History behind an abandoned hair stylist shop in Del Valle, Texas.

A hair stylist shop called Stewart's Hair Styling was opened as a self-care clinic at 2470 Cardinal Loop in Del Valle, Texas back in 1987. The self-care clinic covered hair care, color analysis, skin care, makeup application, and dress. This hair stylist shop specifically catered to ladies. Mary Ann Stewart owned and operated Stewart's Hair Styling. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/358495060/)

“The recently opened Stewart's Hair Styling shop at 2470 Cardinal Loop is sponsoring a self-care clinic for girls 9 and up. The four session clinic will cover hair care, color analysis, skin care and dress. The fee is $10 and will include a haircut and style booklet. Call Mary Ann Stewart, 385-4247 for class schedules. To help Linda keep up with activities in the Del Valle area, Southeast Travis County and at Bergstrom Air Force Base, call her at 247-2360.”

“Stewart's Hair Styling presents Self Care Clinics beginning today. Topics include hair care, color analyzing, dressing, and skin-care and makeup application. Cost is $40 per class. Call 385-HAIR for information.”

News about Stewart's Hair Styling shop at 2470 Cardinal Loop quit appearing in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper in 1988. So that meant Stewart's Hair Styling had shut down in less than a year.


The building where Stewart's Hair Styling was on was located on property belonging to Robert F Converse, Ruby Kieke Flow, and Del Valle ISD. Ruby Kieke Flow gave the property these residences and businesses were to VICTORIA BANK & TRUST BASTROP during a bankruptcy case in 1992 through a substitute trustee deed. Ruby Kieke Flow was suffering from Alzheimers due to old age. (Ref: Travis County Deed Records, Volume 11602, Page 669)

This single story building had been serving as the Del Valle Independent School District - Department of Facilities by 1997. That is because Del Valle ISD had been owning the property the building was located on for nearly 5 years. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/356990681/)

According to a 2005 edition of the Polk’s City Directory, 2470 Cardinal Loop had been and was being used as residence. (Ref: https://www.austintexas.gov/Geocortex/Essentials/External/REST/sites/AirportNoiseMappingApp/viewers/AirportNoiseWebMap/VirtualDirectory/Resources/Data/Noise%20Mitgation%20Parcels/Parcel%20110%20bergstrom%20arms/Phase%20I%20ESA%20Parcel%20110.PDF)

The residence was abandoned by 2008 and was boarded shut with plywood in 2009. Thieves broke in and stole wiring and anything considered salvageable around 2011. Which is why there was a door open and a couple of window panels missing.

Del Valle Independent School District and the City of Austin had the residence demolished in 2016 after FAA regulations declared the residence as being in the way of the Austin Bergstrom International Airport flightpath. All that remains is a concrete slab and a driveway.

Stewart's Hair Styling was located at 2470 Cardinal Loop, Del Valle, Texas, United States 78617. The phone number was 512-389-2288.

Exploring the Pontiac Knitting Factory.

Pontiac Knitting Factory is one of the historic yet long forgotten factories of Pontiac, Michigan. This news article will explain and explore the renown extensive history pertaining to Pontiac Knitting Factory and Pontiac Knitting Company.

Pontiac Knitting Factory operated under several names over the years such as Pontiac Knitting Company, Pontiac Knitting Co., Pontiac Knitting Mill, Pontiac Knitting Works Co, Pontiac Knitting Works, Pontiac Knitting Works Company, and Knitting Works Co.

Not too many people know this or aware but Pontiac Knitting Factory was one of the first pioneers in manufacturing of felt boots and was the first to make a full fitted mitten. Pontiac Knitting Factory set legendary trends in fashion. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20563156/)

The carriage trade was not the only big industry during the 19th century and early 20th century. The textile industry was the other big industry which dominated Pontiac. The annual product of the Pontiac Knitting Mill and Pontiac Knitting Factory amounts to upwards of $200,000 dollars yearly. 140 people were employed, to whom $4,000 per month is paid in wages. Pontiac Knitting Mill was a pioneer in the manufacturing of felt boots and was the first to make a fulled mitten. Pontiac Knitting Factory was the largest manufacturing plant in Pontiac during the 19th century and 20th century. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=16394010)

