RETIREMENTS
Cora Harrell,
turner of Plant #2,
has retired after
twenty years of
service with Gran
ite Hosiery Mills
and Adams-Millis
Corporation.
Mrs. Harrell
started working for
Granite Hosiery
when it was located
on Willow Street
in Mt. Airy, N. C.
wetting out socks for the boarders.
She then was transferred to other work
in the plant, the jobs including trans
ferring, ridering, measuring, seaming
thirds, mending and turning.
She and her husband live at 836 S.
Franklin Road in Mt. Airy. They at
tend Midway Baptist Church.
Mrs. Harrell stated that she had
thoroughly enjoyed working for both
Granite Hosiery and Adams-Millis Cor
poration.
James F. Sams,
dyer of Plant #4,
has retired on the
basis of age. He
had been continu
ously employed
since September 21,
1948.
Born and rear
ed in Stokes County,
he left his farming
pursuits in 1928
and came to Kern- James F. Sams
ersville seeking work. His first job
was boarding with Vance Hosiery Com
pany; when an opening for a watchman
occurred, he accepted the position and
worked with Vance until the plant clos
ed in 1948.
Immediately upon leaving the
Vance plant, Mr. Sams came to Adams-
-5-
Millis and accepted employment in the
Boarding Department. He later trans
ferred to the Dye Department and also
worked as a relief watchman.
Mrs. Sams, the former Maggie
Wilson, is also from Stokes County.
They have two children. Their son,
Frank, Jr. , is employed by Reynolds
Tobacco Company; their daughter,
Dolly Jane, works for Burlington In
dustries in High Point. There are two
grandchildren.
The Sams are affiliated with the
Baptist Church in Stokes County. Their
residence is in Kernersville at 124
Allen Street, where a surprise birth
day dinner was recently given Mr.
Sams by his family, neighbors and
friends.
A job half done is not enough.
Here the new water tank is being
erected at the new Adams-Millis plant
in Kernersville. Since this picture
was made, the tank has been completed
and is ready for storage of water. Like
a half-completed water tank, any job
that is half done is of no value.
Cora Harrell
Her first job was