheNO
isnt Cintas one? (where I work)
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:25 pm to LSUFAN06
Cintas:
based in cincinatti and not in fortune 500
based in cincinatti and not in fortune 500
This post was edited on 1/28/09 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:32 pm to ewilliams20
i know they not based here....i thought was fortune 500 though guess was wrong.
ETA: we were around 600 on the lists i just saw..so ya your right.
ETA: we were around 600 on the lists i just saw..so ya your right.
This post was edited on 1/28/09 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:41 pm to GatorTrunk
Any chance this means Centurytel is going to be adding jobs in the near future? Monroe needs an influx of new jobs...
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:43 pm to Funreaux
The thing that scares me is that the Embarq shareholders now hold a majority of CenturyTel. Not sure if the loyalties will remain with Monroe.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 10:58 pm to GatorTrunk
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Monroe, LA
Posted on 1/28/09 at 11:13 pm to Paul Allen
Paul Allen . . . . wait, who gives a frick
Posted on 1/29/09 at 12:02 am to TigerintheNO
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is Shaw the other?
Posted on 1/29/09 at 12:06 am to TigerintheNO
- Entergy, Shaw, and CenturyTel
- Albemarle and PoolCorp are Fortune 1000's
- Albemarle and PoolCorp are Fortune 1000's
Posted on 1/29/09 at 7:43 am to Funreaux
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Any chance this means Centurytel is going to be adding jobs in the near future?
got a good friend who's pretty high up in this org.
if i ever moved back to monroe, this would be the top of my list of place to look for a job at
ETA oh, and frick you paul allen
This post was edited on 1/29/09 at 7:44 am
Posted on 1/29/09 at 8:07 am to GatorTrunk
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To be specific, that would be Monroe. Monroe is also where the Coca-Cola bottling plant was.
If you mean the first, not really...
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1894 … A modest start for a bold idea
In a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi, brisk sales of the new fountain beverage called Coca-Cola impressed the store's owner, Joseph A. Biedenharn. He began bottling Coca-Cola to sell, using a common glass bottle called a Hutchinson.
Biedenharn sent a case to Asa Griggs Candler, who owned the Company. Candler thanked him but took no action. One of his nephews already had urged that Coca-Cola be bottled, but Candler focused on fountain sales.
1899 … The first bottling agreement
Two young attorneys from Chattanooga, Tennessee believed they could build a business around bottling Coca-Cola. In a meeting with Candler, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead obtained exclusive rights to bottle Coca-Cola across most of the United States (specifically excluding Vicksburg) -- for the sum of one dollar. A third Chattanooga lawyer, John T. Lupton, soon joined their venture.
This post was edited on 1/29/09 at 8:08 am
Posted on 1/29/09 at 9:51 am to Martavius
It was bottled in Vicksburg, but the Biedenharn family settled in Monroe. We now have Coke Museum along with the Biedenharn Museum that is funded by their foundation.
Posted on 1/29/09 at 9:39 pm to TigerDeacon
Paul Allen,
Where did you grow up? If I had to guess, I would venture Punkin Center or some other shite town near there.
Where did you grow up? If I had to guess, I would venture Punkin Center or some other shite town near there.
Posted on 1/29/09 at 9:40 pm to Stlsport
The Coca Cola bottling plant in Monroe was owned by the Biedenharns.
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