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11 unusual facts about Worthington


Bowlus BZ-1

Frazier never completed the project and it was subsequently purchased by Michael Bowlus of Worthington, Ohio.

Brede, East Sussex

Worthington-Simpson supplied a third triple-expansion pump in 1939/40, and the boilers for the engines were upgraded.

Francis A. Marzen

Born in East Mauch Chunk — present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania — Marzen studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio and was ordained in the fledgling diocese in the Hawaiian Islands in 1951 alongside his classmate, Msgr. Bernard J. Eikmeier.

Frank J. Nunlist

Frank J. Nunlist (8 September 1913 - 15 May 1974) was an American businessman who became chairman of Worthington Corporation, and then of Studebaker-Worthington.

Ixchiguán

During the 20th century, many people from Ixchiguan have migrated to Worthington, Minnesota, a city that is considered a center of Mam speakers in the United States.

Miles from Home

The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Minnesota State Highway 264

Minnesota State Highway 264 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Nobles County Road 21 (2nd Avenue) in Round Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 and Jackson County Road 1, six miles east of Worthington.

Studebaker-Worthington

The government of Pierre Trudeau protested strongly against interference by the U.S. government in exports by a Canadian company.

The 1967 merger that created the company was arranged by the entrepreneur Derald Ruttenberg, who took the risk of buying Studebaker despite the liabilities that came with it, including dealer warranties and union agreements.

Wabash and Erie Canal

The canal known as the Wabash & Erie in the 1850s and thereafter, was actually a combination of four canals: the Miami and Erie Canal from the Maumee River near Toledo, Ohio to Junction, Ohio, the original Wabash and Erie Canal from Junction to Terre Haute, Indiana, the Cross Cut Canal from Terre Haute, Indiana to Worthington, Indiana (Point Commerce), and the Central Canal from Worthington to Evansville, Indiana.

William Jackson Worthington

The city of Worthington, Kentucky was named after Worthington, being built by his daughters upon land inherited from the Colonel.


Adena

The Adena Mansion, Thomas Worthington's home and estate in Chillicothe, Ohio

Adena Mansion

Thomas Worthington recorded that he chose Adena as the name for his estate because it referred to "places remarkable for the delightfulness of their situation." The museum at Adena has an exhibit which claims Adena is based on a Hebrew word.

Alta View Hospital hostage incident

The Alta View Hospital hostage incident began the night of September 20, 1991 when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a handgun and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, UT in an attempt to kill Dr. Glade Curtis who had performed a tubal ligation on his wife.

Charles Campbell Worthington

The International Pump Company was forced to dissolve due to findings under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and in 1903 Worthington retired.

Church of St Wilfrid, Standish

The church is first mentioned in 1205 but the vast extent of the ancient parish with its eleven townships (Adlington, Anderton, Charnock Richard, Coppull, Duxbury, Heath Charnock, Langtree, Shevington, Standish, Welch Whittle and Worthington) points to a very early foundation.

Clearfield, Utah

Some of the state’s and Davis County’s largest employers are located in Clearfield: Hill Air Force Base, Lifetime Products, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, Alliant Techsystems, Clearfield Job Corps, Futura Industries Corporation, Worthington Foods, Inc., and Smith Sport Optics, Inc.

Columbus Chill

John H. McConnell, founder of Worthington Industries, stepped forward to become the principal owner of the NHL expansion franchise, later to be named the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Columbus Destroyers

The Destroyers were sold to John H. McConnell, founder of Worthington Industries and majority owner of the Blue Jackets, and accountant Jim Renacci.

Eleanor Bone

Among her initiatory down-line are Madge and Arthur Worthington, who went on to found the well-known Whitecroft line of Gardnerian Wicca.

Eleanor Worthington Cox

In September 2011, Worthington Cox was announced to be one four girls playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical along with: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely.

Eric Worthington

Worthington retired as director of coaching in 1989 and his last official role was taking an Australian student select team to his home city of Sheffield for the 1991 Summer Universiade.

F. F. Worthington

Thanks to Worthington's determination, Canada acquired its first tanks in 1938: two Vickers light tanks, and ten more the following year.

Harvey Worthington Loomis

Harvey Worthington Loomis (February 5, 1865-December 25, 1930) was an American composer.

Jimmy Sirrel

From previous managers Jack Wheeler and Billy Gray, Sirrel had inherited a team including Don Masson, David Needham, Bob Worthington and Les Bradd, and his team would become increasingly difficult to beat.

John Tolley Hood Worthington

Worthington was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841.

John Trobaugh

In Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship, Trobaugh's work was shown alongside Dread Scott, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sue Coe, Lynda Benglis, Andres Serrano, Karen Finley, Alma Lopez, John Jota Leaos, Benita Carr, Anita Steckel, Renee Cox, Gayla Lemke, Marilyn Zimmerman, John Sims, The Critical Art Ensemble, Eric Fischl, Tom Forsythe, Nancy Worthington, David Avalos, Scott Kessler, Louis Hock and Elizabeth Sisco.

KLQL

KLQL (101.1 FM, "K101") is a radio station broadcasting a "Real" country music format, featuring Country music from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today, serving Luverne, Rock Rapids, and Worthington, with rimshot coverage in the Sioux Falls area.

KWOA

KUSQ, a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to serve Worthington, which held the call sign KWOA-FM from 1980 to 2012

Manor of North Molton

He is the son of Lt William Greville Worthington (d.1942), RNVR, by Lady (Mary) Diana Duncombe (1905–1943), daughter of Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (d.1916) by Lady Mary Blanche Eva Greville (d.1964), daughter of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick.

Montreal Locomotive Works

In 1967, Worthington Corporation merged with the Studebaker Corporation, recently exited from the auto business, to form Studebaker Worthington Inc., with ALCO as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Renaldo Rapheal Christians

After graduating from the Worthington Christian High School he studied philosophy at the Ohio State University.

Samuel A. Worthington

Worthington has served on the White House Task Force on Global Development and Poverty, he was a founding board member of the ONE Campaign, and chaired the global NGO Impact Initiative on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery under President Bill Clinton.

Sheldon F. Sackett

Sackett married Elizabeth Worthington on January 30, 1950 in Piedmont, California.

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly was born August 17, 1944, Ivanhoe, California, to Arthur "Art" Worthington and Alice Wilson Bly and died June 9, 2011, in Lewiston, Idaho.

Swift raids

On December 12, federal agents raided Swift plants in Hyrum, Utah; Greeley, Colorado; Marshalltown, Iowa; Grand Island, Nebraska; Cactus, Texas; and Worthington, Minnesota.

The Yummy Fur

After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band The Country Teasers.

Thomas Contee Worthington

Worthington was elected to the Nineteenth Congress, where he served from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

William Blowers Bliss

He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Jonathan Bliss and Mary Worthington, Massachusetts loyalists, and was educated at King's Collegiate School and King's College.

William Jackson Worthington

Worthington was present during the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Cumberland Gap.

Worthington cup

The Football League Cup, an English professional football trophy, known by this name when sponsored by the Worthington brand of beer between 1998 and 2003.

Worthington Valley Historic District

Since 1922, Snow Hill and Worthington Farms have been the scene of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase.