Shippers Mugs
Description: Shippers Dispatch was a trucking company based in South Bend, Indiana. With a primary focus on the Midwest, Shippers Dispatch had routes as far west as Quincy, Illinois, as far east as Buffalo, New York, and as far south as St. Louis. Their heavily focused routes made them a force to be reckoned with in the region. The company was acquired by Preston 151 in 1975, significantly doubling its service area to include Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. Preston 151 itself was founded in 1932 and grew through acquisitions in the 1950s and 60s, but ultimately faced financial difficulties, was sold by Yellow Corp. in 1998, and shut down operations in 1999.
Description: The Mobile Bears were an American minor league baseball team based in Mobile, Alabama. The franchise was a member of the old Southern Association, a high-level circuit that folded after the 1961 season. Mobile joined the SA in 1908 as the Sea Gulls, but changed its name to the Bears in 1918, and the nickname stuck. The club played in the Association until July 1931, when it moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. Almost exactly 13 years later, in July 1944, the Bears returned to Mobile when the Knoxville Smokies franchise shifted back from Tennessee. (A club known as the Mobile Shippers competed in the Class B Southeastern League from 1937 to 1942.)
