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Shep-pretty good wrench (sorry, couldn't resist)!

Connelly Containers still exists in Philly and they make corrugated cardboard boxes, which is an interesting twist. The cases that boxes of cards came in were corrugated obviously.

MORE: ON 4/26/52 Bowman renamed itself Haelan Laboratories, Inc. so maybe that is what morphed into Connelly? Bowman itself became a division of Haelan as of this date and that division is what was sold to Topps in early 1956 (feb.) 1952 is when the BGHLI indicia started appearing on Bowman cards and it continued through '55, with Haelan Laboratories being spelled out from '53 onward. I wonder if Connelly bought Haelan first? The Haelan deal may have been the start of Bowman's financial troubles.

AND: "Connelly Containers Inc (Bala Cynwyd, PA) is to be acquired by Georgia-Pacific Corp for an undisclosed sum. Connelly president Thomas Connelly said the company's 120 employees would be retained, and that he would continue with the firm. Connelly Containers posted 1998 revenues of less than $38 million, and is operating at less than 50% of capacity. Georgia-Pacific already operates 4 heavy-duty corrugated-packaging plants, but Connelly Containers will be its first in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.

Read more: http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Business-regional/Maggios-sell-their-cheese-business-Red-Bell-says-Lion-rejected-takeover.html#ixzz0XJ8ugBMt"