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NOR I'll CAROLINA
Octot 196l
Mr. L. M. Thompson, Director
Guilford County Department of Public Welfare
Greensboro, N. C.
Dear Mi-. Thompson:
Your letter of September l8th has been held until I could get a
chance to answer it in detail.
The late Mr. 3en Smith and I did not see eye to eye in several
instances.
Personally, I don't know the slightest reason for moving the
picture of Dad Stemberger from an institution founded in
memory of him, his wife and daughter.
Here is the story on the building:
My father-in-law came to Greensboro about I898, and founded
Revolution Cotton Mills with the Cone interests as minority
stock holders.
Revolution became the world's largest producer of cotton flannels,
and one of the country's most successful textile plants.
In fact, it was Revolution that broke the northern monopoly and
strangle-hold on textile production, because this mill was the
first to finish gray goods in the south, and to do this beautifully
too,--hence the name "Revolution".
Revolution bleached, dyed and napped. It turned out a product that
exceeded in quality the best produced in New England.
My father-in-law was a fine citizen and remarkable man in all respects.
The Greensboro papers ran headlines on his passing. One friend
characterized him as having the mind of a giant and the heart of a
child, a very apt description.
Up to his terminal illness, Dad would research in the Library any
subject he wanted to know about. He had enormous modesty along
with great understanding .
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NOR I'll CAROLINA
Octot 196l
Mr. L. M. Thompson, Director
Guilford County Department of Public Welfare
Greensboro, N. C.
Dear Mi-. Thompson:
Your letter of September l8th has been held until I could get a
chance to answer it in detail.
The late Mr. 3en Smith and I did not see eye to eye in several
instances.
Personally, I don't know the slightest reason for moving the
picture of Dad Stemberger from an institution founded in
memory of him, his wife and daughter.
Here is the story on the building:
My father-in-law came to Greensboro about I898, and founded
Revolution Cotton Mills with the Cone interests as minority
stock holders.
Revolution became the world's largest producer of cotton flannels,
and one of the country's most successful textile plants.
In fact, it was Revolution that broke the northern monopoly and
strangle-hold on textile production, because this mill was the
first to finish gray goods in the south, and to do this beautifully
too,--hence the name "Revolution".
Revolution bleached, dyed and napped. It turned out a product that
exceeded in quality the best produced in New England.
My father-in-law was a fine citizen and remarkable man in all respects.
The Greensboro papers ran headlines on his passing. One friend
characterized him as having the mind of a giant and the heart of a
child, a very apt description.
Up to his terminal illness, Dad would research in the Library any
subject he wanted to know about. He had enormous modesty along
with great understanding .