Pontiac Knitting Factory/Pontiac Knitting Works was the main industry of Pontiac and one of the leading mercantile houses of in the State of Michigan during the 19th century. (Ref: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD1024.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext)

The Pontiac Knitting Works mill pond is where all the young people went ice skating during winter during the 19th century and 20th century. Ice skating was a past time leisure activity for Pontiac residents. (Ref: https://www.ocphs.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2019/11/Gazette-43-2-June-2010.pdf)


Pontiac Knitting Factory and Pontiac Knitting Company was established in 1846. William Dawson was the owner and president of Pontiac Knitting Company, Pontiac Knitting Mill, and Pontiac Knitting Factory. William C. Owen (Wm. C. Owen) was treasurer. J. T. Pertelli, who had over 44 years experience in the business, was the superintendent and general manager of Pontiac Knitting Company. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16258926/)

Pontiac Knitting Works was established in 1872. “This important branch of the industries of Pontiac was established in 1872, by Mr. E. Wakeman, who started operations with two "Lamb" machines over John Pound's store. The business was continued at that place during one winter.” Pontiac Knitting Works provided and manufactured knitting goods. (Ref: https://www.genwebsite.org/oakland/documents/67FE483066FF9C0610A7BF14DDF2430AB4208D68.html)

Pontiac Gazette reported Pontiac Knitting Factory had been employing an upwards count of 350 employees by 1880. There were close to 360 employees by that year and 1881. (Ref: https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=OaklandPG18800220-01.1.5&srpos=1&e=-------en-10--1--txt-txIN-knitting-------OaklandPG18800220%252D01--)

“The Pontiac Knitting factory. The hands it already employs, directly and indirectly, counts upwards to 350. If the capital of some of our business men that has been forever sunk in oil, and mining stocks of one kind and another, had been diverted to other and similar enterprises there would today be no need of our sober and industrious mechanics and merchants seeking other fields of labor. Five years will make a wonderful difference in the magnitude.”

Herbert Hitchcock was an employee whom had worked at/in the Pontiac Knitting Factory for several years. He was quite known over there. “Herbert Hitchcock for several years in the Pontiac Knitting Factory, is at present at Plymouth, Indiana.” (Ref: https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=OaklandPG18830803-01.1.5&e=-------en-10--1--txt-txIN----------)

The Knitting Works fire was caused by spontaneous combustion at Pontiac Knitting Factory/Pontiac Knitting Works in 1886 as reported by the Pontiac Bill Poster. Spontaneous combustion caused a fire at Pontiac Knitting Factory. (Ref: https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/?a=d&d=OaklandPBP18860120-01.1.1&e=-------en-10--1--txt-txIN----------)

[The Pontiac Knitting Works had a very narrow escape from destruction by fire Sunday evening. About eight o’clock the night watchman discovered a blaze in the picking room, over the boiler room, and at once sent in an alarm to the engine house. He then set the steam pump at the mill at work, and had the fire nearly out before the department could aid him. In a few minutes more the fire would have been beyond control, as an elevator near by would have acted as a chimney.

“Stub” Keys had an escape from drowning. He went down the ladder under the Pike street east bridge to break the thin coating of ice that bad formed over the hole kept open for fire purposes. He found the hole, broke the ice and made a hasty examination of the bottom of the river. By the lusty use of his lungs and a board “Stub” was relieved from his perilous position, and lost no time in getting home. The public test of H. G. Monroe’s fire alarm system last Thursday was a decided success in every respect. The apparatus consists of iron street boxes, connected with wires leading to an annunciator at the engine house, and the opening of one of these boxes drops a shutter, shows the location of the box, strikes the district in which the box is located on the tower bell, and also on the electric gong in the houses of the firemen about town, and lights the gas at Firemens’ Hall.

The expense of the system is less than half charged for the various systems now in use, and is in many ways superior to any for cities the size of Pontiac. Our competent engineer has invented and perfected this system during spare moments, and he offers to give our citizens the benefit of it at bare cost. The city fathers were more than pleased with the apparatus and at the next meeting will doubtless authorize Mr. M. to furnish his fire alarm system for Pontiac. H. G. invites the inspection of his invention by all citizens interested.]

“The Knitting Works fire was caused by spontaneous combustion.”


