John Young Mason
John Young Mason 1799-1859, American statesman, b. Greensville co., Va. He studied law under Tapping Reeve at Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1819. Mason served in the state legislature (1823-31), in Congress (1831-37), and as a federal judge (1837-44). He was Secretary of the Navy (1844) under President Tyler, and in President Polk's cabinet he was Attorney General (1845-46) and again Secretary of the Navy (1846-49). From 1853 until his death he was minister to France, where with James Buchanan and Pierre Soulé he drew up (1854) the Ostend Manifesto .
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Sarnia Beckons
Magazine article from: Propane Canada; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Golf & Country Club (on June 15), Sarnia and area will host these activities. OPA...these fronts in future issues). Back to Sarnia and environs. Petrochemical Valley The City of Sarnia is a municipality of approximately 70,000...
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Sarnia's resurgence: Canada's Chemical Valley on the road to sustainability.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...company would lay off about 270 of its 700 Sarnia employees over two years. The release...the companies that has been operating in Sarnia, ON, since 1942. Starting out as Polymer...200 employees in 21 countries. Its Sarnia plant is the world's largest modern...
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SARNIA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES DEBT RESTRUCTURING
PR Newswire; 1/25/1996; 700+ words
; ...SPRINGFIELD, Va., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation announced today it has completed...debt restructuring on January 25, 1996. Sarnia's existing $12 million debt was restructured...lower interest rate of 7.75 percent. Sarnia also obtained a Second Trust from its...
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SARNIA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS AND COMPLETION OF DEBT REFINANCING
PR Newswire; 2/15/1996; 700+ words
; ...SPRINGFIELD, Va., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation (OTC: SARN) today reported...period last year. On January 25, 1996, Sarnia completed its debt refinancing by restructuring...and with a balloon payment due in 2003. Sarnia also obtained a second mortgage of $500...
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Sarnia Corporation and Bresler & Reiner, Inc. Sign Merger Agreement.
PR Newswire; 10/5/2001; 700+ words
; ...SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SARN...Merger providing for the acquisition of Sarnia Corporation by a wholly owned subsidiary...000 in cash minus certain liabilities of Sarnia which will be assumed by Bresler. Sarnia...
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VERSAR ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER RESULTS WHICH ARE RESTATED TO INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF SARNIA CORPORATION
PR Newswire; 5/23/1995; 700+ words
; ...accounting treatment for the spin-off of Sarnia Corporation (formerly a wholly owned subsidiary...has to be revised to reflect the results of Sarnia, Versar's former real estate holdings. Sarnia was spun-off from a legal and tax basis...
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SARNIA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL YEAR 1994 RESULTS
PR Newswire; 9/28/1994; 700+ words
; ...Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation today reported financial results...the first quarter of Fiscal Year 1994. Sarnia was incorporated in Virginia as a wholly...under the name Versar Virginia, Inc.). Sarnia is the owner and operator of commercial...
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Sarnia Corporation Announces Fiscal Year 1996 Results
PR Newswire; 9/24/1996; 700+ words
; ...Va., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SARN...fiscal year 1995. In January, 1996, Sarnia completed its debt refinancing by restructuring...Bank was also obtained. In addition, Sarnia has issued $750,000 of preferred stock...
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Sarnia Corporation Contemplates REIT Conversion
PR Newswire; 5/18/1998; 700+ words
; ...SPRINGFIELD, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarnia Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SARN...the strategic alternatives available to Sarnia, the Board decided that attracting additional...increase long- term shareholder value. Sarnia's management has been charged with determining...
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Enbridge and First Solar Agree on 60 MW Renewable Energy Expansion at Sarnia; Initial 20 MW Sarnia Solar Project achieves commercial operations.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 12/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...entered into an agreement to expand the Sarnia Solar Project from 20 megawatts of capacity...project that First Solar developed at the Sarnia site. This project achieved full commercial...investment from Enbridge to expand the Sarnia project," said Bruce Sohn, President...
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Sarnia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sarnia city (1991 pop. 74,376), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Clair River...tunnel, and there is a bridge between Port Huron and Point Edward, just N of Sarnia. The city is a port and handles a large volume of freight for transshipment...
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McKegney, Tony 1958–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...was adopted by the McKegneys, a white couple that lived in Sarnia, Ontario. Tony’s adoptive father, Larry McKegney...pretty good pitcher in baseball too.” Growing up in Sarnia, a town of some 50,000 people, Tony does not remember experiencing...
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Port Huron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of salt, oil, and natural gas were developed. Port Huron is connected by a railway tunnel and an international bridge with Sarnia, Ont. The old Fort Gratiot lighthouse marks the St. Clair straits off Port Huron. Thomas Edison grew up in the city.
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Matrix Service Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Construction Company and Duncan Electric Company. Matrix looked north to Canada in 1993, acquiring Health Engineering. The Sarnia, Ontario-based company performed maintenance on oil storage tanks. Finally in 1994, Matrix bought Georgia Steel Fabricators...
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SOUTHERN ONTARIO
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...the waterway, are linguistically distinct despite shared broadcast media and regular travel from one country to the other: Sarnia (Ontario) and Port Huron (Michigan), Windsor and Detroit (Michigan), Port Erie and Buffalo (New York), Kingston and...
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