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High Point. "I am not going to dry up; me and wife are just going to have a good time," Harold commented. "We're going to travelbut We'll stop off at home to keep it up, of course, " he continued. Harold was employed in the knitting depart ment of the English Road hosiery plant in 1929; he was promoted to fixing in 1940. He is quite of the radio and tape player presented to him by his co-workers on his retirement. Born in Clay County, Alabama, Harold *^oved to High Point at the age of 15. In 1926, he married Kate Speer of Yadkin County. Of that marriage were born six daughters and two Sons. There are twenty grandchildren. Harold and his wife will continue to remain ^ctive in their church. The Church of God on U hey will make their home on Route 4, Thomas- ville. erritt Drive. When they are not traveling. CLARENCE CROTTS HOSIER Y 40 YEARS ^ Eventhoughhe is retiring from his job as a ^®nch machinist and welder with Adams-Millis °rporation's machine shop in High Point, •ARENCE C. CROTTS expects to continue °i‘king; he plans to expand his lawn mower re- business andmaybe accept some part-time elsewhere as time will allow. A Randolph County native, Clarence first to work in Adams-Millis Corporation's ^ rowing department in High Point in 1933; he ra-nsferred to the shop in 1941. He and his wife, the former MissLula May unt of Randolph County, make their home at to Hudson Drive, High Point. They have three ^Hdren; Gurney Crotts, Robert E. Crotts and ^archalene Robbins, all of whom live in the ^edmont section of North Carolina. t^ost men believe that a woman's place is in e home. They expect to find her there imme- tately after she gets off work. -Bits & Pieces HAROLD YOUNT HOSIER Y 37 YEARS 111 health has forced early retirement on HAROLD YOUNT, supervisor of the greige goods department of the Hosiery Division's plant in Hickory. He had been with that plant since December of 1935. A little gardening and stamp collecting are included in his retirement plans. Harold is married to the former Emma Smith, who has been employed in the Hickory plant since 1954. Both Harold and Emma are active members of Zion Lutheran Church in Hickory; they reside at 142 26th Street, S. W. They have a son, Boyd Yount; a daughter, Linda Barnhardt; and four grandchildren. THELMA HALKER, HOSIERY . 32 YEARS THELMA HALKER, pairer in the Kerners- ville plant of the Hosiery Division, retired May 16 on the basis of age. She had been with Adams-Millis Hosiery Company plants since 1940, firstworking inHigh Point and then trans ferring to Kernersville when the new finishing plant started operations there in 1966. Thelma was born near Candor in the peach orchard section of North Carolina and learned to pair in a small hosiery plant in Ellerbe before she moved to High Point. She is married to Harry Halker of High Point and they have two daughters, Mrs. Anne Smith and Mrs. Jeannie Crouch. The Halkers reside at 1160 Clinard Avenue inHigh Point. Thelma is an active member of Lebanon United Methodist Church. What is known as success assume s nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it. --Stephen Birmingham
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