An unfortunate tragedy occurred on the night of July 5, 1891 when most of the contents located inside of the stock room and shipping department of the Pontiac Knitting Works were badly damaged by a fire. The fire resulted in a loss of $35,000 dollars worth of damage. The Boston Globe newspaper reported about the fire under the caption of “Fire in a Knitting Mill” on the day of  July 6, 1891. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/430686424/)

“The stock room and shipping department of the Pontiac Knitting Works, with most of the contents, were badly damaged by fire last night. Loss $35,000.”

The finances for Pontiac Knitting Works/Pontiac Knitting Factory in 1985 were as follows:
[Pontiac Knitting Works. Amount of stock, $100 000, paid in; real estate $,15. 000; personal. $76,19189; debts, $10,600,’ 19; credits, $9,819.81 Shareholders; P. A, Hitchcock 6,660, C. E. Wakeman $3 330, H. B. Hitchcock 10.]

A dam was established for Pontiac Knitting Factory and Pontiac Knitting Company prior to 1896. The exact date of when this dam was established is unknown. (Ref: http://www.pontiac.mi.us/departments/community_development/docs/1896_Plat_Map.pdf)

Pontiac Knitting Works got entailed in a lawsuit called Pontiac Knitting Works Co. Vs Hubert Heitsch in 1898. Pontiac Knitting Works claimed injury to its mill pond by reason of Hubert Heitsch filling in his property which bordered on the Clinton River. An injunction was secured and Hubert Heitsch filed a demurrer to the bill of complaint. The demurrer was held. Pontiac Knitting Works changed hands several times since the lawsuit was instituted, settled their difficulties and the Hubert Heitsch matter is disposed of, but still remained in court. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118578914/)


In summer of 1900, City of Pontiac sought out an injunction against Pontiac Knitting Works Company over mineral rights and property rights. The City of Pontiac had declared their mill pond to be a nuisance and a danger to public safety. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119371847/)

During the middle of June 1900, the City of Pontiac decided to experiment with a street sweeper in an effort to clean the streets. The City of Pontiac Pontiac Knitting Company’s company’s mill pond and mineral rights. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119371847/)

“Pontiac is now experimenting with a street sweeper. It has been decided that the sweeper is the best means of keeping the streets clean, inasmuch as the city does not dare wash the refuse from the street into the river on account of the injunction held over the head of the city by the Pontiac Knitting Works Co. Although the matter has been up for settlement for several weeks and the city has expressed a desire to purchase the knitting company’s mill pond and rights, the end seems no nearer in sight.”

“The proposition to bond the city for $20,009 for the purpose of purchasing the mill pond in Clinton river of the Pontiac Knitting Works Co. will also be submitted at the same time.”

(Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119385043/)

An interesting injunction case was by the City of Pontiac against Pontiac Knitting Works Company over mineral rights and property rights in August of 1901. This resulted into the injunction case called Pontiac Knitting Works Co. vs. the City of Pontiac.  Detroit Free Press reported about the injunction in a news article with the heading of “INTERESTING CASE. Injunction Brought by the Knitting Works Company.” on August 10, 1901. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119562776/)

“The injunction case of the Pontiac Knitting Works Co. vs. the City of Pontiac was taken up in the City Court yesterday. The suit is but one chapter of a controversy that has existed between the city and the owners of the mill pond in the heart of the city for nearly fifty years. In May of 1900, the officials decided to quietly flush the Saginaw street pavement. Previous to that there had been a great deal of trouble over the matter of bridges, and the city entered into an agreement with the Knitting Works Co to avoid one injunction suit. Last year it was proposed to buy the mill pond and the rights of the Knitting Works Co. but the measure failed to find the required two-thirds suit at a special election called for that purpose.”

