Page 3 - Mac Love News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Provided by the Akron Stories project with permission from Lucille Esposito Lucille Esposito recorded a story about her mother, Filomene "Mae" Riccilli, shown at right in this photo, who worked at BF Goodrich from 1933-1976. At one time the rubber industry employed more than 72,000 workers in Akron. Many Akronites have ancestors who worked in the industry. And it attracted one population in particular. As the city unveils a new statue Thursday in tribute to those workers, we hear some of the stories that visitors will be able to listen to at an accompanying interactive kiosk. “He heard th...

Johnnie Downs returned from the Vietnam War in 1967 with no idea where he would work. He spent the next 18 years making tires at BF Goodrich. “The conditions were bad, but the money was good,” said Downs, who is now 74 and retired. “See, the thing about working the job, sometimes you had to do what you had to do to take care of your family. And this was a means of me taking care of my family and my children.” Downs stood Thursday morning with a few dozen people invited by the city of Akron to witness the unveiling of a 15-foot-tall bronze rubber worker statue. The commemorative work o...

WKSU Sculptor Alan Cottrill talks with Miriam Ray of Akron in his Zanesville studio on Feb. 6, 2020. Ray spearheaded the effort to create the statue honoring the workers who toiled in the city's rubber industry. The statue, in progress, can be seen at right. It will be unveiled in Akron Thursday, May 13. The rubber industry once made Akron the fastest growing city in the country. A new tribute to that industry and the people who worked in it will be unveiled in downtown Akron Thursday morning. The photo on the cover of the 1999 book "Wheels of Fortune" inspired the new statue.

Insert future code here--> 11-30 to 12-23 Insert future code here--> 12-23 to 01-15 Insert future code here--> 01-16-2019 to 2-16-2019 Insert future code here--> 01-16-2019 to 2-16-2019 Insert future code here--> 2-17-2019 to 3-24-2019 Insert future code here--> 3-24-19 to 4-7-2019 Insert future code here--> Chicks on the loose Insert future code here--> Herb and Veggie Insert future code here--> GNO D Ville Insert future code here--> Early Bird thu June 4 Insert future code here--> Fatehrs Day Insert future code here--> Ourdoor Living