Ruth SpayerAug 26, 20193 minHappy 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...
Ruth SpayerMar 13, 20195 minWestclox Great Depression EffectsAs the Roaring Twenties came to a startling abrupt ending, Westclox positively continued. I have frequently been asked by Westclox...
Ruth SpayerDec 11, 20187 minWestclox in the Roaring TwentiesI must preface this article with sincere apologies to those of you who have been anticipating a new Curator’s Corner article. I didn’t...
Ruth SpayerMar 29, 20186 minBuyer 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...
Ruth SpayerFeb 26, 20184 minRemembering Our PatriarchA century ago, Westclox lost its patriarch. F. W. Matthiessen, who had faith in a fledgling, floundering clock factory and saved it from...
Ruth SpayerDec 11, 20174 minDecember - A Most Wonderful Time of the YearDecember 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...
Ruth SpayerAug 29, 20176 minCatching 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...
Ruth SpayerJun 26, 20175 minYou 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...
Ruth SpayerApr 3, 20175 minRemembering The Great WarOne hundred years ago this week, the United States entered World War I. In the nearly two years that followed, 147 Westclox employees...
Ruth SpayerMar 3, 20175 minHow 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...
Ruth SpayerJan 9, 20174 minWhat’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...
Ruth SpayerNov 5, 20165 min“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...
Ruth SpayerOct 21, 20163 min“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...
Ruth SpayerAug 3, 20163 minWhere 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...
Ruth SpayerJun 17, 20163 minWhy LaSalle?One of the most frequently asked questions in the museum is, “Why does everything Westclox say LaSalle if the company was in Peru?”...
Ruth SpayerMay 9, 20162 minMystery 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...
Ruth SpayerApr 3, 20163 minBirthday Greetings and HankiesAs 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...
Ruth SpayerFeb 22, 20163 minPAYDAY!I don’t care who you are or where you live or if you work or are retired, Payday is likely to be one of the most important days on your...
Ruth SpayerDec 31, 20152 minHappy New Year!As I write this, I find the lyrics of the Al Stewart song “Time Passages” floating through my mind. I guess it could be because it is...