Creighton glass worker still on the job after nearly 70 years
65 Years as a Laborer
Ray Bowser, 83, of South Buffalo has worked as a laborer at a glass plant in Creighton, East Deer since 1952. The 130-year-old glass plant, which now makes windshields, may close its doors for good.
When 18-year-old Ray Bowser got hired at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant in East Deer in 1952, he figured he had a job for life, if he wanted it.
More than six decades later, many would say that's exactly what he got.
Now 83, he'd like to work there 70 years, but a looming plant closure next year at what is now Pittsburgh Glass Works makes odds of that happening slim.