A resolution carried authorizing the city to borrow needed funds for constructing the bridge over Clinton River on Water Street was carried out in 1901. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119556995/)

The Pontiac Knitting Company was organized in 1902, with Mr. Dawson as president, succeeding the Pontiac Knitting Works Company. Under the firm hand of Mr. Dawson and the management of J. D. Partello, a fine business is carried on, employment being given to 140 employees of both sexes. Pontiac Knitting Company kept operating despite the injunction suit imposed against them by the City of Pontiac. (Ref: https://archive.org/stream/biographicalrec01compgoog/biographicalrec01compgoog_djvu.txt)

A part/portion of the Clinton River was filled in 1903 after the injunction case of Pontiac Knitting Works Co. vs. the City of Pontiac was settled. The City of Pontiac considered the mill pond to be a nuisance and a danger to public safety. A 40 foot wide channel was erected between Saginaw Street and the Water Street bridges as the rest of the river bed was filled in. Water Street had been closed for 2 years because of the wooden bridge was deemed unsafe. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118572291/)

“The Pontiac Knitting Co. have a force of men at work making a channel to Clinton River between the Saginaw and the Water street bridges. The channel is to be forty feet wide and the rest of the river bed will be filled in. This is in accordance with the contract between the city and the Pontiac Knitting Co. to get rid pf the mill pond nuisance. A force of men is also at work building a cement arch bridge over the river at Water street. The street has been closed for two years because of an unsafe bridge.”

The line of the channel of the pond, between Pike Street and Water Street, was established after an agreement was made between the city and Pontiac Knitting Co. and Pontiac Knitting Factory in 1903. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118593817/)

The Pontiac Knitting Works Company has offered to help clean out the Clinton River between Water Street and Saginaw Street in 1903. The city of Pontiac had dumped in refuse to the line. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118568063/)

“A special meeting of the council will be held this week to consider the matter of cleaning out Clinton river between Water and Saginaw streets. The Pontiac Knitting Works Company has offered to do the work for $350, but the offer was considered rather indefinite.”

Water in the Clinton River and the mill pond is so low that the Pontiac Knitting Works Co. resorted to using steam power in 1903. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118559267/)

“For the first time in a long period the water in the Clinton river and the mill pond is so low that the Pontiac Knitting Works Co. is obliged to use steam power. This leaves a great portion of the filth of the river and the pond exposed to the sun and what will happen a little later is the question which bothers residents in the vicinity of the mill pond. It is also expected that the low water will help the city in its condemnation proceedings to secure permission to build a bridge of thirty-eight feet span across the river at Water street. The company demands that the bridge lie of ninety feet span.”

At first the City of Pontiac did not want to construct a bridge for Water Street over Clinton River. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118289670/)

“The city is again in difficulty over the proposed bridge on Water street. The Pontiac Knitting company, which controls the water rights in the river, has refused the city permission to construct a bridge of thirty-two feet span and states that if condemnation proceedings are begun their rights of ownage will protect them, on the other hand, the company has an injunction granted years ago which prevents the city from narrowing the span of the bridge. The council several weeks ago voted to award the contract. The contract has not been signed and the contractor has taken no steps to proceed with the work owing to the controversy.”

The Water Street bridge was rebuilt in 1903 despite Water Street being closed to traffic for more than a year because of an injunction held by the Pontiac Knitting Works company against the City of Pontiac restraining the narrowing of Clinton River at less than 90 feet. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118564779/)

“The Water street bridge is to be built at once. The street has been closed to traffic for more than a year because of an injunction held by the Pontiac Knitting Works company against the city restraining the narrowing of the river at that point less than ninety feet. The bridge the city will build will be thirty-two feet wide and the city will pay the company $400 for cleaning a channel thirty-two feet wide between Water and Pike streets. The condemnation proceedings brought by the city to get the needed land will be dropped.”


A tragedy occurred at Pontiac Knitting Factory and Pontiac Knitting Company when a fire blaze destroyed the mill factory complex on the night of February 8, 1907. This resulted in a total loss as the fire burned down everything. The fire caused a loss of about $40,000 dollars to the Pontiac Knitting Company mill factory. The origin of the fire was unknown. Detroit Free Press reported about the fire blaze in their newspaper under the caption of “FACTORY IS TOTAL LOSS Pontiac Knitting Co. Loses $40,000 in Fierce Blaze; Well Insured.” in 1907. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118694844/)

[Fire caused a loss of about $40,000 to the Pontiac Knitting Co. tonight. One warehouse, tilled with finished goods for the coming season's trade was insured. On stock is estimated at $33,000, and S. G. Jacobs, a member of the firm, lost $3,000 in personal property which he had stored in the structure. The loss on the building is about $5,000. The insurance will cover about 50% per cent of the loss. Jacobs's goods wore not Insured. The building, which was 200x50 feet, was sheathed with iron, so that the work or the firemen was very difficult. The origin is unknown.]


