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RETIREMENT ANNOUNCED FOR FOUR
Mrs. Ethel M. Hutchens, folder of
Plant #1, retired July 1, 1956, on the
basis of age.
The former Ethel Moore of Mont
gomery County, N, C., Mrs. Hutchens
came to High Point in 1912 and was first
employed for a short time as a looper.
In 1914, she came to the old Piedmont
Hosiery Mill where she worked at sev
eral different operations until hep mar
riage in 1915. During 1921, she mend
ed for the company in her home, and
returned to the plant as a folder in 1922,
on which job she remained until her
recent retirement. She worked on the
same folding table from 1922 until the
old church office building was torn down
in 1953.
When asked about her plans for the
future, Mrs. Hutchens replied, "I love
to garden and I have my strawberry
patch. I enjoy working in flowers;they're
j ust one of the extras of life that mean
so much. " She says she also hopes to
renew the church activities that it be
came necessary for her to give up in
recent years because of her health and
her work. She is a member of Lebanon
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hutchens resides with her
husband at 132 West Home stead Avenue.
She has one daughter, Mrs. Houston
Williams, and one granddaughter, Me
linda Moore Williams, with whom she
expects to spend quite a bit of time.
Also retiring recently on the basis
of age was Jesse L. Shaw, special order
man of Plant #1. He had been with
Adams-Millis Corporation continuously
since 1922.
A native of Randolph County, Jesse
moved to High Point at the age of 17.
He first worked at the old High Point
Hosiery Mill, forerunner of Adams-
Millis, as a boarder from 1910to 1912,
at which time he left but returned and
worked for a short while in the Finish
ing Department. After leaving the sec
ond time for a short period, Jesse came
back to Adams-Millis in 1922 and work
ed in the Shipping Department. He was
later transferred to the Finishing De
partment as a special order man where,
except for a ten-month interval in the
Shipping Department at Plant #3, he re
mained until his retirement 34 years
later.
Mr. Shaw, a member of the First
Methodist Church, lives with his wife
at 509 Hawthorne Street in High Point.
He is the father of three sons, one of
whom he recently visited in Miami,
Florida.
Mrs. Ruth Winfree, employee of
Plant #4 since 1924, has retired due to
physical disability. She worked until
May of this year when, because of her
health, she was forced to retire.
A native of Stokes County, Mrs.
Winfree first moved to Kernersville
with her mother in 1902. She started
working in a hosiery mill when she was
only seven years old and has worked
most of the time since then, all of her
work being in the hosiery industry.
Mrs. Winfree first worked for
Adams-Millis in High Point in 1915.
Her husband, George Winfree, was then
a knitter in High Point. In December
of 1924, she went to work at the Kern
ersville plant and had worked at the
same bench for the past 32 years. A
daughter, Mrs. Helen McGee, follows
in her mother's place. She is a top
turner at Plant #4.
In addition to Mrs. McGee, Mrs.
Winfree is the mother of three sons:
Laddie Winfree of Winston-Salem, Bil
lie Winfree of Portsmouth, Virginia,
and Garland Winfree of the U. S. Army.
Her stepson, Dewitt Winfree, is fore
man of the Knitting Department of Plant
#7S.
Mrs. Winfree lives with her husband
at 147 King Street in Kernersville.
After 27 years with Adams-Millis