WIIMIMERS
MALFORD JETER, Utility Op
erator. Power and Grounds won by
revealing the fact:
25% of the deaths, and 28% of
the injuries from auto accidents occur
between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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JAN WESTALL, Stenographer,
Finishing Area, correctly gave this
safety information:
It is good practice to avoid
touching electrical applia'nces with
wet hands. Also, insure that all home
appliances are grounded.
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(left-to-right) Cecil W. (“Woody”) Wyatt, Joe Triggs, and Karen Hooper.
Woody and Karen were recently hired, Brevard Plant employees at the time of
Joe’s visit. They were beginning their employment as Joe finished his long Du
Pont association.
Joe Triggs —Unique in Photo Products History
replaced tea and the modern coffee
break was born in Photo Products.
During his visit to Brevard, Joe
stated he was very proud of his long
association with Du Pont. During his
service, he stated, he had never been
without work. This was particularly
comforting, he said, during the De
pression years when he was spared
many of the hardships.
Joe Triggs retired on November
1, 1968, bringing to a close an associa
tion that spanned a half-century. He
stated that his visit to Brevard was
one of the finest and most rewarding
he had ever made. He was impressed
with the hospitality and friendliness of
our employees. “People who didn’t
even know me, stopped to congratulate
me,” he said, “I was very impressed.”
An interesting visitor to the Bre
vard plant was Joe Triggs. He is the
only Photo Products employee to
achieve the unique distinction of amas
sing fifty years of company service.
Under the present hiring regulations,
he will never share this record with
anyone here, or in the Photo Products
Department.
Mr. Triggs was employed by
the Parlin plant as a helper in the
Pyroxylin Laboratory. At that time,
the plant concentrated its production
on powder for World War I. In 1920,
Mr. Triggs came to the Photo Pro
ducts plant. Since 1928 he has been
a Foreman in the Emulsion Section
of the Coating Area.
He recalled that on his first
day of work, at age 13, he paid 10
cents for the round trip ride on the
Raritan River Railroad passenger train
between his home in South Amboy
and the Parlin plant. His starting salary
was 17 cents an hour, so he soon aban
doned this luxury when he was offered
a free ride on a wagon.
When he was assigned to the
original Redpath laboratory in 1920,
he worked with Dr. Rennick, the former
Ilford emulsion chemist whom Du Pont
hired to start its photographic emul
sion work.
“Working for Dr. Rennick,” says Joe,
“brought some unusual assignments
and among them was my daily chore
of brewing tea for the Englishman. He
furnished the crumpets and precisely
at 2 p.m. we had our afternoon snack.”
Dr. Rennick returned to England
after his three year Du Pont contract
expired. But, the afternoon refresh
ment break had become a popular
pause in Joe’s work day. The habit
was contagious and rapidly spread
among the other workers. Then coffee
Joe Triggs, the first and only
Photo Products employee to complete
50 years of service.