The Pontiac Knitting Company began reclaiming land around the mill pond to build a garage on the newly acquired real estate land they had purchased in 1912. The new department gave employment to 40 men. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/119035712/)

All of the machinery belonging to Pontiac Knitting Company and Pontiac Knitting Factory was put up for sale in 1913. (Ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZNAAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA9-PA181&lpg=RA9-PA181&dq=%22Pontiac+Knitting%22)

Pontiac Knitting Factory dammed up Clinton River to use the flow for industrial purposes thereby creating the mill pond on the southern end in 1916. The Pontiac Knitting Mill was closed in 1919 and the dams were removed thus eliminating the mill pond. Pontiac Knitting Factory closed in 1919 during the 1919-1920 fiscal year. (Ref: https://ulidigitalmarketing.blob.core.windows.net/ulidcnc/2017/12/TAP-Report-2013.pdf)


Pontiac Knitting Factory was located at North Mill Street and East Lawrence Street, Pontiac, Michigan, US 48342.

What was located at 711 West Dayton Street in Flint, Michigan?

The vacant lot of land where 711 West Dayton Street is located in Flint, Michigan, was once home to a wig store/wig shop called Economy Wigs. Economy Wigs was a store that sold and specialized in women’s wigs. Phone number for Economy Wigs was 313-238-5461. Economy Wigs was well renown during the 60s. Economy Wigs was housed inside a red colored single story rectangular building next to Le Mieux Drug Store and Civic Park Bar. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98861463/)

Wigs demonstrations were given by the women who worked at this shop. The store paid their employees with high income. The high income was well desirable with employees. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98852006)

“LADIES over 21 Earn high Income demonstrating wigs, wiglets, and no investment' necessary, must have a car and have a "knack" to lengthen hair. Send inquiries, Including name and phone no., with hair, name, wigs, to Economy Wigs, 711 W. Dayton St., Flint, 48504 or call 313-238-5461”

The store fell into decline when the Civic Park neighborhood started falling into decline by the early 1990s. The building where Economy Wigs was located was already abandoned in 2007. The building had been scrapped apart and torn up badly. Sadly the store burned down in 2008 in an arson incident. In many of the arson cases in Flint, nobody had seen or heard anything. This case of arson was not unusual. Now this arson case was never solved. Genesee County Land Bank had the buildings along Dayton Street & Dupont Street demolished in July 2009. Nothing of Economy Wigs remained by 2011.

Economy Wigs was located at 711 West Dayton Street, Flint, Michigan, US 48504.

History of the Cloud School in Austin, Texas explored and explained in an educational aspect.

Cloud School is one of the forgotten schools of Austin, Texas. It was also one of numerous Travis County rural schools which operated as a 1-8 school. This news article will explain the history behind Cloud School.

 

J. B. Norwood donated land for a school in 1890. He owned much land in the area which he donated to several local school districts. This land would become home to The Cloud School aka J. B. Norwood School in 1892 just 6 miles southeast of Austin at the corner of Burleson Road & Norwood Lane. The Cloud School was an early incarnation of the J. B. Norwood School which was its first name. Now the Cloud School was named after John Wirt Cloud. He was a landowner who owned land property in Del Valle and Austin. (Ref: Austin Weekly Statesman, Wednesday, June 24, 1896)

The Cloud School was a 1-8 school which educated students in grades 1 through 8. 9th grade students and older students were transferred to Austin ISD to attend high school. Only white students attended Cloud School. J. B. Norwood School District operated Cloud School.

The Cloud School would eventually become J. B. Norwood School for which the school would eventually form into during 1894. However the Austin Weekly Statesman would still refer to this school as the Cloud School whenever a news article mentioned that school. (Ref: Austin Weekly Statesman, Thursday, April 22, 1897)

Austin Weekly Statesman reported that the Cloud School was destroyed by fire in late April 1897. The fire was ignited by some defect.  “Cloud School House was totally destroyed by fire. The unusual coolness of the morning made it necessary to have a fire, and the roof was ignited through some defect. The children escaped without harm.” (Ref: Austin Weekly Statesman, Page 11, Thursday, April 22, 1897)

