Pilot's License

Over the years I picked up many reps of supermarket people and took them to destinations of their choice. I also picked up and delivered much needed parts for production and personnel, plus flying factory zone men and distributors to prospective buyers. Ardis and I would take a trip to places to eat now and then. Of course I recorded this time as in air time per month, which it was necessary to have a certain amount of to maintain your license. The most memorable trip I made was flying Governor Milligan's right hand man to Columbus Ohio to pick up a bundle of certificates that they were going to use at the new factory's grand opening on industrial road. Now I was a certified quality control engineer which reduced my traveling time considerable, it being necessary for me to spend more time in the factory as our sales was almost doubling each year, in fact was progressing to the extent that a new factory was in the planning stages just west a few hundred yards from the old factory. Incidentally, this was August 1st 1971 and I celebrated my 25th year with the company. They gave me the best Bulava watch that was made!! WHOOPEE. Also, it was a time when the Sherer Gillett co. merged with a co. named Duel Jet in Chicago that had invented what was called the duel jet air flow operation that incorporated two protective air flow jets on the frozen food cases and one protective air flow on the normal temp cases. The inventor's name was Sterling Beckwith, I had the opportunity to work with him for about 3 years on the duel jet cases when I was service mgr. I gained a lot of knowledge in those years which assisted me greatly in the future years on both jobs that I had and the environmental division installation and special service jobs that I took over a year before the company moved to the Atlanta, Ga. area. The then president Jack Twist wanted me to move with him to the Atlanta location factory and be in charge of the 19 quality control people that they had there as he was going to be the new president and stay for 2 yrs until he was 60 yrs of age. I had to say no and resign as I had deep roots here in Marshall. With the businesses and I wanted to retire anyway. Maybe I've said this somewhere before but I retired the 12th

of Nov. 1978.