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John Matthijetz
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Former Three Rivers Glass Factory employee (bottle packer and carton assembler, August 1936-1937) whose 1971 letter to Thelma Lindholm is the primary corroborating source for a Houston-based glass venture Tips attempted after the Ball Brothers foreclosure, funded partly by employee payroll withholding in exchange for stock that ultimately 'never got started.'
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Why Track This
A rank-and-file employee whose eyewitness account independently corroborates and enriches the Tips Glass Sales Corporation story from a completely different angle than Tips’ own letters.
Current State
Worked through the exact window of the foreclosure (August 1936 through 1937). Left a detailed, granular description of the bottle-packing process. Reports having stock withheld from his pay for a Houston venture that never launched — direct employee-level evidence of Tips’ post-foreclosure attempts to stay in the glass business.
Next Action
None.
Notes
Cross-reference: tips-glass-sales-corporation — his account is the strongest corroboration for the “Houston venture” thread there.