Cloud School also served as a place for monthly worship. The Salem Lutheran Church used Cloud School as a chapel for church services. Rev. William Feller was a pastor of the church. German Lutheran settlers in the Del Valle community arranged to have Lutheran worship services. The first of these services were held in an unusual chapel which was a blacksmith shop owner by Ernest Schoedel and later Cloud School. Other services were held in homes of members. (Ref: Austin American, Page 17, Sunday, June 12, 1955)


The idea of Colorado School, Three Island Bottom School, and Cloud School was brought to discussion in 1909. This was an effort to have a high school construction closer to home that way students would not have to travel so far to attend school. The Colorado Common School District did not have a high school at that time. High school students attended school in Austin at Austin High School. Colorado Common School District did not have a graded school until 1921. (Ref: Austin Weekly Statesman, SCHOOLS MAY CONSOLIDATE THREE DISTRICTS COMBINED COULD HAVE HIGH SCHOOL Page 2, Wednesday, June 9, 1909)

SCHOOLS MAY CONSOLIDATE THREE DISTRICTS COMBINED COULD HAVE HIGH SCHOOL

Leading Citizens of Colorado, Three Island Bottom and Cloud School Districts Appear Favorable to the Proposition

The subject for discussion was the consolidation of the Colorado, Three Island Bottom, and Cloud School District, to erect a six-room brick or concrete school house near where the Colorado School House now stands and establish a graded school there. It is estimated that the parents of the school have and will in the near future have children ready for the high school. This will save thousands of dollars by having a high school right at home, and besides many children whose parents could not afford to send them to the high school will have an “opportunity of attending the high school” there. The children in the lower grades will, however, enjoy the superior advantage of a graded school. These schools now employ five teachers altogether, so that a five-teacher school will be ran and maintained without additional expense. All of those present expressed themselves unanimously in favor of the proposition. It was derided to appoint a committee of twenty of the citizens to canvass the district. In order to win approval for the plan. The committee will meet at the Colorado School House in several weeks in order to organize.


Racism was an issue Cloud School faced during the early 20th century. Austin Weekly Statesman reported about the strong sentiment among the American residents having an adversary against Mexicans students attending school with white students. A number of children living in the Cloud School had been attendants of the Colorado School by the 1910s. (Ref: Austin Weekly Statesman, SCHOOL FOR MEXICANS They Have Been Deprived of Public School Facilities, Page 3, Thursday, December 5, 1912)

“Some forty-five Mexican children of the Cloud School District, near Del Valle, have been without school facilities owing to the strong sentiment among the American residents adverse to the mingling of the two races. In the same school. Beginning Monday, however, according to Miss Maud Douglas, County Superintendent, the Mexicans will have a school of their own. This has been made possible by the fact that one of the large farmers of that section, Charles G. Jones, has erected a building at his own expense for the accommodation of the Mexican children. Mr. Jones employs many laborers of this nationality on his farm. A teacher has been employed and will conduct a five months' school.”


J. S. Swafford was appointed as a trustee for this school late in December of 1927. Austin American reported this news under the headlines of Swafford Appointed Cloud School Trustee. (Ref: Austin American, Swafford Appointed Cloud School Trustee, 1927)

The Cloud School was often referred to as the “Norwood-Cloud School” in the Austin American newspaper starting in March 1929. W. A. Setliff was a trustee and chair board member. (Ref: Austin American, Sunday. March 24. 1929)

In 1948, the J. B. Norwood School District and Cloud School were consolidated into Colorado Common School District (now Del Valle ISD). Many students were displaced when this happened. This shut down the Cloud School. Now Cloud School served as a private residence for a private homeowner for a certain amount of years. Sometime in the 20th century is when the Cloud School was demolished. Exactly when though is unknown.

Cloud School was located at 8016 Norwood Lane, Austin, Texas, US 78744. Today the property is the future home for Friendly Will Baptist Church.

Mixerr Reviews to launch “Forgotten series”!

Mixerr Reviews officially decided to launch “Forgotten series” in 2018. Since then, the “Forgotten series” has expanded to include businesses, airports, and parks. The “Forgotten series” will cover news about everything from schools, churches, to businesses. And that includes everything in between. As of 2020, the series has expanded to cover cemeteries and parks as well.

