At Work in the Mill – 6
One
Cliffside Mills Management Group – 1930s
1st row: Irvin Moore (Dye House), Tom Biggerstaff (Outside), Maurice Hendrick (Gen Mgr), Jim Frye (Spinning) , R.L. Wade (Overseer), Dave Hawkins (Weave Room), D.C. Colvin (Office Mgr), Boyce Bridges, Sr. (Weave Room).
2nd row: George Silvers, Jim Goode (Master Mechanic), Plato Hawkins (Super), Locke Thompson (Finishing Room), Grady Rollins (Super), Gene Laughridge, Willie Winn (Paymaster, Cloth Room).
3rd row: John Watkins (Banker), Ed Carpenter (Outside), Carrie Blanton (Master Mechanic), Ed Prince (Bleacher), Charles Metcalf (Bookkeeper, Cloth Room), Austin Roberson (Spinning).
Persons identified by Raleigh R. Biggerstaff, August 1985;
Work areas and job title info supplied by James Goode, July 1990.
Photo was taken in Greensboro; note “Cone Memorial YMCA” sign above door.
Two
Cliffside Mills Management Group
Circa 1963
1st row (L to R): Joe Swing, Frank Whitaker, Chester Arnold, H. Paul Bridges, Bill McNabb.
2nd row: Leburn Carpenter, Jim Scruggs, Broadus Hamrick, A.P. Weathers, Jr., Byron Bailey, Gene Wilson, Paul McKinney, Pete Hill, George Haynes, Roy Hamrick, ?, Gordon Thomas, Horace Womack, John Callahan.
3rd row: Marchel Bailey, Brown Willis, Jim Tinkler, Guy Frye, Jim Callahan, Gotha Humphries, L.C. Toney, Jack Alexander, Frank Mashburn, Jay Dobbins, Henry Dillingham, Virgil Biggerstaff.
Three
Nora’s Retirement
Fred and Nora Campbell Greene at the cake-cutting honoring her retirement
from Cone Mills.
Four
Long-time Employees at
Cone Mills Anniversary Gathering
Front: Elizabeth Bridges Earley, Ilene Scruggs Bailey, Virginia Scruggs, ? Hamrick, ?, Mrs. Monroe.
Rear: George Eaker, Homer Sarratt, Sr., Jimmy Padgett, Conway McCraw, James Hawkins, Charles Ramsey, Perry Lowery, G. B. Miller.