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TWO RETIRED IN KERNERSVILLE PLANTS Wade Ballard, boarder of theKern- ersville plants, has retired on the basis of age. He had been with Adams-Millis Corporation for more than thirty- seven years. Wade was born and reared inKern- ersville and has spent his entire life Wade Ballard in that vicinity. His first work was with the old Kernersville Furniture Plant when he was only fourteen years of age. In 1928, as Adams-Millis was experiencing growth and expansion, Wade was looking for a better job; so, on July 16, he was employed as a boarder and has worked continuously on that job since that date. Due to the excellent quality of his work, he was transferred to sample boarding, and for many years has boarded samples. Having had only two jobs in his entire working career is evidence of his loyalty and devotion to his job. Wade has two sisters and one brother, all former employees of Adams-Millis. He attends the Friends Church and resides at 137-A North Main Street in Kernersville, N. C. After seventeen years of service with the Kernersville plants of Adams- Millis Corporation, Sherman Horton retired November 30, 1965, on the basis of age. Sherman was born in Wilkes County and in 1916 moved with his family to Winston-Salem, where he lived about twenty years. Prior to moving to Kernersville in 1928, he was employed for several years with Carolina and Hanes Hosiery Mills in Winston-Salem, and boarded men's hosiery for about three years in Durham, N. C. When he moved to Kernersville, he first found employ ment with Vance Hosiery Company and remained there as a boarder until the plant closed in 1948. On October 10 of that same year, Sherman was em ployed by Adams-Millis as a boarder, and in recent years, he has operated a tumbler in the dye house. He married the former Miss Emma Pitts from nearby Kernersville. They have nine children, five boys and four girls. Two of the sons and one of the daughters are former employees of Adams-Millis, with one son, Buddie, presently working at Plant #3. The Hortons live on Route #1, Kernersville, and attend Sedge Garden Methodist Church.
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