Vol. 8
June-July, 1967
No. 11
Reminiscing of Days Gone By!
On May 22 a banquet that will long
be remembered was held for retired
employees and employees who have
worked for the Company 30 years
or more. This special dinner was
held in the Milton Street cafeteria
where these honored guests had spent
so many happy delightful years. It
was a sad occasion for some as this
was to be the last function that the
Milton Street cafeteria would house.
Lorenzo Anderson, who recently retired, attended the first meal in the
cafeteria which he had not prepared
himself. The air was filled with sadness about leaving the old home
ground but, at the same time, with
happiness as the dinner afforded a
chance to see old friends and to do a
little reminiscing of days gone by. Old
pictures of our earlier days were displayed which brought back a bundle
of memories for these "older friends".
W. I. James emceed the program
with remarks that seemed to sum up
the general feeling among Vick employees today. "While this is certainly
a nostalgic occasion—the last one in
this clubhouse—at the same time, it
is an occasion of looking forward. Had
it not been for the fact that all of you
folks here were forward-looking in
early days, we would not be here tonight. Had it not been for the fact
that you folks planned ahead, the
Company would not have outgrown
these buildings and would not have
now built our new $4-million plant."
Various guests were invited to share
with others highlights of their employ
ments.
Dan Hudson, a long time salesman
for the Company, stated, "It is one of
the pleasures, of my life to get back
and meet with all of you good people."
Curtis Holland, Manager of the
Media Department before his retirement, stated that he started to work
at only 50c a day and shared some
humorous experiences he had during
his early employment.
Herman Curry who presently works
in Warehousing related his pleasant
memories of the late 1920's when he
had the job of putting up our advertising signs. He recalled one of his funniest experiences was when he put a
sign on highway 421 in Florida upside-down and thought no one would
notice because of the distance from
(Cont. on page 11) •
Above: left to right, W. Y. Preyer, Jr., W. Y. Preyer Sr., Mrs. Pat Randolph, W. I. James, H. S. Richardson,
Sr., Mrs. Dan Hudson, Dan Hudson, and Smith Hudson.
Vol. 8
June-July, 1967
No. 11
Reminiscing of Days Gone By!
On May 22 a banquet that will long
be remembered was held for retired
employees and employees who have
worked for the Company 30 years
or more. This special dinner was
held in the Milton Street cafeteria
where these honored guests had spent
so many happy delightful years. It
was a sad occasion for some as this
was to be the last function that the
Milton Street cafeteria would house.
Lorenzo Anderson, who recently retired, attended the first meal in the
cafeteria which he had not prepared
himself. The air was filled with sadness about leaving the old home
ground but, at the same time, with
happiness as the dinner afforded a
chance to see old friends and to do a
little reminiscing of days gone by. Old
pictures of our earlier days were displayed which brought back a bundle
of memories for these "older friends".
W. I. James emceed the program
with remarks that seemed to sum up
the general feeling among Vick employees today. "While this is certainly
a nostalgic occasion—the last one in
this clubhouse—at the same time, it
is an occasion of looking forward. Had
it not been for the fact that all of you
folks here were forward-looking in
early days, we would not be here tonight. Had it not been for the fact
that you folks planned ahead, the
Company would not have outgrown
these buildings and would not have
now built our new $4-million plant."
Various guests were invited to share
with others highlights of their employ
ments.
Dan Hudson, a long time salesman
for the Company, stated, "It is one of
the pleasures, of my life to get back
and meet with all of you good people."
Curtis Holland, Manager of the
Media Department before his retirement, stated that he started to work
at only 50c a day and shared some
humorous experiences he had during
his early employment.
Herman Curry who presently works
in Warehousing related his pleasant
memories of the late 1920's when he
had the job of putting up our advertising signs. He recalled one of his funniest experiences was when he put a
sign on highway 421 in Florida upside-down and thought no one would
notice because of the distance from
(Cont. on page 11) •
Above: left to right, W. Y. Preyer, Jr., W. Y. Preyer Sr., Mrs. Pat Randolph, W. I. James, H. S. Richardson,
Sr., Mrs. Dan Hudson, Dan Hudson, and Smith Hudson.