On April 24, 2018, Michael Mixerr launched the new “Forgotten schools” news series for Mixerr Reviews news blog. The Forgotten schools news series covers forgotten schools in various countries across Planet Earth. Histories of old schools are interesting and are educational to read about. The “Forgotten schools” news series will categorized under the label Forgotten schools.

The “Forgotten churches” news series was launched May 2018. The “Forgotten churches” news series covers forgotten churches in various countries across Planet Earth. Histories of old churches are interesting. The “Forgotten churches” news series will categorized under the label Forgotten churches.

For instance, forgotten schools of the United States and Canada will be labeled as Forgotten schools. Schools located in various territories and countries will not be labeled due to categorization limitations with blogger.

Butte Knit Plant first double-knit garment operation for world's largest women's apparel manufacturer lost with time.

Butte Knitting Mills (Butte Knit Plant) was a division of Jonathan Logan Inc. which at the time the world's largest women's apparel manufacturer. Jonathan Logan Inc operated Butte Knit Plant.

Back in 1959, when double knit and the garments made from it were already popular in European women’s wear, very few people in the United States believed in it. Very few people in the United States believed its popularity would soar or take off in charting numbers.
(Ref: Herald-Journal, page D3, Feb. 10, 1967)

Butte Knit Plant was the first double-knit garment operation in the United States which had opened in January 1960. Not only for the world, but Butte Knit Plant was the first double-knit garment operation for world's largest women's apparel manufacturer in the United States. It was a great place to work and well respected among mill workers in the textile industry.

Initial production space for Butte Knit Plant had grown from about 40,000 square feet to about 1.5 million square feet with more than 2,000 employees. Jonathan Logan Inc operated Butte Knit Plant. Butte Knit Plant eventually became its own separate business. (Ref: Herald-Journal, 1972)

Today Butte Knit Plant has been more or less forgotten away with time. Only a handful of people knew about this textile mill.

Butte Knit Plant is located at Business I-85, Spartanburg, South Carolina, US.

History of Mixerr Reviews explained by Michael Mixerr.

Mixerr Reviews is an independent news blog from Austin, Texas, US that often strays away from mainstream news and mainstream media. Mixerr Reviews talks about news that the underground scene cares about. In other words, Mixerr Reviews is basically a news blog.

Michael Mixerr started doing his overviews in October 2011. As many media news outlets, sources, and newspapers influenced him to do so. In him doing so, Michael Mixerr matured his writing style for Mixerr Reviews into a more organized well laid out newspaper format.

At first Mixerr Reviews was sort of a mail order only newspaper though as some thought it would be. It was through email only at one point. Mixerr Reviews was only available to those who knew Michael Mixerr on a personal level and the only way you could get it was through him. Meaning that Mixerr Reviews was available in Austin, Texas, US only. But in September 2012 is when Michael Mixerr made Mixerr Reviews available to the whole world through the Internet and not just locally in Austin only.

Mixerr Reviews was originally intended to be a music news blog. But Michael Mixerr wanted Mixerr Reviews to be a indie news blog. As times changed, so did Mixerr Reviews and all the other reviews changed in formatting to along with time. He has matured overtime. The reviews are useful sources of information to many people around the world. There is no propaganda allowed on Mixerr Reviews.

Mixerr Reviews/Mixerr Reviews Blogspot ATXN mission is being a local business while being a well known independent news organization that covers many news topics that corporate news media organizations won't debate on and is too afraid to discuss while they are on the air during live broadcast. Being descriptive and accurate is one of Mixerr Reviews priorities. Mixerr Reviews talks about topics no news organization would ever cover, discuss, or debate on.

Frock coat sees a fashion revival.

In 2010, the frock coat had saw a recent fashion revival. Frock coats are back in style. It has been reported that men wearing frock coats have been sighted in metropolitan areas such as New York City, Paris, Nantes, Plymouth, Birmingham, Nottingham, Oxford, and London of course. The frock coat has seen a fashion revival in men’s fashion.

Ever since the Regency Era of the early 1800s, noblemen and gentlemen whom had a fashionable sense of fashion wore a frock coat with a white undershirt with a necktie intact. The frock coat was very similar to the greatcoat. The frock coat was knee length and the greatcoat was calf length. Noblemen and gentlemen wore frock coats whilst out in public during the Regency Era.

