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Frank M. Edgar, company president, receives Navy Honor for Chelsea's Federal Screw Works, February 1942 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

Frank M. Edgar, company president, receives Navy Honor for Chelsea's Federal Screw Works, February 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 2, 1942
Caption:
CHELSEA PLANT HONORED BY NAVY: The Chelsea branch of the Federal Screw Works received the navy's highest aware for non-combat service, the navy "E," during special ceremonies in the Chelsea High school Saturday noon. In the picture above, Frank M. Edgar, Detroit, company president, is shown receiving the navy ordinance flag and the "E" pennant from Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler, USN (retired), of Washington, D. C. The Chelsea plant is several months ahead of schedule of part of its production contracts calling for the manufacture of projectiles and fuses.