Rapidly Nearing Completion

February 3, 1940, Oshkosh Daily Northwestern

We first saw this company back in 2013:  https://menashabook.blogspot.com/2013/05/menasha-products-company.html. Funny how, to commemorate the building of such a facility, they'd have a dance.  But then, this was 1940 and dancing was the thing then.  Today, if you were lucky, there might be a ribbon cutting followed by a small reception, perhaps.  Maybe this was a PR gesture, a way to be seen as taking care of its employees.  In reading the description of the facility, it sounds as if the company WAS trying to take care of its workers by being as modern and as up-to-date as possible.  Notice the talk of the completely air-conditioned building and the use of modern lighting, to include use of light meters to ensure a uniform light source. It must have been a great working environment by 1940 standards.