A frock coat was the precursor to the formal modern dress coat. Gentlemen wore the frock coat fully during daytime. Most frock coats had an hourglass figure. A frock coat was considered to be standard business attire and morning dress of the Victorian Era on towards the Edwardian Era. The frock coat was universally worn in Britain, America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. France too at that. Frock coats were worn into the Edwardian Era of the early 1900s as the Victorian Era came to an unexpected abrupt end. Frock coats were becoming bigger too. Heads of government wore frock coats.

By the 1940s, the frock faced demise. After 1940, it had fell out of fashion. By 1950, the frock coat was all but a fashion accessory from the past. Trench coats replaced the frock coat.

Recent revival of codpieces surfaces.

In the 2010s era, it seems that the codpiece has made a revival in the United States and in countries across Europe. The codpiece has made a return in counter-culture clothing fashion. Especially in Gothic culture. I have seen a recent news stories on the revival of the codpiece from BBC magazine and other newspapers so far. This is not the first time there has been a revival in codpieces! Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver had once attempted to revive codpieces back in the mid-1970s.

Codpieces have made revivals in places such as Medieval Renaissance fairs, Hot Topic, Fascinations, AnimeExpo, ComicCon, AnimeCon, retail stores, and other market festivals that are known to be out there as well. Historian nerds and the otaku have been idolizing this codpiece underground for quite some time now.

Historical clothing called the codpiece was first created and introduced to the continent of Europe in the country island of Crete somewhere in the 1400s.
The codpiece was worn by men who were kings that belonged to royalty such as King Henry VIII. At first the codpiece was only available to royalty in the 1500s. Men wore these tights to cover their legs. Now the tights men wore were nothing like the pantyhose women wear today. Apparently the tights covered the les but not the genitals. So in order to cover their manhood, men began to wear a codpiece.
Right now, codpieces are being sold in specialty clothing stores. So the codpiece is not extremely extinct.

How the Inuit Native American Indian tribe were productive in their textile culture.

The Inuit and Inuvialuit in Canada and coastal Alaska were noticeably recognized as productive people. The Inuit and Inuvialuit in Canada and coastal Alaska were noticeably recognized as the first documented ethnic people to make tailored garments and tailored clothing too at that. Each Inuit region had developed their own styles and tribes people could tell where someone was from by looking at their clothing. In Inuit ancient times, Inuit clothing was used to protect tribes members from weather and from spirits. To this day, Inuit clothing and textile is still popular in Canada and coastal Alaska today.

Wubbing craze takes over the internet!

Wubbing was a new dance craze and fashion that was introduced on The Jimmy Kimmel Live Show of Summer 2014. Wubbing is supposedly a dance that consists of sexual acts by the dancer wearing the wub under the "guise" of dance. Other nasty gestures or acts are performed to say the least in such socially inappropriate gesture of lewdness. Most of these sexual acts performed are considered homosexual in nature. Wubbing requires specific shorts with a wub attached.

The wub is the phallic part in the middle of the wubbing clothing. The wub resembles the male reproductive organ called a penis. You can't do wubbing without the wub. Dances using the wub consists of lewd, foul sexual acts performed to say the least. The wub is attached to a pair of latex brand shorts as wubbing requires specific shorts. It's faux penises (dongs) on bike shorts.

Wubbing was fashion clothing that came and went. Wubbing was a fad that came and went. It never stuck around that much in people's mindsets. After 2014, people forgot about wubbing and went on with their lives only to catch on literally to the next big thing as the world's culture is programmed that way. To sum it all up, wubbing is the gayest fag fad of 2014 and of the 2010s. This form of dance is social degradation.

How the Inuit Native American Indian tribe were productive in their textile culture.

The Inuit and Inuvialuit in Canada and coastal Alaska were noticeably recognized as productive people. The Inuit and Inuvialuit in Canada and coastal Alaska were noticeably recognized as the first documented ethnic people to make tailored garments and tailored clothing too at that. Each Inuit region had developed their own styles and tribes people could tell where someone was from by looking at their clothing. In Inuit ancient times, Inuit clothing was used to protect tribes members from weather and from spirits. To this day, Inuit clothing and textile is still popular in Canada and coastal Alaska today.