Moving to Duncannon and Berwick, PA.

“The silk spinning business was a new venture in Ithaca and all of the employes has to be specially trained for the work. The company at one time had 100 employes. The capacity of the plant was 160.

            On August 1, 1920, the Levy Company sold out its interests to Jouvand and LaVigne. The sale took place only a few days before the collapse of the silk market and within 10 days the mill was closed. It has not been in operation since…. Because of the fact that the silk business employed women almost exclusively it did not find as favorable conditions in Ithaca as in some of the mining towns in Pennsylvania.”

“Silk Company Moves Mill to Pennsylvania,” Ithaca Journal-News, February 7, 1921, 5.